In fact, news of the destruction of the two cities had already spread, and the entire continent was gripped by tension.
The arrival of Cultivators and the unrest among Martial Cultivators... those two developments were enough to shake the Wizard System's rule over the continent.
If they could, the Wizards would have loved to suppress every Martial Cultivator right now.
However, that was not realistic. If the Cultivators had not shown themselves, the Wizards might have been able to pull it off if they gritted their teeth.
But the Cultivators had appeared. Martial Cultivators not only had another option now, but also someone backing them.
After all, there were far too many more Martial Cultivators than Wizards. It did not matter if their combat strength was a little weaker; their numbers could make up for it.
Even within the continent's other major force—the government—Martial Cultivators made up the overwhelming majority.
There were Wizards in the government as well, but most Wizards would not choose to become officials.
First, Wizards devoted most of their time to exploration and experimentation, leaving them no time to serve as officials.
Second, once one had become a Wizard, one's status was already higher than that of government officials, so... why bother becoming one?
Martial Cultivators were different. Wealth and status in the Mortal World were already considered a good choice.
If they truly wanted to focus solely on the martial path, the difficulty was immense. Martial Ancestors and Martial Venerables could still take a gamble, but Martial Kings basically relied on luck.
Yet a Martial King was merely equivalent to a Grand Wizard. The path upward was simply far too narrow.
Of course, no one could really be blamed for that. The threshold for Martial Cultivation was low, after all, and it did not place