Though Li Zhen’s blade wasn’t king grade, it was a fine weapon that was hard to come by. He’d wielded it for a hundred thousand years and killed countless powerful foes—half of that credit went to the blade. However, it’d been sliced into two when he simply probed the Champion Duke!

This was outright bullying!

Their fight drew a crowd and directed many ardent gazes at Lu Yun’s Stellar Sword. Even some of the eighteen kings over Cloudexit City wanted to make a move on the weapon, much less the half step kings.

It wouldn’t be difficult to kill enemies higher level than oneself if equipped with this sword, especially given present circumstances. The sword would raise one’s chances of self preservation or victory over a ghost king when the ghostly army mobilized.

“No one makes a move!” shouted the Earthmartial King when he noted the expressions of his peers. “The Trueriver King isn’t a passive soul—he’s just broken through to peak sixth...