Was It?

The more the old man spoke, the more Dyon's heart shook with shock. This old man saw through him so easily…

That said, Dyon's mind was running at inconceivable speeds. At first, when he heard that he wouldn't be able to achieve the Emperor Presence level because his birth place was far too insignificant, he had felt a fire light inside him that filled him with even more will to be great. But, when the old man then mentioned the sovereign path, he suddenly remembered the cultivation technique the Dragon King had mentioned to him: [Will of Heart].

It was quite a masochistic technique that truly tested one's martial heart, but now that the old man had said this, Dyon was determined to use it.

Without a word, Dyon disappeared from the third trial. Clearly, he had decided to give up, not bothering with the old man any longer.