Differential
Ryu's words caused the pupils of the three geniuses to constrict. Who spoke to Sky Gods like this? Even as geniuses of their Sect, they would be slightly differential to World Sea Realm experts despite only being a half step away, and that was even if such World Sea Realm experts were far beneath them in status and talent. This was just the way of the martial world, it was a logic they had learned early on, and one they only continued to learn the higher their cultivation Realms became.
However, Ryu disregarded these rules entirely, and he didn't disregard them with a normal individual either. This was a genius amongst geniuses, a woman whose level they might never reach the heights of.
Fairy Claire slowly recovered, shaking her head. When she finally registered the words Ryu had said, she froze, raising her head slowly as though she couldn't believe what she was hearing.