Mist shrouded the waters of the Great Marsh, while the blood-red afterglow spread across the vast surface.
The wind passed without leaving a trace, leaving only a faint stench slowly dispersing through the air.
Not until the mangled corpses of the two Demons had completely sunk beneath the water and been swallowed by the churning undercurrents.
Only then did the elder and younger members of the Xu Family come back to their senses in a daze.
Just moments ago, Xun Bo had thought this green girl was merely an ignorant little lass fresh out of the gate, blowing hot air without knowing the height of heaven or the depth of earth.
But now that he had witnessed this scene before him.
How was this arrogance... This was clearly humility!
Two demon generals at the Two-Piece Chessmaster Realm, and within this marshland where they held every advantage of terrain—if he, a four-piece Chessmaster Realm cultivator, personally took action, it would still take a great deal of effort to kill them so cleanly...
From the moment the girl suddenly struck to the deaths of the two demon generals.
Only a few short breaths had passed.
And yet.
Compared to such horrifying methods, the hundred-li Central Palace phenomenon that had blanketed the skies now seemed far less difficult for Xun Bo to accept.
A figure capable of such means... having deeper foundations and triggering a hundred-li phenomenon.
Seemed quite reasonable.
If not, how else could she have accomplished such a feat?
While he was still caught between shock and doubt.
A detached voice suddenly sounded beside his ear.
"Why are you still standing there? Aren't we going to offer birthday congratulations?"
Xun Bo shuddered from head to toe.
"Oh... oh..."
The old man nodded repeatedly and hurriedly dispersed the Central Palace hall above