Song Wen rose from a huge pit and immediately saw several inner sect elders gathering around him.
He casually waved a hand and spoke.
"This Sect Master is unharmed."
The inner sect elders' faces immediately showed immense relief, which then turned into tearful gratitude.
"Thank you, Sect Master, for saving us and the lives of every disciple in the sect," Kong Dang said with a bow.
As soon as he finished speaking, the other inner sect elders, along with the people gradually gathering around, also bowed to Song Wen.
"There is no need for this." Song Wen's expression remained calm. "This is what I should have done as Sect Master."
Merely the residual force had been enough to shatter the Blood Sea he had driven with all his strength. That truly surprised Song Wen.
At the moment he had acted, he had indeed underestimated that residual force.
However, Song Wen being blasted away and smashed into the ground had, more or less, been an act. Otherwise, with his methods, he had many ways to avoid it.
Seeing Song Wen speak so lightly, as though it were only natural, the gratitude on everyone's faces deepened further.
"Elder Ying Wu upheld the sect when the great building was on the verge of collapse, while the Sect Master saved us from fire and water. With these two guarding the Divine Blood Sect, it is truly our great fortune," Kong Dang declared in a rising, impassioned voice.
"Our great fortune..."
For a time, voices of agreement rose and fell one after another.
But Song Wen suddenly turned his gaze upward.
After Youye and Yan'e joined forces to trade that blow with the Kui Bull, neither side had gained any advantage.
After devouring Fakong's flesh and blood, the two had greatly increased their strength.
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