Zhong Xi, Xi Yang, Rui Chong, and Zhan Shou struck simultaneously, heedless of the cost. They did not seek to truly wipe out the Human Race within the Jiyou Boundary Domain; they sought only to sever any possibility of them stopping Gao Jie.
The entire Jiyou Boundary Domain had been sealed away, at a cost like carving flesh from the body—enough to make any Dao Derivation powerhouse feel pain.
Cao Jie and the others did not even need to do anything. They only needed to wait a short while, and the sustained cost of maintaining the seal would be enough to drain these Sea Race Emperors dry.
And indeed, they did nothing.
Except Yu Liyang stirred up a spring breeze, blowing the purple light from Unresentful Emperor Lord's eyes beyond the crowd.
Except Peng Chongjian raised Mount Taiyi into the air, cutting off Mystic Deity Emperor Lord's gaze from above.
Cao Jie, Yue Jie, and Zhu Sui all stood quietly before the Boundary River.
And that was precisely why Zhong Xi felt uneasy.
He never doubted the Human Race True Lords' courage to stake their lives, just as they, the Sea Race's supreme powerhouses, were also fighting with their lives at this moment.
Before Heavenly Buddha Temple, outside the East Sea Dragon Palace, this was how they had fought all along—willing to abandon pieces and cede territory just to seize the initiative.
So why, at this moment, had Cao Jie chosen to wait instead?
In his manifested Sea Lord True Form, Zhong Xi looked down across the Boundary River at the opposite shore. The countless living beings he saw were all as tiny as ants. But perhaps it was precisely because he was too vast at this moment that he could not find the answer in the finer details.
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