News of the Southern Grappling Sect's destruction quickly spread, leaving every faction in the Southern Region unable to sit still.
The remaining Grandmasters of the Southern Region all announced that they were descending the mountain to travel, their whereabouts unknown. In truth, they were merely preventing the Martial Maniac from coming to challenge their gates.
True Realm Grandmasters did indeed dare to fight and risk their lives—but only when necessary, only to become stronger. Faced with a situation that was plainly a death wish, how could they possibly stay behind and wait to die?
Ji Yanchang and the Ji Family's Second Granduncle likewise announced that they were descending the mountain to travel. Though they had not actually left and had merely hidden in the rear mountain, they used the aura of the Martial Immortal to muddle Sense Danger and Avoid, making it impossible for the other Grandmasters to detect them.
"What a Martial Maniac. He really is arrogant enough."
At the border between the Southern Region and the Central Region, Sang Ruiqian, the elder Grandmaster of the Life-and-Death Sect, gradually furrowed his brows.
Lu Mingxu had met with disaster, and another Grandmaster had also met with disaster. Now, the Life-and-Death Sect had only him left who could spare the time.
Forget suppressing the Ji Family and Xiang Family—even maintaining deterrence against outsiders was becoming insufficient. They were desperately short-handed.
"He does have the right to be arrogant. So long as Sect Master Lu does not emerge, no one on our side can do anything to him. Unless we disregard the Xingyi Sect and directly gather the Grandmasters of every major force to encircle and eliminate him..."
Across from elder Grandmaster Sang Ruiqian sat Ke Lingfeng, the sect master of a native True Realm martial sect. He took a sip of