At some point,
Several cultivators dressed in Five Elements Holy Sect robes had appeared behind Wu Tianyang, standing beside him as they faced Zhang Qingyuan from afar.
They had clearly come to support a fellow sect member.
Duke Nanshan's appearance eased the tense atmosphere that had been stretched to its breaking point, ready to erupt at any moment.
But only to a limited extent.
Duke Nanshan might have been a titan guarding the Southern Mountain Region. Across the entire northern eight regions, his prestige weighed heavier than ten-thousand-foot mountains, and very few dared refuse him face.
But before the Five Elements Holy Sect, it did not amount to much.
Just as Wu Tianyang's expression darkened and shifted uncertainly,
All of a sudden,
An invisible, formless wave of Divine Sense spread out like the descent of the heavenly river, instantly reaching across an unknown number of tens of thousands of miles and conveying some message. The Sect Token at Wu Tianyang's waist lit up, trembling and flickering.
His expression changed, and he hurriedly probed the message within with his Spiritual Sense.
In the span of a breath,
Wu Tianyang's face turned solemn, as though he had received some important command.
The few Five Elements Sect cultivators behind him did the same. After receiving the order transmitted through their Sect Tokens and exchanging a few words with Wu Tianyang, they urgently transformed into Escape Light and departed.
"Consider yourself lucky today. But don't get too smug—you won't live much longer!"
"If you know what's good for you, crawl back into the gutter like a rat from the sewers. Perhaps you'll get to live a few more days!"
Wu Tianyang pointed at Zhang Qingyuan and sneered.
With the full-scale assault imminent, he had to return immediately. But Wu Tianyang dared guarantee that if