Lie Jiuyou, Jian Buxu, and the others seized the chance to hurriedly pull back, only daring to gasp for breath after joining the arriving Heavenly Venerates. Lingering fear was written across their faces. They had nearly met their end here today.
Unless they fought for their lives—but having reached their level, who wanted to die?
At this moment, three more Heavenly Venerates descended and joined the others, bringing the number of Heavenly Venerates in their camp to over twenty once more.
The two sides faced off!
"Guiyun, you actually dared to come out!"
Star River looked calmly at the gaunt old man, his voice carrying across the battlefield.
"Guiyun Heavenly Venerate, the ancestor of Jihuang Sword Palace—he actually came out. Wasn't he already at the peak of the Fourth Realm when he entered seclusion? I wonder if he has broken through." Purple Moon Heavenly Venerate looked at the gaunt old man, gravity flashing through his eyes.
"No. Deathly aura coils around him. He clearly failed to break through the Fourth Realm!"
Snow Ji Heavenly Venerate narrowed her eyes slightly and spoke slowly.
"But that is precisely what makes him terrifying!"
Gravity flickered in Purple Moon Heavenly Venerate's eyes.
"Yes. Though a tiger nears death, its might remains!" Snow Ji Heavenly Venerate sighed softly. "His appearance now shows that Jihuang Sword Palace is truly desperate. If he truly fights to the death, even Tianli Sect would not dare force them too far."
Purple Moon fell silent for a moment before slowly saying, "Tianli Sect forcing the sects to this point was also beyond expectations."
"It wasn't Tianli Sect forcing them. They brought it upon themselves." Daoist Lingxu had somehow moved over, smiling bitterly. "If they hadn't come to blockade the gates, how would things have come to this?"
Purple Moon and