"That is!"
Mu Qing looked toward the deepest part of the Mermaid Kingdom.
There stood a royal palace, but it had clearly endured a savage battle. More than half of it had already collapsed, exposing its interior.
Through the ruined sections, they could see a throne inside the palace. A powerfully built member of the Mermaid Clan wearing a crown sat slumped upon it, his eyes wide with fury.
Looking closer, they could see a wound between his brows!
This Mermaid King still radiated a powerful aura, but he had clearly been dead for a long time.
Mu Qing examined him. Aside from the small wound between his brows, the Mermaid King's corpse was completely intact. Clearly, his soul had been shattered by the Heart Sword Scripture cultivated by Jian Xinhen.
"Senior Brother An?"
The two were quickly noticed. Several first-stage Supremes hurried over, their faces lighting up in delight when they saw An Shaomu.
Naturally, they did not recognize Mu Qing, and all gathered around An Shaomu.
"Senior Brother An, everyone thought something had happened to you. Thank goodness you arrived safely." One man let out a long sigh of relief.
Like An Shaomu, these people had all been born in the Life Royal Court. Some came from high- or mid-tier factions, while others, like An Shaomu, came from Azure Sky Hall.
An Shaomu was also a second-stage Supreme. Among this batch of newcomers participating in the Three Powers Grand Tournament, his strength ranked among the best.
Though there were tens of thousands of newcomers, there were actually not many who had reached the second stage of Supreme.
Now that they had reached the central region of the Second Realm, even second-stage Supremes could encounter mishaps—either they ran into native creatures they could not defeat and were killed, or