"Move!"
At the command, Wu Meng was the first to spring into action!
Behind him, countless people who looked like Confucian scholars—but contemplated swords, sabers, armies, chariots, and all manner of mechanisms and devices—moved with him!
"Hm?" The troops descending from the mountain immediately discovered the enemy. "These people actually infiltrated long ago. Instead of intercepting the prison cages, they came straight for the Divine Mountain!" The leading divine general was greatly surprised, but not afraid.
"But they have only come here to seek their own deaths!"
Kill!
Almost as soon as that thought fell, another wave of battle cries rose from within the Divine Mountain. Many gods charged out as well, throwing open the gates of the Divine Mountain!
"What is going on?" The divine general leading the troops finally changed expression.
"In preparation for today's final assault, we began acting many days ago. The methods of disguise and contamination derived from the Way of Knowledge and Action leave even gods with no hope of escape once captured." Sun Xun still stood atop the high mountain and had not charged down with Wu Meng and the others. Yet from where he stood, he could see figures covering the mountains and plains, rolling down from the slopes like a tide toward that Divine Mountain!
"The reason gods appeared in the Scholar Forest is not something people of our standing are qualified to investigate. But we can still break one of their core strongholds. After all, there are quite a few such Divine Mountains throughout the Scholar Forest World, which means the gods' power is still scattered." As Sun Xun spoke, he turned and walked down from the mountaintop.
As he walked, a faint halo gradually gathered around him. The surrounding space subtly warped, revealing a kaleidoscopic scene of five colors,