Upon hearing Li An’s words, Hong Xu’s expression shifted once more.
Although most people in this world, where the strong are revered, were inherently selfish, to Hong Xu, his family was more important than his own life. Everything he had achieved, the status he held today, relied entirely on the support of his family back home. Had his clan not poured all their resources into cultivating him, someone with merely "light green" talent, it would have been impossible for him to reach his current level of achievement at his age. It could be said that his success was thirty percent his own effort and seventy percent the backing of his family.
"Elder Li An, Duan Lingtian’s strength is immense. Even Sun De, who had mastered the 'Basalt Bodyguard' divine ability, was defeated by him... While my cultivation is at the 'late stage of the Heavenly Saint Stage,' I am not necessarily his match!" Hong Xu looked at Li An with bloodshot eyes, his face darkening as he spoke. "Even if I were to surpass him in strength, it certainly wouldn't be by much. To kill him in a short period of time without giving the elders of the Punishment Division in the first mining area of the Four Symbols Altar a chance to intervene—that is extremely difficult!"
Chapter 1968