"Cao Hong, they're here to apply as Treasure Devourers. Don't go mad!" the pale-faced middle-aged man said sternly.
"Apply as Treasure Devourers? Everyone knows that Treasure Devourers must at least reach the Grandmaster Realm Second Heaven! A General Realm cultivator and a Grandmaster Realm First Heaven cultivator dare to apply as Treasure Devourers? Utterly absurd!" Cao Hong sneered.
Xiao Chen and Qian Wandai were both taken aback. The minimum requirement to apply as a Treasure Devourer was the Grandmaster Realm Second Heaven? The bar was that high?
But even so, there was nothing wrong with them coming to the Treasure Devouring Hall to ask, was there?
Did Cao Hong have to be this vicious and unhinged?
Before long, the surprise in Xiao Chen's eyes turned cold.
Qian Wandai, meanwhile, was somewhat frightened. He lowered his head and hid behind Xiao Chen.
"Still not getting lost?" Seeing that Xiao Chen not only refused to leave but even dared stare straight at him, Cao Hong's expression abruptly darkened.
"What the hell are you? How dare you speak to me like that?" Xiao Chen raised a brow.
The expressions of everyone present shifted slightly. They were astonished that such a weak young man dared speak to Cao Hong this way. Even if he had just arrived and had never heard of the Steel Blade Butcher's fearsome reputation, one look at his build and the baleful aura around him should have told him that this was a ruthless man!
"Little brother, hurry and leave! Cao Hong is not someone you can provoke!" The pale-faced middle-aged man at the counter was startled as well and hurriedly lowered his voice.
Cao Hong was a blade cultivator by nature—fierce, violent, and eccentric. He loved nothing more than using strength to bully the weak. Yet his power was