Although they had used Eight-Headed Descent, Tokyo Myth and his group could only stay behind to hold off Dongfang Shitian and the others, especially after seeing Dongfang Shitian and his group charge toward the Heart of the City and the last Teleportation Array. Tokyo Myth and his group knew that Dongfang Shitian, after using Sacred Beast Descent, posed a far greater threat than Ye Luo and Breaking Waves Riding Wind. If they were allowed to act freely now, all of Eight-headed Serpent City's Teleportation Arrays would likely be destroyed before long.
Not much time had passed since the Chinese Server launched its surprise attack on Eight-headed Serpent City. Because of the cross-server Mass Teleport Scrolls and Mass Teleport Scrolls, the number of Chinese Server players attacking the city far exceeded the expected hundred thousand or so, reaching three to four hundred thousand. There were almost as many of them as Japanese Server players in Eight-headed Serpent City. If Japanese Server players could not use the Teleportation Arrays to send reinforcements over, they would be unable to withstand the Chinese Server's assault. Therefore, they had to protect the final Teleportation Array.
The reason there were not many Japanese Server players in Eight-headed Serpent City was that they had never expected the Chinese Server to attack while every server was recuperating. With rare time to kill monsters, level up, and complete quests, most Japanese Server players were out in the field. There were not many players in Eight-headed Serpent City at the moment.
Moreover, after Ye Luo and his group launched their surprise attack, most Japanese Server commanders, including Tokyo Myth, were in Sky City and could not direct matters in time. As a result, not many players had teleported over. Before Tokyo Myth and his group returned, only several hundred thousand