When Wang Chong stepped onto the stone platform again, only two of the four Beast Gods remained. The Camel God Dadalaha was already nowhere to be found.
Even the remaining two looked embarrassed. Nothing like this had ever happened at any previous Heroes' Assembly: a Beast God had actually fled without a fight.
Deaths had been a common sight at previous assemblies. After all, the Eighteen Tribes of the Grasslands were hardly an alliance of loving elder brothers and respectful younger brothers. This was a wild land, scarce in resources, unlike the wealthy Central Plains. For the sake of survival, herdsmen from two different tribes who met in the wilderness often drew their blades before they spoke. The tribes fought dozens of wars every year over pastures, livestock, and women. Which of those wars did not leave hundreds or thousands dead and wounded?
Yet both the Wolf God Huotian Daluo and the Eagle God Sahan felt deeply that they could understand the Camel God Dadalaha. After all, the Prince of Yan who had come from afar this time was simply too ferocious. He had killed a Grandmaster with a single move, and his fiancée, the White Camel Tribe's Moonlight Princess Aydana, had likewise unleashed her ferocity and beaten the Dragon God Damo Pinu to death in the arena. This, too, was unprecedented.
Of course, they both knew perfectly well that the Dragon God Damo Pinu and the Camel God Dadalaha had intended to join forces against Wang Chong. Thus, neither intended to say anything about the savage counterattack by Wang Chong and his "fiancée." After all, Wang Chong was now on excellent terms with the Turks and the Eternal Life Holy Church, and this was a time for cooperation between the two sides. There was no need to offend the