At this moment, when their lives hung by a thread, within the Second Sword Branch, tens of thousands of Order-level Star Gods gritted their teeth and directly refused to board the ships. Instead, they charged toward the Second Demon-Swinging Army, ready to fight!
"I'm not running anymore. Let them go first. I'll hold them off."
"I'll hold them off too!"
"Let my wife and children leave first! I'll stay!"
Once this spirit rose, more and more people were willing to use their lives to "hold them off."
They were not numbers, but living, breathing people. They looked different, yet their eyes carried the same expression.
They stirred more and more people into action. Many High Gods, bold as brass, directly joined their ranks.
Aboard hundreds of Astral River Grand Swords, the other nine hundred million Swordgod Lin Clan members watched these people give up their places on the ships and turn to face the Second Demon-Swinging Army, all to buy time for others to board.
This sight made the blood of the other Swordgod Lin Clan members boil.
Many people's eyes turned red on the spot.
"Why should the people of the Second Sword Branch die while we wait here?"
"I just want to ask one thing: Can't we beat them?"
"Run, run, run! I've had enough! How strong are the Dark Tribe? Do they outnumber us? I know that joining up smoothly means fewer people die, but once something goes wrong, only more will die! We're trapped between a rock and a hard place now!"
"Please, don't think we're afraid of death, alright? We've already abandoned the Infinitum Swordsea—what else could we possibly fear?!"
Lin Xiao led over a thousand experts from the Second Sword Branch in a bloody battle, buying time.
Hundreds of thousands from the Second Sword