Killing a True King with Lord-level cultivation—this news was simply too explosive!
For a time, it spread once more from the Virtual Realm, making countless factions aware of it.
The major races were utterly stunned!
If Gu Ding's defeat of the twelfth-floor gatekeeper had demonstrated limitless potential, then what he had displayed now was terrifying strength.
Because throughout the history of every race, no one had ever been heard of killing a True King at the Lord level.
The gulf between True Kings and Lords had always been considered impossible to cross. This was an absolute truth, and no one had ever surpassed it. Not even those powerhouses who had dominated an era possessed such a record.
After all, comprehending Dao Rhyme and mastering a Great Dao were entirely different things, fundamentally distinct. The difference was like elementary-school addition and subtraction compared to university calculus—they were not even on the same level.
Yet no one doubted the authenticity of the Virtual Realm's announcement. Since the Virtual Realm had issued such a notice, it proved that Gu Ding had indeed successfully killed a True King. As for which True King had been killed, no one knew, nor had anyone witnessed the battle.
As the one who had been killed, Monix wore an expression of relief. "Good thing no one knows it was me... Otherwise, I'd really have been humiliated beyond measure, getting killed by a Lord..."
He intended to bury this secret for the rest of his life, taking it to the grave without telling anyone. Once others found out, it would become something he would be mocked for all his life.
When the Eternal True Kings of every race received the news, their first reaction was to doubt its authenticity. After confirming it, they all fell into deep thought—how exactly