They had been ambushed several times in succession, and each time the attackers were Emperor Realm White Ancient Spirits.
In the final ambush, there had even appeared a White Ancient Spirit nearly at the peak of the Emperor Realm, along with more than twenty ordinary Emperor Realm White Ancient Spirits.
That assault had forced both the Starry Sky God Emperor and God Emperor Juexing to unleash their full power.
The Starry Sky God Emperor in particular had truly displayed what made the Space-Time Dao so special. His control over the battlefield had simply been unmatched.
He had dragged Li Yuan and God Emperor Juexing with him and forced an escape from layer upon layer of encirclement.
Only then did they finally shake off that huge swarm of Ancient Spirits.
"Something's wrong."
"We've only been in the River Ancient Ruins for one day, and we haven't even entered the Ancient Ruins Sea yet. How could we have attracted so many Emperor Realm Ancient Spirits?" Both the Starry Sky God Emperor and God Emperor Juexing found it impossible to understand.
Under normal circumstances, this Void River was only a branch. Logically speaking, even if they traveled for several months, they might not necessarily encounter a single Emperor Realm Ancient Spirit.
How could there possibly be so many Emperor Realm Ancient Spirits?
If that was the case, then over the endless ages, how many low-level Quasi-Saints who came to explore the River Ancient Ruins would ever have made it out alive?
"Alliance Leader, based on my experience, there are two possibilities," the Starry Sky God Emperor said in a low voice. "The first is that the area where we descended just happened to be the core territory of an Ancient Spirit Tribe."
"Only a core territory could have this many Emperor Realm Ancient