The Ninth-Order Path Sealed

The two emerged at that moment, exchanged a glance with Bert, and all sighed helplessly.

Though they regretted not advancing to the Ninth Order themselves, fortunately, the three most important people had already done so.

The strategic miscalculation had, at the very least, not caused fatal losses.

War Arts Overlord represented Mage World's early Ninth-Order combat strength and was Mage World's guarantee of securing more chances to survive. After all, Mage World had invested no small amount of resources in him.

Whether it was his accumulation of knowledge, the strengthening of his foundational qualities, or enhancement methods like Life-Extinguishing Sword Qi and Phantom Beasts, he had received the very best.

Everything had been for the sake of creating, from the very beginning, a powerhouse who would possess a certain degree of combat strength immediately after advancing to the Ninth Order.

At the very least, they had to ensure Nero could survive, no matter how he survived.

Because Nero was Mage World's final trump card. As long as Nero had enough time to grow, it was not impossible for him to one day use one percent Void Authority to kill a Ninth Order who possessed ninety-nine percent Void Authority.

And as long as Nero achieved victory and attained the ultimate, becoming omniscient and omnipotent, all the dead mages could return once more. Even if Mage World were erased from the Void, it could still return intact.

As for Yang Mu, as a node of the River of Time, he possessed astonishing fortune. He could obtain more opportunities in the Void, find more chances, stir up more chaos, and buy time for Nero.

Nero was Mage World's core, not Yang Mu.

Thus, after advancing to the Ninth Order, Yang Mu did not hurry into the Void Lower Layer. Instead, he and Nero