"Red Assembly is about to rise!"
Someone murmured in amazement.
"Hadn't it risen long ago?"
Others said the same.
Yet many neutral factions and academies had no idea how to choose amid the continent's future changes.
Although these factions wished to remain as neutral as possible and preserve themselves, a storm was brewing.
Besides, refusing to take a side—
meant making enemies of everyone!
In the future, even if they did not make a choice, circumstances would force one upon them.
Remaining neutral required capital, but the vast majority of Advanced Academies and small-to-medium factions lacked the means to maintain independence before the major powers.
But Red Assembly had it.
Still, the various Advanced Academies and small-to-medium factions on the Heaven Dou side remained hesitant—after all, the noble-born students in their academies had said that Xue Ye seemed ready to move against Red Assembly...
Much like the previous tournament, when the prizes were presented, Bibi Dong asked Qingzhu Zhu and the others whether they were willing to join Spirit Hall.
Without exception.
Not one agreed.
When the Spirit Condensing Wisdom Skull, Explosive Burning Flame Right Arm Bone, and Swift Forwarding Wind Chasing Left Leg Bone—the prizes for this tournament—were brought out, even Titled Douluo could not help revealing a hint of longing.
Qingzhu Zhu, Dai Mubai, and the others were the same. Only Ouyang Sun felt little about them—although he had yet to encounter the true core theories behind Zhou Qing and the others' cultivation, the fused possession of Heart Ape and Star Toad had allowed him to instinctively construct the cultivation system of the "Martial Cauldron Soul Furnace."
Soul Bones?
If they could not improve alongside him, he felt they might instead hinder his growth.
After receiving the prizes, Qingzhu Zhu did not distribute them immediately. Instead, she