Xu Changqing quickly stepped forward and asked, "Senior Sister, what's going on?"
Luo Qinghan withdrew her gaze and said calmly, "More than twenty Demon Gods, each with over ten thousand years of cultivation. If they attack with all their strength, this defensive line made up of sixty-odd cultivators probably won't last even half an incense stick."
Baili Hong raised a brow. "Then why haven't they attacked yet?"
Xu Changqing glanced at Demon God Myriad Eyes and suddenly understood. "I get it. The reason they haven't gone for the kill is because they're wary of one another.
Whoever gets injured first is out.
Whoever is out first loses the right to compete for the Ancestral Spirit Source."
In the end, all these Demon Gods had entered the Evernight Ruins for one reason.
To become Primogenitors!
Luo Qinghan gave a slight nod. "That's right.
These Demon Gods see cultivators as expendable goods. By keeping the cultivators alive, they can continuously batter the defensive line and wear down the other Demon Gods, while they themselves reap the fisherman's profit.
When we helped Chu Xinran just now, those three Demon Gods retreated cleanly and decisively, without the slightest desire to continue fighting. That shows they simply don't want to waste strength in a small-scale battle like this."
"Then we should go in all the more."
Baili Hong licked his lips, madness flickering in his eyes. "The more they guard against each other, the greater our chance."
"No rush."
Luo Qinghan raised a hand to stop him and said seriously, "Let's first get a clear picture of the intelligence. More than sixty people are defending this place, so they must have been confronting these Demon Gods for quite some time.
The information in their hands is far more extensive than what Ling Zhi knows.
Let's