Lie Jiuyou, Jian Buxu, and the others seized the chance to hurriedly pull back, only daring to gasp for breath after joining the arriving Heavenly Venerates. Lingering fear remained on their faces. They had nearly met their end here today.
Unless they fought for their lives—but at their level, who wanted to die?
At that moment, three more Heavenly Venerates descended and joined them, bringing the number of Heavenly Venerates in their camp back above twenty.
The two sides faced off!
"Guiyun, you actually dared to come out!"
Xinghe looked calmly at the gaunt old man, his voice ringing across the battlefield.
"Guiyun Heavenly Venerate, the ancestor of Jihuang Sword Palace—he actually came out. They said he was already at the peak of the fourth realm when he entered seclusion. I wonder whether he has broken through?" Ziyue Heavenly Venerate stared at the gaunt old man, gravity flashing through her eyes.
"No. Deathly aura coils around him; he clearly failed to break through the fourth realm!"
Snow Maiden narrowed her eyes and spoke slowly.
"But that is precisely what makes him terrifying!"
Gravity flickered in Ziyue Heavenly Venerate's eyes.
"Yes! Though a tiger nears death, its might remains!" Snow Maiden sighed softly. "His coming out now means Jihuang Sword Palace truly is desperate. If he really fights for his life, even Tianli Sect would not dare push him too far."
Purple Moon fell silent for a moment before slowly saying, "Tianli Sect forcing the various sects to this point was also beyond anyone's expectations."
"It was not Tianli Sect forcing them. They brought this upon themselves." Daoist Lingxu had somehow wandered over, smiling bitterly. "If they had not come to blockade their gates, how would things have come to this?"
Purple Moon and Snow Maiden exchanged a glance, neither responding.