Dead silence!
A silence more complete and prolonged than any before.
It enveloped the enormous plaza beneath the War God Academy's Heavenly Ascension Ladder.
The countless gazes of the many Young Supremes and dark prodigies seemed bound by invisible chains.
They were riveted to the white-robed figure on the twentieth step of the Heavenly Ascension Ladder.
Reflected in their pupils was the inconceivable, soul-shaking scene that had just unfolded.
The combat imprint of the Invincible One of the Ancient Era, the Azure Dragon Battle Venerable, had been extinguished beneath a single stomp, scattering into a sky full of shimmering light.
It dispersed between heaven and earth, ceasing to exist.
That had been the Invincible One of the Ancient Era, someone who had ruled supreme over an age without a single known equal.
Moreover, he possessed the Dragon Clan's bloodline, granting him terrifying physical strength!
Yet that effortless stomp seemed to have crushed not an invincible imprint.
Instead, it had landed on the hearts of every young prodigy.
Their breathing, and even their Dao hearts, had stopped short!
They could scarcely imagine such vast, overwhelming might, such transcendent talent!
"Gulp..."
Only after a moment did a prodigy below manage to swallow with difficulty.
The strained sound rang especially clearly through the silence, in which even a falling needle could have been heard.
Then an overwhelming uproar and cries of horror erupted like floodwaters bursting through a dam.
They seemed ready to overturn the entire plaza, shaking everyone to the core!
"D-did you see that? The Azure... Azure Dragon Battle Venerable, with one stomp..."
"Of course I saw it, but how is that possible? Even the Azure Dragon Battle Venerable couldn't withstand him?!"
One young prodigy's face turned deathly pale, his lips trembling.
He could not even finish his sentence, his pupils