The Xiao Realm.
The scenery here was utterly different from Sacred Pill City, with an oppressive atmosphere everywhere.
Purple runes encircled the sky like stars.
With a boom, an enormous teleportation array abruptly appeared in the sky.
In a small courtyard.
"Young master, the teleportation array is complete," Ancient Demon said respectfully, standing behind Gu Xiu.
"It's time for the final clash in this game of chess."
Gu Xiu closed the book in his hands and looked toward the array in the sky, a faint smile on his lips, as though everything were under his control.
Hum, hum, hum...
Ripples stirred within the teleportation array, and figures appeared in the air one after another.
"Young Master Gu Xiu! The passages to the Barbaric Ancient Region and the Southern Region are complete as well. The army has arrived and awaits your command."
A Nine Nether Powerhouses suddenly walked in and dropped to one knee.
Gu Xiu nodded slowly. "In that case, let me first see just what your people from Nine Nether are capable of."
With that, he walked out of the courtyard.
When he arrived beneath the teleportation array, powerhouses already packed the area.
"Exactly how many people are in this army?" Gu Xiu asked the Nine Nether Powerhouses beside him.
The Nine Nether Powerhouses glanced over them, then answered respectfully, "Nearly a thousand Saints, close to ten thousand Venerables, and countless Sect Tier cultivators. The other two passages should have fewer, but I estimate they still have several hundred Saint Realm powerhouses."
Then he shook his head. "If Transcendence powerhouses could descend, we wouldn't have to go to all this trouble. Sigh."
Gu Xiu, however, remarked, "That's what makes it fun. You have to let the ants glimpse a little hope, at least, or it would be dull."
Ancient