Time passed:
Chu Qing stood atop the largest boulder on the mountain, clad in a black cloak.
This position was exceptionally conspicuous.
Yet he had to stand here.
Because this position required the best of the best to hold it down.
This position was meant to draw the enemy's fire.
The expert in this position was also meant to steady the formation for everyone else.
More than that, he was everyone's calming anchor—the reserve move, the trump card, the great killing weapon.
Princess had many experts under her command.
She herself had entered the New Realm some time ago, becoming an expert among experts.
Yet she still was not qualified to stand here, steady the formation for everyone, and serve as the great killing weapon that could settle everything with a single blow.
Only Chu Qing was qualified.
Princess held something resembling a conch shell to her ear and listened.
After a long while, she suddenly said, "Everyone, the enemy will reach the battlefield in one minute!"
"Prepare for battle!"
"Remember, that man must never be allowed to set foot in Great Qian!"
Crash!
One expert after another swallowed secret medicine, activated special secret arts, and adjusted their condition.
Some Mechanical Path Experts began transforming. Vast numbers of gears and mechanical components emerged from their bodies and fused with Thunder God cannons.
Experts of the Visualization Path visualized great dragons to empower the cannons and visualized lightning to empower the shells.
Experts of the Totem Path released their totems, granting everyone all manner of blessings.
The true bodies of Primordial Spirit Path experts hid away as their Primordial Spirits emerged, merged into the white clouds, crossed the border, and entered the skies above the Great Zhou Empire's battlefield.
All kinds of experts employed their methods—some soared into the heavens, some