The annihilation of the Hu Family immediately put all the great families on high alert.
It wasn't that no news came through. The culprit's identity was still unknown, but some intelligence was gathered from the accounts of a few survivors.
What captivated everyone's attention most was something the Hu Family's patriarch had said before his death.
The five words: "You obtained an Immortal Spiritual Root."
Not a single First-Grade Mage in a high position didn't dream of breaking through to the higher realm of an Immortal Mage.
Unfortunately, there had never been any sign of one, and most had come to believe it was just a rumor. However, a First-Grade Mage had just proven with his life that it was no rumor—it was real.
As a result, the hearts of all the First-Grade Mages in the world were now burning with ambition.
