Chapter 531: Superhero (Thanks to Limans for the ten-thousand-coin tip)
Ever since Spirit Saint was suppressed, the Magic Sanctums spread across the sixth and seventh tiers of cities in the Legendary Continent had already begun large-scale defense contraction.
Meanwhile, the annexation actions of the Three Top Factions and Dawn City's counterattack operations were also proceeding with the speed of elite troops.
Not to mention anything else.
With their four factions joining forces, they managed to shrink the territory of the Magic Sanctum by a third in a mere two days.
Of course, that also included those branch temples that the Magic Sanctum had voluntarily abandoned.
Yet a lean camel was still bigger than a horse, and even with the combined efforts of Dawn City, the Temple of Light, the Mercenary Guild, and the Dark Hall, other neutral factions could only watch with wide eyes—even with the fat morsel right at their lips, they could only stare helplessly.
Because even though Spirit Saint was suppressed, he was not yet dead; ten years from now, Spirit Saint would shatter the seal.
As for whether Dawn City Lord would be able to personally take him down by then, that remained uncertain.
With a Saint to lean on now, Dawn City naturally feared nothing, but what about other factions?
Furthermore, the Magic Sanctum remained formidable, still standing as a Top Faction with over twenty legendary-class professionals.
Although some internal strife had broken out among the legendary big shots of the Magic Sanctum ever since Spirit Saint was sealed, Grand Elder Shentu also possessed a divine artifact; while he could not beat Moxis, he still had ways of dealing with others.
Thus, neutral factions possessing Saints could attack them, but for any faction with merely one or two legendary experts to dare meddle would be