A quarter of an hour later, inside Blood Might Hall halfway up Blood Bat Mountain.
The voice of the Supreme Elder beside "Illuminating World Demon Lamp" Zong Shenhua once again rang through the hall.
"About a quarter of an hour ago, Lang Beiwang, the 'Nine-Sword Zither Demon,' twentieth on the Heavenly Ranking, perished. A mere seventy breaths later, Cang Haishi, 'Sword Qi and Xiao Heart,' nineteenth on the Heavenly Ranking, followed in his footsteps."
As his voice fell, the hall sank into a silence in which a falling pin could be heard.
The many experts present wore grave expressions. They exchanged glances, each noticing traces of alarm in the others' eyes.
Those two had clearly also been constrained by the gods, forced to go to Cangzhou to stop Chu Xisheng from heading north.
What startled them and filled them with apprehension was the number of Heavenly Ranking experts who had come forward to intercept Chu Xisheng this time.
These were already the eighth and ninth.
The number of Heavenly Ranking experts who had died at Chu Xisheng's hands had also reached eight.
Just three breaths later, someone asked, "May I ask Elder Yan how those two died? Surely there must have been some course to the fighting?"
"I do not know!"
The Supreme Elder raised the Message Talisman in his hand, his face expressionless. "The sound waves of Lang Beiwang's ultimate move shook a thousand li, while Cang Haishi's sword intent bore down upon everything. Our two disciples had no choice but to retreat beyond a thousand li and could not watch the battle. I wonder whether any of the factions present had disciples who witnessed it?"
He knew that Blood Bat Mountain was far from the only faction closely watching Chu Xisheng's movements.
Besides the six great Divine Sects