This was for the best, too. It spared living beings from utter devastation.
The Holy Sons and Holy Maidens all saw this clearly, and they were willing to end war through battle. This, too, was human nature. Though they could not avoid competing with one another, who could truly bear to watch countless innocent lives sacrificed?
Then let them fight, in exchange for peace on the Mixed Origin Continent. Every Holy Son and Holy Maiden was prepared for battle.
The five stepped out of their respective flying Soul Treasures and flew toward the Western Plains, each to employ their own means in a fair battle, for their mission and for their own glory.
Unlike the battle against the Eastern Ridge Prodigies, staking the fate of an entire region was how the legacy powers of the Venerable Domain compared the strengths of their Holy Sons. The ingenuity of it was truly breathtaking.
Upon arriving in the Western Plains, the five had no need to discuss anything. Each understood perfectly, and they immediately scattered, flying in different directions.
The battlefield was a chessboard, where life and death lay between intersecting moves, allowing not the slightest carelessness. By comparison, Mu Bai's cultivation seemed weak, but he had traveled his path alone, like a lone wolf. He had experienced training in the Silver Frost Forest, struggles within the Spirit Taming Sect, slaughter on the battlefield between humans and beasts, and desperate resistance in the Beast Territory. These experiences were what he relied on to contend against the Holy Sons and Holy Maidens of those legacy powers.
Upon arriving in the Western Plains, Mu Bai did not hesitate. He immediately slipped into the trees, concealing himself within one of the countless trees, planning to counter movement with stillness. Sure enough, before long, Qian Yuhuang appeared