Saint Explosion!
When those ten black Icefire Saint Seeds exploded in the night sky, transforming into a rain of black Saint Explosions that blanketed nearly the entirety of East Heavenly King City.
Inside the Royal City, everyone's breathing began to seize up.
That dense black rain contained boundless, majestic destructive power, as if it sought to strip all life from East Heavenly King City.
"Have they gone mad?"
"Has the Half-Saint gone mad?"
"Am I going to die?"
"Saint Slave... as expected, they truly are the continent's number one dark faction!"
"I knew it, I knew it! How could the Holy Spirit Hall's battle against a dark faction tonight possibly end with both sides stopping at the proper point?"
"This battle was never meant for people to watch."
"We should have run away long ago..."
Everyone in the Royal City panicked.
Only at this moment did they abruptly realize.
This was not a contest upon an arena. There was no stopping at the proper point, nor was there any surrender or admission of defeat.
From the very moment the great battle in the Royal City had erupted.
The best choice had not been to remain and observe some Taixu battle, seeking enlightenment and cultivation.
They should have fled far away instead, escaping the turmoil of the Royal City this night with the speed of thunder.
"Xu Xiaoshou..."
High above the trading fair grounds, when Shouye saw Xu Xiaoshou make this final choice, his entire heart turned cold.
At this moment, Shouye suddenly realized as well—it was too late! Xu Xiaoshou was no longer the young man he had once been.
He had only joined Saint Slave for such a short time, yet he had already been thoroughly brainwashed by that dark and wicked faction.
Using the lives of the Royal