The gates of Sword Pool City bustled with activity.
Warriors in all manner of dress, most with Treasure Swords on their backs, queued to enter the city.
Suddenly...
A rumble that shook the mountains and earth came from the distance.
The crowd stirred.
Everyone turned to look.
"What happened?"
"Look! That Mountain Peak is collapsing."
"Could an expert be fighting there, bringing down the Mountain Peak?"
"This is Sword Pool City. Aren't they afraid of the Sword Pool City Lord's wrath?"
The crowd was horrified.
Sword Pool City owed much of its prosperity to the Sword Pool City Lord's deterrent power. Ordinary Venerables did not dare cause trouble here.
And now...
To everyone watching, the collapse of that Mountain Peak could only mean that some powerful expert was fighting.
It was far too close to Sword Pool City. The city could easily be caught in the aftermath.
At the City Lord's Manor.
"Hm?!"
The Sword Pool City Lord reacted with astonishing speed. In a flash, he appeared high in the sky. As he gazed at the collapsing Mountain Peak in the distance, the Sword Pool City Lord's pupils contracted and his cheeks twitched.
"It's collapsed. The Sword Grotto has collapsed," he murmured, his body trembling slightly.
For a moment, he was stunned.
What did the Sword Grotto's collapse mean?
The greatest event in Sword Pool City, the Sword Pool Tournament, offered entry into the Sword Grotto to train as its grandest reward.
Now that the Sword Grotto had collapsed...
It meant the Sword Pool Tournament could never be held again.
The Sword Pool City Lord soon recovered from his shock. With a conflicted expression, he flashed toward the Sword Grotto.
He did not know what had happened inside, but Qin Hao had entered the Sword Grotto more than two months