Battle Begins

"Elder Meng." The crowd in the plaza began to move quickly.

Disciples who had been in the sect for fewer than ten years, and were still green in both cultivation and combat experience, were sent back to their quarters.

Among them were many hot-blooded young men and women, unafraid of death and determined to do their part for the sect. They had struggled so fiercely that the stewards had sealed their cultivation, handed them over to their companions, and forced them back to their quarters.

But everyone who had been in the sect for ten years or more was now being called up, regardless of their strength.

These disciples all knew how perilous the situation they faced would be.

The Four Great Demonic Sects had joined forces. Even if the Mountain Lord and the elders held back many Old Devils, the low-level Demonic Cultivators still had an overwhelming numerical advantage.

Anyone who ventured beyond the mountain-protecting grand array to rescue the common folk might never return.

But just as Meng Xiangde had said, they were Jiuyi Mountain!

The foremost sect of the righteous path!

Even if they died and their Dao vanished with them, they could not shrink back in fear and tarnish the sect's reputation!

As Meng Xiangde looked down in silence at the new blood the sect had carefully nurtured for years, lining up to collect supplies for wartime before rushing toward the Teleportation Array, a voice sounded in his ear. "Word has come from Yanxi City. They're setting up a temporary Teleportation Array and will be here soon!"

At this, Meng Xiangde's expression eased slightly. But right after, another voice rang out, heavy with urgency. "Elder Meng, Demon Suppressing Pass has fallen. The elders stationed there and all nine hundred and forty-three of our disciples died in