At this moment, it was already difficult for outsiders to see the battle inside the Imperial Capital of the Land of Fire with the naked eye. The full coverage of Deep Forest Emergence blocked most people's view, while the existence of the Dao Fire Immortal Sealing Grand Formation made it difficult for spiritual perception to enter the Imperial Capital. However, cultivators at the Deity Transformation stage could still roughly grasp the state of the battle through their senses.
Besides that, the Great Sound Pavilion had become a crucial source of intelligence. They had dedicated cultivators using secret techniques to sense what was happening in the city, as well as many people gathering all kinds of information within it. After organizing the intelligence they had sensed and collected, they sold it to cultivators outside. Thus, although many people could not see what was happening in the Imperial Capital, they remained quite well informed about the battle within.
By this stage of the battle, many people understood that the final decisive clash was likely about to begin. Void Refinement cultivators, who had once been rarely seen on the Southern Bright Continent, had appeared in the Imperial Capital one after another, pushing this battle completely into its most intense phase.
It was at this time that news of the Qilian Two Elders' deaths rapidly spread among the onlookers. Everyone's first reaction upon hearing it was disbelief. Based on the intelligence from earlier, the Qilian Two Elders had both reached the Void Refinement stage. On top of that, they worked together seamlessly and had attained profound mastery over metal-element cultivation. How could they have been killed in such a short time?
Yet before long, intelligence from the Great Sound Pavilion confirmed the news, directly plunging most cultivators into shock.
This war had actually already