Chapter 1105: Hidden Sect Power Rankings
Listening to Zhao Yi, Liu Zixuan asked, "So after suffering such heavy blows, all those Hidden Sects still haven’t made any response at all?"
Gu Yu took over the conversation with a bitter smile and said, "Strictly speaking, they’ve reacted a bit. This time, the operation against the Star Sea Martial Realm and the Hidden Sects was carried out jointly by Dragon Spirit and Netherworld Hall. Earlier in the Business World, although they took losses on our side, in other places they reaped huge gains. So right now, Dragon Spirit is without a doubt obscenely rich."
"Back then Netherworld Hall helped Dragon Spirit. Now they have to return the favor. Those two Hidden Sects that were wiped out—Netherworld Hall and Dragon Spirit made the move together. As for the other Hidden Sects, they didn’t go in with the intent to annihilate them outright, just sent experts to launch surprise attacks."
"And then?" Liu Zixuan asked.
Gu Yu curled his lips, "Among them, three Hidden Sects reacted the most strongly. First is Profound Sword Sect. For some unknown reason, Xiaoxiao happened to be playing in a small town in front of Profound Sword Sect, and was severely injured by a Netherworld Hall expert. Sword Venerable Ling Xiao and Profound Sword Sect’s Great Elder were enraged and charged out of the sect. After a great battle, the Great Elder paid the price of a severed arm and Sword Venerable Ling Xiao of serious injuries to kill the Netherworld Hall expert who gravely injured Xiaoxiao."
Hiss!
Hearing this, Liu Zixuan sharply sucked in a breath of cold air. Whether it was Sword Venerable Ling Xiao or Profound Sword Sect’s Great Elder, Liu Zixuan was extremely familiar with them. The two of them were both at Emperor Realm strength. Just what kind of expert did Netherworld Hall send, that could force Sword Venerable Ling Xiao and the Great Elder to pay such a terrible price!
If it’s really as Gu Yu said, wouldn’t that mean all three members of Sword Venerable Ling Xiao’s family were badly injured?
"Are their lives in danger?"
Gu Yu shook his head. "Xiaoxiao’s injuries healed extremely fast due to her special constitution. Sword Venerable Ling Xiao is also fine for the most part. It’s just that the Great Elder lost an arm. I know what your relationship with them is, so once I found out what happened, I had people deliver a few of the Elixirs you gave us back then. Hopefully they’ll help a bit."
This arrangement was already pretty good.
Given the current situation in Star Sea, all the Hidden Sects and major powers are living in constant fear. Being able to take care of themselves already counts as good; they simply don’t have the spare capacity to help others.
Mo Chengfeng continued, "Aside from Profound Sword Sect, there’s Ghost Valley Sect and Four Symbols Sect. Ghost Valley Sect’s reaction was fierce because Dragon Spirit used Venerable Ghost Nether to mock them, completely provoking several elders of Ghost Valley Sect. After they fought, both sides took heavy losses. Dragon Spirit lost two elders, while Ghost Valley Sect lost one elder and had another badly injured. As for the disciples below, the casualties were even greater."
"Four Symbols Sect is the Hidden Sect that has the most disciples and is also the strongest. It has four branches. Among these four, White Tiger Sect and Vermilion Bird Sect suffered the worst losses, the other two branches are relatively okay."
Mo Chengfeng paused here for a moment. "Because Tigerzi originally went to Four Symbols Sect to cultivate his Realm, when he heard about the battle over there he rushed straight over, and he got injured as well!"
"Is it serious?" Liu Zixuan asked, a bit tense.
Speaking of the damage those Hidden Sects suffered, Liu Zixuan also felt a bit sad, but that sadness was nothing compared to the concern he had for these brothers of his.
"He’s basically fine now. Four Symbols Sect is, after all, an incredibly powerful existence. Even with Dragon Spirit and Netherworld Hall joining forces there, they still couldn’t hurt its foundation."
Gu Yu waved his hand. "Although after this battle, all the major forces in Star Sea took damage to varying degrees, it also let us truly understand the distribution of strength among Star Sea’s powers."
"What do you mean?" Liu Zixuan asked.
"It’s simple. Dragon Spirit and Netherworld Hall deliberately targeted certain Hidden Sects. The two sects that were exterminated—one was on the Northwest Border, the other on the Southwest Border. Once they were wiped out, those two areas immediately became empty, which is convenient for Netherworld Hall to station people there directly in the future."
Liu Zixuan nodded. "Go on."
"As for the sects that were attacked and reacted the strongest, those are precisely the top-tier powers in the Star Sea Martial Realm. Based on information from Celestial Secret Pavilion and the news we gathered ourselves these days, the ranking of the Hidden Sects is roughly like this..."
As he spoke, Mo Chengfeng stood up, took a cigarette from the pack, and placed one stick on the eastern side. "This is Profound Sword Sect."
Then he placed another stick in the Southeast region. "This is Four Symbols Sect."
"To the south are Ghost Valley Sect and the Cangyun White Crane Family."
"These are the top four among the Hidden Sects and Hidden Families. Based on the strength they’ve shown so far, it should be Four Symbols Sect first, Profound Sword Sect second, Cangyun White Crane Family third, and Ghost Valley Sect fourth. As for the ones behind them, we don’t know their exact strength so we can’t rank them, but if you really count them in, they probably aren’t all that strong."
After listening to Mo Chengfeng’s analysis, Liu Zixuan stared intently at the layout in front of him, pointed to the western side, and asked, "Are there any Hidden Sects or Hidden Families over here now?"
"There are two Hidden Families, but they’re not very big."
"Which two?" Liu Zixuan asked.
"The Ai Family and..." Mo Chengfeng paused for a moment. "And the Mo Family."
"Your family?" Liu Zixuan exclaimed in surprise. Before, he only knew that Mo Chengfeng and Lulu came from a great clan; he hadn’t expected it to be one of the Hidden Families. No wonder when he first met them, they were in such a sorry state—an ordinary family wouldn’t have had the capability to drive them all the way out to the Qian Nan region.
"Yeah." Mo Chengfeng nodded and sat back down, his expression somewhat ugly. Clearly, his feelings toward that family were a mix of love and hate—with more hate than love. After all, they had kicked him and his sister out. As for love, that was probably just the attachment one feels toward home.
In fact, if he hadn’t happened to hear news from that side this time, Mo Chengfeng might not have mentioned them for a very long time. He would only wait until he possessed strength equal to his family’s, and then storm back to reclaim everything that belonged to him.
Liu Zixuan rubbed his chin and shifted the topic. "Those two Hidden Families—before the battle of Yudu, Netherworld Hall probably won’t let them stay. But on the western side, there’s still one existence that makes Netherworld Hall and Dragon Spirit headache."
"The Jiang Family!" Zhao Yi said in a low voice.
"Exactly. I’d guess when Netherworld Hall destroyed White Cloud Sect, they took this into account as well. That’s why they avoided the Jiang Family and opened up a passage from the other side." Liu Zixuan finished speaking and fell silent.
After a while, he raised his head and asked, "During the time I’ve been in seclusion, have those big figures of the Hidden Sects come back? Or has there been any news of them?"
Gu Yu and the others exchanged glances, all letting out wry smiles.
Mo Chengfeng took over. "They haven’t come back. As for news, there are some rumors, but we don’t know whether they’re reliable. Personally, I don’t think anyone believes they are. People don’t even believe those messages are real!"
"What do you mean?" Liu Zixuan was actually a bit confused by that.