Everyone present eagerly anticipated this battle between two kings. Those who had already gone down the mountain heard the commotion above and climbed back up, soon packing the Cinnabar Glow Sect's square.
The square was even more crowded than it had been when everyone came to denounce the Cinnabar Glow Sect. This left the sect's higher-ups deeply disgruntled. Was their sect's reputation less of a draw than a single fight?
"Who do you think will win? The Insect King or the Geomagnetic King? This is a battle between two kings!" Below, the rogue cultivators buzzed with discussion, and the disciples of the major sects joined in. Even the long-established Spirit King Realm experts were beside themselves with excitement. This was the Geomagnetic King! Who ever got to see him fight?
"Do you even need to ask? The Geomagnetic King, of course. He's been famous for years, and his defense is unrivaled. Nobody in the Spirit King Realm can break through it. Besides, he's already a Peak Spirit King."
Everyone took another look. Indeed, they did not know Huo Hai's exact cultivation, but he had just said he was a seventh-level Spirit King. Breaking through the Geomagnetic King's defense at that level would be exceedingly difficult.
An elder of the Profound Ice Sect looked toward the Vast Earth Empire's delegation and said disdainfully, "To think the Geomagnetic King, who once declared he would never join any faction, actually joined your Vast Earth Empire. I wonder what tricks you used."
The Geomagnetic King was an expert of the older generation with unrivaled defense. Someone had once predicted that after he reached the Spirit Emperor Realm, few within that realm would be his match. His defense alone would make him one of the Ink Lotus Domain's foremost experts. By securing him first, the