The Great Marsh was wreathed in mist, the blood-red setting sun spreading across its vast, rippling waters.
The wind passed without a trace, leaving only a faint trace of blood in the air, slowly dispersing.
Only after the two battered demon corpses had sunk completely beneath the water, swallowed by the churning currents,
did the two members of the Xu Family finally come back to their senses.
Just moments ago, Uncle Xun had thought the young girl, fresh out of the gate and ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth, was just bragging.
But now, he had witnessed this scene with his own eyes.
How could this be mere empty boasting... She had actually been understating her strength!
Two demon generals at the Second Rank of Chess-Player Realm, and in a watery region where they had every advantage of terrain. Even if he, a Fourth Rank of Chess-Player Realm cultivator, had personally stepped in, he would have had to expend a great deal of effort to kill them so cleanly...
From the moment the girl launched her sudden attack to the fall of the two demon generals,
only a few short breaths had passed.
And besides,
compared to such shocking methods, the hundred-mile Central Palace phenomenon that had blotted out the sky now seemed far less difficult for Uncle Xun to accept.
Someone capable of such feats... If her foundations were deep enough to summon a hundred-mile phenomenon,
then it seemed to make sense.
If not, how could she have done any of this?
As he stood there, uncertain and shaken,
a cool, indifferent voice suddenly sounded by his ear.
"What are you still standing there for? Weren't you going to pay your respects?"
Uncle Xun shuddered from head to toe.
"Oh... Oh..."
The old man nodded repeatedly, hastily