The moment these words were spoken, everyone's expressions changed.
Even Wind Flower Immortal, Pavilion Master Li, and the others who had anticipated this beforehand could not help crying out in shock.
"Those demon beast fiends—how could they be so despicable?"
"No wonder the sect has been sending repeated messages begging for aid!"
"My Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion is in peril!"
"Soaring Sky City Lord, I beg you to dispatch troops at once and reinforce the rear!"
Clamorous voices rose and fell one after another.
Amid the uproar, the Soaring Sky City Lord let out a low shout.
"Silence!"
The mana fluctuations of a Great Cultivator swept outward, while his Nascent Soul Domain blanketed the great hall, making everyone's bodies tremble.
Once he saw that everyone had quieted down, the Soaring Sky City Lord slowly withdrew his mana fluctuations.
"Demon beasts may be savage, but they are not mindless, especially after advancing to the Fourth Order. They are no different from us. There is no need to call them despicable. After all, we once launched a surprise attack on the Spirit Severing Domain. They are merely returning the favor in kind."
"Sending troops back to reinforce the rear is impossible. Do not even think about it!"
"Soaring Sky Pass is the most important place. Once this barrier falls, the Demon Race's billions of troops will surge southward, and every sect will be exposed before the flood of demon beasts. Who can stop them? Tell me—which of your sects can hold them off alone?"
"You nine are already the strongest force in the city aside from myself, Heavenly Capital Child, and Divine Origin True Person. Only by sending you to reinforce the rear and joining forces with the powerful experts there will we have any chance of driving off those three routes