103: Chapter 14: You are nominated to be the Alliance Chairman

Xiao Wanlong noticed the various gazes around him.

He then looked at Lu Chen with sincere eyes.

"Lu Chen, the Chairman thinks very highly of you. He asked me to give you this stone and asked if you have the confidence to meet the requirements to enter the Secret Realm."

"If you can do it, the Chairman said he will personally nominate you to become the next Alliance Chairman, leading everyone to walk out of the Wasteland together."

Xiao Wanlong's voice was not loud.

Yet it was like a thunderbolt.

It exploded throughout the entire hall.

"What did the Vice Chairman just say? Let him directly become the Alliance Chairman? Or is it... a personal promise from that great figure?!"

"Does the Alliance value this young man so much?"

In this way.

The Lu Family... wouldn't they become the world's number one Family?

No one would be able to compete with them anymore.

Everyone's thoughts were flying.

Their eyes flickered wildly.

Within the crowd.

Gu Tianyang clenched his fists tightly.

His knuckles turned slightly white.

He came here to make a splash and humiliate Lu Chen.

But the situation was completely different.

From beginning to end.

None of those big shots had spared him a glance.

Even if they saw him.

No one came over to pay attention to him.

They treated him like any other unremarkable young person.

His features were twisted in anger.

His eyes turned blood-red with jealousy.

Watching Lu Chen chatting and laughing with the Vice Chairman like the moon surrounded by stars.

He had an urge.

He wanted to immediately knock that person to the ground.

To prove to everyone.

That he, Gu Tianyang, was the strongest Genius in the human world.

He immediately stepped forward.

The servant beside him wanted to stop him.

Although they had come with this purpose.

But after arriving here and seeing what was happening before his eyes.

He decided he could not do this.

After returning.

The old master would surely understand his intentions.

But seeing Gu Tianyang stride toward Lu Chen.

He immediately panicked.

If this Lu Family heir was injured by his young master.

Who knew if that "Humanity's Dawn" would wipe their Gu Family off the Wasteland?

But Gu Tianyang had already lost his reason.

His eyes were blinded by jealousy.

He was firmly blocked by a C-rank powerhouse.

He couldn't help but shout.

His voice was sharp and full of provocation.

"Heir of the Lu Family! I heard you are an unprecedented peerless Genius in human history. Dare you offer some pointers?"

The large hall suddenly fell into an eerie silence.

Gu Tianyang's provocation was like a bolt from the blue falling into the crowd.

For a moment.

Everyone went silent.

Even breathing stopped.

Then.

A storm of disbelief erupted.

Just like lighting a raging fire in dry wood.

Suddenly.

Everyone exploded.

"Did I hear that right?"

An elder of the Lan Family muttered to himself.

His voice was trembling.

"He wants to challenge that Lu Family heir? Here? Now?"

"How does he dare..."

A noblewoman wearing an ice-blue dress covered her chest.

She couldn't help but gasp.

"Does he think this is an arena? This is the Lu Family ancestral grounds!"

Some guests turned pale.

They couldn't imagine how Gu Tianyang dared to cause trouble on such a serious and solemn occasion.

"This is too crazy."

A young officer whispered to his companion.

"Even if he had ten lives, it wouldn't be enough to die. Provoking them on such an important day for the Lu Family, is he not afraid of angering the entire Lu Family? ... Are the Lu and Gu Families about to officially go to war..."

The crowd suddenly began to stir.

Lu Chen, however, remained completely unmoved.

His white clothes shimmered under the light of the magnificent chandeliers.

A faint silvery-white light shrouded him.

His gaze swept calmly over Gu Tianyang.

As if a Heavenly God looking down from the clouds.

Landing his gaze on an ant daring to crawl on the table.

But deep down.

Lu Chen felt a surge of surprise.

It's here.

It's here.

His opportunity had finally arrived.

He had been waiting.

Waiting for the moment someone would publicly challenge him.

This way, he could logically announce the arrival of the Lu Chen era to the guests—and everyone watching here.

His expression was calm.

His eyes were as still as an ancient well.

His tone was gentle.

His attitude was polite, without a single flaw.

"Challenge me?"

Lu Chen's eyes were puzzled.

Just like seeing a stranger on the street talking to him.

"May I ask who you are...?"

Gu Tianyang shook his shoulders violently.

He stepped out from the old servant's embrace.

His eyes were sharp as he said.

"I am Gu Tianyang."

His expression was arrogant.

His voice echoed in the hall.

"The heir of the Gu Family. You should have heard this name."

A burst of whispers erupted in the crowd again.

"The Gu Family? That rival of the Lu Family? Even they came? It seems they have come with ill intent."

"Yes, I have heard of this Gu Family heir. He reached the F-rank, Tenth Layer at the age of twenty. Now he is already an E-rank, Tenth Layer warrior. A true Genius."

"But he is really shameless to come out and challenge that Lu Family heir. That Lu Family heir is obviously much younger than him."

"I heard he only successfully had his Awakening ten days ago. He just turned eighteen this year. This Gu Tianyang is already impatient to challenge him? That's too shameless."

Hearing the surrounding discussions.

Gu Tianyang's fists clenched even tighter.

A cold light flashed in his eyes.

"I am, of course, here with good intentions tonight."

He said loudly.

"It is none of my business that the Lu Family boasts about and mythologizes their own descendants, but I cannot sit idly by and watch the Chairman and Vice Chairman be deceived, handing over our humanity's supreme treasure to someone who has just had an Awakening."

"I, Gu Tianyang, though untalented, wish to weigh this person's abilities and let everyone witness whether his strength matches the legends that the Lu Family is desperately promoting."

Lu Chen tilted his head slightly.

Looking at him with strange eyes.

Just like observing a moth flying toward a flame.