By afternoon, the sky had begun to darken.
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 completely lost their chance. Those who were young might wait another four years, while those who were older would have no chance of ever participating in the Ascending Dragon Tournament.
There was no need to feel too frustrated, though. Most people never got such an opportunity in the first place. Jiang City had selected only four people for the Four Seas Ascending Dragon Tournament. As for the chance to cultivate in the Dragon Hall, only a handful of heaven's favored geniuses throughout the human realm could obtain it.
But this time was different. After today's points competition, there were an especially large number of contestants lingering outside instead of leaving.
They were not only people whose friends or relatives were still fighting inside, or those curious about the rankings. Quite a few wore resentful expressions, as if they had stayed behind to seek revenge.
Anyone who had watched the live broadcast could probably guess why these people refused to leave. They had lost in an incredibly frustrating way. Many of them had no idea who had eliminated them until the very end.
Only after they came out and questioned 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 martial world as Ruthless Brother. He had two accomplices under him, and the three of them had formed an extremely vicious bandit gang. Nearly a hundred people had been eliminated by this gang,