The wind in the sky was cold, making the cloaks of the guards by the railings flutter.
The Purple Robe Elder slowly rose, brushing aside the maid's support. A guard brought him a great fur cloak made from the pelts of precious demon beasts to keep him warm. Step by step, he climbed the stairs to the lavish second floor, stood before the railing, and looked out at the enormous, heavily defended Teleportation Array.
After a moment.
The continuous large-scale military teleportations ceased.
Once the Teleportation Array had been cleared, it blazed with light.
When the dazzling glow of the Teleportation Array's runes faded, four figures appeared without a sound. They were over ten feet tall, clad in mottled cloaks of colorful feathers, dressed in brocade robes, and young in appearance...
A military Teleportation Array built at an enormous cost in resources served only those four.
Tens of thousands of soldiers and generals near the Teleportation Array watched the four young people—three men and one woman. They possessed the bearing unique to immortals, yet carried even greater arrogance than other immortals. The men were handsome and the woman beautiful, their long black hair cascading like waterfalls. Each had a distinctive topknot atop their head, red, white, or multicolored.
The instant they appeared, fiery-red clouds abruptly filled the sky, looking exactly like a Cloud of Flames.
The blazing clouds drove away the windblown sand, dust, and Killing Intent. Their fiery radiance swept across hundreds of miles, forcing the previously pervasive bloody Killing Intent back toward the battlefield. Within the crimson glow, the silhouette of an enormous Wutong Tree faintly stretched out its Branches and Leaves!
The officials aboard the ship finally let out a breath of relief, rejoicing that the Saint Dynasty Attendants had finally arrived!
Those detestable Snake Demons who