Honestly.
This was the first time in all these years that Holy Sons and Holy Daughters like them had seen their own organizations make such a grand spectacle just to kill someone under twenty.
Yes...
Under twenty.
After investigating Ling Zhan's information, they could not help but feel slightly stunned.
Was it worth it?
Was there really a need?
Just to deal with a Jobless Freelancer, their organizations had actually joined forces and made such a grand production out of a tournament challenging the military legions of every nation.
And they had specifically named every prodigy in the Hundred Ghost Fortress region.
Their target was already glaringly obvious.
However, after watching some of this Jobless Freelancer's battle footage and learning of his other accomplishments, they felt it was understandable.
The main reason was that this Jobless Freelancer had been breaking conventions all along!!
If he reached level one hundred, then provided his talents evolved again, it would mean the power of all his skills would surge dramatically!
And their grades would rise to S-rank as well!
Just imagine it...
All beginner skills at S-rank!
Then even the S-rank skills he possessed would be elevated to SSS-rank!
And that was not even the most terrifying part!
If even his beginner skills evolved to SSS-rank, who could possibly restrain him!?
Probably no fourth-class expert would be able to rival him!
Other than...
The Lords of Forbidden Zones!
Of course...
These were merely the worst-case projections. How could things possibly go so smoothly?
Still, it was better this way. They could eliminate him in one fell swoop and prevent future trouble. They did not dare gamble on that "what if."
If he really continued growing all the way, things would truly become disastrous.
While they could still deal with him, they needed to