Seven days later.
Lu An was cultivating in seclusion on the Heavenly Tiger Island. He was still far away from finishing his seclusion. During these seven days, the war between humans and the strange beasts was peaceful. Moreover, the situation was getting better and better. It meant that the deterrence action had achieved a significant effect.
The sects and clans in the Union were quiet. They didn't cause any more trouble. Anyway, too many things had happened. It hadn't been long since the Union of Sects had been established. However, the internal affairs were still happening, which gave people a headache.
Most of the things that had happened were related to the Ice and Fire Union. However, it wasn't the Ice and Fire Union that had stirred up the trouble. After seven days of peace, Dong Huashun suddenly appeared in the Union's headquarters, which shook all the sects and clans.
Dong Huashun was back?!
Apparently, the Ice and Fire Union had sent the message proactively. They wanted to tell all the sects and clans that they had saved their people. Apparently, they wanted to intimidate the enemy.
However, the Ice and Fire Union didn't take this chance to make a fuss in the Union. They just asked Dong Huashun to take a tour around the Union. They didn't mention it again. Anyway, the deterrence effect was obvious. The Hidden Heaven Sect had many discussions about it.
Because Lu An wasn't here, the Ice and Fire Union kept their operations low-key. Especially the seven women, they didn't want to give the enemy any chance to take advantage of them. However, the good situation didn't last long. Three days later, the Union's headquarters was shaken on the same night.
Everybody gathered at the top floor for a meeting. Of course, it was related to the invasion of the strange beasts. Today, a large number of rank 8 strange beasts appeared from the four directions of the Eight Ancient Continents. The number and competence of the strange beasts were as different as the sky and the earth. The defense line of the Eight Ancient Continents was so big that the level 8 Heaven Masters couldn't cover all of them. Some of the rank 8 strange beasts were blocked, but most of them had entered the Eight Ancient Continents.
They were just the rank 8 strange beasts that people had found. There were more that they hadn't found yet.
The sudden invasion of the strange beasts was beyond the Union's estimation. According to their estimation, the strange beasts wouldn't have recovered that fast. Even if they had recovered, they should have done it slowly. They shouldn't have launched such a big counterattack.
It was strange. However, the Union's problem now was how to solve the current situation, not to find the cause...
With so many level 8 strange beasts intruding the Eight Ancient Continents, they could break through the outer defense line of the Sect Union after a while. They could enter deep into the continent and slaughter the creatures there. However, the more important problem was that with so many Class Eight Wonder Beasts entering, they could set up a teleportation formation to attract even more Class Eight Wonder Beasts. There was no need for them to pass through the coastal area.
Mystical beasts of the eighth grade and below could pass through the teleportation array, and ninth grade mystical beasts would not be able to detect them at all. As a result, the coastal defense line became a useless decoration. This was a very serious problem, and the Alliance had to come up with a solution.
In actual fact, when the sect laid out the coastal defence line, they had already begun discussing the future situation and methods. Everyone's conclusion was to evacuate the coastal defence line.
That's right, withdraw all the coastal defense lines, gather all the forces, and prepare for the second phase of the battle.
The reason for doing so was very simple. The coastal defense line was right next to the ocean. In fact, it was very dangerous. In just two to three months, countless Heavenly Masters had died. Once enough enemies had invaded the mainland, they could work together with the strange beasts in the ocean to launch a pincer attack on the coastal defense line. The coastal defense line had already lost its meaning. It would not be worth it if so many Heavenly Masters were to die because of this.
However … there was no doubt that the price to pay was enormous. Although they could protect the number of Heavenly Masters, the ordinary people would be more miserable.
The core idea of this phase was that the sects would defend their own base and use the entire Eight Ancient Continents as the battlefield to fight. No doubt, this battle would be very chaotic and difficult. However, as it had come to this, it wasn't a matter of whether they were willing to or not.
That day, the Sect Alliance didn't give the order to withdraw immediately. They wanted to see what would happen next. However, after two days, a large number of eighth grade mystical beasts invaded the Eight Ancient Continents every night. Finally, the Sect Alliance reached a consensus to withdraw the coastal defense line.
