One could well imagine the enormous price Yu Ji, Hongjun, and the Life-Bearing Witch Emperor had paid outside-and that did not even account for the others!
All the time Xiao Ying and the four Supreme Rulers had spent comprehending the Dao and cultivating within the Dao-Seeking Stone's world had been bought through Yu Ji's expenditure of cultivation and magical power.
The units of time Yu Ji had mentioned earlier, such as "one day," represented a single cycle in which she exhausted her cultivation and magical power. Otherwise, as long as she had enough of both, time would remain still and never pass!
Adding in the severe depletion of Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the Life-Bearing Witch Emperor's vitality, it was clear that everyone from Great Huan outside was already doing everything they could to sustain this and buy Xiao Ying and the others more time!
Fortunately, Xiao Ying's ambitions were not excessive, and the four Supreme Rulers were fairly disciplined. Yu Ji mainly had to sustain Xiao Ying's consumption. Otherwise, she might well have failed to hold on until his Heaven-Cleaving!
As he embraced Yu Ji, Xiao Ying and the four Supreme Rulers sensed the strange tension around them, swords drawn and bows bent.
The Immortal-God Alliance's forces had clearly drawn much closer, and their lineup had also grown considerably stronger.
The original eight Heaven-Grade Immortal Battleships had grown to ten, an increase of only two; the original twenty-seven Earth-Grade Immortal Warships had grown to around fifty, nearly doubling; the original three hundred or so Origin-Grade Immortal Warships had grown to around five hundred.
Xiao Ying could not immediately discern the change in the number of Emperor Realm great adepts. However, countless additional figures had clearly appeared outside the enormous immortal warships. Their exact number was difficult to estimate, but