The scene stayed silent for a full dozen breaths before someone finally came back to their senses with difficulty.
If Xu Xiaoshou had said something like this earlier, he would have immediately drawn an endless barrage of curses and doubts.
But now—
Everyone had been so thoroughly beaten into submission by Xu Xiaoshou's successive displays that their first reaction was not refutation, but the most rudimentary suspicion.
"Is what he said true? A spirit array master... Xu Xiaoshou's words must be true, right?"
"I think it's very possible!"
"If it were anyone else, they'd definitely be joking. But Xu Xiaoshou... the Way of Spirit, the sword path, body cultivation, plus alchemy—he's already terrifying in all of those. Adding the path of spirit arrays doesn't seem too much, does it?"
"But how is that possible? This isn't something that can be solved by cultivating from the womb. Did he start preparing for today in his past life?"
"Impossible? If it's impossible... then did you eat your shit?"
"???"
The discussions at the scene were terrifyingly quiet.
Even those speaking in doubtful tones did not dare raise their voices.
They were afraid that the moment they refuted him, Xu Xiaoshou would slap them in the face again the next second.
They were scared.
Everyone was scared.
Watching Xu Xiaoshou stand up and shout, they recalled his alchemy.
His alchemy was already so terrifying. What tricks would Xu Xiaoshou pull off with the even more profound path of spirit arrays?
Swish, swish, swish!
Shouye stood before the host platform.
He stared in shock at the crowd below, which had begun slowly retreating because Xu Xiaoshou had spoken.
Without prior agreement, every one of them wore expressions as though bracing for an explosion.
Some had even taken out defensive spiritual artifacts.
When he