The rain was still falling.
The battle between the Black Wind Stronghold Master and the Rogue King had only just begun.
This could be called a contest between two of the foremost experts among the Vassal States. Those figures ranked above them—who among them was not renowned throughout the land and hailed as a legend?
At this moment, atop the Three-Part Training Grounds within the Heavenly Alliance of the distant Shenwu Kingdom.
Xiong Ba, dressed in black, sat steadily upon a dragon throne at the center of the grounds. Wen Chou Chou stood beside him, holding a feather fan and smiling. Behind him stood over three hundred guards in black trousers and red robes, as well as more than five hundred otherworlders selected as elites, all tightly surrounding and protecting him in an imposing display.
Yet seated upright across from Xiong Ba was another man. He looked around twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, with a smile on his face. He lacked Xiong Ba's domineering, self-proclaimed aura of a tyrannical hero. Instead, he carried himself with calm composure, his eyes brimming with wisdom. There was something extraordinary within his apparent ordinariness. Hundreds of guards in blue-violet attire stood behind him as well. They were not dressed like Heavenly Alliance disciples, but all wore badges bearing the word "Unrivaled" on their chests. They were clearly men from Unrivaled City, another major force within the Shenwu Kingdom.
Unrivaled City was not actually a city, but a sect comparable to the Heavenly Alliance.
Precisely because the Heavenly Alliance existed, Unrivaled City was not truly unrivaled beneath heaven. One mountain could not contain two tigers.
The Heavenly Alliance had risen with astonishing speed in recent years. Its headquarters was located on the Heavenly Mountain in northwestern Shenwu Kingdom, benefiting greatly from the natural defenses there.