"Brother Dugu?" Tuoba Shanhai could not help asking. "What did Spirit Venerable Xiao say?"
Dugu Yifang did not conceal it either. He sent him a few words through voice transmission, then turned his gaze to Hui'an. "Since you're here, come in with us."
Seeing that Dugu Yifang had tacitly accepted Chan Master Hui'an's presence, the others could hardly say anything more. Various voice transmissions merely grew more frequent, diluting the impact Tie Zhan and Tie Qingyao had just made.
Seeing that Yue Hanshan and Hui'an had no intention of approaching him over the Heavenly South Rogue Cultivator Alliance or his not going to Heavenly Abyss Pass, Qing Chen was happy not to greet them either.
"Everyone, since we're all here, let's wait no longer!" Gudou Yifang looked up at the sky.
With the latest arrivals, there were now more than fifty people!
Over fifty Nascent Souls. And nearly half were great cultivators!!! This was not even the Nine Nether Aristocratic Clan's full strength.
Outside, this force would have been enough to sweep through one or two circuits of Great Jin and plow flat Southern Yue and the Thirty-Six Western Regions Kingdoms.
"The Nine Netherworlds Forbidden Grounds-"
He spoke calmly. "Are a legacy left by the ancestors of our Nine Nether Aristocratic Clan. That you can be here for their opening today is both fate and proof of your ability."
"Once inside, each of you must rely on your own fortune."
"There is only one rule-"
He paused, his gaze suddenly sharpening like a blade. "No one may do anything that harms the Heavenly Devil Tower. Anyone who does will be slain by the entire Nine Nether Aristocratic Clan!"
As his words fell, towering killing intent erupted from him!
Its intensity made most of the Nascent Soul True Lords frown!
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