The supreme divine hall above the tunnel had already been split into two regions, the inner region and the outer region. The inner region was the core of the divine hall. Only Tian Jian and the Origin realm experts of the four races could enter there. The outer region was where all the Sainthood experts resided. Whether it was Saint Rulers, Holy Emperors, or Holy Emperors, they all gathered in the outer region of the divine hall. They poured their energy into the divine hall without holding back, maintaining the divine hall's suppression of the tunnel with the Origin realm experts in the inner region.
During the three years of suppression, the Sainthood experts of the four races were split into four shifts. Each shift belonged to a different race, and the Sainthood experts of each race had to remain in the divine hall for ten days. During those ten days, they would pour ninety percent of their Saint Force into the divine hall. When the shift was changed ten days later, they would have a month to recover their Saint Force. The cycle continued.
Three years later, the number of Sainthood experts of the four races had increased by a lot compared to when the war had just ended. Although the number of Holy Emperors had not increased, the number of Holy Emperors and Saint Rulers had increased by quite a lot. In particular, the number of Saint Rulers had increased by over a hundred in just three years. With the four races combined, the number of Saint Rulers had reached five hundred.
This change made many experts of the four races realize that breaking through seemed to be much easier than three years ago. However, the advantage of breaking through was mainly from Heaven Saint Master to Saint Ruler. There was no obvious advantage to breaking through to a higher level of cultivation. As for the Holy Emperor, breaking through to Holy Emperor was still as difficult as before.
As a result, the number of Holy Emperors of the four races did not change at all in the past three years.
At this moment, the rather dignified Tian Jian sat on a white jade seat in the core region of the divine hall. He channeled the powerful energy that everyone had poured into the divine hall into the formation through the white jade seat, maintaining the divine hall's suppression of the tunnel. Yang Lie, Guihai Yidao, Feng Xiaotian, Poseidon, Houston, Xiao Jin, Xiao Ling, and the Winged Tiger were all gathered around Tian Jian. Aside from Tie Ta, all the Origin realm experts in the world were present.
During the past three years, the Sainthood experts had been replaced every ten days. However, the Origin realm experts who stood at the apex of the world did not enjoy such treatment at all. None of them had left the divine hall in the past three years. Even when they ran out of origin energy, they had to consume the Mortal Energy Fruit left behind by Jianchen to recover.
This was because they needed to prevent the Spiritking from attacking the divine hall. Now that the divine hall was missing Tie Ta, Jianchen, and Shangguan Mu 'er, if the Spiritking suddenly attacked the divine hall, they would need everyone's full strength and all the Sainthood experts to barely stop him. As a result, none of the Origin realm experts could leave while the divine hall was suppressing the tunnel. Otherwise, it was extremely likely for the divine hall to be torn apart by the Spiritking.
The World of Forsaken Saints was so powerful that even if Tie Ta, Jianchen, Shangguan Mu 'er, and Changyang Mingyue were present, they would not be their opponent. Not to mention that Changyang Mingyue had gone to the Saints' World while Jianchen and Shangguan Mu 'er had left the Tian Yuan Continent. No one knew where they had gone. Under such circumstances, what awaited them would be a hellish disaster if they lost the front line. They could not afford to be careless.
"In the past three years, the World of Forsaken Saints has never stopped attacking the divine hall. Although the attacks have weakened, they're still exhausting the divine hall's power. If they continue like this, I think we'll only be able to last a hundred years at most. I believe that the attacks from the World of Forsaken Saints will gradually become stronger before long. At that time, we'll be able to last even less time." Poseidon frowned and said sternly. Maintaining the divine hall consumed the divine hall's power. Coupled with the constant attacks from the Origin realm experts from the World of Forsaken Saints, the divine hall's power was being depleted at an even faster rate.
"We should rejoice that the Spiritking has not continued to attack the divine hall. When the Spiritking struck out three years ago, all of us, including Tie Ta, Jianchen, and Shangguan Mu 'er, barely managed to keep the divine hall stable. Now that the three of them are gone, it'll be extremely difficult for us to stop the Spiritking's attacks. If the Spiritking constantly attacks the divine hall, I think we'll only be able to last for ten years or even less," said Yang Lie. Deep fear appeared in his eyes when he mentioned the Spiritking.
The Spiritking's strength had completely exceeded the three of them when they were at their peak. After all, they were only at the Origin realm when they roamed the Saints' World, while the Spiritking's battle prowess was equivalent to Godhood.
"Tie Ta has gone to where A 'Ruijin is sealed. Once he returns, his strength will definitely increase. At the same time, all of us can sense that the world has changed slightly. We don't know what it is exactly. Although there's no origin energy, it's clearly much easier for Saint Rulers to break through compared to three years ago, and the changes are still ongoing. I believe that in a few years, it'll be much easier for Saint Rulers to break through to Holy Emperor. It might even be able to affect the Holy Emperor's breakthrough, "Feng Xiaotian said with a smile. The changes in the world were basically good news to them because the four races would become more and more powerful as their breakthroughs became easier and easier.
