Mad Blade took a deep breath. "The Heavenly Dao should possess benevolence, and heaven and earth have their righteous path. How could my Mad Blade Sect be the sort of rats that cross the boundary to attack the common people of the declining Dharma age? Occupying this passage has always had only one mission: to protect all living beings beneath heaven and earth!"
Everyone present turned to stone.
Sect Master, did you really say something so high-spirited and righteous that it practically overflowed with justice?
Did our Mad Blade Sect have anything to do with those disgusting righteous-path declarations?
Mad Daoist smiled. "The Sect Master has attained enlightenment."
Mad Blade had absolutely no desire to look at that old face of his. His gaze shifted downward. "Transmit my order: defend this passage. Any person from the Archaic Realm who crosses the boundary will be treated as a bandit. Kill without mercy! Within the next hundred years, whoever harbors disloyal intentions will be personally eliminated by me!"
The words "hundred years" were gritted out through clenched teeth.
"By your command!" The First Elder was the first to bow.
"By the Sect Master's command!" All the elders on the high platform bowed in unison.
"All disciples, heed my command!"
The disciples below, mounted on Four-Winged Blood Flood Dragons and preparing to enter the battlefield, shouted as one, "Present!"
"The army sets out! Destination: Broken-Tail Mountain!"
"By your command!"
The blood flood dragons tore through the sky. Tens of thousands of disciples flew behind the Gate, toward the passage between the Archaic Realm and this world...
Lin Xiaosu's heart pounded wildly, but at a time like this, he could not reveal the slightest emotion. Any emotion would be a provocation.
Mad Daoist, however, did not think so. He looked thoroughly pleased with himself.