Thick thunder-ichor churned across the high vault of heaven; a single scoop of black clouds muddied half the pot of the human world.
A shadow darkened Jiang Wang's gaze as well. He asked, "How did Your Majesty come to know of news concerning the Divine Hero?"
The closer this Assembly drew to its finale, the more those responsible for it all were being roasted, enduring the flames.
Wei State, Su Xiuxing, Xiong Wen, Chen Suan, Bian Qiang...
Here at River Viewing Terrace, it was like fierce flames boiling oil, while sparks kept falling across the whole world, crackling and popping.
The invisible pressure slowly seethed people dry.
Wei Xuanche, who had been watching the stage with complete focus and appeared deeply invested in the match, noticed Hong Junyan pause for a moment.
He thought that a clever person probably would not need to ask that question. But then he thought again—Jiang Wang had asked it. That meant this question, which a "clever person" might regard as meaningless... was probably very important to him.
"Hahaha! You don't think I'm in cahoots with the Divine Hero, do you?!"
Hong Junyan drew back some of his majesty and gained some seriousness. "What I mean is that I am willing to aid you with the strength of my whole nation and help you flush him out. After all, I've been active from the new beginning of the Dao Calendar until now. I'm a few years older than you, little brother, and have seen a little more... I possess some hidden understanding of this world."
The battle onstage had reached its fiercest point. The longsword named Though You Ask was drawing down the punishment of heavenly lightning, stretched across the high platform.
The Legalist School lightning punishment passed down from Rule Heaven Palace differed from