Elsewhere, Fang Ping and nearly two hundred high-rank martial artists entered the Forbidden City Catacombs as well, joining over ten thousand Martial Peace Army soldiers in a massive battle.
"Ninth-ranks, follow me!"
Nan Yun Yue shouted and charged at four ninth-rank Earth Cave martial artists. "I'm coming too! Let a ninth-rank make me bleed! It's been far too long since I last fought!"
Li Changsheng bellowed as he attacked a ninth-rank. "We're joining in too! We have names of our own—I am Grandmaster Guo Shengquan!"
It was not just Li Changsheng holding back ninth-ranks. The three eighth-ranks from Star Town City were also incomparably powerful. They had each comprehended a trace of the Origin Path within Star Town City. Though they had not reached the ninth rank, the three of them together still held off one ninth-rank. This time, every available ninth-rank from Hua Nation had joined the battle, for a total of twenty ninth-ranks. Yet there were even more ninth-ranks on the other side. The original twelve cities of the Forbidden City Catacombs alone had twenty-four ninth-ranks, while the Forbidden Zone had sent fifteen more in support, bringing their total to thirty-nine ninth-ranks. Powerful ninth-ranks such as Nan Yun Yue, the Dragon King, Zhao Xingwu, and Zhang Weiyu relied on seven people to hold back a full twenty ninth-ranks. Nan Yun Yue and Zhao Xingwu could each fight four opponents alone. Of the remaining ninth-ranks, those equipped with ninth-rank divine weapons could barely fight two at once. With Li Changsheng and the three eighth-ranks from Star Town City sharing the burden, the ninth-rank battlefield finally stabilized. Fang Ping and the others also entered the battle. Taking advantage of their manifested mental power constructs, Fang Ping was the first to drag more than ten Rank Sevens into one. Then all