At the same time.
The several hundred thousand demon beasts besieging Heavenly Spirit Mountain fled outright, without the slightest hesitation.
Every one of them ran with all the strength they had, casting every speed-enhancing art at their disposal, with no thought of conserving spiritual power.
As a result, in merely a few breaths, the crisis at Heavenly Spirit Mountain—whose mountain protection formation had been on the verge of breaking—was resolved.
Joy swept through all of Heavenly Spirit Mountain.
Elsewhere.
In the skies ten thousand li beyond Heavenly Spirit Mountain.
Ling Pengyun, watched by countless cultivators, wiped the sweat from his brow. Seeing that Lei Mao Old Flood Dragon had been blasted into charred remains by his own hand, a trace of relief rose on his face.
"Fortunately, the major powers all intended to conceal the matter of the Three Great Immortal Sects releasing the Nascent Soul Formation spirit object, Earth Soul Essence, and did not allow news of it to spread too widely."
"Otherwise, if Dragon Abyss-xiong had learned of this, that Lei Mao Old Flood Dragon would likely have fallen into his hands long ago."
The world was currently in great turmoil, and the Three Great Immortal Sects were at the main battlefield. Thus, it was inconvenient for them to send people to personally inform each and every one of the countless righteous path forces that they had put forth rewards to rally the entire righteous path into a counteroffensive.
Therefore, this matter naturally fell to the three Low Grade Nascent Soul Forces beneath the Three Great Immortal Sects: Heavenly Star Sect, Maple Leaf Li Family, and Spirit Treasure Academy.
All three of these forces wanted the Earth Soul Essence, so they did not spread word that the Three Great Immortal Sects had released such a spirit object.