He Jue was dead. The Blood Dragon Sect had also learned of his death—they had discovered that his soul jade tablet had shattered.
This left the people of the Blood Dragon Sect utterly shocked.
The tournament had not even begun yet. How had something happened to He Jue?
He Jue was one of the Blood Dragon Sect's top geniuses, someone the sect valued greatly and placed high hopes on—a peerless talent highly likely to seize one of the slots.
And now he had actually died. How could the Blood Dragon Sect possibly accept this?
The people of the Blood Dragon Sect thus approached the faction hosting the tournament for an explanation.
In the end, they received their answer. He Jue had engaged in a Life and Death Battle with someone named Jiang Chen and had been killed.
This infuriated the Blood Dragon Sect.
Someone had actually dared to kill a member of their Blood Dragon Sect—and he was only a Rogue Cultivator.
However, while the tournament was underway, experts from the major factions could not enter the inner grounds. Otherwise, they would be breaking the rules and would be punished.
Left with no choice, the Blood Dragon Sect could only wait until the tournament was over before settling scores with Jiang Chen.
They secretly dispatched people to gather information about Jiang Chen.
As expected of a powerful sect, the Blood Dragon Sect quickly uncovered some information about Jiang Chen.
They learned of the conflict between Jiang Chen and the Heavenwalker Sect. The Heavenwalker Sect had been searching for Jiang Chen's whereabouts all this time, but Jiang Chen had gone into hiding, so they had not been able to make a move against him in time.
Now, Jiang Chen had successfully entered the tournament.
Hearing that Jiang Chen could actually kill