Yan Ao Lie smiled as soon as Yan Feng spoke.
"Alright, you said it yourselves: three wins out of three. If you lose even one, you lose."
As Yan Feng spoke, his eyes narrowed into slits.
Although the Fire Clan did not have enough manpower in the Eighth Heaven, Yan Feng did not stipulate that the participants in this arena battle had to be from his own Fire Clan.
In this way, he naturally found a loophole.
The Fire Clan has many warlike sects under its command, and quite a few of them are extremely powerful.
Finding three teams among dozens of subordinate forces that could rival Battle Heaven Pavilion was a piece of cake for Yan Feng.
Seeing Yan Feng's cold smile, Ao Lie turned to look at his three thousand subordinates.
You heard what I said.
Tell me, what if we lose?
As soon as Ao Lie finished speaking, the three thousand team members shouted in unison.
"Victory is assured in every battle!"
"Defeat means death!"
The eight resounding words also represent the determination of the three thousand squad members.
This wasn't a rule of the Battle Heaven Pavilion, but rather a source of pride within them, a pride that would never allow them to fail.
As Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, Ao Lie naturally possessed an innate sense of pride, and the team members he led were also full of pride.
Furthermore, since emerging from the Time Treasure, they have personally witnessed the glory of the Battle Heaven Pavilion and vowed to protect this glory to the very end, even at the cost of their own lives.
Yan Feng was also taken aback by the imposing aura of the Battle Heaven Pavilion team members.
But soon, after regaining his senses, he suppressed his shock and said to Lin Heng, "Let's proceed according to the strength of your Battle Heaven Pavilion disciples. For the first battle tomorrow, I will send three Fourth-Transformation Samsara, for the second battle ten Third-Turn Samsara, and for the third battle, ten Fourth-Transformation Samsara plus ninety Third-Turn Samsara. How does that sound?"
Lin Heng naturally had no objections and immediately nodded in agreement.
With things settled here, the members of the other seven royal families, except for the Fire Clan, all left, while the Fire Clan stayed behind to clean up the mess left by the Dragon Flame Sect.
Although the person was killed by the Battle Heaven Pavilion, Lin Heng would not allow his sect's disciples to collect the corpse, so the task naturally fell to the Fire Clan.
"Brother Lin Heng, if you don't mind, why don't you take your disciples from the Battle Heaven Pavilion to my Firmament Hall to rest?"
Xiao Wuyu extended the invitation.
"Then I will thank Brother Xiao on behalf of my disciples."
Lin Heng could only respectfully accept the offer; after all, he couldn't very well have his disciples sleep on the streets.
Although cultivators don't care about this, they still have to save face.
Afterwards, Battle Heaven Pavilion followed Xiao Wuyu to the sect of the Firmament Hall, and the other four Ascenders also went together.
Such a grand gathering naturally calls for a banquet.
Lin Heng didn't get any rest until late that night.
As for drinking a few more cups, that's no problem at all. For cultivators, the power of their Source Power can be easily refined by circulating it.
At night, Lin Heng was standing by the window looking at the bright moon in the sky.
At this moment, Xiao Wuyu personally came to Lin Heng's room.
After inviting Xiao Wuyu into the house, Lin Heng asked with a smile, "Brother Xiao, your visit so late at night must be for something important, right?"
Xiao Wuyu nodded, and true to his nature, he didn't like formalities and went straight to the point. "Brother Lin, how confident are you about tomorrow's battle?"
Lin Heng didn't answer directly, but simply smiled and said, "I would never joke about the lives of those around me."
Hearing Lin Heng's words, Xiao Wuyu finally felt a little relieved. Then he sighed and expressed his concerns, "In recent years, the Eight Great Imperial Clans have been intentionally or unintentionally causing us trouble. Brother Lin's appearance has finally dampened their arrogance."
"Tomorrow's battle, seemingly a Fire Clan on Brother Lin's Battle Heaven Pavilion, is in reality an attack launched by the Eight Great Imperial Clans against us Ascenders."
Lin Heng asked curiously, "Brother Xiao, the Ascenders shouldn't be afraid of the Eight Great Imperial Clans, yet you've repeatedly shown restraint. Is it because of the War of the Foreign Domain?"
Xiao Wuyu was stunned; he hadn't expected that Lin Heng already knew about the War of the Foreign Domain.
Now that Lin Heng had spoken, Xiao Wuyu no longer held back. "Indeed, the War of the Foreign Domain will likely break out soon. My Palace Master and the other powerful figures from the four directions do not wish for internal strife to kill each other, thus benefiting the alien races."
"However, the Eight Great Imperial Clans believe that their overall strength has grown rapidly in recent years, making them capable of fighting against alien races on their own, so they want to claim this glory for themselves."
"Alas! But they don't consider that while they are progressing, so are the alien races. What would be the consequences if we really allowed the alien races into our Longevity Realm?"
By the end, Xiao Wuyu's expression had turned extremely ugly.
Lin Heng looked puzzled, but when he asked about specific information about the alien race, Xiao Wuyu was unwilling to reveal too much.
This wasn't something Xiao Wuyu intentionally wanted to conceal, but it was a rule set by the Thirteen Factions that the matter of the alien race must not be leaked.
Lin Heng was even more puzzled. He already knew about this matter, but Xiao Wuyu still refused to say anything. Could there be some hidden story behind it?
But the other party was unwilling to budge, so Lin Heng didn't press the matter further.
Finally, before leaving, Xiao Wuyu stood up and looked at Lin Heng, solemnly saying, "Brother Lin, remember not to be careless in tomorrow's battle. Only by thwarting the arrogance of the Eight Great Imperial Clans can you quiet them down and buy more time for the higher-ups."
"Brother Xiao, rest assured. This battle concerns the honor of our Battle Heaven Pavilion and the lives of our disciples. I, Lin Heng, would never make empty promises on such a matter."
After hearing Lin Heng's words, Xiao Wuyu smiled and left.
Meanwhile, on the other side, the Fire Clan was within their sect at the Eighth Heaven!
Yan Lie Feng has already reported Yan Feng's crippling to his superiors.
Lin Heng and his Battle Heaven Pavilion had successively killed two members of the Fire Clan, and now they had even crippled Yan Lie, Ninth-Grade Heavenly Venerable Realm. This was a great humiliation for the Fire Clan.
The Fire Clan naturally wanted to send Primordial Chaos expert to kill Lin Heng.
However, due to the attitude of the Five Ascender Factions, they dared not do so.
While the Eight Great Imperial Clans certainly desire to monopolize the glory of the War of the Foreign Domain, they certainly do not intend to wage a complete war against the Five Ascender Factions.
Their goal is to continuously eliminate the forces under the command of the five Ascenders, ultimately forcing them to withdraw from the War of the Foreign Domain, so that the Eight Great Imperial Clans can monopolize the glory.
To put it bluntly, it means using various methods to continuously eliminate the living forces under the command of the Five Ascenders.
However, if a full-scale war were to break out, the Eight Great Imperial Clans would not be confident that they could defeat the invading enemy from the Foreign Domain on their own after annihilating the Five Ascender Factions.
After Lin Heng crippled Yan Lie, Yan Lin's faction naturally seized the initiative and sent people to the Eighth Heaven to take over the Fire Clan's forces there.
The person sent by the Fire Clan was named Yan Lang, Ninth-Grade Heavenly Venerable Realm, but he was a powerful expert who had one foot in the Primordial Realm.