Not to mention that the five before them were no weaklings in cultivation; all were Peak Golden Core cultivators, and the power of the Golden Pills within them far surpassed that of ordinary Golden Pill Cultivators.
At this moment, even though the Great Zhao Dynasty held the advantage in numbers, and even though they knew that joining forces would certainly allow them to block the enemy with ease, no one was willing to risk stepping forward.
After all, the other side was surely doomed.
But if they fought and became entangled by the enemy, then their deaths... would be meaningless.
As for counting on the companions beside them to lend a hand, none of them had the courage to place their hopes on that.
"Time waits for no one, let's go!!!"
Behind the five men, the middle-aged cultivator's eyes had reddened with tears. Yet upon seeing this, he could not spare the time to grieve and immediately shouted at the top of his lungs.
Together with the other four Golden Core companions, he shielded the disciples and slowly retreated, preparing to leave the battlefield.
"Leave? Where do you think you're going?"
But at that moment, a deep, resounding voice pierced through the crowd and fell upon everyone's ears.
As the words rang out, a slightly plump middle-aged cultivator with a Daoist topknot, dressed in a luxurious robe, strode through the air and passed swiftly through the crowd, slowly approaching the people of the Illusory Evolution Realm.
The plump cultivator's pace was unhurried, yet with every step he took, the aura around him surged sharply by another level, bringing immense pressure down upon everyone present.
"Hm? Fellow Daoist Xu is here!"
"Has Fellow Daoist Xu finally been unable to resist making a move as well?"
The Great Zhao Dynasty cultivators who