The young man from the Yellow Cloud Sect slipped away, while more people stood nearby watching. Those who had come here this time were no ordinary figures, after all. Or rather, the ordinary people were all watching from the outskirts.
Anyone who could enter the center of the square either possessed formidable strength or had a powerful faction behind them. Moreover, not a single person standing in the middle was below the Spirit General Realm. Even the weakest was an early Spirit General stage expert.
"Who exactly has come this time? Why do I get the feeling those people aren't afraid of the Divine Mystery Sect?" Huo Hai glanced around, then gestured toward some people in the center of the square. From the start, he had noticed that they seemed to stand on equal footing with the Divine Mystery Sect's people, showing no fear of them whatsoever. They were probably from two other sects.
Hearing this, Gu Yan said quietly, "You guessed right. Those two sects are powerful sects located very close to here. In terms of strength, they really aren't inferior to the Divine Mystery Sect. See the people in white? They're from the Sky Cloud Sect. Those people with iron swords on their backs are from the Mother-and-Child Sword Sect. You must be careful of both sects."
As he spoke, Gu Yan discreetly gave Huo Hai an introduction to the two sects. Any sect capable of matching the Divine Mystery Sect was formidable in every respect. However, the Divine Mystery Sect's greatest strength lay in Spell Spirit Masters, or combinations of Spell Spirit Masters and Battle Spirit Masters.
The Sky Cloud Sect, meanwhile, excelled at movement techniques. It also possessed a secret art that allowed people with suitable constitutions to combine the abilities of Spell Adepts and Battle