Xiao Ruohan harbored deep resentment toward Chen Feng in her heart.
She felt that all her recent failures were solely caused by Chen Feng.
During this period, she had been practicing day and night, honing her martial skills.
Her comprehension of the first seventeen forms had even reached the fifth realm of martial arts—meticulous mastery.
For a martial disciple to achieve such a level in a single technique was undeniably the mark of a genius.
Yet, she had narrowly lost due to the incomplete nature of her technique. How could Xiao Ruohan possibly accept this?
Especially when the young masters and ladies of the noble families in the Sacred Capital all possessed complete Heaven-tier techniques.
Meanwhile, the only technique she had mastered was incomplete.
Xiao Ruohan felt her defeat was utterly humiliating, yet she had no one to confide in.
Moreover, the recent incident at the War God Dojo had stripped away her last shred of dignity.
Even if the War God Dojo was internally corrupt and dark,
to outsiders, it was still regarded as the top dojo in Jiang City.
But now, the dojo master and three instructors had died tragically.
Five elite martial coaches had participated in the Kunlun Mountain expedition.
According to the latest intelligence from Kunlun,
those five elite coaches might never return.
By then, the War God Dojo would plummet to the lowest ranks in Jiang City.
This made Xiao Ruohan feel like the high-profile decision to join the War God Dojo had turned her into a ridiculous clown.
At this moment, Xiao Ruohan’s mother, Xu Lan, was cursing into her phone nearby:
"Why hasn’t that bastard Chen Feng died yet?"
"Those foreign devils are truly useless."
"So many of them, yet they couldn’t even stop a few people."
Nearby spectators, hearing Xu Lan cursing their own people, immediately scolded her:
"What’s wrong with you?"
"If it weren’t for these people fighting off foreign enemies, would you even be here watching the competition?"
"They’re guarding Great Xia’s dragon veins, and you’re here cursing them?"
Soon, a crowd began denouncing Xu Lan.
Xiao Ruohan frowned but remained silent.
This mother of hers always caused trouble.
If it hadn’t been for her mother’s loose tongue back then, the subsequent events wouldn’t have escalated so badly.
Now, at such a critical moment, her mother dared to curse those participating in the Kunlun expedition.
She was practically inviting trouble upon herself.
Xu Lan immediately stood up, defiantly arguing with the crowd.
"So what if I curse them? What are you going to do about it?"
"That Chen Feng is a member of the Devouring Sky Club!"
"Can’t I even say a few words about him?"
"You people must be his accomplices!"
"You should all be arrested and investigated to see if you’re part of the Devouring Sky Club!"
Finally, an outraged spectator couldn’t take it anymore and called the Martial Arts Association.
At the time, the Martial Arts Association was already overwhelmed, conducting city-wide raids on Devouring Sky Club members.
Upon receiving the report that someone was openly cursing the Kunlun expedition participants,
they wasted no time and took Xu Lan in for questioning.
Xiao Ruohan acted as if she hadn’t seen anything.
Right now, she was too overwhelmed with her own frustrations to deal with her troublemaking mother.
Sacred Capital.
Su Yan was undergoing an inspection at the Martial Arts Association.
"Esteemed Grandmaster, we sincerely apologize for wasting your precious time."
A staff member of the Martial Arts Association bowed apologetically to Su Yan.
They were currently using a qi-blood detection device to screen the entire city for Devouring Sky Club members.
Any member who had absorbed others’ qi-blood using the Devouring Sky technique
would have residual qi-blood in their body that clashed with their own.
Once detected, they would be arrested on the spot.
However, Su Yan possessed the North Abyss Divine Art, which refined all absorbed qi-blood into her own power.
Her strength had skyrocketed from the master level directly to the grandmaster level.
The detection device was completely useless against her.
Still, the inspectors were shocked by Su Yan’s qi-blood reading.
A young, beautiful woman who appeared to be in her twenties actually had a qi-blood value exceeding 6,500—the level of a grandmaster.
After the inspection, Su Yan calmly walked into a café.
She opened her phone and browsed the day’s news.
Immediately, she spotted an article about Chen Feng.
"This master of mine is truly noble."
"It makes me, his disciple, feel ashamed in comparison."
"I hope we meet again someday."
Soon, another trending news segment caught her attention.
The guest on the show was the young man who had escaped Kunlun with Wang Hao.
After waking up, Wang Hao had recounted the situation in Kunlun in detail to the Martial Arts Association.
He had also learned online that Chen Feng’s use of the Devouring Sky technique had been exposed nationwide.
Although Wang Hao had only met Chen Feng briefly on the plane,
he could tell that Chen Feng was nothing like the members of the Devouring Sky Club.
While thinking of ways to clear Chen Feng’s name, he happened to receive an invitation to a talk show.
So, Wang Hao brought along the young man who had escaped with him and appeared on the program.
The host presented the most pressing questions gathered from the internet.
"Given the dire situation inside Kunlun, how many foreign invaders would you estimate there are?"
Wang Hao frowned in thought before answering,
"It’s hard to say exactly, but it felt like they were no fewer than our own people."
"The problem is, our forces were scattered searching for treasures, while the invaders moved in coordinated groups."
"Whenever we encountered them, our people were picked off one by one."
The young man added,
"Especially when we were escaping—invaders were everywhere."
"Our isolated fighters suffered heavy losses."
After their accounts, the host nodded and moved to the next question.
"How much do you know about the situation inside the dragon vein’s territory?"
Both Wang Hao and the young man shook their heads.
"By the time we arrived, the Jade Mountain’s Heavenly Pool was already surrounded."
"We couldn’t even get close—we were ambushed the moment we approached."
"All we saw were the tragic losses on our side, with Great Xia’s people lying dead everywhere."
Then came the hottest topic online.
"What are your thoughts on Chen Feng of the Devouring Sky Club using the Devouring Sky technique?"
Wang Hao immediately spoke up.
"First, I don’t believe Chen Feng is a member of the Devouring Sky Club."
"Even if he used their signature technique, that doesn’t make him some irredeemable villain."
"Think about it—why would a true Devouring Sky villain risk his life to save us?"
The young man agreed.
"I also don’t think Chen Feng is part of that group. There must be some misunderstanding."
"Besides, he’s being hunted by the invaders too. There’s probably more to this than we know."
Both of them understood the gravity of being associated with the Devouring Sky Club.
The club had committed countless atrocities, absorbing the qi-blood of countless victims.
The families of those victims alone formed a massive and furious collective.
Recently, the Devouring Sky Club had thrown the Sacred Capital into chaos.
Even one of the Nine Great Families—the Yelu Clan—had been severely weakened.
Eighty percent of their assets had been destroyed, and three of their elder council members had reportedly died.
Even the Martial Ancestor of the Lian family, the revered elder, personally stepped forward to protect the family's interests.
What shocked everyone the most was the strength of the Devouring Sky Club's leader, who was said to be capable of standing toe-to-toe with a Martial Ancestor.
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