A Sudden Shift in the Battle

Three days later, Zhou Luan received successive reports from her intelligence agents, while Wang Daoyuan repeatedly received pleas for aid from Luo Jiuyou and Gu Wangzong.

However, the messages from the two sides told entirely different stories.

Zhou Luan's intelligence indicated that the Nine Nether Profound Crystal Mine was already hanging by a thread.

All three Zhao Kingdom Golden Core Cultivators who had previously met Wang Daoyuan had taken action, forcefully attacking the Defensive Formation.

There was only a mid-grade Third-order spirit vein near the mine, utterly incapable of sustaining a Fourth-order grand formation.

The Netherworld Sect's Fourth-order grand formation could only be deployed using an array plate and powered by High-grade Spirit Stones.

Such a formation simply could not last long against Golden Core Cultivators.

Either the High-grade Spirit Stones would run out, or the array plate would develop a problem.

After all, the array plate had crammed a vast number of array patterns onto a tiny piece of material. Once the grand formation came under attack, the force borne by the array plate became too concentrated, making it extremely prone to damage.

At present, the Netherworld Sect still had not sent any Golden Core combatants to reinforce them.

The Netherworld Sect currently had three Golden Core combatants stationed there. Aside from Luo Jiuyou and Gu Wangzong, there was also Zhong Zhenyang's grandnephew, Zhong Yaoting.

He had consumed the Corpse Core Zhong Zhenyang had traded Divine Ability Essentials for, and he had lived up to expectations by successfully achieving Core Formation.

However, the three Golden Core Cultivators attacking the mine from the Zhao Kingdom were all late-stage Golden Core Cultivators.

Even if Luo Jiuyou's three-man group joined forces, they could only contend with one Zhao Lingyan.

The other two could both use Gui Water Divine Lightning. Even the three