Chapter 352: Gathering of All Factions

Inside the great hall.

The words of Great Sage Jiuxiao were still echoing continuously.

The crowd was in a state of silence.

Everyone was weighing the gains and losses of advancing or retreating.

And at this moment, the voice of that Great Sage Jiuxiao came over once again.

"Now that the core of the protective array has been repaired, it will be activated before long. With the current strength of the fierce beast army, they cannot easily break through. Even if you stay here, there will not be much danger. You must think this through carefully."

The voice echoed.

Falling into the ears of the crowd, it made everyone become even more hesitant.

Standing among the crowd.

Lu Li remained completely unmoved.

These words of Great Sage Jiuxiao could tempt others, but they could not tempt him. The recovery of the protective array core might make this place safe for the time being, but the strength of the Ten Thousand Beast God Nest is greater than that of the Sacred Star Court, and sooner or later they will send more armies to reinforce.

When that time comes.

A bloody battle will be unavoidable.

Furthermore, before he arrived here, he already knew that there were dozens of star-sky passages leading to the core of the Sacred Star Court like this one, and several of them had already been breached.

Even if this place can be held!

Once those fierce beast armies encircle from the opposite direction, caught in a pincer attack from front and back, this place will absolutely not be able to be held.

Seeing that everyone was hesitant and indecisive.

Lu Li stepped forward, looked directly at Great Sage Jiuxiao, and said, "I choose to leave."

"You?"

Great Sage Jiuxiao frowned.

"Since you have broken through to become a Saint, you should make more contributions to the Sacred Star Court. Why choose to flee at this time?"

"I have sufficient merit; the contribution I have made to the Sacred Star Court is already enough."

Lu Li responded with a faint smile.

As a Saint!

His status and position had completely changed.

With sufficient reason, even a Great Sage could do nothing about it.

Otherwise, once the news spread, it would only make everyone guarding this place think that they could never leave, completely losing hope of returning, and they would never fight the fierce beasts with all their might again.

"Since that is the case, wait until the matters here are finished, and I will send you away."

Great Sage Jiuxiao suppressed the anger in his heart.

Saint Wuchen had died!

Lu Li breaking through to become a Saint was originally the best replacement, but he had not expected this to be the result, which made him somewhat dissatisfied.

"Among you, who else is willing to leave?" Great Sage Jiuxiao scanned the crowd with his gaze and asked again.

"I choose to leave."

"I choose to leave."

With Lu Li bearing the pressure at the front.

They no longer hesitated, and including Long Zhanye, more than ten people stood out one after another.

"Hmph, a bunch of cowards, all get out of my sight."

Great Sage Jiuxiao waved his hand casually.

A powerful source energy enveloped Lu Li and those ten-plus people, sending them out of the great hall.

As for the remaining dozens of people!

They were the ones who truly wanted to use this merit to exchange for cultivation resources to further improve their cultivation.

Their Martial Dao hearts were firm!

They were the Martial Dao practitioners that Great Sage Jiuxiao wanted to focus on cultivating.

A bout of dizziness.

Lu Li, Long Zhanye, and the others, over ten people in total, arrived before an ancient array platform.

The array platform was pitch black, covered in dense, ancient array patterns.

Profound and deep!

Standing upon the earth, it seemed to suppress the heavens and the earth in all directions, emitting intense spatial fluctuations. Those fluctuations were hidden in the void, and if one sensed carefully, one could perceive the heart-stopping power within, like surging waves and billows.

This place!

Was where the teleportation array leading to the safe rear was located.

Before that array, there were still dozens of people waiting to go up. Clearly, there were not only Lu Li and the others who had obtained enough merit on these nine life stars and wanted to leave.

Seeing this scene.

Long Zhanye and the others relaxed a little.

Being called "cowards" by a Great Sage had indeed caused them great pressure in their hearts; now, seeing people of the same kind, they felt a little comforted.

However, Lu Li remained unmoved as always.

In his view, the high-level officials of the Sacred Star Court were not people who would face death without fear.

If there were an opportunity!

He feared that Great Sage Jiuxiao would be the first to leave.

It was only because Ouyang Dadi was currently guarding this place, requiring the assistance of many Great Sages, that they dared not leave rashly.

The Great Teleportation Array can transport twenty people each time it is activated.

Anyone who comes to this place.

Must have obtained permission.

Lu Li, Long Zhanye, and the others waited quietly.

Very soon, after two activations, it was their turn.

Rumble!

The array was like a torrent of time.

It opened with a boom.

A brilliant blue pillar of light shot straight into the nine heavens, and amidst the cycle of reincarnation, it caused endless spatial fluctuations to spread in all eight directions of heaven and earth.

"Go!"

The guard glanced at Lu Li, Long Zhanye, and the others, signaling them to step forward.

Everyone dared not delay and flashed into it.

A change of heaven and earth!

In less than a moment, everyone appeared.

"This is..."

Lu Li swept his gaze across.

He discovered that everyone had appeared in a valley.

The valley was not large.

Yet it was still ten thousand zhang in circumference!

Surrounding the canyon were several towering peaks, making this place very secluded; ordinary people could not break in at all, and it was precisely such a place that was suitable for hiding this super teleportation array.

Lu Li understood in his heart.

He flashed, intending to leave.

But just at this moment, on the surrounding mountain peaks, dozens of figures appeared one after another.

In the canyon.

Besides Lu Li and his ten-plus companions, there were dozens of others who had teleported earlier and had not yet left in time.

Seeing this scene, they all let out cries of surprise.

"It's the Great Sage of the Dragon Family from the Zhisheng Xing!"

"And the powerhouses of the Ouyang Dadi clan!"

"The sect forces belonging to the Nine Heavens Great Sage have also come."

"What on earth is going on? Why have so many big shots come?"

Everyone was terrified.

The forces to which the people who had arrived belonged were each extremely vast, and looking across the Sheng Xing Court, few could compare; in ordinary times, they were all out of reach.

But now, they had all appeared before everyone's eyes.

"What is going on?"

Lu Li shifted his gaze and looked at Long Zhanye to the side.

Listening to the crowd's discussion!

The Dragon Family of the Zhisheng Xing was also among them.

"Brother Lu, there is no need to be surprised. The war between the Sheng Xing Court and the Myriad Beast God Nest has begun, and all forces are urgently recruiting powerhouses to expand their strength. Those who can return from the front lines must have undergone life-and-death tempering, and among them, rogue cultivators are the majority, so they will naturally be valued by the major forces," Long Zhanye explained softly.

"Valued, perhaps, but for these forces, a single word would be enough to make these rogue cultivators join their ranks; there is no need to personally send powerhouses here."

Lu Li revealed a look of confusion.

The great war had broken out!

Although all forces were in urgent need of expanding their strength, did those rogue cultivators not also want to find a force for protection?

In fact, the demands of those rogue cultivators were even more urgent.

Even if they had experienced some life-and-death tempering, forces like the Emperor clans and sects did not need to personally send people to recruit them at all; such treatment clearly exceeded the limits of what these rogue cultivators could bear.

"Brother Lu, you don't know yet, do you?"

Long Zhanye smiled mysteriously.

"All of this is because of you!"

(End of this chapter)