Whoosh, whoosh...
In the enormous square before the Ascension Celestial Palace, streaks of white divine light descended onto the floor as white as jade. Once the light faded, figures gradually appeared before everyone's eyes.
Before the Hunting Realm hunt began, every martial artist who had gone to participate had been filled with lofty ambition, swearing to hunt down the strongest exotic beast in the Hunting Realm, thereby proving their strength and making a name for themselves under heaven.
Yet now, the martial artists who had been teleported back were all dejected and covered in blood. They had long since lost the high spirits with which they had departed for the hunt.
The martial artists from the Southern Region and Western Region were still relatively intact. Although they had suffered some losses, they remained within an acceptable range.
The Northern Region and Eastern Region had suffered the heaviest losses. More than a thousand martial artists from the two great regions had been buried in the Hunting Realm.
Most importantly... those more than thousand people had all been prodigies whom the various sects and Lineages of the Northern Region and Eastern Region had devoted every resource to nurturing. This was far from something that could be compared to merely losing a thousand martial artists.
"Brother Lin."
Lin Bai suddenly heard a voice and turned his head, whereupon he saw Bu Junfeng greeting him.
"Brother Bu."
Behind Sui Hang was also Huang Qingyun, Lu Qingjun, Chen Yule, Wang Zhengyang, Qi Lingyu, Chu Tinghan, and many other martial artists from the Eastern Region.
Liang Wang raised his head and met the gaze of His Highness Chu Emperor. He smiled at first, but then his smile began to fade unnaturally. His brows drew tightly together, and his face seemed shrouded in a layer of gloom