So many years had passed, and some among Hua Min'er and the others had already broken through to the Thirty-fifth Heaven of Near-Saint. There were only dozens of them, fewer than a hundred, but they were still delighted and eager at the thought that they might be able to help Ling Tian and even fight alongside him. Besides, there were still several decades, perhaps nearly a hundred years, before the ten-thousand-year deadline Lord of the Universe had agreed on with Ling Tian.
Several decades, or nearly a hundred years, might pass in the blink of an eye for cultivators, but things were different in the Eastern Emperor Bell's main space. There, it amounted to almost a hundred thousand years. With all that time, Hua Min'er and the others could still make significant improvements to their strength. At the very least, they could make considerable progress in their combined Space Bombardment and in compressing their Externalized Small Worlds to the utmost. Naturally, this would give them a substantial boost in strength.
Moreover, there were still many cultivators at the peak of the Thirty-fourth Heaven of Near-Saint among them, and quite a few had already shown signs of an impending breakthrough. They could advance at any moment. After nearly a hundred thousand years, many more of them would surely reach the Thirty-fifth Heaven of Near-Saint, and that meant they could offer Ling Tian even more help.
"Min'er, do you think Brother Tian will really agree to let us join forces with him against Lord of the Universe?" Lian Yue asked, full of worry. Before Hua Min'er and the others could answer, she continued, "We both know how precious we are to Brother Tian. And a battle against Lord of the Universe will be incredibly dangerous. Even Brother Tian himself isn't very confident