Meanwhile, a hundred li southwest of Zhenyou City.
Several extremely powerful streaks of escape light flew out of a mountain shrouded in thick black mist. After circling once, they split into three groups and flew in three different directions.
Three of those streaks flew to the center of a sprawling encampment and flashed into it.
Before long, three figures appeared one after another in a secret chamber below.
They were a middle-aged scholar in white robes, a burly man in brocade garments, and a forty-something man with a cold, sinister expression and a hawk-like nose.
These three were Tianli's three Sacred Shamans: Su Rihe, Mei Danlun, and Aruoye.
The three remained silent at first. Then Aruoye spoke in a hoarse voice. "What do you think? Does the Sea Race truly have a way to break the Grand Extermination Immortal Array?
"We have experienced this array's power for many years. Even if Moon Lord and the others had not gone to the Cloud Wasteland Great Marsh, and we had several more Great Cultivators, this array would not be something we could conquer easily."
Mei Danlun's gaze flickered as he slowly said, "The Sea Race is, after all, one of this realm's peak races. Their foundation and strength cannot be underestimated.
"Since they dared say so, they must have some confidence.
"The time is nearly upon us anyway. We will know when the time comes.
"What puzzles me more is why the Sea Race values Ning Fa so highly.
"They even made considerable concessions to both our sides in order to obtain him.
"I even have the feeling that the reason the Sea Race is willing to reveal a method for breaking that fifth-rank grand array is because they want to crush Cangyuan as quickly as possible and capture that boy.
"After