Time passed like a swift horse flashing by.
In the blink of an eye, several more years had passed.
Inside the relic hall of the Tomb Ship, everyone was fully focused on deciphering the Rhino Emperor Bureau, with no mind for anything else.
Until this day, another disturbance came from the Life-and-Death Corridor. Even as they deciphered the Rhino Emperor Bureau, everyone could not help but spare a sliver of attention toward the corridor's exit.
A moment later, the passage connecting the corridor to the hall opened once more.
Then, a vast number of figures flew out from the corridor. At a glance, there were densely packed figures—probably several hundred of them.
Moreover, most of those several hundred figures bore very similar features, generally with green light swirling around their divine bodies.
The Heavenly Bell Clan.
Cao Bing only gave them a brief glance before losing interest.
This race had appeared in the original work, but only in passing. They were utterly inconspicuous throughout the three reincarnation eras. They had merely been able to arrive first within the Tomb Ship's range after receiving the news because they were relatively close to it.
But overall, they were just a group of cannon fodder with no chance whatsoever.
Not long after those members of the Heavenly Bell Clan entered the hall, the area outside Duan Donghe*Wu's relic also became lively.
First, the Heavenly Bell Clan's leader, in order to buy time for his people, relied on his strength as a Universe Strongest to forcibly block the entrance, keeping many foreign-race experts who had arrived but lacked sufficient strength outside the relic.
But before long, other Universe Strongests arrived.
And one of them was North True Star Lord of the Dongsheng Holy Land, one of the two great holy lands—a peak expert who