When the message arrived, the High God Disciple was inspecting the communication equipment damaged at the Fourth Grand Cathedral, hoping to find clues that might reveal the attackers' movements and identities.
"What happened?"
He looked displeased as he watched his assistant hurry over.
"We're under attack! The Three Universal Civilizations have launched another assault on the temporary Star Gate!"
The assistant quickly explained what had just happened.
The situation was now extremely urgent.
After discovering that Dmitry and the others had secretly made their way to the temporary Star Gate, the True Spirit Hall Master had immediately organized a force to reinforce it.
At the time, they'd been full of confidence.
They'd just fought a major battle and were all in poor shape, but their average individual strength far surpassed that of the Three Universal Civilizations, so they still had the advantage.
Once they dealt with Dmitry and the others, Bai Fu—whose strength had somehow increased by a huge margin—still wouldn't be able to defeat them on her own.
Events had unfolded more or less as the True Spirit Hall Master had expected.
Under their assault, Dmitry and the others were indeed struggling. They couldn't find a chance to deploy the device that could destroy the hyperspace passage into the temporary Star Gate.
But just when they thought they would weather the crisis, the unexpected happened.
Before they could drive Dmitry and the others back, the people they'd left behind to hold Bai Fu off were already being pushed back step by step.
No.
Calling it a retreat was far too generous. They'd been beaten so badly they were running for their lives!
What kind of "step-by-step retreat" involved three of twelve people being killed in a short time, all nine survivors getting injured, only four managing to escape, and