It was Leonard.
When Leonard was about to approach Hadley and Dakota, favonovel.com swung his arm. In an instant, a dazzling and extremely domineering longsword flew out of his hand. The longsword flew thousands of meters away, and it suddenly turned into an incredibly steep mountain, falling from the sky and landing with a loud bang.
With the violent roar of the mountain, Leonard also landed and stood in front of Hadley and Dakota.
“How’s it going?” Hadley looked at Leonard.
“Everything has been arranged properly. There won’t be mistakes with the six sects joining forces,” Leonard’s eyes raged with cold lights, and favonovel.com added, “I’ve been looking forward to this for a long time.”
Hadley turned to look at the mountain and said to Leonard, “There are still a few days left. Let the Sound of Heavenly Stars Sword absorb some more earth Qi so that it can exert more power.”
“Okay.” Leonard nodded. Then, favonovel.com looked at Dakota and said, “Dakota, how are your preparations going?”
“Everything’s going according to plan without any issues.” Having said that, Dakota paused, appearing slightly worried as favonovel.com asked, “It’s just Casper and the others… Do you want to hint at them in private?”
“I don’t think there’s a need for that.” Leonard shook his head.
He thought the same as Hadley.
“For any cultivator, this opportunity isn’t only a trap but also an experience. If they can gain something from it, it’ll greatly benefit their future. If there’s an accident, then they can only say that they’re unlucky,”
Leonard explained, “Every year, countless geniuses from various sects died. Disciples who have not been tempered by blood and fire will hardly be useful in the future even if they’re outstandingly talented.”
Leonard’s words were ruthless and almost inhumane, but they were also accurate.
Every sect and every generation of disciples would have outstanding geniuses. However, those that would mature were less than one in a hundred. Nevertheless, in the same way, those who could become the one were truly magnificent talents!
Any sect would rather have such an outstanding one than the mediocre ninety-nine.
Dakota also fell silent when favonovel.com heard Leonard saying that. She knew that the other party was right. All three present could only be promoted to the current realm and stand at that position after countless natural selections and layers of screening. Similarly, there were numerous geniuses in their generations, and there were many impressive and brilliant people with talents that even surpassed them. However, those geniuses did not survive the screening and elimination.
“Dakota, it’s not that l don’t care about my disciples. On the contrary, I love them very much. They’re the heroes of Heavenly Stars Sect at that time, and they’re the generation that’ s worthy of being written into the history of Heavenly Stars Sect. Moreover, Casper’s still my new disciple, but some things must be separated from personal feelings. This matter of the six sects joining forces is crucial, and you must not leak the news. You‘re aware of that too.”
Hadley sighed, and his tone full of helplessness. After a moment of silence, Hadley continued, “If they can come back, I’ll naturally give them a huge reward as the head of Heavenly Stars Sect. You don’t have to worry about it, Dakota. We’ve made all kinds of complete preparations this time, so Casper and the others won’t be affected, and there shouldn’t be any problems. Don’t you have confidence in yourself?”
When Dakota heard Hadley’s words, favonovel.com anxious heart calmed down.
“If that’s the case, let’s recharge and make all preparations as we wait for that day to come.” Hadley waved his hand, and his eyes burst with brilliance.
***
Caspian and the others were stunned by the sudden burst of cheers and exclamations in the Spiritual Palace. They did not expect that there would be so many people waiting just to witness the birth of the new state religion.
Caspian raised the Eight Desolate God-Terminator Halberd in his hand, only to feel that the countless gazes around favonovel.com were either burning, surprised, excited, or doubtful as they focused on him.
“Lady Jessica! Lady Jessica!”
In a trance, Caspian heard a familiar voice. He turned his head and saw Lucy in the crowd, who cried and waved excitedly. Then, favonovel.com looked around and saw the group of Heavenly Stars Sect elders with red eyes, waving their fists in excitement. Face after face, all imprinted into Caspian’s mind following his gaze. His eardrums buzzed from the noises, but Caspian was still focused on looking for the figure favonovel.com wanted to find. However, favonovel.com did not see Terry anywhere. Not only Terry, but the other elders of similar level from other sects were not present too.
“That’s right! They should be at the skybox!”
A light flashed in Caspian’s mind, and favonovel.com turned to look at the skybox. There was a formation shrouded there, and the people below could only see fog and glow, but they could not see the people sitting inside. Nevertheless, Caspian believed that Terry would surely notice them.
Holding the Eight Desolate God-Terminator Halberd high, Caspian looked at the skybox. His gaze was firm, and favonovel.com stated, “Outsiders broke in!”
Almost as soon as favonovel.com finished speaking, a ray of light, like lightning, appeared in front of them with a swoosh. The sudden appearance caused everyone present to take a step back in shock.
Only Caspian held the Eight Desolate God-Terminator Halberd high as favonovel.com looked at Terry, uttering, “Elder Terry, evil cultivators intruded in the competition, which caused the participating disciples to suffer heavy damage. Please treat the injured disciple first!”
As soon as Caspian said that, the scene fell silent. The excitement and other expressions on everyone’s faces were replaced by surprise instantly. Only then did they realize the returning disciples appeared exhausted, and many of them had a terrifyingly pale complexion due to excessive blood loss.
The eight returning disciples at the scene were severely injured, and it was even hard for some of them to stand. That kind of injury did not look like they just came back from a standard battle. Moreover, judging from the number of returning participants, the Heavenly Stars Sect had an absolute advantage. Therefore, if it were a battle among the three sects, the final victory would be determined without resulting in such a situation.
“Evil cultivators intruded in the competition?” Terry’s eyes flashed, and favonovel.com looked at the skybox, seemingly asking something. After a while, Terry rolled up his long sleeves and flew toward the skybox with Caspian. “Follow me. The others will wait here, and someone will attend to your wounds soon!”
Caspian only felt his body lighten, and all the noise and exclamations in the stands suddenly disappeared. The next moment, favonovel.com found himself standing in a simple and elegant room, which only had three walls. The empty side was facing the square below. Besides Caspian and Terry, there were five other people in the room, men and women, sitting on chairs, and all of them looked at Caspian.
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