Chapter 1602: Bullying With Numbers
Ye Guan turned his head to look. Beneath a large tree several dozen meters to the right stood a middle-aged man. The man wore a white robe beneath a light green long coat. With his hands behind his back, he exuded an air of absolute control.
Ye Guan looked at the man and asked, "From the Central Gods Temple?"
The man smiled and replied, "Lord of the Martial Hero Hall, Hong Zong."
Martial Hero Hall!
Ye Guan frowned. "I don't recall the South Gods Temple having such a department."
Hong Zong slowly walked toward Ye Guan and said, "Of course not. The South Gods Temple has declined over the years. Its strength is a shadow of its former self, and many departments have already been dissolved. The Martial Hero Hall is a special division that oversees martial traditions across various domains... You could say that most of the strong cultivators in the Central Gods Temple were trained by us."
He chuckled. "That Guan Jian you killed earlier? He was also from the Martial Hero Hall, my teacher's nephew, in fact..."
Ye Guan laughed. "The Central Gods Temple really thinks highly of me."
Hong Zong replied, "We have no choice. If you can kill Guan Jian with a single strike, we can't afford not to take you seriously."
Ye Guan fell silent. It turned out that he was just too outstanding.
He looked at Hong Zong, seemingly deep in thought.
Hong Zong continued walking toward him, calm and composed. "At first, our target was the South Gods Temple. You were just a convenient excuse. But we didn't expect your strength to be so formidable... If you were a bit weaker, we could let you go. Since you're this monstrous, we can't allow you to live."