Luring Demons into the Trap!

The courtyard remained silent for a long time.

Rain pattered down, but it could not drown out the storm raging in everyone's hearts.

The elders who had stayed behind exchanged glances, the fear in their eyes gradually giving way to shock.

Everything had happened so quickly that they had barely had time to react.

"What... what realm is he at?"

One elder spoke in a trembling, hoarse voice. "Judging by his age, he's only in his early twenties..."

"But the force behind that palm strike was beyond anyone in the Liquid Condensation Realm."

"Could he... already have entered the Aperture-Opening Realm?"

Murmurs rose one after another. The way everyone looked at Yang Xiao had changed completely.

Before, they had assumed Yang Xiao was a junior who had come along to "broaden his horizons."

Only now did they realize how terribly wrong they had been.

What kind of young man needed to broaden his horizons like that?

He was clearly someone whose leg they needed to cling to!

An older elder took a deep breath and hurried toward the side hall.

The other elders followed, their expressions complicated.

In the side hall, Yang Xiao sat on the threshold, the Army-Breaking Spear resting at an angle beside him. His expression was calm.

He toyed with a dark red Demon Core in his hand—the Inner Core of the Dog Demon he had just killed.

"Deputy General Yang..."

The elders approached Yang Xiao and saluted him together, their manner far more respectful than before.

"We were blind just now and failed to recognize Deputy General Yang's true strength."

"Your divine might is astonishing, Deputy General Yang. You slew an Aperture-Opening Realm Dog Demon in a single strike. You have our admiration."

"If Deputy General Yang hadn't acted, today we might have..."

Their words carried