"Elder Qiu, I'm afraid I can't hold on any longer."
Of the twenty cultivators from Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land who had formed the battle array, only ten remained.
Now another cultivator at Immortal Venerable Great Perfection could hold out no longer.
The moment he finished speaking, a divine bird made of flame—a Vermilion Bird—slammed into him.
In an instant, his body and Primordial Spirit caught fire. Before he could even cry out in pain, he had been burned to nothing.
The others had no time to grieve. They poured even more Immortal Essence Power into the battle array, fending off wave after wave of attacks from flaming auspicious beasts.
More than half a day had passed since they were trapped in the Li Fire Heaven-Burning Grand Array.
The array's attacks were devastating to them. If they had not formed a battle array, they would all have been burned to nothing long ago.
Even with the battle array, the overwhelming difference in strength meant they could only hold out a little longer.
At last, Qiu Yi seemed to make a difficult decision. "Everyone, we're out of options. If we keep waiting like this, death is all that awaits us."
"There's only one path left."
Everyone looked at Qiu Yi, unsure what he meant. In a predicament this dire, only the Sacred Lord's arrival could save them.
But the Sacred Lord could not possibly reach them now. He had only recently set out for the Violet Thorn Continent and would need at least another month to arrive. By then, their ashes would likely have been scattered across the entire continent.
Qiu Yi continued, "If we all die in this array, Qin Huaian's ruthlessness means our Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land outpost won't be spared either."
"The only way to break this deadlock is