Su Yu exhaled in relief.
He had thought that the First Divine Sect master wasn't necessarily on their side. That might be someone only there to distract everyone. But he was wrong. The sect master had been present all along and had even killed three Pseudo Invincibles for them. There was no doubt in his allegiance.
Nan Wujiang had returned.
The third principal had returned.
And sure enough, he was incomparably powerful. He had killed three Pseudo Invincibles alone. But he seemed to have sustained heavy injuries from the fight.
***
At the same time.
Allheaven Battlefield.
Standing above the Eastrift Valley, Great Qin King gazed into the distance. After a long while, he said, "Everyone, we continue waiting. When three Eternal tri-life bodies appear in the Human Realm, we'll start."
They needed at least three Invincibles to be occupied before starting their attempt. All this only to make the dao affirmations of the ten or so people behind him easier.
He turned to face them and coldly said, "Don't forget this, everyone. Remember this day. Remember all the people fighting in the Human Realm. They are the ones fighting to give you this opportunity. At present, at least five enemy Eternals have sneaked into the Human Realm."
The crisis in Great Xia had occupied the attention of at least five enemy Invincibles. Or perhaps even more than that. All this only to reduce the number of enemies these Pseudo Invincibles might encounter during their dao affirmations. This was a big opportunity for them.
Great Qin King turned to gaze ahead again as he repeated himself, "The moment three tri-life bodies of Eternals appear, we start."
"Yes."
Standing behind him were Invincibles and Pseudo Invincibles. Some remained silent, and some were looking down, their thoughts unknown. Beside Great Xia King, Xia Longwu remained silent as well. One of the reasons the Xia Family had initiated this plan was to provide him with an opportunity to affirm his dao.
Every single missing enemy Invincible represented an increase in his chances of succeeding.
Great Qin King believed that the Xia Family would be able to keep at least three Invincibles occupied. Xia Longwu shared that opinion. But he was unsure if...they could actually handle all those Invincibles. He had no answer to that.
As Xia Longwu stood there in silence, his aura started climbing slowly. Eventually, his surroundings started shaking lightly while an intense pressure descended upon the nearby Pseudo Invincibles.
All of them looked at him in astonishment. He ignored all of them. With his head lowered, he firmed his mind. He had to affirm his dao. Even if he might fail, he had to do it.
***
War raged on in Great Xia.
Moon after moon dropped from the sky.
Suddenly, someone roared. The entire city trembled as a moon rose from within Nanyuan. Then, someone soared into the sky from inside the city, his long hair fluttering about.
"Liu Wenyan!"
Numerous people exclaimed in alarm. Liu Wenyan had completed his advancement. His aura started climbing rapidly. First stage, second stage, third stage...
But at the third-stage Sunmoon Realm, his aura stagnated. Numerous people exhaled in relief. Some had thought that he might really climb to the ninth stage then and there.
Liu Wenyan said nothing. With a flicker, he appeared outside the city. A seventh-stage Sunmoon was just about to land a killing blow to Chen Yong when Liu Wenyan appeared beside him. First, the Sunmoon was alarmed. But next, he was overjoyed.
A massive reward had been offered for the life of Liu Wenyan. That thought had just crossed his mind when an axe appeared in Liu Wenyan's hand. Almost immediately, the axe released an alarming level of power. The seventh-stage Sunmoon couldn't even react before the axe cleaved him into two.
That was an axe manifested by a peak Sunmoon character. That was also the final Ye Batian's character still in Liu Wenyan's hands.
After reaching the third-stage Sunmoon Realm, Liu Wenyan could finally make full use of this character. With this character, he could fight with the strength of a peak Sunmoon for a period of time.
After killing a Sunmoon with one hit, Liu Wenyan flickered and reappeared beside Niu Baidao. The three Sunmoons were giving Niu Baidao a terrible time. In fact, he was being beaten so badly that even his past and present bodies had been forcefully beaten apart.
Liu Wenyan swung his axe without saying anything. At the same moment, the entire city trembled. Something abruptly appeared above Su Yu's neighborhood. A ruin with numerous pavilions appeared, with wave after wave of heavenly source qi rippling out of it.
Nanyuan had always been lacking in source qi. But as of this moment, the entire place became filled with source qi. The translucent ruin shook as a white stele tried frantically to charge out of the ruin. It seemed to be desperately trying to approach Liu Wenyan.
However, it was unable to leave the ruin.
Marquis Xia roared, "Go back! Enter the ruin and inherit the Culture Tomb!"
He looked at Liu Wenyan, his tone desperate as he shouted, "Inherit the Culture Tomb! Remember! You will succeed! We have done all this for the sake of multiple character faction and humanity! Go!"
He fought against his two opponents with even more desperation. More and more wounds could be seen on both his tri-life bodies. Suddenly, the air above the city turned heavier.
A silhouette appeared in the sky.
With a sigh, the newcomer said, "The Xia Family has laid out a wonderful trap. Alas, you are too unlucky. With the Culture Tomb, I have no choice but to come. Otherwise, you might have really succeeded in luring that man out."
The newcomer shook his head regretfully. What a pity. The Xia Family was so close to success. But the Culture Tomb proved too attractive. More and more people were losing their patience. They were not willing to wait any longer. Their appearance might put an end to Xia Family's plan to lure the traitor out.
The newcomer was a tri-life body of an Invincible. Even with only a tri-life body, the Invincible was able to instantly suppress everyone present.
He started walking toward the ruin while muttering, "This ruin will be the reason for your failure. Do not blame me for my greed..."
Even the presence of the First Divine Sect master was overshadowed by the newcomer.
This was an Invincible. Not a Pseudo Invincible like so many of them.
This was a future body with a combat strength near the level of a complete Invincible. Not all tri-life bodies of Invincibles would have the combat strength of complete Invincibles. But he was still far stronger than any of the Pseudo Invincibles present.
***
Meanwhile, Su Yu was on the verge of roaring with frustration.
They only wanted to lure the traitor out.
Damn the Culture Tomb.
He started regretting his act of inserting the Culture Tomb into the fake ruin. Was Old Wan going to make an appearance or not?