Once the Ruins of Return opened, it generally remained open for a month. Yet Xiao Yan and his companions had withdrawn less than a day after entering, leaving many factions in the Black-Corner Region secretly laughing. An upstart was still an upstart. Did he think a little fame entitled him to a slice of the pie in a place like that? Surely they had run into some major faction inside, received a vicious lesson, and fled in disgrace?
The sight of Xiao Yan's "pale" face, with blood at the corner of his mouth and every appearance of having suffered serious injuries, only cemented that suspicion. For a time, the Xiao Gate Master became a laughingstock throughout the Black-Corner Region. But a month later, when many major factions discovered that their leaders still had not emerged from the Ruins of Return, they began to sense that something was wrong.
Throughout that month, Xiao Gate had been steadily swallowing up those factions' territories. With their experts away in the Ruins of Return, these formerly first-rate factions could not withstand a single blow from Xiao Gate. Although they had been defeated, they still nursed a bitter resentment, viciously cursing the Xiao Gate Master.
Enjoy your moment of glory! Once our boss comes out of the Ruins of Return, you'll get what's coming to you! Thoughts like these circled in many people's minds.
Yet a month passed, and not a single one of those faction leaders returned. Their followers began to grow uneasy. Since the Xiao Gate Master had carved out territory for Xiao Gate with his bare hands, he certainly was no fool. If he dared seize their lands, he must have had some confidence in his chances. But where had that confidence come from?
The same suspicion arose in everyone's hearts, but