With the Sacred Way Law Crown atop his head and the Sacred Way Codex in his hand, Fang Yun brought the atmosphere of the already concluded Sacred Way Literary Assembly to its peak.
It was at that very moment that a crisp crack rang throughout the capital.
Everyone looked toward its source: an elderly Metropolitan Graduate of the Legalist School, blood pouring incessantly from his mouth.
His Literary Guts had shattered.
"This old man is incapable of following the Legalist School any farther. May our race's fortunes flourish!"
Smiling, the elderly Metropolitan Graduate closed his eyes, bowed his head, and departed this world.
The other Legalist scholars could no longer hold on either.
The Literary Guts of the Legalist scholars who had not stood up earlier began to crack or shatter completely, one after another.
Those whose Literary Guts cracked merely fell unconscious and could at least preserve their lives, but once their Literary Guts shattered, their chances of survival were vanishingly small.
These seated Legalist scholars had not received the influx from the Sacred Way Orange Spring either.
More than five hundred cracks of breaking Literary Guts rang out.
No literary assembly in the history of the human race had ever seen so many Literary Guts break.
All the Legalist scholars whose Literary Guts broke had long since prepared themselves. Not one displayed the slightest loss of composure before falling unconscious or dying.
Every one of them departed with dignity.
As the sound of the last Legalist scholar's Literary Guts breaking faded, a scream suddenly rang out in the assembly grounds.
Everyone turned toward it and saw a Metropolitan Graduate from Jing Kingdom who did not belong to the Legalist School crying out in agony. Then his head burst apart, accompanied by the clear sound of his Literary Guts