"But just as Tower Master Shao said, though the devils are powerful, even if we joined forces and added two more Spirit Severing stage devils, we still would be no match for them."
"If they truly had a better means of concealment, they could have avoided my disciple's detection from the very beginning."
Cui Shaolin did not confirm what the situation was, but his words clearly carried another meaning between the lines.
"I think... Fellow Daoist Cui's words are not without reason. The devils are treacherous and cunning, but in one respect, they are no different from human cultivators—they cherish their lives just as much."
"They are merely two devils at the Spirit Severing stage. Even if they possessed heaven-reaching abilities, what waves could they possibly stir before all of us?"
While Shao Ai was still pondering, Song Chunqiu of Bai Sui Academy, who had long since landed in the distance, lightly waved his feather fan and spoke with a smile.
His voice was not loud, yet it made all the cultivators present breathe a sigh of relief.
If everyone could truly unite and join forces, let alone two Spirit Severing stage devils, even more devils would not be worth mentioning.
But the problem was that the words "unite as one" were easy to say and hard to do.
After all, while joining forces against devils could indeed bring victory, it also came at a price. Who lived and who died was a matter requiring great care.
The longer people lived, the more they feared death. Having passed through the Out-of-Body and Spirit Severing stages, having endured more than a thousand years, and having finally attained their present cultivation, no one was willing to throw away their life lightly.
Now that they had heard the devils had most likely already