The entire place fell deathly silent.
The fall of a king made the atmosphere within Divine Spirit Valley utterly tense. Everyone stared wide-eyed at the scene.
The lethality of the Gods' curse had somewhat exceeded their expectations.
"That man from the Hidden Kill Sect really died?" someone asked.
"Could he have used some secret technique to slip away, leaving a false body behind?"
"Exactly! How could a king fall so easily?"
"Impossible..."
People spoke up one after another, trying to find a reasonable explanation.
Yet they all knew perfectly well that Liu Ming's aura had first scattered, then faded away bit by bit. These were unmistakable signs of a king's fall. All these guesses were merely attempts to comfort themselves.
"Stop clinging to false hope. Too much exposure to the Gods' curse really can kill-even a king!"
At that moment, an expert from the Saints Organization stepped forward and spoke.
"With that much exposure to this curse, dying is only natural!"
Someone else spoke up.
"That isn't the point! It was him! He enraged one divine soul after another, forcing us to face the Gods' curse!"
Zhang Jiu pointed at Jiang Chen and roared.
"This man is a vicious heretic who harms others for his own benefit! On behalf of the Church, I call on everyone to set everything else aside and join forces to kill him first!"
The Four-Step King Red Cardinal hurriedly shouted as well.
But the moment he finished speaking, Jiang Chen looked over. "Well said! To catch the bandits, first catch their leader. The divine souls may be vicious, but without my guidance, they wouldn't necessarily have concentrated all their attacks in one place and caused a king to fall."
"Your idea of killing me first is absolutely correct. Personally, I wholeheartedly agree."
"I'll come over