Among those present were no few patriarchs and elders of great Aristocratic Clans, as well as renowned Earth Rank Experts. Their knowledge and experience were far beyond those of ordinary people. Had this been an ordinary killing, they would never have been so thoroughly cowed that they dared not even breathe loudly.
Precisely because they knew Fang Qianyuan intended to kill the chicken to warn the monkeys, they would not foolishly stick their heads out to provoke him, putting themselves and the powers behind them in danger.
Yet they had never imagined that even after the Tie Family patriarch had clearly yielded, Fang Qianyuan would still refuse to let him go.
They could not help feeling the fox's grief at the rabbit's death.
At the same time, however, an inexplicable trace of anxiety arose.
Fang Qianyuan was right. The Demonized Warrior Path was not yet enough to bring about a qualitative transformation for them. They still needed time to explore and employ it. Even if the techniques matured in the future and could be widely applied, they would still be limited by their own resources.
Hoping to use it to challenge the Azure Cloud Sect, or even the rules and order of the entire Righteous Path, was undoubtedly a fool's dream.
Previously, most of them had thought much as the Tie Family patriarch had: act first and report afterward, getting the deed done before worrying about anything else.
As long as their own families could master this power, the Azure Cloud Sect and the Heavenly Dao Alliance would surely hesitate to throw stones at the rat for fear of breaking the vase. They might even refrain from punishment and instead come to rely heavily on them.
As long as the Azure Cloud Sect and the Heavenly Dao Alliance compromised on