Chapter 172: Top experts appeared, the Depot Eunuch took the stage (please subscribe)
At Tianning Temple, the fighting was ferocious.
The various sides were locked in a chaotic melee, and the death toll kept rising. This Buddhist School holy site had become a hell on earth.
Blood inflamed the hearts of countless people in Wulin. Some had become so blood-crazed that they killed anyone they caught sight of, but others saw the situation clearly and dared not stay any longer.
The hall housing the City-Linked Treasure had now been almost entirely occupied by five top powers: the Supreme Alliance, the Sun Moon Holy Cult, the Heavenly Mandate Cult, Snowmoon City, and the Raging Flood Dragon Gang. No one else could break in.
Under these circumstances, they could forget about the treasure. Staying any longer meant certain death.
Thus, many small and medium-sized factions chose to cut their losses and began withdrawing their people.
At the outermost edge of the battlefield stood a group of spectators who did not intervene. Even when the occasional reckless martial artist attacked them, the attacker soon paid for that stupidity with their life.
Gradually, no one dared attack this group anymore.
Yet they did not belong to any one faction. They were martial artists who had no interest in the treasure and no desire to join the fighting.
Their reputations and strength were considerable, too, so even the five major powers, including the Supreme Alliance and Snowmoon City, had no desire to provoke them unless absolutely necessary.
That was how the present situation had come about.
Lu Xiaofeng and his companions were among them.
As they watched the slaughter within Tianning Temple, their expressions were complicated.
Holding his sword, Ximen Chuixue said to Lu Xiaofeng beside him, "Let's go. This is beyond our ability to