Several old men and old women from the Unique Association had died.
Four semi-finished Heaven-Reaching experts had vanished.
The news spread through the Imperial Capital like the wind.
Many lineages and organizations learned of it.
The lineages and organizations that had invested vast resources into the Unique Association were furious.
Those who had invested little, however, were not only unangered—they were delighted:
"Who knows which audacious bastard actually dared to deal with the Unique Association?"
"Heh, the Unique Association has been far too arrogant lately. Either they poach people until everyone is furious, or they forcibly abduct experts."
"They even forced us to join the Unique Association and make investments."
"Now they've been retaliated against, haven't they?"
"They really thought that making a few semi-finished Heaven-Reaching Martial Artists would let them lord it over the Imperial Capital?"
"They deserved it!"
Some people were delighted.
Others were enraged, terrified, and confused.
"The Unique Association is our only way out."
"The Unique Association is the only organization capable of resisting the Millennial Tribulation."
"Who is opposing the Unique Association?"
Among them, Human World and In the Red Dust were the most furious:
Because the Unique Association had been formed through the painstaking efforts and connections of these two major organizations, gathering more than a third of the Imperial Capital's top lineages and organizations.
The basic framework of the Unique Association had only just been established.
It had been preparing to officially begin operations.
And yet—
The moment it began operating, this happened.
Wasn't this a slap in their faces?
Someone was trying to strangle the Unique Association in its cradle?
"In the Great Gan Empire, we absolutely cannot allow anyone to treat the Unique Association this way."
"That murderer is too brutal."
"He actually killed his way up from below."
"He killed