"Damn it! It's been so long! What the hell is happening in there?"
Outside the Xuanyuan Sword Sect's inheritance grounds, a binding formation barrier ten thousand zhang thick still stood between them and those inside.
Over a thousand sword cultivators had gathered here at the summons of the Sword Chief's Token.
Upon learning that over ten thousand powerful enemies from the Sun-Slaying Alliance and the Demon Savage Continent's War Faction intended to surround and kill their boss inside, every one of them was frantic.
They gathered together and attacked one section of the formation barrier without pause.
But the formation was too immense. Even if several Spirit Transformation True Lords came in person, they would not be able to break it.
Still, through their unrelenting efforts, they had gouged a hole a thousand zhang deep into the ten-thousand-zhang barrier.
To bore all the way through, however, they would probably need even more sword cultivators working together.
"My junior brother's life tablet shattered! There must be an absolutely brutal slaughter going on inside!"
"Those hateful bastards! How dare they! Boss is the next Sword Chief! They're practically courting death!"
"Ah..." The old Sword Envoy sighed. "It's precisely because Boss is the designated next Sword Chief that they don't want him alive. With his extreme methods and temperament, the Nine Provinces would probably face a long, ruthless campaign to slay monsters and purge demons in the future."
Suddenly-
An eagle-eyed sword cultivator pointed in a direction inside the formation and cried, "It's Boss! Boss is still alive!"
At those words, every sword cultivator turned to look in unison.
Sure enough, they saw two figures racing toward them side by side.
It was Li Yang and Tu Nine Provinces!
The two had fled from the deepest reaches of Ten Thousand Sword Mountain to