Chen Yuan slew two Eighth-Level Divine Altar Realm warriors in an instant, dispatching them as neatly as slaughtering chickens and dogs.
Yu Lan had barely caught his breath, yet only one of the three Eighth-Level Divine Altar Realm reinforcements remained-and that one had already been scared out of his wits.
He cursed these useless fools furiously in his heart. No, they were the most useless of the useless!
They were all in the Eighth-Level Divine Altar Realm, yet they had been utterly crushed and could not even buy him time. How could the gulf between warriors of the same realm be so vast?
The next moment, Chen Yuan ignored the warrior fleeing like a homeless cur and charged straight at Yu Lan instead.
The head of the Nine Abyss Gate's deputy sect master still had its uses. As for the remaining reinforcements, they were nothing but clay chickens and earthen dogs. He had already shattered their courage; they posed no threat whatsoever.
As the reinforcements scattered and fled, the Nine Abyss Gate's defensive line collapsed completely. Its warriors had lost all will to resist.
Just then, Chen Yuan sensed another force swiftly ascending the mountain.
Looking back, he discovered that the newcomer was Du Caiwei, one of the Seven Heroes of the Day-Changing Alliance. Several hundred elite soldiers of the Scout Battalion followed her.
Chen Yuan raised an eyebrow. Du Caiwei's arrival was rather interesting.
He and Luo Lie had come straight for the Nine Abyss Gate. Their plans had been kept tightly under wraps; even the Vanguard Battalion's soldiers had not known their destination.
Yet they had barely begun fighting the Nine Abyss Gate before Du Caiwei arrived with her men. What had brought her here?
She should have been leading her troops in a fierce battle against the