Xu Taiping said gravely:
"Although I can't be certain how many reinforcements will be able to come, I can confirm that the passage between the Heaven-Demon Battlefield and True Martial Heaven has indeed been opened."
He immediately added:
"When I asked you to wait just now, I was sending them word, telling them to prepare to ascend."
Beside him, Gu Huai was instantly overjoyed.
"Wonderful! Even if only twenty thousand reinforcements can come, we'll at least be able to hold Heavenly Thunder City!"
Xu Taiping was not as optimistic as Gu Huai, but he said nothing more, merely nodding.
"No matter what, this will be our greatest support in resisting the coming Nine Abysses Great Army."
"Exactly!" Old General Song nodded emphatically, his eyes blazing. "Even if only eight thousand come, we'll be able to hold Heavenly Thunder City a while longer and buy time for more reinforcements to arrive!"
Xu Taiping's gaze sharpened.
"Over these next ten days, our primary tasks will be to reinforce Heavenly Thunder City's Protective Barrier and activate the reception Grand Formation to receive the Zhenwu cultivators ascending from the Lower Realm."
Old General Song immediately said solemnly:
"Taiping Divine General, rest assured. I'll give the orders right away!"
Gu Huai suddenly sounded somewhat worried.
"Taiping Divine General, although you've already sent orders for the cultivators of True Martial Heaven to ascend to the Heaven-Demon Battlefield immediately..."
"The time needed to travel from the Lower Realm to the Heaven-Demon Battlefield isn't actually fixed."
"Some can arrive within a few hours."
"Others might not arrive even after ten days or half a month."
Xu Taiping, who also knew this, nodded.
"I'm aware of that as well."
He immediately looked ahead with a solemn expression.
"If that happens, we can only hold out a while longer."
"Taiping