For quite a while, no one said a word. Then someone let out a soft, muffled sob, and soon the sound grew louder. The disciples clung to one another, tears and snot streaming down their faces.
No one had ever imagined that the Heavenly Sword Sect's end would arrive so suddenly.
The elders watched the disciples' reactions and sighed inwardly.
These should have been the sect's backbone. Under normal circumstances, they would eventually have grown into elders themselves. Yet now, they had been reduced to this.
Amid the sorrowful sobbing, someone abruptly stood and walked toward the elders.
"Tian Rui Chi..."
"Ah, that child should have had the brightest future in the Heavenly Sword Sect..."
"He shouldn't have had to bear all this..."
The elders watched Tian Rui Chi approach, their hearts heavy with sighs.
When Tian Rui Chi reached them, he looked around at the gathered elders, then dropped to his knees with a thud and kowtowed to them several times.
Then he rose without a word. With murderous intent radiating from him, he turned and walked away.
Though he said nothing, everyone could see that Tian Rui Chi was heading to the Extreme Ice Sect to kill! To avenge his master, and the sect as well! Even if it cost him his life, he would not hesitate!
"Tian Rui Chi! Wait!"
Several elders exchanged glances. One of them suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Tian Rui Chi.
"Don't leave yet. Come with us somewhere first, then you can leave the Heavenly Sword Sect."
Tian Rui Chi looked confused. His mind was consumed with how to avenge his master and kill the enemies in the Extreme Ice Sect. He had no interest in anything else.
But the elder was far stronger than Tian Rui Chi. He dragged him away, taking