"Well..."
Watching the lush greenery turn into a desolate expanse of withered yellow in the blink of an eye, Jian Shang looked sheepishly at Qi Ji's stiff expression.
He had long known the properties of the Eternal Battle Flag, but he had never imagined that repairing the Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark would require such a terrifying amount of life force.
Still, this indirectly demonstrated how formidable the Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark was. The Heaven-Piercing Divine Tree was already exceptionally hard; even the Scarlet Firmament Divine Sword itself could neither pierce nor cleave through several feet of its wood. Now, with such powerful restorative abilities added to that, no wonder it was called "Heaven-Piercing"!
The Huan King was the Huan King, after all, and he had warned her beforehand. Hundred Flowers Valley was, after all, the most verdant place in Nine Dragons Commandery. Qi Ji smiled wryly and replied considerately, "It's nothing! I expected this, though it went a little beyond my imagination. I can restore it by casting spells for a while!"
"With its life force drained so thoroughly, I'm afraid restoring it won't be easy!" At that moment, Yu Ji tactlessly looked over the barren mountain forest with regret and sighed.
"..."
Jian Shang's lips moved several times, but he ultimately could not find anything to say. He took the initiative to change the subject and instructed them:
"According to our deployment plan, I'll take twenty thousand Heaven-Piercing Divine Guards with me. The rest will assist my beloved consort in defending the royal capital. If an enemy too powerful to match appears, lure them here. Surely no one in the world today can disregard thirty thousand Heaven-Piercing Divine Guards-not even Qin Shi Huang!"
As Forging the Sacred Court continued to unfold, the powers appearing grew ever stronger, becoming impossible to predict.