Xiao Ling tilted her head and thought for a while. She said crisply, "Do you think the changes in the world have something to do with big brother?"
"That shouldn't be possible …" Feng Xiaotian shook his head. He was a disciple of a large sect in the Saints' World. Even though he was only an ordinary disciple, he still had quite the insight. In his opinion, even Godhood experts would not be able to affect the changes in the world, let alone Jianchen who was still some distance away from Godhood.
Today just happened to be the day when the human Sainthood experts would change shifts in the divine hall after ten days. The Sainthood experts of the Sea race would replace them. In less than ten minutes, the humans and the Sea race had finished changing shifts. They all walked out of the divine hall in exhaustion.
Some of the human Sainthood experts chose to remain in the divine hall to recover their Saint Force, while others chose to leave. Without any exception, all of them became leaders of organisations on the Tian Yuan Continent.
Among the people who left, there was a dignified middle-aged man in embroidered robes. In the past ten days, he had channeled ninety percent of his Saint Force into the divine hall, so he was currently filled with exhaustion.
As he walked out of the divine hall, many human Sainthood experts, regardless of whether they were Holy Emperors or Holy Emperors, all greeted the middle-aged man with a smile. There were even a few Holy Emperors who came up to talk with him. Even though the middle-aged man was only at the Second Heavenly Layer of the Holy Emperor, he seemed extremely composed before experts who were far more powerful than him. Even when he faced a Holy Emperor, he was neither haughty nor servile. On the other hand, the Holy Emperors were all extremely polite to the middle-aged man who had only recently become a Holy Emperor. They greeted him with a smile as if they were an esteemed guest.
This did not only happen to the human Sainthood experts. Even the Sainthood experts of the Sea race who had come to replace them treated the middle-aged man the same way. All of them were extremely polite. Whether it was the peak Holy Emperor of the Sea race or the Holy Emperor of the Sea race, no one dared to provoke the middle-aged man who had only recently become a Holy Emperor.
As a result, the middle-aged man stood out among the group of Sainthood experts.
The middle-aged man was Jianchen's father, Changyang Ba.
As the father of the greatest human expert, even though Changyang Ba's personal strength was not worth mentioning in front of many people, he still possessed an extraordinary status.
Changyang Ba basically walked out of the divine hall under the encirclement of the Holy Emperor and the Holy Emperor. Afterward, he clasped his hands and bid farewell to everyone. As the human Sainthood experts all left, only Changyang Ba and a few other people remained.
However, there were still five people in red robes standing silently behind Changyang Ba. Their red robes were embroidered with a flame-shaped insignia. Whether it was the Tian Yuan Continent, the Beast God Continent, the sea realm, or the Wasteland Continent, they were all familiar with this insignia because it was the insignia of the Flame Mercenaries.
The five middle-aged men were not weak at all. They had all reached the level of Holy Emperor and were above the Fifth Heavenly Layer of the Holy Emperor. They were far more powerful than Changyang Ba. However, they had used up ninety percent of their Saint Force in the divine hall, so the five of them were rather pale.
However, the five Holy Emperor stood behind Changyang Ba like guards. They were emotionless and showed no intentions of leaving first. It was as if the five of them would not leave until Changyang Ba left.
Changyang Ba hovered in the air as he looked at the shattered Tian Yuan Continent below him. He gently sighed and said, "Let's go back."
With Changyang Ba's words, one of the five people behind him immediately stepped forward. He ripped open space with the Holy Emperor's ability and quickly created a Space Gate. Only after Changyang Ba stepped through the Space Gate did the five of them enter one after another.
The five Holy Emperor were the Divine Guards of the Flame Mercenaries. They were the people who had joined the Flame Mercenaries in Wake City of the Blue Wind Kingdom. Originally, it was impossible for them to even reach Earth Saint Master with their talent, but their loyalty to the Flame Mercenaries and Jianchen made Jianchen decide to nurture them. Afterwards, Jianchen used several decades and a large amount of effort and heavenly resources to nurture them without holding back. In the end, they became experts on the Tian Yuan Continent and were given the title of Divine Guards of the Flame.
There were originally fifty to sixty Divine Guards of the Flame, and all of them were Holy Emperor. They were the greatest foundation of the Flame Mercenaries as well as the protectors of the Flame Mercenaries. However, they had suffered heavy losses in the battle against the World of Forsaken Saints. In the end, only twenty of them survived. Under the orders of Bi Lian, five of them were stationed in Changyang Prefecture. One reason was to protect Changyang Prefecture, and the other was to strengthen the dignity of Changyang Prefecture.
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