"They're scum from the Black Heaven Cult!"
"We've fallen into a trap!"
The martial artists of the jianghu all changed expression.
Those with quicker wits soon realized, "Those Black Heaven Cult bastards planned this all along!"
Others hurried to seek out someone to take charge. "Mountain Lord Mo, Island Lord Huang, what should we do?"
Then something even more shocking happened.
Among the sect leaders of the Three Mountains and Five Islands, the highly anticipated Mountain Lord Mo and Island Lord Huang were actually standing atop Ironblood Cliff, flanking that strange young man!
The young man laughed loudly. "Old Mo, Old Huang, hurry up and explain things to these stupid jianghu folk... Only by joining the Black Heaven Holy Church can they live. Resistance leads only to death."
The crowd instantly erupted.
"No wonder those Black Heaven Cult fiends knew about the Ironblood Cliff Assembly and made arrangements beforehand!"
"So the old Mo and old Huang presiding over this assembly had already become lackeys of the Black Heaven Cult!"
The crowd boiled with voices, curses rising without end.
When the noise subsided somewhat, Mountain Lord Mo stroked his beard and said:
"Everyone, there is no need for anger. Allow this old man to make introductions. The gentleman beside me is Lord Li Yan, Holy Son of the Black Heaven Holy Church! Below are two hundred ghost soldiers led by Lord Li Chun, an envoy from the Black Heaven Holy Church's main altar, as well as an Earthly Fiend Grand Formation jointly laid by six Holy Church elders!
"Your Astral Qi has already been imprisoned. You cannot flee, and resistance will only lead to death. Better to convert to the Black Heaven Holy Church—that is the proper path!"
After those words, the curses grew even louder. These jianghu figures had no