Soon enough, Dao Yuan Zhenren straightened his expression and said in a deep voice, "That's right, the Thunderfire Tribulation is an extremely ominous thing. If it were to reappear, it would surely cause trouble. So it is naturally unusable."
As soon as Dao Yuan Zhenren finished speaking, all the sect leaders spoke up one after another, echoing the sentiment that they were unwilling to use the Thunderfire Tribulation.
After all the sounds gradually faded away, Yuan Ling nodded and smiled, "What the sect leaders say is true. It was indeed because I was too worried about the common people that I was too eager for quick success. I respect your decisions. If you say that we will not use the Thunderfire Tribulation, then we will not use it. Then all the disciples of our righteous path should do their utmost, even at the cost of their lives, to bring peace to the world!"
“What Master Yuanling said is true.”
"We will fight with all our might..."
"..."
All thirty sect leaders echoed this sentiment.
"But..." Once the hall quieted down again, Yuan Ling changed the subject, lowered her eyes and said sadly, "Alas, my Yuan Dao Sect suffered heavy casualties in the last large-scale attack by the Demon Clan, and our elite disciples were decimated. I'm afraid we are no longer able to contribute much to the righteous path."
As soon as Yuan Ling finished speaking, there was a moment of silence in the hall. The thirty sect leaders couldn't help but mutter a few complaints about Yuan Ling in their hearts. Only then did they realize why Yuan Ling had summoned them here specifically to discuss the Thunderfire Tribulation.
After a moment, the sect leaders could only speak one after another to comfort Yuan Ling.
So the sect leaders talked for a long time, one after another, before they all got up to take their leave.
It was already noon.
Yuan Ling, accompanied by Liang Yihan, escorted the thirty sect leaders all the way to the sect headquarters, then activated the newly arranged protective sword formation and watched them fly away one after another.
Yuan Ling then deactivated the protective sword formation and turned to walk back the way he came, with Liang Yihan following closely behind.
"Hmph!" Yuan Ling snorted lightly, and said with a sneer, "A bunch of old foxes!"
Liang Yihan nodded and said calmly, "It's Yi Mingzi from the Xuan Yi Sect who is more straightforward."
Yuan Ling put his hands behind his back and said leisurely, "My Yuan Dao Sect has already proposed the method. If you don't use it, there's nothing I can do."
Liang Yihan smiled faintly and continued, "Moreover, our Yuandao Sect was unfortunately attacked by the Demon Clan, and we suffered too many losses of disciples. We cannot send many disciples to participate in the war between the righteous and the demonic forces. We had no choice but to come up with this method just to do our part, but the sect leaders are unwilling to use it. However, regardless of whether the sect leaders are willing to use it or not, if our Yuandao Sect sends fewer disciples in future battles, they should not complain."
Yuan Ling turned to look at Liang Yihan, and the two exchanged a knowing smile.
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The righteous forces were unable to conquer the City of Gods and Demons, while the demons used the city as their base and began to expand their influence rapidly. Even though the righteous sects had placed beacon towers to signal for help in the event of a demon invasion, the demons had already annihilated two Buddhist temples and four Taoist sects in just over a month before reinforcements arrived.
The righteous sects naturally did not want to see things develop this way, but they could not help it because they could not conquer the Demon City.
Liang Yihan's method of using thunder and fire to repel the demons has spread throughout the Central Plains, though it is unknown who told him it.
All the righteous disciples have been discussing this matter these days, and they are complaining about the decision of the sect leaders not to use the Thunderfire Tribulation.
In April, as summer approaches and the weather begins to get hot, the early mornings are still relatively cool.
On the morning of that day, the righteous sects launched their seventh attack on the City of Gods and Demons. A total of 30,000 elite disciples used all their strength to attack, but they still could not even break through the first line of defense set up by Li Molin and the demon generals in front of the city.
A chaotic and fierce battle was raging in the open space in front of the Demon City. The sounds of brutal fighting echoed through the heavens and the earth. Blood was scattered everywhere, as cheap as rain, staining the ground dark red.
At this moment, the moat in front of the south gate of the God and Demon City had been dyed bright red, with corpses floating on the surface, rising and falling uncertainly.
The fierce battle raged from the cool morning until the scorching midday sun, with casualties on both sides, making it a close and evenly matched contest.
Suddenly, a vast expanse of blood-red light illuminated the distant west, causing the warriors to instantly cease their fighting and turn westward. There, the blood-red light faintly formed the phantom of a massive, crimson banner, which fluttered in the wind and lingered for a long time.
Everyone knew this was a sign of the birth of a divine artifact. Looking at the blood-red light and evil aura that formed the banner, it was undoubtedly a demonic artifact.
With the divine artifact appearing, both the righteous and demonic factions lost their will to fight. So, at the command of the leaders of the righteous sects, all the righteous disciples gathered together and quickly retreated.
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