The Sword Saint and the Undead Killing God fought a decisive battle in the Bamboo Sea, and the Sword Saint was utterly defeated and killed!
This news spread throughout the Eastern State Martial World in almost no time at all, and everyone who heard it was utterly shocked.
Everyone knew the Sword Saint would come looking for Duanmu Huai. After all, Xiongba had slaughtered Peerless City, while the Sword Saint, Dugu Jian, was the elder brother of Peerless City's lord. Although he normally kept out of worldly affairs, he was still Peerless City's backer. Now Dugu Ming had died horribly, Dugu Yifang had been revealed to have been dead for eighteen years, and Peerless City had been massacred by the Under Heaven Society. If the Sword Saint hadn't come out to settle the score, that would have been the truly strange thing.
As for him going after the Undead Killing God... well, that wasn't surprising either. Although Duanmu Huai hadn't caused the incident, he had exposed the substitute's identity in front of everyone, which had led to Peerless City suffering such a disaster. Thus, when the Sword Saint emerged from seclusion and declared that he would first seek out Duanmu Huai before challenging Xiongba, nobody found it strange.
Even Xiongba hurriedly went into seclusion to cultivate after receiving news of the Sword Saint's challenge, preparing for their duel.
In the eyes of both the Sword Saint and Xiongba, Duanmu Huai was merely an opening act, a warm-up. No one thought the Sword Saint could possibly fail to defeat Duanmu Huai. After all, he was a top expert of the Eastern State Martial World. Although Duanmu Huai's reputation was illustrious in the other three states, as mentioned before, even a Grandmaster from the South State would only be considered a first-rate