"Good!" Flood Great Shaman drew a deep breath. "We'll do it together when the time comes."
"Good." Daoist Lei nodded bitterly as well.
"Next comes the matter of the fortresses."
Zuo Changlu said, "If the leaders of the Three Races join together in a Blood Sacrifice to Heaven, the Heavenly Dao will very likely agree to lend us power... After all, once the Demon Alliance Continent returns, the power of the Heavenly Dao on that side will be far greater than ours. If we let it plunder without restraint... utter defeat will be the only outcome."
"But how exactly should the fortresses be built? And where?" Zuo Changlu asked. "That is your business. Our Star Soul Human Race's Sun Moon Pass doesn't need to move."
All eleven Great Shamans' expressions turned ugly.
The problem was now out in the open: the Star Soul Humans and the Dao Alliance essentially shared one fortress. As long as they held this position, the Demon Race would not be able to get through.
The problem lay instead on the Witch Alliance's side...
For all these years, they had always been on the offensive. When had they ever considered defense?
Now they suddenly had to construct a fortress... an immensely long, large, thick line of fortifications at that...
The Great Shamans all felt their heads ache, at a loss for what to do.
"The fortress must be built." Flood Great Shaman pondered. "We will find a way to finish it."
"Constructing an indestructible fortress like the one here in Star Soul is our most pressing task, and it must be done!"
"It won't be easy." Great Shaman Liehuo sighed.
Building a fortress like that required the lives of experts to communicate with the Heavenly Dao and connect to stellar power...
And the prerequisite for doing