"Now, I'll give you two choices: first, I take your hearts."
"Second, naturally, I take your lives!"
"Those who choose the first may kneel now. To put it plainly, those who kneel may live!"
"Brother Gu, quickly have the Gu Family's experts make their move and capture this Human Race traitor!" someone immediately shouted at Gu Shuo.
Most of them were weaker than Gu Shuo in both cultivation and combat strength, much less capable of fighting Qin Luo.
Before Qin Luo, they could only talk tough. After all, Qin Luo's record was right there for all to see.
The people under his command had slain five Sovereign Realm experts, and there were even more outrageous rumors that Qin Luo alone could fight and kill a Sovereign Realm expert.
"Enough!" Gu Shuo shouted in a deep voice, instantly drawing everyone's attention.
Gu Shuo slowly stepped forward. Even Xu Yingying moved aside to clear a path for him. Her gaze settled on Gu Shuo, as though she had already seen him make his move and teach Qin Luo a lesson.
Only a young prodigy like Gu Shuo—with talent, cultivation, and family backing—was worthy of her.
But what happened next left her completely dumbfounded.
Gu Shuo walked up to Qin Luo and directly dropped to both knees.
Bang! The muffled sound echoed throughout the entire hall.
"Gu Shuo pays respects to Master!"
The entire hall fell silent. All they could hear was Gu Shuo's voice.
Gu Shuo had knelt?
Before everyone's very eyes, Gu Shuo had been the first to kneel?
Even if Gu Shuo was not the strongest among them, he was not far from it. And where was this? This was the Gu Family!
The Gu Family was an Immortal Aristocratic Family, immensely powerful. Why would they fear Qin Luo, the