CHAPTER 1637: CHAPTER 374:

Yet even so, they still found it extremely difficult to persist.

Not just the Seven Star Peak, at this moment, the Little Zen Peak, Lightning Peak, Military God Peak, Puppet Peak...

Within the Hundred Peaks Sect, formations on one peak after another began to sustain damage.

Cao Zhen gazed into the void, at the series of disappearing light screens, sighing helplessly in his heart, suddenly spoke, transmitting his voice throughout the Hundred Peaks Sect: "All disciples below the Earth Immortal Realm, stop maintaining the formations and hide in the nearest safe place!"

Since the great formation could no longer hold, what he needed to do now was to ensure the safety of those Golden Core Stage disciples.

The Golden Core Stage disciples could play a role within the great formation, helping to resist the Sect Tribulation, but without the great formation, facing the Sect Tribulation, these Golden Core Stage disciples couldn’t even withstand a lightning bolt.

In every peak, there is a cave mansion, there are caves.

Although after the Sect Tribulation falls, it would strike at each position within the Hundred Peaks Sect, potentially hitting every part of the Hundred Peaks Sect.

However, the Sect Tribulation prioritized attacking those standing outside.

So, by hiding in cave mansions and caves, one could ensure a certain degree of safety.

This Sect Tribulation can be said to have come because of him.

If he did not bring the Instant Millennium Pearl, there wouldn’t be a Sect Tribulation.

Thus, he wanted to protect the Hundred Peaks Sect disciples’ safety to a greater extent.

Not far away, Jiu Yang displayed a look of confusion on his face, what was Cao Zhen doing? Although some formations within the Hundred Peaks Sect had already been breached, there were still some that remained intact; the Golden Core Stage disciples could still play a role within the formation, helping to resist the Sect Tribulation.

Why was Cao Zhen letting everyone evacuate so early? This way, with only the Earth Immortal Realm left here, the pressure would be immense.

Cao Zhen’s decision was, in truth, quite unwise.

Over the years, although Cao Zhen hadn’t dealt much with the matters of the Hundred Peaks Sect, leaving most of them to be handled by Nie Jie, his prestige within the Hundred Peaks Sect continued to elevate.

The Hundred Peaks Sect disciples dared not disobey Cao Zhen’s orders, and would even fight to the death against anyone who dared to disparage Cao Zhen’s name.

Yet now, as Cao Zhen’s order fell, none of the disciples within the formations showed any intention of leaving.

At Vermilion Bird Peak, the strongest Li Ke was not defending her own Vermilion Bird Peak, but had gone to Ascension Peak; at this moment, Vermilion Bird Peak was guarded by Peak Master Tu Zhuque.

While resisting the Sect Tribulation falling from the sky, she turned back to the disciples within the formation, shouting loudly: "What are you doing? Didn’t you hear the Sect Leader’s words? Why haven’t you left yet?"

All around, whether inside or outside the formation, none of the disciples spoke up.

"What, you won’t obey the Sect Leader’s words, nor listen to me, your Peak Master?" Tu Zhuque glared at the disciples.

The Vermilion Bird Peak was originally a major peak of the Hundred Peaks Sect; within the peak, whether at Earth Immortal Realm or Golden Core Stage, all were disciples of the Hundred Peaks Sect.

Indeed, they even dispatched many disciples to support other peaks.

Within the formation, each disciple fervently channeled their internal mana, infusing it into the formation, while shouting loudly: "Master, our formation hasn’t been breached yet; we can still hold on!"

"Yes, Uncle-Master, let us continue to resist the Sect Tribulation!"

"Grandmaster, we are also disciples of the Hundred Peaks Sect; now that our sect is going through a Heavenly Tribulation, how could we possibly retreat?"

"Master, we will hold on a bit longer. When we really can’t endure it anymore, then we’ll retreat."

"Yes, Grandmaster, the Sect Leader asked the Golden Core disciples to retreat, he meant those from the breached formations; since our formation isn’t breached, we don’t need to leave."

"Master, this is our Vermilion Bird Peak, this is our home. If we leave, without the formation, the Sect Tribulation will surely bombard the buildings of our Vermilion Bird Peak. We can’t stand by and watch our home be destroyed!"

"You all..."

Tu Zhuque looked at the disciples showing no intention of retreating, gritted her teeth fiercely, and turned her head to look elsewhere. These were her disciples from Vermilion Bird Peak; naturally, she didn’t want them to die. She also understood that the Sect Leader asked the Golden Core disciples to leave for their own good; the Sect Leader did not wish to see the Golden Core Stage disciples perish.

Nonetheless, just as the disciples said, they are also disciples of the Hundred Peaks Sect; they also wish to contribute their strength to the Hundred Peaks Sect.

Tu Zhuque turned to look at the disciples outside the formation, shouting: "They are inside the formation; and you? You outside the formation can’t contribute, so quickly retreat!"

Outside the formation, the disciples immediately shouted loudly in response.

"Master, we wish to replace them!"

"Exactly, they’ve been in the formation for a long time, and the mana of the senior sisters is seriously depleted."

Outside the formation, each disciple responded to Tu Zhuque while looking at the formation, shouting.

"Senior Sister Ying Jia, you’re injured; quickly, step out and let junior sisters replace you!"

"Senior Sister Jing Fei, you’ve been in the formation for a long time. During the last replacement, you didn’t switch out; Senior Sister, go rest for a while!"

Inside the formation, some disciples indeed appeared somewhat pale, and some of their auras were already unstable, yet they still steadfastly held their ground within the formation.