"Gu Hanxiao, I told you: you are our last trump card!"
The Void Sect Master's voice was grave, with a note of warning.
The child Lu Ren had become tilted his head up slightly. There was not a trace of hesitation in his voice. "If I wait until the end, will we still have a chance of winning this battle?"
"No."
After a moment's silence, the Void Sect Master finally shook his head.
Without the Monster Dao and Demon Dao experts joining this battle, victory would be difficult.
The Monster Dao and Demon Dao had many experts at the Mid-Stage Nine-Step Supreme Realm, and even some at the late stage.
Their Immortal Dao, by contrast, had few such top-tier experts. Those they did have stood a chance of attaining Perfected Dao Fruit and naturally would not come here to fight to the death.
"If defeat is inevitable, why let those old seniors die for nothing?"
Lu Ren's voice suddenly deepened and rang out in every direction. "Since everyone says this Evil Dao declaration of war began because of Lu Ren, then I, Gu Hanxiao, the Chaos Clan's Seventeenth Ancestor, will take this arena in his place today!"
The Void Sect Master's frown deepened. "Have you truly thought this through?"
Once Gu Hanxiao entered the arena, the Evil Dao would throw fighters at him in waves to wear him down. When his strength ran out, they would strike like thunder.
Even with his Eight-Marked Battle Body, he would be hard-pressed to escape death.
"I'm going."
Lu Ren's answer was only two words.
"Very well!"
The Void Sect Master said no more. He slowly closed his eyes, then snapped them open.
The sect masters of the other three great traditions also frowned slightly, but said nothing more.
Given the situation, if they