The storm raised by three factions and five Spirit Transformation Realm experts joining forces to attack the Water-Fire Devil Stronghold vanished in an instant.
The people of the Water-Fire Devil Stronghold were naturally overjoyed. Not only had their stronghold survived, it had grown even stronger.
But for the other strongholds, this was a shocking turn of events.
The southeastern Crouching Dragon Mountains.
Seven Kill Stronghold.
A man in a blood-red robe, killing intent rolling off his body, had just received the news his subordinates had gathered. Furious, he smashed the wine cup in his hand, then struck the wooden table beside him and shattered it to pieces.
"Bastards!!"
"How is this possible?"
"Bloodsea Demon Blade Zhang Zhen... What the hell is that idiot doing? Has he gone mad? How could he join the Water-Fire Devil Stronghold?"
"Fuck... Does he have no shame left at all?"
This man was the chief of Seven Kill Stronghold, Blood-Killing Devil Lord Huang Yiqi!
Seven Kill Stronghold had been founded by seven Spirit Transformation Realm experts. It was unquestionably the foremost stronghold in the southeastern Crouching Dragon Mountains. All seven chiefs were exceptionally powerful, and they commanded dozens of top Xiantian Martial Artists. It was a place brimming with talent.
That was why Seven Kill Stronghold had always been ambitious, hoping to bring the scattered strongholds of the southeast under its command and secure its position as the region's foremost stronghold.
But precisely because those strongholds were so scattered, Seven Kill Stronghold had never found the right opportunity to unite them.
The main reason was that Seven Kill Stronghold remained wary of the great strongholds elsewhere in the Crouching Dragon Mountains.
They feared that methods too ruthless and heavy-handed would draw those strongholds' resentment, or even provoke them into attacking.
Other strongholds in the Crouching