The imposing middle-aged man was named Mo Shangsheng, a City Lord of high status and great authority on the Nine Heavens Continent.
As for Ci Mei and Nine Star Elders, they were his subordinates.
Like the Chihai Continent, the Nine Heavens Continent sent major factions to garrison the Battlefield every five years. This time, it happened to be City Lord Mo's turn.
Several hundred years ago, he had brought his men here before. It should have been an easy, leisurely assignment, yet so many of his subordinates had actually fallen at the hands of the obscure Starfall Continent.
Mo Shangsheng was irritated and depressed.
He could even imagine how humiliating it would be once word of this spread throughout the Plane Battlefield!
Especially after the news reached the Nine Heavens Continent, his enemies would surely use it as propaganda to mock and ridicule him.
If Jun Changxiao had not been sitting within the safe zone, Mo Shangsheng would likely have already struck in fury and tortured him a thousand times over.
Calm down, calm down!
The Thunder Array set up by this continent was rather formidable. If he failed to control his emotions, his ten subordinates would definitely be done for!
Although the overall strength of the Nine Heavens Continent surpassed that of the Starfall Continent, Earth Rank Experts were still among its foremost elites. Let alone losing ten, losing even one would be heartbreaking.
What was more.
Mo Shangsheng had enemies and rivals in his own territory as well.
If they died on the Plane Battlefield, what would he have left to contend with them after returning?
Thus, after a brief consideration, Mo Shangsheng chose to compromise and agreed to exchange resources for the ten captives.
"So it's called a Hexagram Stone." Jun Changxiao now knew the stone's name