Chapter 478 It’s Over (2/2)

What kind of luck was this!

While the many disciples on this side were cheering, somewhere nearby, elder Lu Song was the first to begin clapping, as he sent Shen Taiyuan a congratulatory smile.

His disciples also returned to their senses as they erupted into thunderous cheers. After all, compared to Yuan Hong becoming the chief disciple, they undoubtedly favored Zhou Yuan much much more.

The cheering of these two factions converged together, booming across the area like thunder.

Amidst their cheering, Lu Hong’s faction was covered in a stifling atmosphere as if someone had died. Numerous disciples, including Wei Youxuan and the others who had once dueled with Zhou Yuan, had deathly white complexions as they watched this scene.

They never imagined that the seemingly invincible Yuan Hong would fall at Zhou Yuan’s hands!

This was a devastating blow to their morale.

Amidst the heavy silence was an ashen faced Lu Hong. His body trembled as his legs turned to jelly, causing him to fall, butt first, into the chair behind him.

“How can this be…” Mumbled Lu Hong.

“How could he have defeated Yuan Hong?!”

Lu Hong’s gnarly hands tightly gripped the arm rests of the chair, the tremendous force crushing them to splinters. This outcome had clearly far exceeded his expectations.

Yuan Hong was his greatest disciple that he had poured all his heart into nurturing, and had even received tutelage from peak master Ling Jun. There should have been no one who was capable of matching him in Saint Genesis Peak.

He was also the source of Lu Hong’s confidence in obtaining the chief disciple position. However, the scene current before his eyes caused all of this confidence to fall apart at this moment.

His mind was a mess, because he dearly understood the heavy responsibility they carried by coming to Saint Genesis Peak.

It was a gamble between peak master Ling Jun and the other peak masters.

If they failed, Sword Cometh Peak would suffer a tremendous loss, a loss that even an elder like him could not possibly shoulder.

He had followed peak master Ling Jun for many years, and clearly understood the ambitions in the latter’s heart. It was to make Sword Cometh Peak the most powerful peak in the Cangxuan Sect.

However, all of that plotting had now ended in failure.

Lu Hong did not even dare to look up at this moment. He could already imagine how much rage there was in peak master Ling Jun’s heart...

With a glazed look in his eyes, Lu Hong gazed at the figure floating above the chief disciple peak, as endless regret suddenly began to flood his heart. If he had known this would happen, he would have done all his best to recruit Zhou Yuan back then.

However, Zhou Yuan had been of practically zero concern to him back then. He did not feel that there was anything noteworthy about this new disciple… in addition, because of Lu Xuanyin, he had even beared a little animosity towards Zhou Yuan.

If he had just recruited Zhou Yuan and then thrown him to the side, today’s events would at the very least not have occured!

However… as he recalled this memory, Lu Hong finally understood the meaning of regret.

“It’s over…” He mumbled as his body turned ice-cold.

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