The uproar filling the air was suddenly choked off by an invisible hand.
The Training Ground fell deathly silent.
Amid that uncanny stillness, Chu Fan stepped forward, heading toward the Seven Star Gang's seats in the stands.
His footsteps were light, yet each one seemed to land squarely on everyone's heart, its dull thud echoing within them.
Thousands of pairs of eyes locked onto his figure in unison.
Shock, terror, disbelief—all manner of emotions intertwined in the air.
Who could have imagined that a Demon Suppression Guard at the Supernatural Power Realm Third Heaven would sweep through the Opening Apertures Realm Arena with such overwhelming force?
Those cultivators at the Peak of the Opening Apertures Realm, who usually held their noses high and proclaimed themselves prodigies, now hunched their shoulders, their faces deathly pale.
Chu Fan's towering ferocity had left not one of them daring to set even half a foot onto the arena.
The sight shattered everything they thought they knew.
It also delivered a vicious slap to the faces of those aristocratic clans and sects.
Having conquered the Opening Apertures Realm Arena, Chu Fan had earned the right under the tournament rules to challenge the Mind Clarification Realm Arena across a realm boundary.
The Mind Clarification Realm Arena had yet to open. The prodigies of that realm, who had been resting with their eyes closed as they awaited their turn, all opened their eyes.
They watched Chu Fan, their gazes complicated and even tinged with wariness.
The limelight and glory that should have belonged to them had been ruthlessly snatched away by this Demon Suppression Guard who had appeared out of nowhere.
On one side of the stands sat the Medicine King Valley delegation.
The atmosphere was oppressive, like the calm before a storm.
The valley master's expression