Qian Ta heard this and remained standing there in a daze.
Ever since Sikong Jing had killed Tyrant Fierce Venerable, his thoughts had been racing as he tried to make sense of everything.
Suddenly, as if he had caught hold of something, he jolted awake and said, "Retreating in order to advance again—damn it, it was all deliberate. They expelled the Overlord Soul inheritor so we couldn't pin the charge of colluding with Su Old Devil's remnants on the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce."
"And they deliberately staged such an explosive scene before so many people, just so the whole world would know."
"Only something explosive can make the news spread faster..."
Hearing this, Xiong Tingting's heart trembled again, and she immediately understood.
Only then did she finally understand why Murong Jianyun and the others had turned their backs—the pain they could not bear in their hearts.
Young Master Sikong would shoulder everything himself, all to buy time for the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce.
Every step was meant to hold back the Thousand Kings Holy Tower's public declaration of war, to keep it from moving forward. Every step was meant to place the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce in an advantageous position, while he himself became the Sikong Devil everyone wanted dead...
"What an Overlord Soul inheritor. He's truly ruthless, even toward himself."
"A deliberate expulsion, was it?"
"Then I'll go hunt down the Overlord Soul inheritor now. If I capture this devil in public, Murong Jianyun, what will you do?"
Naturally, Qian Ta said all of this, and he immediately sprang into action.
Sikong Jing was now all alone, and Murong Jianyun naturally could no longer help him openly. That meant Qian Ta could move in and capture him, showing Murong Jianyun and the others what true pain