In as much as the palace of the dead was considered the most hated sect in the empire and the palace of life its accomplice, once a threat that can damage the two peerless masters of both sects appeared, the people couldn't help but grow anxious. The fact that the other gold realm masters in the empire didn't appear showed that they too were terrified by this new force which can put the two most powerful existences in the continent in such a precarious position.
When Derik joined hands with Cyrus and Kaido to destroy the spear, the people rejoiced, since this meant they have escaped the threat of annihilation, but when they heard Derik's furious battle cry and saw the Life guardian spirit host and the sun cosmic spirit host charging alongside him towards the direction of the attack, they couldn't help but cry out in fear!
Couldn't these three gold realm masters just act as nothing happened and let this foe pass without further conflict?