"Huo Lian, can we leave now?" Pang Ji asked, looking at Huo Lian.
Apart from Huang Xiao and Pang Yi, only Huo Lian, Shi Hen, and Pang Ji remained.
"Huang Xiao, don't hold back," Huo Lian told him.
"Pang Yi, don't strike too hard," Pang Ji countered pointedly.
Huo Lian snorted coldly and headed down the mountain.
Pang Ji laughed with a hint of triumph, and the others descended the mountain together.
Only Huang Xiao and Pang Yi remained on the summit. With so many people around earlier, Huang Xiao had hardly noticed anything, but now that only the two of them remained, he felt a trace of murderous chill in the mountain wind as it blew past.
"I truly never expected your strength to have improved so much," Pang Yi began.
"Nor did I expect you to suppress your strength to this extent. The Half-Step Martial Realm. The Ten-Thousand Interception Method truly is miraculous. I'm impressed," Huang Xiao said.
"There are plenty more miraculous things about it, and even more things you've never seen or heard of." Pang Yi chuckled. "You merely joined the Demon Hall partway through your life. What would you know of the deep reserves of the Demon Hall and my Pang Family?"
"Are you showing off to me?" Huang Xiao asked.
"What if I am?" Pang Yi asked with a smile.
"Nothing. I just envy you a little for being born into the right family," Huang Xiao said mildly. "With all the resources in the Pang Family, even a pig could probably take flight."
Pang Yi chuckled. "Such a crude provocation isn't enough to anger me. Huang Xiao, are you afraid? Trying a few little tricks before the match to unsettle my mind?"
"Isn't it the truth?" Huang Xiao asked.
"Being born into the right