Seeing Lian had already reached Yuan Xi's side to join forces with her, the young man's divine sense surged swiftly as he transmitted, "Call them in!"
He could only hope Ying Fei's side would not disappoint him and hold out a while longer.
At his command, several Dao Fusion cultivators who had been waiting in the Central Great Hall swiftly used the Uniting Dao Pearls to enter the Hehe Realm.
A few breaths later, the first Dao Fusion cultivator reappeared and returned. This time, however, he had not come back alone—another person stood beside him, and judging by that person's aura, he was unmistakably a Uniting Dao cultivator!
Then the second Dao Fusion cultivator returned, likewise bringing back a Uniting Dao cultivator.
Then came the third...
In a short time, seven or eight additional Uniting Dao auras suddenly appeared within the Central Great Hall.
These Uniting Dao cultivators were the young man's arranged backup. Including the many Uniting Dao cultivators who had fought earlier, quite a few did not belong to this Desolate-tier City at all; they were merely helpers the young man had summoned at short notice.
Lu Ye's doubts had not arisen without reason. For a single Desolate-tier City to field more than ten Uniting Dao cultivators was indeed abnormal.
This Desolate-tier City itself was bait—bait meant to lure Yuan Xi City here.
Had nothing unexpected happened, with deliberate targeting at play, this battle would inevitably have remained deadlocked for a long time, with neither side able to determine victory or defeat. The young man would only have needed, at the right moment, to summon these reinforcements he had prepared in advance from the Hehe Realm and throw them into the battlefield at the crucial instant, thereby settling the battle in one stroke.
Yet Lu Ye had emerged