The Three Saints had not appeared alongside the other Sanctum Founders at first, which Lin Yuan had found somewhat strange.
But once the battle began, he had no time to think it over.
Only now, when the Three Saints' voices reached him, did Lin Yuan's spirits lift.
It seemed the three of them had made arrangements long ago!
He just did not know what exactly they had planned that could turn things around under these circumstances.
Could it be a contingency left by the Heavenly Venerable?
As Lin Yuan pondered this, he heard the Three Saints' voices ring in his ears again:
"Prepare to flee. From now on, the future of the Endless Sea Universe will be in your hands."
Lin Yuan froze, then a bad feeling rose within him.
The Three Saints' words did not sound like a confident contingency plan, but rather... the resolve to burn all bridges.
The next moment, at the very center of the battlefield, the three largest stone statues, which had remained motionless all this time, lit up simultaneously, and the Three Saints' figures appeared within them.
But unlike the other Sanctum Founders, the three did not manifest solid forms. Instead, they all appeared as translucent phantoms.
"Everyone in the Sanctum, heed our command! Give us your power!"
At their command, the surviving Sanctum Founders, who had long been prepared, simultaneously abandoned their resistance to the indescribable corruption and instead turned all their power into streams of light that shot toward the Three Saints.
"We're counting on you!"
"Every sacrifice is worth it!"
"Let those who come after us live!"
The Sanctum Founders shouted their final rallying cries, then fell silent forever.
They seemed to have known the Three Saints' plan all along.
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