Slaughter

"Hmm?"

Xiao Yan, who had been chatting with Elder Eagle Mountain and Lu Yi at the tea shop, suddenly raised his brows and looked gravely at Gu Qinghan.

"About how many?"

"At least seven or eight that I've sensed so far, all lone experts outside the Tianhe Alliance's jurisdiction." Gu Qinghan spread her hands and said in a deep voice, "And I have a feeling the number will keep increasing."

Hearing this, Xiao Yan's brows furrowed even more tightly. He raised a hand to cover his mouth and fell into thought.

There was no reason for it. There was no reason for so many peak Nine-revolutions Dou Zuns to suddenly come to a tiny place like the Black Corner Region. The Black Corner Region was indeed the commercial center of the Northwest Continent, but in the eyes of those peak Nine-revolutions Dou Zuns from Central Continent, it was nothing more than some backwater. It was the kind of place they would not even consider visiting for a leisurely stroll. For so many to arrive all at once was unreasonable no matter how he thought about it.

And this was not the only strange thing.

That day, Xiao Yan had indeed erased Shi Tian with a single strike. Putting aside the fact that Xiao Yan's strength had always far surpassed those of the same level, even under normal circumstances, the gap between a Nine-star Dou Zun and a peak Nine-revolutions Dou Zun was like an insurmountable chasm. There was nothing strange about Shi Tian being killed in one move.

The strange part was that Shi Tian should only have been a Seven-star Dou Zun. At least, that had been the case a month ago. In other words, Shi Tian had risen from a Seven-star Dou Zun to the peak Nine-star Dou