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Medicine Saint continued:
"Back then, aside from the Blood Blade Sect's ancestor, Blood Fiend, the crazed devil Ning Bufan, escaping, the rest in the lair were strangled on the spot. The operation to exterminate the Blood Blade Sect continued for an entire year, sweeping clean all their branch locations, causing the Blood Blade Sect to never recover.
Latter on, Long Dingtian vanished without a trace, and without a leader recognized by all major sects and noble clans, the encirclement effort eventually fizzled out."
At this point, Medicine Saint let out a sigh: "This also gave the Blood Blade Sect a chance to catch their breath. After that, they moved into the shadows, only leaving a Blood Blade organization in the open, called the external branch of the Blood Blade Sect by those in the martial artist circle.
