At the sight of the four enormous words "Sword Points to First" carved into the mountain cliff, and upon hearing Su Mo's resounding, domineering words echo through the air, Xue Juntian froze, Wu Qiong froze, Ju Shen froze, and Hei Yao Huang and Fei Tianyu froze as well.
The five of them wore utterly baffled expressions, unable to react for a moment.
Outside, above Vast Lake, the countless spectators looked no different from Xue Juntian and the others, each one equally dumbfounded.
Everyone had been stunned senseless by the four words "Sword Points to First" and Su Mo's wild, tyrannical declaration.
A short while later, an uproar broke out, and endless cries of alarm shook the entirety of Vast Lake.
"Su Mo actually wants to take first place?"
"He even wants to suppress the five great prodigies!"
"My heavens, what an arrogant tone! How domineering!"
"He wants to fight the five great prodigies alone? Isn't that too confident?"
"That is simply impossible. Although his combat strength is heaven-defying, the five great prodigies are not much weaker. Most importantly, his cultivation is still two levels lower than theirs!"
The entire Vast Lake had completely erupted. Su Mo's tyrannical bearing shook countless people to the core.
The five great prodigies could be called the pinnacle of the Ancient Spirit Star River among those under a hundred years old. Yet Su Mo, with a cultivation two levels below theirs, had declared that he would suppress all five. His confidence had practically burst through the heavens.
Of course, many thought Su Mo was confident, but many others believed he was simply arrogant, because this was fundamentally impossible.
If Su Mo had the cultivation of the Martial Venerable realm eighth layer, the possibility would be very high. If he were at the seventh level of