A cold wind swept through the void, and silence fell outside Gusu City.
The patriarchs of the aristocratic clans, including everyone from the Jiang Family, Su Clan, and Lin Clan, wore complicated expressions, unable to speak.
Could they blame Lin Zhixuan? His opponent's cultivation was higher than his, and she possessed the legendary Dao Source Immortal Seal. Lin Zhixuan was already monstrous enough; the Black Veiled Woman was simply even more terrifying.
Yet the price of this defeat was unbearable!
Without Lin Zhixuan, who else could stop her? If the Human Race suffered a crushing defeat in this inaugural challenge, who knew how high morale in the Demon Domain would soar, or how far the Human Race would sink? They might never recover. Many humans would likely find ways to flee the Northern Region, and once word spread, even the army's resolve would crumble!
Their hearts spasmed and clenched. The anguish was almost unbearable, yet they were powerless. All they felt was the agony of despair.
The countless immortal citizens of the Thirty-Six Thousand Immortal Cities had also fallen utterly silent at those words. Countless faces turned deathly pale, covered in despair.
Lin Jinrou's lips parted slightly, her gaze blank. The invincible older brother who had seemed like a god to her since childhood had actually lost.
He could actually... bow his head and admit defeat.
Su Muqing watched in a daze. She understood Lin Zhixuan. He had done everything he could. Apart from burning his primordial spirit and taking medicine, he had fought at his very strongest.
His opponent was simply stronger-absurdly stronger.
A sudden sorrow welled up within her, and she hated her own helplessness. If she had not lost earlier, if she had held on long enough to fight the Black Veiled Woman, she would have burned