Chapter 1162 - 1262: Resentment in Their Hearts

Everyone wore expressions of unwillingness.

After all, they had been busy for quite some time, but had gained nothing, and this was not due to a lack of strength on their part.

It was the rules beyond the wall playing tricks, directly sending out the power of heaven and earth, which no one could contend with. It left people with no ability to resist.

Moreover, just now, the primordial masters along with others had helped hold off for some time.

But what they exchanged for was that the primordial masters suffered some minor injuries.

Furthermore, the attacks used by the rules beyond the wall were not ordinary attacks but rather attacks of a rule-based nature.

Such attacks would directly harm the primordial masters at their core.

This meant that the primordial masters were already not in the best condition, and now their core was harmed again.

The power of heaven and earth beyond the wall attacked the primordial masters not with physical force, but by using subtle pressure to directly harm their essence through rules, which is why the primordial masters did not face any physical attacks, no thunder struck, yet they suffered mild injuries.

Even though the primordial masters did not show it, what was visible was merely the appearance of having suffered minor injuries.

However, Ye Tianfan knew that the injuries they suffered affected their core directly, and although they seemed light externally, in reality, these injuries were difficult to heal.

Moreover, even if these injuries healed, they would cause permanent damage to their bodies, and core harm would directly determine their upper limits.

Alongside the primordial masters, the sect leaders who helped buy time for everyone had also sustained core injuries, and they had already been injured before, meaning their core was harmed again before their previous injuries had healed.

Thus, this led to their inherent limits being lowered again, and primordial masters would have absolutely no chance of ascending to the primordial realm.

Actually, the primordial masters knew that when their core was first harmed, their opportunity to ascend to the primordial realm was lost, but for the disciples of Taichu Sect, they had to stand firm.

Moreover, the primordial masters, knowing their core was harmed, couldn't allow the cores of their sect brothers to also be harmed, so when faced with the attack of the power of heaven and earth beyond the wall, they resolutely stood their ground.

However, the primordial masters didn't expect that not only did they stand up, many other sect leaders also stood up, and the primordial masters could see from their eyes that these leaders thought the same, since their cores were already injured, they didn't wish for the elders of their sects to suffer core injuries as well.

This was not only about protecting the remaining fighting strength they had but also to impart a lesson to the next generation about responsibility.

Also, when the primordial masters rushed forward, they had already disregarded their own lives. At that time, the thought in their minds was that even if it cost them their lives, they would fight for time for the embers they were protecting.

In truth, they achieved considerable success in ensuring nearly everyone safely made it inside the wall.

"I think, we shouldn't just return home one by one; we should venture outside the wall again. After all, we can't abandon it due to this minor setback, besides we've already lost so many people here, if we don't gain anything, then what was our purpose here?" As everyone safely returned inside the wall, preparing to pack up and leave, waiting for the Wall Guardian Elder to expand the wall outward before returning, suddenly a voice came from the crowd.

People turned toward the voice and saw it belonged to a minor sect leader.

If their memory was correct, all members of this minor sect had already died, leaving only this sect leader alive.

After hearing the sect leader's words, the crowd fell silent; they no longer knew whether to go or stay, having already lost many members.

But what the sect leader said had some reason because they lost so many people but didn't gain any benefits, no one would be willing to settle for that, even if they were waiting for the Wall Guardian Elder to expand the territory inside the wall, but that would take decades, even centuries; the wait would be too long.

However, as they thought about going beyond the wall, they were met by the obstruction of the power of heaven and earth beyond the wall, and suddenly calmed down, realizing they had no solutions unless the power of heaven and earth inside the wall could assist them; otherwise, they had no way to survive outside the wall.

But what annoyed them was the power of heaven and earth inside the wall acting like a fool, not assisting them at all. Yet, they felt some fear inside, lucky the power within didn't have consciousness, unlike the power beyond the wall which possessed some degree of consciousness.

If the power inside the wall had its consciousness, their survival would utterly depend on the whims of the heavenly power.

By then, if the heavenly power favored goodness, everyone within must be good, because if evil deeds were committed, they'd face punishment from the heavenly power; if vice versa, and it favored evil, then within the wall everyone must be evil people, or else they would face punishment.

But here, the crowd felt stifled because they knew the power of heaven and earth beyond the wall protected their homes, yet the power inside the wall cared little, making it frustrating for those wanting to develop themselves, irritated by the inaction.

"None of us want to go back so defeated, but if we don't go back, what else can we do? We essentially cannot resolve the attacks of heavenly power, no one can block an attack from this power, so tell me, if we don't go back, what else do we do here? We can only wait for the Wall Guardian Elder to expand the territory, then receive a bit of expanded land, and if we afterward can extend beyond the wall a bit more, we'll do so, then let the Wall Guardian Elder expand the territory further; besides that, we have no alternatives." As everyone remained silent, another voice chimed in from within the crowd, countering the previous statement.

Upon hearing this, the sense of indignation within the group was doused; what good was indignation?