One of the eleven cities in the Earth Cave had been blown up, leaving ten. In other words, at most ten Rank-Nines could remain. By then, Southern Sky would no longer send out any Rank-Nines in order to defend the giant mine, allowing them to hold Southern Sky even without Rank-Nines.
Therefore, they had to kill at least three Rank-Nines. Considering the Rose King and Gnawing King as well, they would need to kill even more. This was incredibly difficult under the current circumstances, but none of them ever backed down. "Understood! We will not retreat from this battle!"
The Grandmasters shouted.
The next moment, all the human martial artists rose into the air and charged toward the Earth Cave martial artists.
Two Rank-Eights were left behind to guard the passage. Of the thirteen Earth Cave Rank-Nines, Nan Yun Yue and Zhang Weiyu each faced two opponents—a Rank-Nine Demon Plant paired with a city lord. The enemy clearly intended to hold them back. After all, the two of them had both killed Rank-Nines before. The remaining six Grandmasters fought one-on-one. But Lu Hao's situation was different. Three Rank-Nines faced him: one Rank-Nine Demon Plant, one Rank-Nine demon beast, and one Rank-Nine city lord. It was a lavish lineup assembled specifically to deal with Lu Hao.
What Lu Hao did not know was that even these three had been chosen by drawing lots. After all, in the first battle, Lu Hao alone had killed four Rank-Nines. If they had not been certain that Lu Hao had yet to reach the pinnacle, no Rank-Nine would have dared to fight him. Killing four Rank-Nines alone without suffering any serious injuries was simply too terrifying!
This guy did not look like a Rank-Nine at all, did he? What Rank-Nine martial artist possessed such absurd