"Another failure."
Inside the royal palace's great hall in Mountain-Slaying City, the atmosphere was heavy.
Everyone wore expressions of helplessness and disappointment.
They faced the suppression of the Saint-Hiding Golden Hall and the threat of its all-pervading refining power.
The leaders of the Chaos Star Domain had not simply sat waiting for death. They had repeatedly tried to resist with all the barrier's power, attempting to break out of this cage.
But their repeated attempts had confirmed that the Blood Huan Heaven-Pole Formation's might was nowhere near enough to shake this divine hall.
"It seems forcing our way through the enemy's suppression is already impossible," Yin Hongluan said with a sigh.
Ming Nine Netherworlds said, "Since we can't break through, we might as well hole up here.
"If we combine our strength to reinforce the barrier with everything we have, we can still offset most of the refining power.
"As long as we hold out until the sealing on the Saint-Seizing Land is lifted, perhaps we'll have a chance to escape."
Quite a few people in the hall nodded in agreement.
Hearing this, Ji Qianqiu could not help giving a bitter chuckle.
"I'm afraid we won't be able to hold out until the day the Saint-Seizing Land is unsealed."
Yin Hongluan also spoke. "To withstand the Saint-Hiding Golden Hall's refining power, the Blood Huan Heaven-Pole Formation has been running at full capacity all this time. That consumes the blood crystal ore vein at an extremely fast rate.
"In twenty years at most, I'm afraid the blood crystal ore vein's energy will be drained dry."
"Twenty years? Surely the sealing on the Saint-Seizing Land won't last that long either?" Ming Nine Netherworlds countered.
Yin Hongluan shook her head. "What I just described was the most ideal situation.
"Don't forget, more than