"Could it... be this serious?" For a moment, the spacious meeting room fell dead silent. A moment later, Xiao Yan looked at Gu Yang and the other with a gravely solemn gaze and asked.
If things were truly as the two of them said, this catastrophe for the Gu Clan would likely remain an immensely difficult problem.
Without the powerhouses in these cities stepping up to fight, their odds of victory were probably less than ten percent, or even lower.
"If the patriarch and the various elders have a way to resolve this, we old bones would willingly die in battle even if it meant our lives. Yet if there is no solution, for the sake of the faith that the vassal clans behind us hold toward the Gu Clan and for their lives, we're afraid we cannot participate in this battle... We ask everyone to understand our unavoidable helplessness." Gu Yang, Gu Qingkong, and the representatives of the other cities shook their heads simultaneously, speaking with a deep sense of guilt.
Saying such things was also forced by circumstances. It was not that they feared death, but this kind of muddled, senseless death was even more aggravating. Moreover, the vast multitude of millions of vassal commoners behind them were the true foundation of the Gu Clan; they could not possibly go and fight for the sake of the Ancient Clan Core.
"Damn it..." Hearing this, the Peerless Heavenly Emperor wore an extremely grave expression. Such a matter was unheard of, and for a moment he had no solutions whatsoever.
"Has there been any strange change on the ground of the Ancient Realm?" Knowing that the overall situation was already set, Xiao Yan did not continue dwelling on this issue.
Now that a great battle was imminent, there was no