They were dead!
Ouyang Lan of the Wuliang Sword Sect was truly dead!
Even at the cost of her life, she had summoned the Sword Sect Ancestor and drawn upon a trace of power belonging to the Jie Realm, yet she had still been unable to turn the tide of defeat.
Liu Qingqing stood not far away, looking at the Sword Sect Master's corpse. A complicated expression suddenly appeared in her eyes, along with a sense of sorrow for a fellow sufferer.
The Wuliang Sword Sect Master had been a person of great ambition and talent. Under her leadership, the Sword Sect had steadily suppressed Huoyan Valley, becoming the true hegemon of Moyun Prefecture.
Even though Huoyan Valley now possessed a Jie Realm divine weapon, it was still no match for the Wuliang Sword Sect in ordinary conflicts and had continued to decline,
By the usual course of things, if Huoyan Valley did not encounter some extraordinary opportunity, it would probably be thoroughly suppressed by the Sword Sect one day, lose most of its foundations, and become an obscure second-rate sect in Moyun Prefecture.
It might even be wiped out. That had always been a constant source of worry for Huoyan Valley's upper ranks.
But now, at this very moment, that threat had vanished.
Jiang Yan had suddenly appeared and killed three of the Wuliang Sword Sect's Extreme Realm experts in one fell swoop. He had even destroyed most of Wuliang Mountain, and many Sword Sect disciples had been killed or wounded.
After this battle, the Wuliang Sword Sect's backbone had been broken. As long as Huoyan Valley seized the opportunity, it could truly take control of Moyun Prefecture and grow powerful again.
"This man's strength... is truly unfathomable."
Liu Qingqing lowered her eyes, her heart churning like a stormy