Martial Master

After a brief rest, everyone's energy was restored.

Although they had cooperated in this way, the hostility between the two sides still remained. However, considering that the next four regions required everyone's joint effort, there were no conflicts.

The urgent task was to obtain the Ten Thousand Realms Demon Fruit. If one could achieve the Earth Saint level, everything else could be abandoned.

So, it was not the time to turn against each other. To become an unparalleled Earth Saint, everyone certainly wouldn't lack patience.

"Can we go directly to the next area from here?"

After a moment of adjustment, everyone stood up again.

Traveling from here, the endpoints of the adjacent two areas were only ten miles apart, which was very close.

Just as everyone was about to walk toward the sides, they hadn’t gone far when the light of the stone tablet suddenly dimmed, and a whirlwind reappeared.

Hmm?

They took a few steps back, and the stone tablet brightened again, making the whirlwind disappear once more.

Could it be… they could not leave?

But if they couldn’t leave, how could they activate the array eyes of the other four regions?

Everyone looked at Jue Ming.

Jue Ming said, "Although the array eye here has been closed, each stone tablet needs an unparalleled Earth Saint level powerhouse to maintain its operation.

And we cannot take a shortcut; the methods set by the Demon Tribe's Saint Lord must be circumvented from the outside."

This method was certainly not absolutely effective; it was believed that the Saint Lord could break through with a single strike, but did the Saint Lord still need to come here?

There was no Saint Lord among them, so it was necessary to leave strong warriors behind.

Moreover, it had to be unmatched Earth Saint level powerhouses.

Everyone looked at each other; wouldn’t that mean the leaders of each major force would have to stay?

Fortunately, at this moment, Jue Ming said, "It’s enough to have powerful experts similar to an unparalleled Earth Saint stay. If it’s Earth Saint level late-stage warriors, leaving ten would suffice, which is equivalent to one unparalleled Earth Saint."

This… everyone exchanged glances. Although it might not be necessary to leave an unparalleled Earth Saint behind, ten Earth Saint late-stage experts were still a considerable number. Each major force brought in about ten late-stage Earth Saints, and if they left ten, that would mean half of their fighting strength had to stay behind.

Of course, this was much better than leaving the leaders of the major forces behind; at least they could continue to move forward.

But who would stay at this first stone tablet?

Everyone was uneasy; who knew if this was a conspiracy of the Wu Kong organization? Naturally, no one wanted to take the lead.

Seeing everyone hesitant, Jue Ming couldn't help but say, "In this way, we have six major forces, and there are five areas here. Why not have each force guard a stone tablet? If everyone is hesitant, then let my Wu Kong organization guard the stone tablet in this first area, how about that?"

"Moreover, staying here isn’t a loss because once all five area array eyes are closed, a passage to the central area will open, allowing everyone to enter the small world center at the first opportunity. Those who stay here can instead conserve their strength."

As soon as he finished speaking, he directly appointed ten powerful experts from the Wu Kong organization to stay behind.

"No way."

Everyone rejected him.

Are you kidding? How can we trust your Wu Kong organization to guard this stone tablet and let the other forces feel at ease?

"How about we each leave some people behind from our major forces and gather a total of ten?"

Xue Wu Dao said solemnly.

This was indeed a good idea. If each force left people behind, there would be no need to worry about the other side tampering with the stone tablet, after all, everyone would have someone to watch over it.

In an instant, the major forces nodded in agreement.