"At last, it's begun..."
In the Nine Hells Demon Domain, atop a lone stone mountain in the wasteland.
Fang Qianyuan had resumed Guang Hao's appearance. Holding a jade talisman, he gazed into the distance, a deep gleam flickering in his eyes.
The jade talisman in his hand was a communication magical artifact commonly used by the Ten Thousand Poisons Valley. It clearly recorded a message he had just received.
Dongfang Zhi... intended to recall them!
"The island is in danger and desperately needs manpower. Even the earth rank forces here aren't being spared?"
Fang Qianyuan murmured softly, his mind racing through the current situation.
This small matter alone was enough to reveal the gulf in reserves between great and small powers.
If a great sect like the Azure Cloud Sect faced an enemy, it needed only to summon heroes from far and wide and seek the Righteous Path Alliance's aid. It could easily muster more than a dozen earth rank Spirit Tamers and several times that number of earth rank fighting forces.
They would also have thousands upon thousands of human rank elites, Warrior Death Warriors, Formation Soldiers, and master craftsmen supporting them.
Recall even the elders guarding the treasure ore deposits? That was practically unimaginable.
Yet viewed from the Ten Thousand Poisons Valley's position, it was not hard to understand.
Dongfang Zhi was doing this to ensure the safety of his stronghold. One more person meant one more measure of strength.
Once the fighting reached a stalemate, a single person or object might even tip the balance.
War was not simple addition and subtraction, after all, but a brutal struggle in which the strong devoured the weak.
If they won, one extra measure of strength could reap ten measures of victory. If they were unfortunate enough to lose, it