At the Gates

Facing the army pressing down on them, the Cloud Tribulation Sect had no time to react. The entire sect fell into chaos.

They had never expected the Fengyun Sect to truly come knocking at their gates.

After all, their earlier toughness had merely been a bold gamble.

And the outcome seemed far from good.

Even if they waited for Bai Mei to lead them to rise, that would take time.

Inside the main hall.

Led by Guan Ling, they were holding an emergency meeting.

Everyone wore worried expressions as they discussed countermeasures.

"If the other side did not have spirit boats, then even if our combat strength could not defeat them, they definitely would not get off unscathed," an elder said gravely. "But the situation now is that once we truly start fighting, they will surely hide inside those turtle shells and refuse to come out. With the defenses of those turtle shells, we have no way to deal with them. We can only take a beating, so a direct clash is simply impossible."

"Then it seems we can only stall for time," another elder said. "Once Bai Mei grows stronger, she will surely be able to drive them back."

"But what can we use to stall?" another elder retorted. "Although Bai Mei's cultivation is advancing by leaps and bounds after awakening the Supreme Golden Bone, if we want to rely on her to repel the enemy, she will at least need to reach the perfected Tribulation Realm, right?"

"That will take no less than a year or half a year!"

As soon as those words fell, the faint hope that had just appeared in everyone's hearts dimmed again.

Even if they activated the Mountain Protection Grand Array, they could probably hold out for only two or three months at