The entire venue was in an uproar!
Everyone was utterly stunned by the scene before them!
The very first stone had yielded Purple Gold Dao Source worth as much as an Emperor Weapon!
How was anyone supposed to compete with that?
Hearing the thunderous wave of praise around him, Jun Xiaoyao smiled with satisfaction.
He turned and looked at Xiao Yang with the air of a victor.
"Your turn."
His voice was full of condescension.
"Let's see what kind of surprise your stepping stone has in store."
The crowd also turned their eager, expectant gazes toward Xiao Yang.
"Hahaha, a surprise? You'd be lucky if it's not a scare!"
"Exactly. Compared to Purple Gold Dao Source? That lousy stone of his doesn't stand a chance!"
"I bet it's just an ordinary rock with nothing inside!"
Amid the laughter, Xiao Yang remained expressionless as he casually tossed the flat, square "stepping stone," still bearing a few footprints, onto another stone-cutting platform.
It landed with a dull thud that seemed utterly insignificant.
He picked up the Origin Blade and, without any fancy movements, simply brought it down in one clean stroke.
"Crack."
The stone split apart, breaking into several pieces.
Everyone craned their necks, ready to laugh at Xiao Yang.
But...
There was no divine radiance inside the cut stone. There wasn't even a damn thing.
Only a wisp of gray, rotten-smelling waste gas drifted out through the cracks.
And then that was it.
The entire venue fell into deathly silence.
A full three seconds passed.
"Pfft!"
Someone was the first to lose control and burst out laughing.
The next moment, the entire Heavenly Character Stone Workshop erupted in thunderous laughter!
"Hahahaha! I'm dying! He really did cut out a ball of waste gas!"
"Holy crap! Is this guy performing some kind