Iron River True Immortal looked up at the people in the Great Hall and said gravely, "I just received news from Mantis Mountain. Baochi, our Chen Family man in Golden Cicada Ridge, is dead!"
"Dead?"
The Chen Family experts in the Great Hall were stunned. They all knew that Chen Baochi, the Void Sword Emperor, was one of the Five Overlords of Golden Cicada Ridge. He was the strongest among them, and his Sword Alliance was the strongest of the Five Overlords' factions.
Over the years, Oriole Mountain had produced plenty of exceptionally talented Great Emperors. But they knew the Five Overlords represented the five most powerful factions in the Outer Heavens. While those Great Emperors were in Golden Cicada Ridge, one of the Five Overlords would extend an olive branch to them. With the Five Overlords' help, they would cultivate until they could enter Mantis Mountain or an even higher-level cultivation realm.
Those talented Great Emperors feared the forces behind the Five Overlords and generally would not oppose them. Even when conflicts arose, they would not push things too far.
The Void Sword Emperor was the Chen Family's face in Golden Cicada Ridge. He represented Wuyou Great Immortal and the Chen Family.
To disrespect the Void Sword Emperor was to disrespect the Chen Family and Wuyou Great Immortal. Such an act would inevitably draw retaliation from the Chen Family, if not the entire Wuyou Great Immortal Faction.
Unless the offenders sought refuge with one of the other four top powers and gained its protection, no one could withstand the retaliation of the Wuyou Great Immortal Faction.
Yet someone had killed a member of the Chen Family. To them, it was a naked provocation.
"Family Head, how exactly did our man die?"
A True Immortal in the Great Hall asked