At the sight of the two Half-Saints, everyone looked stunned, except Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and the people from the Ancient Clan, Burning Flame Valley, and the other factions who had already expected them.
"Two Half-Saints! Wasn't Soul Hall supposed to have been crippled by Fallen Star Pavilion? Even their Great Heavenly Venerable was badly wounded, yet they can still send out two Half-Saints!"
"This is Soul Hall we're talking about! They've dominated the Central Plains for who knows how many years. Any faction in the Central Plains that crosses them faces nothing but destruction.
"If Saint Yao hadn't had heaven-defying luck, somehow becoming a Three-Star Dou Saint and catching Soul Hall off guard, they could never have suffered such terrible losses!
"Even so, Soul Hall's position as overlord is still rock solid!"
"We're done for. Forget the Nine-Aperture Dao Rhyme Lotus—we might lose our lives here!"
"No! If I'd known, I wouldn't have been so greedy. Why did I come looking for an opportunity?"
"Is it too late to join Soul Hall?"
Everyone broke into discussion. Shock, disbelief, sorrow, despair, and all manner of other emotions spread across their faces.
"Hun Yusheng, you actually broke through to Half-Saint!"
Venerable Miaoyin's pupils contracted sharply as she looked at Hun Yusheng and Hun Mo.
Sound Valley had dealt with Soul Hall several times and knew quite a bit about them. Hun Mo was a long-established Intermediate Half-Saint, but according to Sound Valley's investigations, Hun Yusheng had only been a Peak Dou Venerable. Now he had actually broken through to Half-Saint. It was simply inconceivable.
Others might have been unfamiliar with the Half-Saint level, but Venerable Miaoyin and the other Dou Venerables knew it all too well.
That level was also called the abyss of despair for all Peak Dou Venerables. The