The tournament finally ended, but not with cheers, not with champions, not even with blood.
It ended with fear.
The third day after the Patriarch's decree had barely reached noon was when the entire Slaughtered Moon Divine Blood Sect suddenly trembled.
WOOOONG!
A pressure descended.
It came from beneath Heart Peak.
Han Yu was still seated within his pavilion with several Core disciples around him when his expression changed.
Everyone felt it.
The air became heavy as the Blood Qi clouds around the sect churned violently, the Bleeding Moon above the sect flickered, then three voices echoed, ancient and deep. Their words felt like mountains pressing upon the soul.
Every disciple across the sect froze instantly.
The voices seemed to come from underground itself.
"THE TOURNAMENT…"
"IS HALTED."
"UNTIL THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE."
BOOM!
The sky shook.
Formation screens cracked.
Several weaker Outer Court disciples coughed blood merely from hearing those words.
