The five Innate Masters had poured into him not only their true qi, but also their vigorous blood vitality and life force. Their very life essence had been entrusted to Zhang Zhichong along with it.
At this sight, countless people were astonished and bewildered. They could not understand why the five had done this. They seemed to have become tools to be used, offering everything they possessed to Zhang Zhichong while leaving nothing for themselves. Half a lifetime of rising and falling had come to nothing.
"These men are battle-hardened martial experts who endured untold hardship before attaining the Innate realm. Their wills are tenacious, their spirits unbreakable. When it comes to life and death, perhaps they can face it with the ease of a breeze brushing their faces—but why are they so fixated on Zhang Zhichong? Why would they rather offer up everything they have just to win him a sliver of a chance to escape?"
There were countless people who shared such thoughts. Human nature was selfish, after all. In the face of life and death, making this choice meant completely abandoning themselves. It was an act that ran against one's very nature.
Had they not passed their cultivation and blood vitality to Zhang Zhichong, but instead to someone else, there might still have been a chance.
"Back then, Zhang Kuan rejected the usual methods of building a power. He gathered Innate Masters, personally selected talent, taught them martial arts, and cultivated Innate experts. It seems he had long been plotting this. These people were all Trump Cards prepared for the Zhang Family father and son."
Many great powers now developed and strengthened rapidly only by recruiting outside experts. Meng Zhao himself was an obvious example. Since arriving in Lingwu City, he had drawn wave after wave of