When those words fell, the entire place went deathly silent. No one spoke.
Liu Yebai and the Holdouts alike stared at Qin An in shock.
None of them could believe Qin An had truly broken the curse.
And he had done it so quickly. It was simply beyond belief.
They had imagined Qin An would endure a grueling ordeal and spend a great deal of time struggling against the curse before finally admitting defeat.
But never in their wildest dreams had they expected Qin An to break it.
More than that, a terrifying aura now lingered around Qin An, as though he had used the ordeal to smooth away his deepest weakness.
Liu Yebai felt it most keenly. As the leader of the Desolate Forbidden Land, he understood the curse better than ordinary people did.
He knew Qin An had completely erased the weakness in his mindscape.
Qin An now had no weakness of the mindscape. It was all but impossible for anyone to defeat him through it.
That held true even for the Heavenly Demon.
Liu Yebai sighed deeply, then stepped forward.
He knew someone needed to speak up, and he was the one to do it.
Liu Yebai cupped his fists. "Since Lord Savior has broken the curse here and freed us from the nightmare that has haunted us for so long, we will stand behind you and become the sharpest blade in your hand."
"However you wish to wield us, we will gladly charge through boiling water and raging fire without a word of refusal!"
The other Holdouts saw this and saluted Qin An in unison. "Through boiling water and raging fire, without a word of refusal!"
Their voices rang out together without the slightest discord. It reflected how they felt: they were truly willing to risk