At this moment, in an inn at the border of Jiannan Circuit, Su Xin was the only one drinking in the spacious establishment. Even the innkeeper had hidden off to the side, terrified that the mass of dark-clad martial artists outside would rush in and tear his little inn apart.
That was right. After a single day of fermenting, the news that Di Yunfei had placed Su Xin on the Black List had spread throughout Jiannan Circuit and Yunan Circuit.
The people outside were unaffiliated martial artists from the surrounding prefectures. All of them watched Su Xin with covetous eyes, greed plainly written across their faces.
Yet they could only watch. Su Xin did not take them seriously at all, and even they knew that their chances of obtaining the Heavenly Dao Stone were practically nil.
These martial artists were all quite weak. There were heaps of Postnatal Realm martial artists, while the strongest among the Xiantian Realm martial artists had only reached the Qi Sea and Spirit Aperture stages.
It could be said that without Divine Palace Realm cultivation, one should not even dream of taking part in this battle.
From the prefectures of the other two circuits, martial artists who considered themselves somewhat capable had also hurried over to get a slice of the pie. Though there was only one Heavenly Dao Stone, who was to say it could not become theirs?
Even some disciples of major sects were tempted by the Heavenly Dao Stone. But just as they were about to act, their sect masters stopped them.
Those disciples asked their masters in confusion why they were being held back. The answers from the sect masters were nearly identical: Was Su Xin really so easy to kill?
There was only one Heavenly Dao Stone. With so many