"All Heavenly Sage Sect elders must assemble within ten drumbeats. Anyone absent will be executed without mercy!"
"Yes!"
"In one incense stick's time, we attack Dragon Wing City. Everyone who can fight and dares to fight must charge forward bravely and fight to the death. This battle is for our comrades, our families, and our descendants!"
"Yes!"
The warriors of Phoenix Perch Valley began to gather. Even the young and middle-aged men would join the battle.
"Cult Master, Piaoxue Sect has been wiped out. If other sects take advantage of the chaos, Phoenix Perch Valley will be in danger. Should we leave some people behind to protect the civilians as they evacuate?"
"Evacuate? Where would they go? The barbarians are causing trouble, the Sky Demon Race is right before us, and would the Half-Beast Race let this opportunity slip by? If we lose this battle, the people will suffer wherever they flee.
"As for the other sects, if we lose, let them do as they please. But if we win, make them pay the price. I refuse to believe they would not think twice before daring to touch Phoenix Perch Valley. My mother is there too. Believe me—we will return victorious!"
As she spoke, the ten drumbeats ended, and all the Heavenly Sage Sect elders had arrived.
"Cult Master, Elder Yue sent me to ask. There is still no news of Ye Nishang. Should we march with the army or continue searching?"
"Keep searching. Take the boys from the Tiger Cub Battalion with you. At any cost, find Ye Nishang. Alive, we see the person; dead, we see the body!"
"Understood!"
Before long, Phoenix Perch Valley had assembled another ten thousand cavalry and thirty thousand infantry.
Zhai Qianqian drew her sword, her red cape billowing behind her.
"Today, I fight