When they spoke of doing it for the Ghost Soul Race, they were naturally already prepared to die. In fact, those willing to go in the first wave were beings who had no fear of death.
As experts at manipulating souls, the members of the Ghost Soul Sect had all but ceased to care about death. To them, it was insignificant.
All that mattered was dying for something worthwhile. The Ghost Soul Race had nearly unified their home Source World because they placed tremendous importance on their race's honor.
If something could benefit their race, they would rush to do it without needing to be forced.
Thus, although the ten powerhouses sent to spearhead the advance into the Origin Continent could not quite be called one in ten thousand, they were still exceptionally powerful among those at their level.
Their numbers might have been limited to ten, but working together, they could certainly contend with several times as many powerhouses. Of course, they could only contend with them, not necessarily kill all their enemies.
Still, being able to temporarily hold off enemies several times their number, combined with the special methods the Ghost Soul Race had given them, would let them buy some time.
Although it would ultimately not be all ten Ghost Soul Race powerhouses confronting the Origin Continent, there would still be seven, since three had been selected for a special mission.
Those three were actually the weakest among them, so their absence would not have much impact on the Ghost Soul Race's fighting strength.
They only needed to buy enough time for the three assigned to the special mission. Those three would naturally be able to absorb enough dark energy and vengeful spirits.
Once the portal reopened and a Supreme-level powerhouse arrived with the Ghost Soul Race's