With no other option left, Light had to speak.
He knew that if he stayed silent, his credibility with the Peak Master would plummet.
And if he tried to lie? She'd see through it instantly — and the consequences would be worse.
Resigned, he painfully admitted, "Peak Master, it's like this… the disciple we were all fighting over is an Irregular."
"Oh?" The Peak Master raised a brow. "Now this is interesting."
Immediately, her divine sense swept through the whole room, and her gaze locked onto Yu Xuan.
And then—
The entire room froze.
No, time itself seemed to grind to a halt.
A moment later, an unseen force erupted outward, as if the very fabric of reality rejected the presence of others.
In an instant, all the other peak masters — even Elder Kun — were forcibly ejected from the chamber like they were naturally outside to begin with.
It was quiet outside.
Deathly quiet.
Then came the shouting.
