Try?
Shouye's eyes gleamed beneath the starlight.
Without leaving a trace, he glanced toward the center of the battlefield, where enormous giant footprints lay.
And not a single person present was ordinary.
With one look, everyone could tell.
Those massive footprints had not been made by one creature's feet, but by two!
"Two Ghost Beasts, solid as iron. What else does Xu Xiaoshou want to argue?"
"Or does he really think that just because he has displayed another way to kill a Ghost Beast, I'll let these obvious tracks go and stop investigating?"
"Or perhaps, as he said, one of those footprints was merely one of Xu Xiaoshou's special spiritual techniques?"
Shouye sighed inwardly.
To be honest, seeing such a genius sink into the mire, he had wanted to lend him a hand.
But Xu Xiaoshou had gone too far. Not only was he deeply mired in the Ghost Beast vortex, even after being discovered, he still came up with countless excuses.
But...
It really was quite perfect!
Those excuses.
"I'll give you this chance. Try, then."
Shouye said coldly, "But if you cannot demonstrate strength sufficient to slay a Throne, I will not let you speak again."
"That roar from earlier, and the footprints here—there will be no more room for you to argue."
"Do you understand?"
Xu Xiaoshou nodded silently.
He did not say much. Everything that needed explaining had already been explained.
Whatever remained, no matter how much more he said, would only be a drop in the bucket.
Shouye's suspicions could not be dispelled with a few words.
Even Xu Xiaoshou himself felt that if he continued talking at this point, it would truly seem like evasion and prevarication.
Some things became less effective when taken too far.
As for why he still had to go