(Fourth update)
Looking across the world today, how many Spirit Masters were there on the entire Douluo Continent?
According to incomplete statistics, the total number of Spirit Masters did not exceed two hundred thousand, and those above level fifty numbered no more than five thousand.
Five thousand might not seem like much at first glance, but once they were spread across the vast Douluo Continent, their numbers were immediately diluted.
In some smaller cities, even Soul Elders above level thirty were honored guests of the city lord's manor. Soul Ancestor-level experts often became figures akin to local landmarks, while Soul Kings could be considered regional powerhouses.
Yet this organization of black-clad men attacking the convoy not only possessed a huge number of Spirit Masters and Soul Grandmasters, but also so many high-level experts at the Soul King rank and above. It was clearly highly unusual.
Combined with their strict discipline and seamless coordination, it was easy to see that they had been trained by a major power. Upon closer consideration, the matter likely involved even deeper secrets.
Yang Ming's group was already nearing the border between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire, which cast an added layer of mystery over these black-clad men. Many people were secretly wondering where they had come from.
But regardless of which faction they belonged to, the damage these black-clad men had inflicted upon everyone was undeniable.
The losses suffered by the various Advanced Soul Master Academies were relatively light. After all, their teachers and students were not easy opponents. The Royal Knights had suffered the greatest losses. They had expended a great deal of Soul Power blocking the falling rocks earlier, and now, caught off guard by the black-clad men's attack, they had lost thirty men in barely ten minutes. For