Desperate Struggle (Part 2)

War was a game of constantly adding stakes; what mattered was who had more chips left in the end.

So it was in the mortal world, and so it was in the immortal realm.

Smoke and clouds billowed across the sky, killing intent crisscrossing the heavens. Aside from the larger scale and more splendid spectacle, it truly was not necessarily any more impressive than wars in the mortal world.

Gazing at the distant battlefield in the sky, Ning Ye murmured, "This is war. No one is ever a true winner."

Whether the Righteous Qi Sect or the Purple Pole Palace won this battle, they were destined to pay a grievous price.

Chi Wanning rolled her eyes at him. "It would be one thing for someone else to say that, but coming from you, it really lacks persuasion."

Ning Ye laughed. "I was just having an occasional sentimental spell. Why did you have to expose me?"

Linlang Tian covered her mouth and chuckled. "Then what do you think the final outcome will be?"

Without hesitation, Ning Ye said, "If I don't intervene, Purple Pole Palace should be the side that wins."

"Huh? Purple Pole Palace has already been beaten into such a state. Other than their Heavenly Tribulation Divine Lightning Sword, what other trump card could they possibly have?" Gongsun Die asked in confusion.

If Righteous Cloud Hall was the Righteous Qi Sect's sect-defending divine artifact, then the Heavenly Tribulation Divine Lightning Sword was Purple Pole Palace's sect-defending divine weapon.

However, that sect-defending divine weapon was currently in the Purple Zenith Upper Realm, where the Purple Zenith Sacred Sovereign used it to suppress the demonic nature within his body. It was therefore impossible for it to appear on the battlefield. What remained in Purple Pole Palace was merely a subsidiary sword