Inside Spirit Island, the Ascension Stage cultivators who had flown in immediately stormed into the private chamber of the white-robed elder and the black-robed elder. One burly man with a curly beard asked, "Elder Qiu, Elder Yang, what exactly happened? Wasn't Spirit Island doing fine just now? Victory was practically in sight."
The black-robed elder sighed but said nothing. The white-robed elder said, "Something has gone wrong. The Heaven-Burning Wind-Rending Diagram has now fallen to the level of a top-grade Spirit Tool, and Spirit Island has only one strike left."
The Ascension Stage cultivators who had entered were greatly alarmed and asked, "How did this happen?"
The white-robed elder said, "It's a long story. Let's first think of a way to escape this calamity."
Another Ascension Stage cultivator said, "Look!"
Everyone looked toward the sky and saw the Dao Integration Stage and Origin Core Stage cultivators and demons who had originally charged forward rapidly withdrawing. The white-robed elder said, "Not good! Those Ascension Stage cultivators and demons are preparing to unleash supreme divine abilities!"
The Ascension Stage True Spirit cultivators present also understood that although Spirit Island was impregnable, if so many Ascension Stage cultivators and demons joined forces to unleash supreme divine abilities, even if they could not do anything to Spirit Island in one go, repeated attacks would at least inflict severe damage upon it.
The burly curly-bearded man said, "What do we do? While Spirit Island still has one strike left, we should drive it straight through them, then abandon the island and flee for our lives."
"No. Spirit Island is our foundation. If it is destroyed, it will be nearly impossible to build another. And the human race and Demon Race will surely pursue and intercept us relentlessly. Our True Spirit Family will never have any