Shu Lichuo's pupils contracted slightly. She had not expected Beitang Piaoxue to bring the Royal Court's clan elders here.
Within the Royal Court was an Elders' Hall. They were all members of the Sacred King's bloodline. With no hope left of advancing their cultivation, and their lifespans nearing their end, they had chosen to enter the small world forged by the Royal Court for secluded cultivation.
To delay their own deaths as long as possible.
Once they stepped out of that small world, all the time they had painstakingly delayed would erupt in an instant, hastening their demise.
These people could be called the Royal Court's meritorious veterans, as well as its final line of defense. Their cultivation stood where it did, and after being tempered by the river of time, they were far more terrifying than ordinary Body Integration Realm cultivators!
Should the Royal Court ever reach a life-or-death juncture, these people would become a one-use ultimate weapon to save it. Below the Mahayana Realm, no one could gain an advantage against them.
Since the Royal Court's founding, there had only ever been a dozen or so clan elders within that small world. Counting those who, even with the small world's support, could no longer hold on and had completely faded away, the five clan elders who emerged now were already a small number.
"I never thought it would still come to this."
The leading clan elder cast a murky gaze at the Calamity Blood Evil Emperor before looking at Shu Lichuo, his voice brimming with disappointment.
Facing the white-haired, withered old man, Shu Lichuo slightly turned her head away, avoiding his gaze.
The leading clan elder was named Ba Tianhua. When Shu Lichuo had once encountered danger, he had gone against all opposition to protect her. That had