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Overseas, Royal Island City...
It had been ten days since the royal families of the Three Great Empires and the members of the Guardian Clan had departed under the guidance of the Guardian Divine Tree for the Land of the Gods...
Over those ten days, Royal Island City had completely returned to the peaceful life it had known before the Land of the Gods was due to open, before the imperial families of the Three Great Empires arrived on the island...
After those Guardian Clan members qualified to enter the Land of the Gods had gone in, the island's defenses had remained at their weakest for the entire ten days!
The Guardian Clan members unable to enter the Land of the Gods were only those with mediocre talent, mediocre aptitude, and mediocre strength—the three mediocre types. Aside from them, there were only ordinary people and low-level cultivators who did not even qualify to call themselves members of the Guardian Clan. With only such people left behind, how strong could the island's defenses possibly be?...
Of course, with the Guardian Divine Tree present, no one dared to come here and cause trouble. However, having lost the strength of its core members, the atmosphere throughout the Guardian Clan had become somewhat heavy...
After all, unlike the imperial families of the Three Great Empires, where anyone of imperial blood could enter the Land of the Gods, the Guardian Clan had only a limited number of people who could enter. Under such circumstances, it was only natural that those with the best performance, greatest strength, and highest aptitude were sent in.
Without those people, it was not hard to imagine the Guardian Clan's atmosphere changing. If the imperial families of