"Looks like I have no choice but to fight with everything I've got."
"Junior Brother, watch for an opening. If you get a chance to run, take it."
As he spoke, the Crimson Feather Sect Master, a Beast Tamer, wore a look of utter resolve. He solemnly instructed Chi Qiu Heavenly Monarch, the Crimson Feather Immortal Sect's other Void Refinement cultivator.
"Senior Brother, are you planning to use that move?"
"You can't, Senior Brother..."
At those words, a terrible possibility occurred to Chi Qiu Heavenly Monarch, and he hurried to dissuade him.
"Only that method can resolve our predicament. Besides, if we both die here, the sect will be finished."
"We sect cultivators reached this point step by step only because the sect supported us."
"That means we carry a heavier burden. We cannot think only of ourselves."
"We must also think of... the sect's future."
"And while your cultivation is still modest, your aptitude is somewhat better than mine. You have at least a ten or twenty percent chance of reaching Void Refinement Mid-Stage."
"So... you must survive. And remember: if you get out alive, take the sect's cultivators and flee as soon as possible. Our identities have likely been exposed already..."
The Crimson Feather Sect Master continued giving him careful instructions.
The moment he finished, he silently recited an incantation and unleashed an extraordinary technique.
"Crimson Feather Myriad Beasts Great Law."
"Condense!"
The Crimson Feather Sect Master formed a hand seal.
Numerous seals took shape and shot into the bodies of the many spirit beasts under the Crimson Feather Immortal Sect's command.
In the next instant, the beasts all roared in agony.
Roar!!!
Their vital essence rapidly drained away and surged into the Crimson Feather Sect Master's body.
Vital essence was, after all, crucial to living creatures—the very