Above the Nine Heavens, the auras of three Great Sages merged into one, their pressure stilling the turmoil of heaven and earth.
Star Lord Ye Xingjue swept his lightning gaze over the hundred Upper Sages assembled below. He waved a hand through the air, his voice ringing like thunder. "Move out! Enter the death zone, suppress the Demon Fox, and protect all living beings!"
As his words fell, the Plain-Robed Elder and the Armored Elderly Woman moved at once. The two Great Sages broke through the Black Mist at the entrance to the death zone. Their Great Sage Dao laws spread around them, forcibly holding back the onrushing power of erosion and baleful aura to clear a path for the Sages behind them.
The hundred Upper Sages dared not hesitate. They summoned their Saint Power in unison and followed the three Great Sages into the Eternal Desolate Death Zone like a surging tide.
Dense waves of Saint Power swept across heaven and earth. Footsteps and the sound of bodies cutting through the air merged into a roar, filling the once-silent death zone with voices and overwhelming pressure.
Every face was taut. Saint Artifacts in hand, they stayed on full alert, resisting the omnipresent Erosion Force as they raced toward Rune Plaza in the heart of the death zone.
Meanwhile, in a rocky ravine at the edge of Rune Plaza...
Li Yun, Su Qingyuan, and Su Lingyao had long since held their breath and suppressed their auras to the limit. They crouched motionless in a hidden crevice covered in Heavenly Saint runes, staring at the vast army of Sages rapidly approaching in the distance.
Under that heaven-blotting pressure, powerful enough to crush anything, Su Lingyao trembled. Her face was white as paper. Clutching her sister's sleeve, she spoke in a low,