After saying his piece, Huo Hai paid them no further attention. Once they realized no one was stopping them, they would naturally leave. If they insisted on staying here to wait for death, that was their own business.
After destroying the gate, Huo Hai made his way out of the dungeon. Some of the bolder prisoners followed close behind him. When they emerged and saw the corpses on the ground, they finally believed they were safe.
Many embraced one another and burst into tears. Huo Hai really did not care for scenes like this. His figure flashed as he picked up speed, vanishing into the Flame Heaven Sect's ruins in the blink of an eye. By the time the rescued prisoners remembered him, he had disappeared without a trace. The Flame Heaven Sect had been a very well-known power in this region.
By the day after he left, news that the Flame Heaven Sect had been wiped out had spread throughout the surrounding region and was rapidly spreading farther afield. Upon receiving the news, the nearby factions began speculating about who had done it.
Judging by the traces left at the scene, whoever had attacked the Flame Heaven Sect had definitely been after its treasure that could help people break through. The major factions all turned their attention toward those powers with Spirit King Realm experts.
Some people did say that the attacker had ties to the Qu Family. But too few people made that claim, and there was no clear evidence. In the end, those statements were buried beneath a flood of rumors, and the matter came to nothing. Probably only a handful of people knew the truth. The destruction of the Flame Heaven Sect had far-reaching consequences.
For the surrounding factions, the Flame Heaven Sect's destruction left a