At Gao Nu's furious roar, the noisy stands and the angry cries coming through the Spirit Mirror abruptly fell silent.
Whether out of understanding.
Or out of sympathy.
In any case, no one could strip an aging father of his right to avenge his daughter.
Judging solely by their reasons for the Sword Inquiry, no one was more entitled than Gao Nu to take part.
That was why everyone had fallen silent.
"Could the girl injured by Madam Yu not be saved?"
Amid the silence, Prefect Liu Chuxuan suddenly sent a voice transmission to a Walker of the Nine Prefectures outside the arena.
Soon, the Walker's voice came through the Jade Slip-
"Reporting to the Prefect, the young girl's Root Bone was extremely weak. She was neither a cultivator nor a martial artist, so she died immediately after Madam Yu gravely wounded her."
"The pills at our disposal cannot save someone who has already breathed their last."
After confirming that Gao Nu's daughter was dead, Liu Chuxuan could only shake his head helplessly. With a bitter smile, he said to Mu Zhixing beside him:
"The Sword Chief Ranking has issued its decree. Unless the Nine Prefectures forcibly put it away, there is absolutely no way to change it."
Hearing this, Mu Zhixing's expression darkened as well, worry showing in his eyes.
If they put away the Sword Chief Ranking now, the Demon Mother's Edict would lose its barrier and inevitably "drive straight in."
When that happened, Zhenwu would inevitably become a Heaven-Demon Battlefield.
The Mysterious Female True Lord beside them disagreed:
"Knowing full well that defeat is certain, you would still let A Meng, Yun Ye, Ye Qingnu, and all those other pillars of the Cultivation World throw their lives away? As Prefect of the Nine Prefectures, can you bear