Although Xu Taiping had already decided that he would expel these men from the five Demon-Slaying Armies if they still dared not even look him in the eye.
He did not mind giving them another chance.
After all, every additional battle general would add to the fighting strength of the Five Emperors' Army.
So he called out to Yang Hong once more:
"Yang Hong! I'll give you one last chance!"
"Stand up straight! Look me in the eye!"
The shout made Yang Hong shudder violently, and he tried to raise his head once more.
Xu Taiping continued at that moment:
"Yang Hong! This is your last chance! Stay in my army, and you won't have to hide your fighting strength to accommodate that good-for-nothing grandfather of yours!"
"Because I, your general, will always stand ahead of you!"
"If you refuse to accept that! If you don't want to be like your good-for-nothing grandfather, hiding like a turtle in a secret realm, deceiving himself!"
"Then raise your head! Look me in the eye! Catch up to me! Surpass me!"
Xu Taiping's thunderous shouts struck Yang Hong one after another like actual bolts of lightning.
His body trembling incessantly on instinct, Yang Hong clenched his teeth and kept trying to suppress the fear in his heart and raise his head.
At the same time, he squeezed a voice out through his teeth:
"I, Yang Hong, am not-not some good-for-nothing! Xu-Xu Taiping! What the hell are you yelling about?!"
As he spoke, he forcibly "straightened" his neck and abruptly looked Xu Taiping straight in the eye.
In an instant, surging battle intent erupted around him.
Even his extinguished blade force roared back to life under that battle intent.
His mouth full of blood from clenching his teeth, Yang Hong first spat out a