Outskirts of Dongling City.
Deep in the mountain forest.
Jiang Ning suddenly stopped.
They're here!
He had sensed four figures approaching from afar.
He closed his eyes, then opened them. Flames flowed through his gaze.
In their glow, his pupils took on a faint golden hue.
As he activated his Fire Eye, its strange manifestation appeared. His enhanced vision revealed the qi and other energies flowing throughout the world.
It also revealed the four people drawing closer.
To his eyes, the flames of life burning within them resembled roaring bonfires, lighting up the land beneath the slanting evening sun.
Four grandmasters, every one of them stronger than Zhao Yulong! Jiang Ning tossed the last strip of dried beef into his mouth and chewed slowly.
He did not need to wonder whether they had come for him.
Who else in Dongling Commandery could draw out four grandmasters at once?
Sure enough, one tug shakes the whole web of Dongling Commandery. Striking the Five Swords Sect was like jabbing a hornet's nest!
They sent four veteran grandmasters to kill me in one stroke. They think highly of me!
He murmured to himself, the corners of his mouth lifting. Yet the fire in his eyes burned brighter, and his desire for battle blazed within him.
After building such a deep foundation, he had long yearned for a battle he could throw himself into.
Four veteran grandmasters coming together suited him perfectly. It was no more than he had expected.
Even a lion gave its all when hunting a rabbit!
He understood that. How could martial grandmasters who had grown shrewd with age fail to understand it?
To his mind, four veteran grandmasters were hardly the limit. He would not have been surprised if Li Sixiang of the Immortal Crossing Sect, a second-rank grandmaster,