Recalling his master True Person Budong's instructions, Qing Chen felt a little conflicted.
That day, True Person Budong had told him earnestly, "My disciple, this battle will be extraordinarily dangerous. If things go beyond our power and the situation reaches the point of no return, you must take care of yourself and leave.
"I have already taught you the entire Immovable Wisdom King Heart Method. If the Island-Protecting Grand Array falls and the sect master fails her breakthrough and suffers grievous injuries, that will be an extremely dangerous moment!
"I will do my best to draw the attention of most of the Golden Core cultivators. You must take advantage of the chaos to escape. There is no need to make a pointless sacrifice. This is my responsibility.
"Once you have escaped a certain distance, crush five Escape Talismans. Do not be stingy! Get away from the Azure Wave Archipelago, as far as possible. Flee far, far away."
Amid the fierce melee, where spells crisscrossed and the radiance of Magic Treasures blazed against one another, five days quietly passed.
The Peak Third Tier Island-Protecting Grand Array on Earth Jade Island was now under unprecedented pressure.
Over those long five days, the Xuanji Heaven-Illuminating Formation had gradually reduced its draw on the Spiritual Power deep within the Spirit Vein.
By now, it had stopped drawing on the earth vein's Spiritual Power entirely.
And to sustain its operation, the grand array had already consumed nearly two million Spirit Stones over those five days!
That cost was no less than the price of three to five Magic Treasures, all just to withstand the ferocious onslaught of those twelve Golden Core True Persons.
The disciples of the Condensed Jade Sect wore frost-cold expressions, solemn and exhausted.
"So the Spirit Stones stored at that Giant