The two hundred thousand-strong allied army galloped all the way, gathering up other motley forces along the way. Before long, it had grown into a Void Refining Army of over three hundred thousand.
Seven days later, roughly three hundred and fifty thousand Void Refining cultivators followed the force commanded by the three great powerhouses—Li Qingyuan, Dong Jun, and Zhu Xionglie—straight toward the Centaur Clan's lair.
Li Qingyuan raised his hand and looked into the distance, toward Sunset Valley some two or three hundred thousand li away. Everything there was crimson, all living things withered, and not a trace of human presence could be found. The high heat spread even this far, baking heaven and earth into a warped haze.
"Sunset Valley lies ahead, doesn't it?"
"For hundreds of thousands of li around, not even a blade of grass grows. Flame Laws shroud the place. Even though that Crimson Crow Star fell countless years ago and the source of its True Sun Fire has nearly burned out, it still emits an oppressive domain that Soul Transformation Cultivators cannot approach."
Dong Jun nodded. "Only Void Refining Cultivators, after uniting the Power of Five Elements and beginning to connect their Nascent Soul Power to the Primordial Void Realm, can draw Heaven and Earth Vital Energy to bolster themselves and enter Sunset Valley."
"Below Void Refining, one cannot set foot within two hundred thousand li."
Bing Fengxi's descendant, Zhu Xionglie, took a deep breath, his expression grave. "I can already sense fluctuations from the earth veins. The Centaur Clan's powerhouses have waited for a long time."
Everyone's expressions tightened. Zhu Xionglie's race excelled at harnessing the power of earth veins, so his words could not be wrong.
Li Qingyuan raised his head. The Heavenly Eye between his brows half-opened and half-closed, strands of profound