Whoosh!
A short while later, Su Mo burst out of the ground and immediately flew toward the Emperor Xuan Palace's Outer Sect Plaza.
Everyone stared wide-eyed in stunned silence at Su Mo and Shangguan Hao, whom he held in his hand.
The young supreme genius of his generation, Shangguan Hao, had ultimately lost—and lost so utterly, so miserably!
He had not been defeated by someone ranked above him on the Ten Thousand Venerables Ranking, nor had he lost to another Martial Emperor Realm expert. He had lost to an obscure Martial King Realm Third Layer martial artist.
In truth, no one was particularly surprised. From the moment Shangguan Hao had been blasted down from the sky, everyone had known clearly that his defeat was inevitable.
Yet seeing Shangguan Hao now looking like a dead dog, his face a bloody, mangled mess, still made their hearts shudder.
Su Mo was actually this bold!
On Emperor Xuan Palace's territory, without regard for Emperor Profound Palace Master Di Shi's dignity, Su Mo had actually tortured Shangguan Hao into such a state.
Everyone trembled inwardly, and many gazes turned toward Di Shi.
Sure enough, Di Shi's face had darkened, looking somewhat unsightly.
Earlier, when Shangguan Hao had begun to show signs of defeat, Di Shi had not intervened because Shangguan Hao would not die. He had left a life-saving measure on Shangguan Hao.
As long as Shangguan Hao suffered a fatal attack and stood on the brink of death, the measure he had left behind would automatically activate and preserve Shangguan Hao's life.
And now, although Su Mo had not killed Shangguan Hao, he had tortured him until he no longer looked human.
Whoosh!
Su Mo was extremely fast. Crossing several hundred miles, he returned to the plaza in the span of a breath.