A Golden Core True Lord had fallen. Two of them, at the same time, in a wide-open grand battlefield. It was clear that Hahujang had been prepared for death from the very beginning.
Otherwise, how could he have detonated his Golden Core immediately after exchanging blows only a handful of times? When a Golden Core cultivator deliberately explodes their own Golden Core, the force is sufficient to level a mountain range into flat land.
Most of the thousands, tens of thousands of cultivators scattered and fighting across the vast battlefield were caught in that terrifying power and became wandering souls. Only a fortunate few survived, but affected by the lingering thoughts of the Golden Core cultivator, extremely few managed to retain their sanity.
Ninety-nine out of a hundred went insane, and only one, overcome with terror, conveyed the truth.
"Hahujang! Truly ruthless!"
Je Rim-so, the Bright Scroll Sect Master who had been holed up in his sect recovering from injuries after mutual damage with Hahujang earlier, spat blood in fury upon receiving the news. He did not doubt the truth of the report.
He had already suspected it from the moment he confirmed that Sang-hyo’s soul lamp had been extinguished; the news from outside merely confirmed his suspicion.
"Sect Master! What should we do now?"