"Whatever the outcome, I can accept it gladly now."
The madness faded from Hong Shi's eyes. He merely looked at Wu Qian calmly, though traces of sorrow still could not help rising in his eyes.
Wu Qian looked at Hong Shi coldly. All the disciples of Spirit Beast Mountain watched the two Sect Masters above in the void, sinking into something.
Now a great battle was about to break out between the two sects, and the cause of it all was merely a sect decree casually issued by a supreme sect. Perhaps the participation of small sects like theirs would be of no use to them at all, but that supreme sect had thought of it and casually issued the order.
The supreme sects stood like towering pillars in the world, pressing down upon all the small sects.
After receiving the decree, the Beast Taming Sect dared not outwardly comply while secretly defying it. They could only try to leave their sect some hope through this method. Or, at least, drag an enemy sect into the mire.
Autumn had yet to arrive, but a chill already seemed to sweep through the day.
The people of the two sects faced one another, all silent.
Wu Qian knew she could not avoid this battle. They were the passive defenders; with the enemy upon them, how could they evade it?
Possible responses flashed through Wu Qian's mind one after another, only to be rejected one by one.
There truly seemed to be no way to deal with this insoluble predicament. As Hong Shi had said, this was an open stratagem, laid out before her eyes just like that.
Whatever happened in this battle, her Spirit Beast Mountain would be dragged into the mire.
Since the other side had come, the situation was already