In the sky, a group of Sword Cultivators stood suspended in mid-air, looking quite heroic; the battle was exhilarating, and the rewards were bountiful. More lucrative than plundering was bilking the bilkers.
They usually didn't have such opportunities. It was hard to find times when the pirate groups gathered. If they killed a few pirates, they would face retaliation from the pirates afterward, which was troublesome.
An opportunity like this one, to wipe them out in one fell swoop, was truly something you could hope for but not expect.
The Cang Sea fell, the Shan Sect feasted.
This was also Hou Niao's first gathering with his fellow sect brothers from the Lihai, because the urgency of the message meant that only about thirty percent of the Sword Cultivators who could quickly assemble were present.