"All three of them are Grandmaster Realm?" Julian Cross's voice echoed through the hall, his face draining of color.
Master Wang nodded weakly, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. "I've been in the martial arts world for thirty years. I know the difference between Connate and Grandmaster. These men... they're monsters."
The revelation hit the room like a thunderbolt. Noah Grant stumbled backward, his legs trembling. "That's impossible. Grandmaster Realm fighters are legendary. There can't be three of them just wandering around challenging dojos."
"Tell that to my destroyed school," Master Chen spat bitterly. "Tell that to my hospitalized students."
Felicity Grant's face had gone ashen. All her earlier confidence about Country Sakura's inferior martial arts crumbled into dust. "Father, we need to call for reinforcements from the capital. This is beyond our capabilities."