Apocalypse landed silently on a concealed docking platform west of Jade Dragon City.
The hatch had barely opened before Ye Changqing stumbled out. He braced himself against the Metal hull, gasping for breath, too drained to stand straight.
"We can't fight this... We just... We just can't fight this."
Ye Changqing clutched his hair with both hands, his voice trembling.
"Two million people! Seventy percent of the mortals in the Northern Lands, all livestock they've penned up! They planted Bloodline Anchors ten thousand years ago, passed down generation after generation. What does that make us? What the fuck does that make us!"
He jerked his head up, his eyes red.
"One thought from the Grand Hua Immortal Vein, and those two million people become sacrifices in an instant! What can we stop them with? Throw our lives into the pit? Could we ever fill it!"
Zhou Xuan walked down the gangway, Taiyi Divine Power circulating slowly through his body, suppressing the dull pain in his meridians.
Zhou Xuan's tone was flat.
"What are you panicking for?"
Ye Changqing abruptly raised his voice.
"How can I not panic!"
"That's Central Province! Seventy-two immortal veins! A mere trickle of what they have could wipe the Northern Lands off the map!"
Zhou Xuan stopped and turned to look at him.
"You've got one thing wrong."
"Does the Central Province alliance leader's faction know that the Extreme Bone Sect is an undercover force of the Grand Hua Immortal Vein?"
Ye Changqing froze.
Zhou Xuan gave a cold laugh.
"If the Alliance Leader knew, Li Qingyun wouldn't have needed to sneak into the Extreme Bone Ruins to dig up the array foundations, much less use Pei Zhengyang and those four other idiots as cover."
"The Grand Hua Immortal Vein has been hiding this forbidden array