If they knew what had happened inside the secret realm, they would not have been obsessing over whether Zhan Yan's disappearance meant he was presumably dead.
Because that was utterly meaningless. Inside, three figures among the foremost of their generation had already fallen.
Under ordinary circumstances, the fall of any one of them would have caused a tremendous uproar, just like Zhan Yan's disappearance had sparked endless speculation.
But compared to the conflict that had erupted within the secret realm, it meant nothing at all.
"That leader looks familiar... Hiss, I remember now! Isn't he Zhan Ge, one of the Supreme Elders of the Battle Saint Family?" Someone suddenly recalled the identity of the Battle Saint Family expert at the head of the group, and the realization left everyone stunned.
Zhan Ge was an old-established expert with immense seniority within the Battle Saint Family. The fact that he had personally appeared here showed just how seriously they regarded this matter.
"This time, with Zhan Yan missing, the Battle Saint Family is probably truly going to fly into a rage!"
"But wasn't it said that life and death on the Selection of Emperor Road were determined by fate? How dare the Battle Saint Family take revenge so openly?"
"You're still too naive. This is probably your first time on the Selection of Emperor Road, isn't it? Though they say life and death are determined by fate, that only applies to ordinary people. A genius at Zhan Yan's level is someone a Seal King Faction has spent countless resources and countless years nurturing. If such a person falls, it is absolutely a world-shaking event!"
"That's right, he's right. Last time, when Hidden Valley's Kunpeng was captured, didn't the Flame Lord personally act and uproot the Yunmo City Lineage entirely? Such revenge is