Emperor Artifact

Seeing that even Fairy Jinghong, who enjoyed considerable prestige among the Ascendants, listened to Lin Yi, the mercenary captains stopped making random remarks and instead began identifying gaps and refining Lin Yi's plan.

Having accepted Lin Yi's mercenary fees, they were now his soldiers and had to strike wherever he pointed.

Two hours later, all the new students had formed ten-person squads and reached cooperation agreements with batches of mercenary teams. Of course, there were a few unlucky ones excluded; ranked at the bottom among the new students, they had failed to gather enough members to fill their squads.

Seeing that everyone was fully prepared, the Great Elder gave the order to open the doors of the World Annihilation Spirit Boat and send the new student squads out in batches.

At this moment, deep within the forests of the Sacred Dragon Mountain Range, some Demon Dragon Realm experts seemed to sense something. Looking toward the enormous round boat faintly visible amid the clouds overhead, their faces revealed worry.

An ancient, weary cough rang out. "Cough, cough... The demons are coming again..."

At Zone B, Safety Point 3 of the Demon Dragon Realm, a simple base had been built against the mountainside.

Lin Yi arrived there with ten mercenary teams and nine new students.

The Outer War Palace members originally stationed at the Safe Point had just withdrawn before their arrival, leaving behind only the empty base.

Lin Yi swept his gaze over the area and found that the base had been built beneath the mountain, making it a place easy to defend and difficult to attack.

However, the Formations originally used to defend the Safe Point base had all been dismantled, and the various supplies had been taken away as well.

This place clearly could not go without the