By afternoon, the sky had gradually darkened.
A large number of eliminated rogue cultivators still lingered in the plaza outside the venue for the points competition.
Generally speaking, most eliminated rogue cultivators would leave. After all, their results no longer had anything to do with them. Failing to qualify meant they had no chance left at all. Those who were young might wait another four years for the next opportunity, while those who were older would be forever barred from the Ascending Dragon Tournament.
Still, there was nothing much to regret. The vast majority of people never got such an opportunity. Only four people from the entire Jiang City had qualified for the Four Seas Ascending Dragon Tournament. As for the chance to cultivate in Dragon Hall, only a handful of heaven-favored prodigies in the entire human world could obtain it.
But this time was different. After today's points competition, an especially large number of competitors lingered outside instead of leaving.
It wasn't only those whose friends or relatives were still fighting inside, or those curious about the rankings. Quite a few of them wore resentful expressions, as if they had stayed behind to seek revenge.
Anyone who had watched the live broadcast could probably tell why these people refused to leave. They had lost far too miserably. Many of them had no idea who had eliminated them, even up until their defeat.
Only after they came out and asked one another did they learn that the culprits were all the same person.
He was a local rogue cultivator from Jiang City, known in the underworld as Ruthless Brother. He had two accomplices under him, and the three of them had formed a vicious bandit gang. Nearly a hundred people had been eliminated by this gang. Now, those people all