At that moment, Monk Xuanyuan was facing exactly this predicament.
There were simply too many Tree Seed Clones. He could only deal with them one by one.
In the battle at Tianning Temple, the temple's Grandmaster Realm elders had been wiped out. Now, faced with such a crisis, they were desperately short of capable fighters.
Seeing the situation, Song Jingzhe immediately said to the other two heads of the departments, "I'll keep Jade-Eyed Snake Demoness in check. Hurry and reinforce them!"
The two Great Grandmasters nodded at once, transformed into streaks of light, and raced to the Guard Department's aid.
Battle erupted everywhere. One Tree Seed Clone after another was slain, while even more, sensing danger, burrowed into the earth and vanished.
"Damn it!"
The Four Great Departments had reacted quickly, but everything had happened far too suddenly. Though they had slain many Tree Seed Clones, the clones had still destroyed most of the Guard Department. They had yet to find where the Yellow Springs arm was hidden.
High above, Huang Jiang sneered.
"I told you already. I knew you'd come, so we hid the Yellow Springs right arm somewhere extremely secret. Niangniang Rong, you're destined to leave empty-handed today!"
Niangniang Rong was covered in blood.
Huang Jiang's sword had indeed broken, but the Four Great Departments' treasury held more than one High-grade Spirit Sword.
Under normal circumstances, even Monster Slaying Envoys couldn't withdraw these resources without permission.
But now, with life and death hanging in the balance, who had time to worry about that? Naturally, Wanlin Prefecture's entire stockpile was being put to use, starting with anything that might prove useful.
At that moment, three High-grade Spirit Weapon flying swords circled Huang Jiang, along with more than a dozen mid- and low-grade Spirit Weapon flying swords.
The swords split