Cha Huan withdrew his hand. Unlike the others, who collapsed as if they had been drained dry, he turned and walked away with ease. From his meaningful gaze, one could even make out the unspoken message: Is that all? You youngsters these days are hopeless.
"Thanks for your hard work, everyone. Our next gathering will be in three days, so please get some good rest." Smiling, he snapped his fingers, and the Blood Essence Stone instantly vanished like a fantastical illusion. "Next, leave in order. Hmm, there are quite a lot of people now. If everyone leaves one by one, it'll take too long..."
Smiling, he looked toward the other side of the basement and gave it a gentle push. With a deafening rumble, the earth and walls of the basement pushed upward against gravity. The soil was squeezed out by an invisible hand like a sausage wrapped in casing, until a new passage had been forced open.
"You can choose which passage to leave through. You can even choose to leave together with several other people, of course, as long as everyone agrees. If anyone maliciously follows you, you can tell me before you leave. I'll uphold justice on behalf of the Immortal Palace."
"Although a 'True Man' may not be invincible under heaven," Smiling said, "here, no one can withstand even one move from me."
His words seemed to contain a provocation, yet they also sounded like simple bragging. Naturally, however, no one was foolish enough to cross him. Everyone had been drained dry by the Blood Essence Stone, and there was barely any light in the basement. Le Yu estimated that his combat strength was probably only a tenth of normal. He even suspected that Smiling had deliberately put on such an awkward display because he knew