On the viewing platform, Xiao Chen's expression had frozen.
The Jadewater Palace's second elder, who had been sneering at Yang Jing moments earlier, gaped in shock, unable to close his mouth for a long while.
His calm, composed expression had vanished, leaving only undisguised astonishment and disbelief.
Just then, the entire Fu Mountain Square erupted. The uproar soared into the sky like thunder rolling across the earth, each wave louder than the last, almost overturning the very air throughout the sect grounds.
The Profound Truth Sect disciples, who had been steeped in anxiety and worry, now burst into deafening cheers and chatter. Excited voices rose one after another, ringing across the square.
"How is Senior Brother Yang so strong? He was being suppressed just now! How did he turn around and crush Li Yu in an instant?"
"Heavens! Is this Senior Brother Yang's true strength? That's terrifying!"
"I knew Senior Brother Yang had a trump card!"
"He's in the Qi-Nourishing Realm and still had strength to spare! Who among Jintai Prefecture's younger generation could match talent like that?"
The Profound Truth Sect disciples flushed with excitement, their eyes shining with disbelief.
Their emotions had ridden a heart-stopping roller coaster, from the crushing despair at the beginning, to the delight of learning that Yang Jing had broken through to the Qi-Nourishing Realm, then the anxiety of watching him fall behind after the fight began.
Now, as Yang Jing overwhelmed Li Yu with a single move, they soared from the depths of the valley into the clouds. The enormous emotional reversal drove them all to the brink of frenzy.
Cheers, shouts, and applause mingled into a wave of sound that shook heaven and earth.
Among the crowd, Sun Ningxiang slowly unclenched her tightly balled fists, her slender fingers relaxing. Her heart, which