Beneath the starry night, amid the firelight.
In one corner of the Shack District, the people living along a narrow road were utterly stunned at this moment.
Holy crap! This kid really reached mid-stage Qi Refining!
How is that possible?! How could this possibly happen?!
I don't know! I really don't know! How could something like this happen?
Could that foreman actually be his missing father?
Because they had quickly passed one another that morning, there had been no way to confirm the situation. After an entire day of unease, these neighbors finally received confirmation: Du En had indeed broken through.
Given his miserable circumstances as a lowly corpse-burying laborer, he had broken through at such a speed. Compared with Shi Lei of the Quarry Gang, who was famous far and wide, it was even more outrageous and eye-catching!
Facing those astonished gazes, Du En showed no stage fright at all. His gaze and expression remained utterly unchanged as he continued walking calmly toward the dwelling at the edge of his vision.
As he drew closer, the pitch-black corpse of the Shadow Leopard slung over his shoulder was finally faintly illuminated by the ordinary firelight, falling into everyone's sight.
The headless, colossal corpse still radiated the Demon Power of a mid-stage first-order beast. It terrified them so badly that their legs went weak, and they collapsed one after another like wheat being flattened.
Then.
"Master Du! I was blind and failed to recognize Mount Tai!"
"I was wrong! I was wrong!"
"I'm truly, deeply sorry! I shouldn't have badmouthed you behind your back all the time. You're a great man who doesn't stoop to petty grievances—please, kindly let me go!"
"..."
If Du En had merely broken through to mid-stage Qi Refining, they might still have entertained other thoughts, especially