Wanshi Xiong watched all this with burning eyes. Though he was merely an unranked martial artist in the Inner Force Realm and had not yet comprehended the Divine, an Inner Force Realm martial artist was still an Inner Force Realm, incomparable to an Ordinary Person or an Ordinary Martial Artist. Being adept at business, he had even founded a gang named the Wanshi Sect, boasting hundreds of stalwart martial artists under his command and thousands of ordinary gang members. He was considered a local overlord. Well-informed, he had learned of the reward offered by the He family—the supreme rulers of the Black Sea—for the assassination of Da Yingxiong, and a fire of ambition began to burn in his heart.
The lofty Inner Qi Realm, and even the Heart Form Realm, which sounded like the legends of immortals, were things he had never dared to dream of before. Yet now they seemed within arm's reach. Even if it was impossible for him to kill Da Yingxiong, as long as he could stall him or inflict even the tiniest injury, he would make a massive profit. By now, at least five martial sects and noble families had promised him rewards, so he decided to take this gamble. He set up this blockade along Da Yingxiong's anticipated route, vowing to stop him right here!
While Wanshi Xiong let his imagination run wild—picturing himself visiting those sects and noble families once he attained the Inner Qi Realm, and then imagining how he would settle scores with them should he somehow reach the Heart …
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