In just one day, the coastal defense line was completely evacuated. The members of the Sect Alliance all returned to their own camps and headquarters. As for the Heavenly Masters in the world … those who wanted to fight freely were released. Those who wanted to follow orders were sent to the Four Great Empires.
Giving up the coastal defense line also meant giving up on the intelligence about the number of mystical beasts invading the border. After the defense line was withdrawn, the Sect Alliance seemed to fall into darkness.
The battle in the dark could only be a chaotic one.
The Sect Alliance had asked each sect to send at least one hundred level 8 Heavenly Masters and four hundred level 7 Heavenly Masters to patrol the Eight Ancient Continents. They would clean up the mystical beasts in the main countries and regions with a large population. At the same time, they would announce the locations of those countries and regions. They would send as many people as they could to take shelter.
However … it was just a drop in the bucket for the current situation of the world. The Sect Alliance was really powerful. At least, they could easily destroy all the mystical beasts invading the border. However, the Eight Ancient Continents were too big. They couldn't find them.
Another four days had passed. It was also seven days after the massive invasion of the mystical beasts. In just seven days, many creatures in the Eight Ancient Continents were in a terrible situation. It was a real extinction. Within seven days, more than one hundred million people had died.
However, it was just the beginning.
In the continents, people who got the news crazily fled to the designated countries and regions. The places they wanted to go the most were the Four Great Empires. However, when the world was in danger, the Teleport Formations that the sects had opened for the people were limited. They needed the Heavenly Masters outside the sect to open them, including some public Teleport Formations. Immediately, the Teleport Formations became the most valuable things. Many people used this chance to make a fortune. They asked for sky-high prices. Almost everyone who passed the Teleport Formations would be sold.
The world was in chaos.
Compared to the past, the world was in real chaos now.
In the headquarters of the Sect Alliance, it was different from the previous morning meeting. Now, the meeting could start at any time. In just a few days, many members of the sects had been injured. Everybody felt the pressure, including the representatives of the other sects. However, it was just the beginning.
The level 8 mystical beasts had dared to invade the border. Moreover, after the defense line was withdrawn, they would be even more unscrupulous. What if the level 9 mystical beasts invaded the border soon? What should they do at that time?
This problem made all the sects feel heavy. At this moment, many people remembered the existence of the Hachiko clan.
At this moment, in the meeting, a representative couldn't help but ask. "How about … we go and find the Hachiko clan?"
As soon as these words were said, the entire top floor fell into a dead silence. Unlike before, when there were people who immediately objected, this time everyone became silent.
This was because everyone realized that … the situation was really not something the sects could handle. The current situation was already like this, let alone in the future.
After a full ten breaths, a second person spoke. His voice was very heavy as he said, "But the Hachiko clan has already retired. Will they care about us?"
"We are all humans. How can they not care?" When the previous person saw that someone had responded to him, he quickly said, "The Hachiko clan could protect us in the past. Why can't they do it now? They don't even need to do anything. As long as they reappear, I'm afraid these mystical beasts will automatically escape back into the sea! "
When everyone heard this, they fell silent. The Hachiko clan did have this ability. Just their appearance was enough to deter the world.
"But could there be a problem with the Hachiko clan's sudden retirement?" Someone else spoke up. "Otherwise, why would they suddenly retire?"
"How can there be a problem with such a powerful clan? Who can threaten them?" Someone retorted. "There are thousands of reasons. We can't guess at all. Even if there is a problem, we can only confirm it after visiting them."
After the four people spoke up, more and more representatives slowly participated in the discussion of this idea. From the maturity of everyone's ideas, it meant that they had been thinking about this idea in private. It was just that they had been stubbornly holding on and no one had mentioned it before.
However, just as the discussion was getting noisier, a voice of objection was suddenly heard.
"I don't agree!"
The discussion immediately stopped abruptly. Everyone was shocked and turned their heads to look.
The person who said this was none other than the Sect Leader of the Karma Fire Sect, Jue Nian!
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