Old Ghost Xing's bedraggled flight was like a clear signal, completely cementing the situation here.
Although quite a few experts and rogue cultivators from various factions had survived in the square, the looks they cast at Lin Ming's group were extremely complicated, with no lack of greed and envy among them.
The Dou Saint remains, the controlled Nether Python Clan elder, and the various methods and puppets Lin Ming had displayed earlier—all of them made people drool with desire.
However, greed was ultimately suppressed by an even stronger fear.
Unless all the survivors in the square could cast aside their past grievances and unite as one, they might perhaps still cause Lin Ming and the others some trouble.
But was that possible?
Having just endured the threat of death from the Great Heaven Creation Palm, and having personally witnessed Old Ghost Xing, a Five-Star Dou Venerate, being heavily injured by Lin Ming and his puppet before fleeing with a severed arm, these people were already terrified out of their wits.
At this moment, they were supposed to fight Lin Ming, who could even defeat a Soul Hall Venerable Elder? That was nothing but a fool's dream.
What was more, Lin Ming had members of the Five Elements Sect and experts from Blazing Flame Valley beside him, as well as Ming Yu, the newly subdued Four-Star Dou Venerate Peak enforcer!
Thus, although Lin Ming's group had taken the most precious treasure hoard from the ruins' main hall, no one dared step forward to stop them. They did not even dare reveal the slightest sign of dissatisfaction. The entire square fell into an eerie silence, broken only by the occasional sound of rubble rolling down in the deep pit and the suppressed breathing of the crowd.
The members of the Five Elements