Zhe Ying withdrew his gaze from Sikong Jing, then slowly swept it across the entire crowd...
"Very good. Next, everyone will follow me closer to the abyss..."
"Of course, the abyss is not somewhere just anyone can approach. All of you will hold your positions and get as close as you can."
"As for the junior brothers and sisters of Feather Alliance Hall..."
"I will protect you as you approach in the early stages. After that, it will depend on whether you can hold out without suffering a cultivation deviation. If the Shadow Moon Demon Rat truly appears because of you, you will be credited with merit as well."
Having said that, Zhe Ying looked across the crowd again and issued his order heavily...
"Begin. Move!"
Immediately after, he added a few more words. "However, since there may be spies from the Ten Thousand Demon Hall among you, I will assign ten geniuses of our Spirit Race to each team. This will ensure that the Ten Thousand Demon Hall has no tricks left to play."
At those final words, everyone's mouths twitched incessantly...
Sending ten Spirit Race geniuses to watch us—by then, even if the Shadow Moon Demon Rat appears, the Spirit Race will probably snatch all the credit.
But no one dared object.
And so it began. Just as Zhe Ying had said, ten Spirit Race geniuses were assigned to every hall's and every clan's team.
All the teams began to depart, heading for the positions Zhe Ying had arranged.
The underground abyss covered no small area. Several dozen teams were completely spread out.
Among them, the thousand people from Voyaging Heart Hall could naturally only be led away by ten Spirit Race members.
Su Yuexi had no chance to exchange a single word with Sikong Jing. She could