After Zhang Yu finished speaking, the field fell utterly silent.
The cultivators of the Nether Riding Sect present all seemed deeply shaken by the startling news, so much so that they could not speak.
The impact of this news could not have been greater. Upper Firmament Heaven and the Vast Yang Sect were no insignificant schools. Setting aside the great powers of the upper realm behind them, the strength of the sects themselves alone was enough for either one to easily overwhelm them.
Both sects had endured since Ancient Xia. The Vast Yang Sect in particular had been immensely formidable. Neither Ancient Xia nor Divine Xia had ever been able to truly suppress it. Though Divine Xia had once gained the upper hand over Huanyang in its later years by annexing and integrating the various sects, with Upper Firmament Heaven in existence and the two sects faintly joining hands in resistance, Divine Xia could ultimately only choose compromise and cooperation.
Yet Zhang Yu had just told them that one of these sects had now submitted to Celestial Xia, while the other had simply been wiped out by Celestial Xia?
After a long while, the female cultivator in the middle finally recovered her senses. "Zhang Tingzhi, this matter is of great importance. We cannot make a decision at present and must consider it for the time being."
Zhang Yu understood that they would not take his word alone for such news. The Nether Riding Sect would certainly find ways to verify it themselves. But that was good. At the very least, they were willing to give it serious consideration.
He had not intended to intimidate them. Yet sometimes, if the disparity in strength between the two sides was not laid bare, there was no way to speak normally with the other