Chapter 253 (1/2)

Chapter 253

“How is this possible?”

Tu Fang’s expression changed greatly . The other Elders were all completely shocked . The Corrupt disciples numbered no less than twenty thousand .

In all the previous battles between the Righteous and Corrupt paths, the Righteous path had always been many times the number of the Corrupt path . But this time, the Corrupt path had four to five times more people than the Righteous path .

“Hahahaha, I really like that expression of yours Tu Fang! Now you should know what my words meant before, right?” Gui Yan laughed sinisterly .

At this time, Tu Fang didn’t even pay attention to Gui Yan’s ridicule . It was no wonder why the Corrupt path would initiate this battle so suddenly .

He had no idea what method the Corrupt path had used, but they had suddenly gathered so many disciples . Raising this many disciples was definitely a huge burden for the Corrupt path .

So they were planning on borrowing the power of the Righteous path to wash out a portion of these disciples . They really were planning on using the Righteous path’s disciples as whetstones for them!

“Elder Tu Fang, what should we do? If we continue like this, then won’t all our disciples be completely exterminated?” All the Elders were worried .

Each sect’s disciples were like their own children . No one was willing to have their children be killed like this .

“There’s nothing we can do . Now that it’s reached this point, we can’t retreat . If we were to take action, the Corrupt path’s experts would go block us . We can only watch . ”

Tu Fang forcibly calmed himself . Looking at Long Chen’s face, he felt a glimmer of hope .

That was because Long Chen’s expression had remained calm the entire time . He hadn’t revealed the slightest bit of panic .

It was like Long Chen was a steady boulder . Even in the face of countless powerful enemies, his Dao-heart wouldn’t waver the slightest .

The Corrupt disciples stopped once they were five miles from the Righteous disciples . They icily stared at them like tigers looking at their prey .

“Run!”

No one knew who was first, but a dozen people from the Righteous disciples suddenly turned on their heels and fled .

Tu Fang’s face immediately darkened . All the Elders were stunned . Those people were the Bloodnet Sect’s disciples .

Following the Bloodnet Sect’s disciples fleeing, hundreds of others began to follow them . In the face of that many Corrupt disciples, their courage was completely broken . Fleeing was their instinct .

“A bunch of b.a.s.t.a.r.ds!” Tu Fang raged, raising his hand, about to kill all the disciples who were running .

“Let them go . ”

Suddenly, Long Chen’s calm voice rang out .

His voice was backed with his spiritual qi, so it rang out clearly for dozens of miles .

Tu Fang stiffened slightly, and slowly lowered his hand . He also knew that killing his own people at this time wasn’t a good idea . He would just be ridiculed by their opponents .

But now that they had fled, everyone else’s confidence would also be shaken . That was a huge blow to their morale . Even Tu Fang was trapped in an impossible situation .

“If you feel afraid, if you feel terrified, you can all leave . This is a battle of the brave . The weak do not even have the qualifications to partic.i.p.ate . ” Long Chen’s voice once more rang out .

His voice was filled with calm without the slightest nervousness or panic . There was not even any anger .

Those disciples who had been filled with terror calmed down a great deal just from listening to it . They suddenly saw that not one of the disciples from the Xuantian Monastery looked the slightest bit afraid . In fact, only antic.i.p.ation and an overflowing battle intent coming from them .

Those disciples who had been fleeing paused, turning to look at Long Chen .

“Cultivation is a path of no retreat . If you want to continue forward, then you have to be able to face the threat of death . If you don’t dare face death, how will you break through your shackles and advance to higher realms?

“I can guarantee that all of you who run today will have their realm freeze . What happened today will become a heart-devil, and you’ll never be able to advance further .

“But if you run, you’ll at least be able to live . You can enjoy your remaining years .

“As for those of us who stay, we’ll very likely die here . But if we manage to survive today, we will definitely become top experts in the future .

“So those who want to become experts, stay . Those who want to live, you should quickly leave . In a bit, it will no longer be possible for you to leave,” said Long Chen .

Hearing Long Chen’s words, over half of those who had fled clenched their teeth and return .

“f.u.c.k, I’m going to be a hero, not a coward!”

“What’s so hard about this? Even if I die, I’ll be reborn as a real man in a couple years . ”

“I’ll go all-out against these b.a.s.t.a.r.ds from the Corrupt path! Even if I die, I’ll definitely bring a couple of them down with me, letting my old man feel proud of me!”

Although their words were only just to pump themselves up, it had to be said that these people were all brave men . They were all infected by the heroism of the Xuantian Monastery’s disciples .

Of over five thousand people people, half of them had fled . Now a portion of them returned .

Now they had nearly four thousand Righteous disciples . As for the thousand disciples who had fled, no one stopped them, and they all disappeared from their view .

Long Chen smiled slightly . He held no hate or resentment towards those disciples who had fled . No one had the right to decide another person’s life or death .

Those people who had fled might be selfish and cowardly, but it wasn’t necessarily just who they were .