"Damn it!"
Chu Yan cursed under his breath, violently kicking a loose jagged rock. The stone flew through the air, crashing into a nearby tree trunk and shattering into small fragments.
Shen Haoran had once again one-upped him.
It was incredibly frustrating, a constant thorn in his side that seemed to grow sharper with every passing day.
But as the initial wave of anger subsided, a cold, analytical clarity washed over Chu Yan's mind.
He should have already expected this.
After all, Shen Haoran was a transmigrator just like him, an outsider who had dropped into this world with an unfair advantage.
He obviously knew about the plot of the web novel, the opportunities, the characters, and almost everything about the world.
In the brutal logic of these cultivation stories, it was only natural to subdue, cripple, or destroy anyone that could pose even a remote threat to your ultimate ascension.
