Thirteen Taixu, every one of them a figure of considerable standing across the Five Domains, all old foxes who had roamed the Spirit Refining Realm for many years.
Now that their intentions had been called out so directly, not a single one felt ashamed.
What a joke. They were all Taixu. Without any evidence, not even Rao Yaoyao could simply seize them.
Huang Yang True Person of the Xuandao lineage held a whisk, his smile not reaching his eyes. "Sword Immortal Rao, that is going too far. Doing our part for the Holy Spirit Continent is our heartfelt wish. As for treasures..."
He looked behind him.
"Treasure belongs to those fated to obtain it. If we can get it, then we get it. If not, then so be it." The old woman in hemp clothes smiled and took over.
She was Heavenly Spirit Granny, the former First Elder of the Duling Sect, a Taixu faction in the Central Region. Once Sky City emerged, she had openly lifted the sect's restrictions for the sake of the Saint-Sealing Dao Foundation, and was now free.
The other Taixu behind her echoed her words. Not one of them wanted to retreat.
As they spoke, their eyes repeatedly swept over the supreme treasures in Red Robes' hands, still carrying residual ripples of Saint Power, making no effort whatsoever to conceal their greed.
"Stubbornly clinging to delusion!"
Rao Yaoyao snapped lowly, truly angered by this group. "I know what you are thinking. Since you could not break into East Heavenly King City, you came here hoping to pick up some benefits. I fear you will knock out all your teeth!"
Without waiting for a response,
Rao Yaoyao turned and pointed at the Void Island Rift, declaring flatly, "This spatial rift is not, as you imagine, the