Lu Tiesheng, the "Great Wrist of Shangzhou," was standing directly across from Chen Xuan. He was one of the favorites to win the first round of the grand tournament, with betting odds only slightly higher than those of Gu Feiluan. Furthermore, Lu Tiesheng's greatest advantage, like Chen Xuan's, was his immense physical strength. This made for an interesting matchup. Many believed that if it had been Lu Tiesheng instead of Chen Xuan during the incident on the West Coast, he could have just as easily pulverized that man-made meteorite. Now that Chen Xuan—the new hero of the Wuying Department who had also made a name for himself through sheer power—had been assigned to the team opposite Lu Tiesheng, many spectators were eagerly anticipating their clash.
In the VIP box, Xuan Feng frowned slightly. Although he thought highly of Chen Xuan, the current team distribution was problematic. The opposing team of thirty included quite a few experts with reputations comparable to Lu Tiesheng’s, and their average age was about two hundred years older than that of Chen Xuan’s team. This meant that, on average, the opponents had two centuries more cultivation and significantly more combat experience. Even though Chen Xuan’s side had young geniuses like Ke Hengyi, who had intentionally signed up for the veteran group, even those spectators with little knowledge of the competitors could see that this was the most lopsided match of the day in terms of strength.
Reminded by Ke Hengyi of the dis…
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