Before the words had left her mouth, Ji Ziyue suddenly stopped in her tracks. Black Emperor turned around in confusion and demanded anxiously, "What are you standing around for? If we don't run now, we'll lose our lives!"
Ji Ziyue took a deep breath. A glint flashed in her eyes, revealing a resolute expression.
"I promised that bad guy I would quell the turmoil at the border between North Continent of Julu and Dongsheng Shenzhou. Since I gave my word, I can't back down, even if he deliberately pushed me into the fire pit."
She paused. Her tone was somewhat hesitant, yet she gritted her teeth and muttered to herself, "With our current strength, we might not be able to defeat these Chaos Demon Gods, but we should still be able to hold out for a while, right?"
Her words gave Black Emperor a splitting headache. He immediately roared, "Are you insane? Why are you trying to play the hero at a time like this? Do you think they're a group of ordinary Saints? They're over a thousand Chaos Demon Gods!"
"Hold them back? With what? Sect Master Tongtian, Ruthless Great Emperor, and Empress Houtu are only barely comparable to early-stage Three Corpses Sages. At most, they've reached the first or second grade, and no more than the third grade!"
"And the weakest among these Chaos Demon Gods is already a peak Three Corpses Sage! If we charge over, we won't be buying time—we'll be throwing our lives away!"
Everything Black Emperor said was true. Even the weakest Chaos Demon God had already reached the peak of the Three Corpses Sage realm!
Even if their actual combat strength was somewhat lacking, such opponents were already untouchable taboos to Ji Ziyue and Black Emperor at this moment!
What did the peak