"Hahaha, Young Master Ko, I must admit, I didn't think you would dare do something so naughty right under our noses", Elder of the Crystal Wood Sect laughed, but his eyes coldly looked upon the City Lord's son.
The cultivators searching the plateau were standing in opposition, divided into two larger groups as Wu Long predicted, the continuously rising tension finally snapping the nerves even before anyone found the cause of the strange Spiritual Qi draining in the region.
"You left us no choice but to band together, this is just survival", Ko Fuan's expression was grave despite his calm answer, since he understood that even when they combined the local cultivators, with almost ten times the number on their side, they were still inferior to their opponents.
After all, among the sixteen people on the other side, half were Transcendents, with three people in Essence Gathering Realm.