Outside the Falling Star Great Forest.
"Elder, seven disciples' Life Tokens have shattered!"
"Seven?"
Looking at the pile of shattered jade cupped in the approaching disciple's hands, the elder looked puzzled. "All at the same time?"
"Yes." The disciple nodded.
"It seems they most likely ran into a ten-thousand-year demon beast. Those brats truly had no idea how high heaven was or how deep the earth ran. A mere seven of them, and they dared challenge a ten-thousand-year demon beast."
"Better that they died, then. Saves them from bringing disaster upon the sect later." The elder swept his sleeve and clasped his hands behind his back, bitterly disappointed in their failure to amount to anything.
He had no way of knowing that those people had actually died at Chen Mu's hands.
A roar shook the heavens!
The others hurriedly tensed their thighs and braced their lower bodies, steadying themselves.
"That disturbance! This is bad-it's a hundred-thousand-year demon beast!"
"A hundred-thousand-year demon beast? Don't they usually stay deep in the forest, keeping to themselves? Why would one suddenly come out?"
"Forget that for now! Hurry and cover the disciples' retreat. End the assessment!"
Elders from several sects sprang into action together, riding flying swords into the sky.
As the elders accompanying the disciples, this was their duty.
If they failed to bring back even a single survivor, punishment and demotion would be inevitable.
They might even draw the Enforcement Pavilion's intervention and be thrown into a dungeon!
"Everyone, join forces and drive the demon beast back! Don't linger. If we trigger a beast tide, we'll really be in trouble!"
"All right!"
"No problem! Let's end this quickly!"
The sects decided to join forces to repel the hundred-thousand-year demon beast.
With enough people, they could indeed take a chance, but the risk