(These two consecutive chapters form a pair; don't miss the previous one.)
Next time the Kill List appeared, the "recognized one" would be the first to know its location. This meant they would certainly not die; even if they were listed, it could be rewritten to someone else's name, which equated to deciding the fate of another True Saint.
All sorts of benefits, coupled with such great fortune and temptation of interests, made it difficult even for some True Beings to resist.
This clearly formed a trend: those who opposed the list, even if they hadn't originally been on it, would be implicated along the way, casually meeting their ends and having their dojos destroyed. Meanwhile, those who "complied" with the list and struck out were considered to be hunting prey reasonably, and could reap various benefits.
The current situation was like Calamityless True Saint being a bleeding giant whale, nearing death and drawing all kinds of predators from the sea.
Such opponents are hard to bear, Wang Xuan muttered. After learning of this fundamental, internal cause in hell, he knew Five Tribulations Mountain was finished.
Under such circumstances, anyone who didn't kick a man while he was down was already considered decent.
He pondered the backgrounds and current statuses of those actively entering the arena.
"Tattoo Palace and Paper Saint Hall were both once thought to have experienced 'Saint Fall' events, and many guessed their True Saints had perished. Yet in the end, they stood up again, mysteriously recovering. This shows they solved their own problems. Even though they paid a heavy price and vanished for a long time, they ultimately weathered the storm."
What was more, these two dojos seemingly had an even more formidable existence behind them. Tattoo Palace and Paper Saint Hall belonged to the same