"Time was about right..."
Ever since the Fire Domain God King had arrived a day early and confirmed that he would fight Wei Suo at the agreed time, even more cultivators had rushed in from all directions toward Ascension City.
At least several million cultivators had gathered within and around Ascension City. Dark masses of people filled every place. It was truly a grand spectacle rarely seen even once in a thousand years in the Cultivation World. As the time drew nearer, all the cultivators craned their necks and looked about, waiting for the Fire Domain God King and the others to arrive.
"I wonder whether he can survive this battle."
Many cultivators who had benefited from Wei Suo had also come. Among them were quite a few who had attacked the Heaven Sword Sect alongside Wei Suo, many who had escaped from the Demonic Pattern Fierce Vein, and many who had survived in North Spirit City that day because Wei Suo and the others had fought desperately against the Beast Tide.
There were at least several thousand such cultivators.
These cultivators were all deeply grateful to Wei Suo and naturally hoped that he would win. Yet they also knew perfectly well that a battle between cultivators of Wei Suo's and the Fire Domain God King's caliber was no longer something they could interfere in or help with.
Night had already deepened, and heaven and earth were shrouded in darkness. It was time for the Fire Domain God King and Wei Suo's appointed battle.
"Roar!"
All of a sudden, everyone looked toward the distant horizon directly opposite the Ascension Sect's mountain gate. Some unknown creature roared, scattering the clouds, while enormous streams of blood energy poured down from above the clouds like colossal pillars.
The expressions of the overwhelming majority