"It's over? Just like that?"
"You've got to be joking! How long has it been? We haven't even settled our wagers yet!!"
"Half a day? They wiped out an army of ten billion and swatted sixteen Quasi-Emperor Realm experts to death in half a day?"
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! This report is false! It's a smokescreen put out by the Chen Family!"
"B-but the Divine Dynasty Alliance headquarters went completely silent half an hour ago... Not a single message has come back since..."
Dead silence.
Inside the hall, a falling pin could have been heard.
The many powerful figures who had been laughing and placing bets moments ago now looked ashen, cold sweat soaking their backs!
The faction leader who had confidently declared that "the Alliance will flatten the Purple Star Domain within three months" went weak at the knees and collapsed into his chair.
As for the ancestor who had been first to bet on the Alliance's victory, all color had drained from his face, and his lips trembled.
Only after a long while did he force a shaking sentence through clenched teeth: "Thank heavens... Thank heavens we... hadn't left yet..."
"Otherwise..."
He dared not think any further.
If their factions had joined this war, even if they had only stood on the Alliance's side to wave flags and cheer...
The blood mist floating in the void of the Purple Star Domain would not belong solely to the Divine Dynasty Alliance!
"Pass down the order! Now!"
The ancestor's voice rose to a shrill pitch:
"From this day forward, none of our factions..."
"...shall ever make an enemy of the Immortal Chen Family!!"
Half an hour!
From the moment the Divine Dynasty Alliance's ten-billion-strong army arrived at the Purple Star Domain to the deaths of all sixteen Quasi-Emperor Realm experts