Silence fell over the grounds of the National Chief Contest. No one had expected Xi Yunxiao, the Half-Sage of the School of Historians, to suffer Sagefall at this moment.
The Wolf Barbarians were invading, and the Demon Realm was continually massing troops outside Two Worlds Mountain. Their numbers were already approaching half those assembled before the first battle of Two Worlds Mountain, and nine Great Sages were heading to the Demon Realm.
Xi Yunxiao's Sagefall at such a moment dealt a devastating blow to the human race's morale.
Xi Yunxiao had been one of the pillars of the human race, one of the previous generation's Four Sages. His seniority surpassed even Chen Guanhai's, and he had made the greatest contribution in the first battle of Two Worlds Mountain. He could rightly be called the needle that steadied the seas for the human race.
As a Half-Sage of the School of Historians, Xi Yunxiao possessed powers of unfathomable mystery. It was said that he could trace time backward, and he should have had at least another decade to live. His sudden Sagefall today cast a shadow over countless hearts.
Fang Yun's brow remained tightly furrowed.
With the Literary Star descending from the heavens, this should have been a time of great opportunity. Even Sage Chen's injuries had improved slightly. Xi Yunxiao should have gained a longer life, yet he had suffered Sagefall at precisely this moment. It was truly beyond comprehension.
Xi Yunxiao was a master of the School of Historians' powers and had cultivated the Sacred Way power of "Spring and Autumn Redaction." Whenever he suffered a fatal attack, he could trace time backward and nullify it completely.
The news of Xi Yunxiao's Sagefall had come far too unexpectedly. Even after the celestial phenomena vanished, everyone at the National Chief