Hearing this, Xiahou Qingyuan shook his head and said:
"Hard to say."
Xiahou Qingyuan explained:
"Leaving Li Yezhu aside, Qing He Demon Emperor and Heartless Demon Emperor are both great demons who made their names long ago. With those two here, anything could happen."
Xiahou You immediately grew somewhat nervous at his words.
Although the reward for taking first place in the Ranking Ascension differed each time, it was invariably generous.
And under the present circumstances, it could very well determine the ultimate victory.
As they spoke, they saw Old Palace Master Jiang Xuanfeng take the Same-Boat Chain from Heartless Demon Emperor in place of the gravely injured Elder Lu.
The next moment, under the nervous gazes of Xiahou You and the other spectating cultivators, the expressionless Jiang Xuanfeng placed Heartless Demon Emperor's Same-Boat Chain on the stone stele.
Boom!
Just as with Xu Taiping and Dongfang Yuejian's earlier, the instant this Same-Boat Chain was set down, the stone stele blazed with a dazzling crimson radiance like a candle being lit.
Seeing that Heartless Demon Emperor's Same-Boat Chain could also produce such a phenomenon from the stone stele, the spectating cultivators all felt their hearts leap into their throats.
Despite the constant internal conflicts and disputes among Human Race cultivators, when faced with the Nine Abysses, the vast majority instinctively chose to unite against the outside enemy.
Clang!
Just as everyone stared at the stone stele with their nerves taut, as though facing a formidable enemy, a sword cry suddenly exploded like thunder, followed by a streak of scarlet sword light shooting straight into the sky like a fire dragon.
Bang, bang, bang!
Amid piercing cracks as it tore through the air, that streak of sword light broke through three layers of runic restrictions in succession like lightning, all in