Fairy, return my flying sword to me

Chapter 205 The Fall of Various Regions
"Strange, how come four or five demons have appeared in the last two days?" The elder guarding the Heavenly Abyss Demon Rift looked at yet another demon he had killed with his palm, which then dissipated into a cloud of demonic energy and disappeared into the air, with a puzzled look in his eyes.

Based on past experience, it would be difficult for even one monster to escape the Demon Rift within a year or two.

However, since the Zhengyang Sect and Pingding Sect went in to guard the area, only a few days have passed and four or five demons have managed to escape.

"Could it be that this time the monsters are even more troublesome?"

"But I saw that they brought a full three hundred people! That's three times the usual number, and even after the outbreak in Tianyuan, it was half again as large. How could they have made such a huge oversight?"

"Could something serious have happened inside?"

"But we haven't seen them send any messages."

Being inside the Heavenly Abyss Demon Rift, it was indeed difficult to make direct contact with one's own sect.

However, there is a special magic array inside that is used to send urgent messages to the elders who are guarding outside the Demon Rift. Although it can only transmit some short instructions that have been discussed in advance, it is still a kind of information.

For example, the Lingyun Sect and Xianyi Sect suffered heavy casualties in the last incident. Although the demonic rift had not yet opened, the message had already been sent out to prepare the two sects for an even worse situation.

And right now...

"Look over there!"

"Why is there another airship? No, there are four!"

From the four directions of the Demon Rift, four flying boats appeared one after another, floating in the sky.

Looking at the flags on the flying boat, it was astonishing that the four sects of Zhengyang, Xianyi, Pingding, and Lingyun had arrived together.

"What happened?" The four elders guarding the outside of the Demon Rift were still unaware of the situation and went to greet them.

When the four guardian elders saw the disciples flying out of the flying boat in unison, their numbers several times greater than before, they were all dumbfounded.

"This is……"

"Sect Master?" The resident elder of Lingyun Sect was even more surprised to see that the leader of their flying boat was actually their sect's sect master!

The sect leader arrived in person, and all four sects came together.

Is the sky about to fall?
The Lingyun Sect Master appeared before the four garrison elders in a flash, and asked with a serious expression, "What is the situation here?"

"What's the situation?" No matter how noble and powerful the four garrison elders were, none of them dared to be arrogant at this moment.

The most powerful elder of the Immortal One Sect, who was always in charge, stepped forward and replied, "Reporting to Sect Master Fan, there are no changes here for the time being, and the Zhengyang and Pingding Sects guarding this place have not sent any emergency requests for assistance."

As he spoke, he glanced around and noticed that each sect had a formation of about a thousand people standing silently not far away. "These four sects are..."

The Lingyun Sect Master frowned slightly, looking quite authoritative. "No unusual changes?"

The Lingyun Sect elder stationed there hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and replied, "It's not entirely without exception... For example, in the past two days, four or five demons have escaped from inside the Demon Rift, a number that would have been difficult to escape in previous years. Although we have killed them all, we don't know what happened inside that caused this to happen?"

The resident elder of the Immortal Sect carefully observed the expressions of the leaders of the four sects, frowned, and took the initiative to inquire, "So what news did you all receive that made you rush here with all your sect disciples?"

Each sect has nearly a thousand disciples; it's like they've moved almost half of their sect over!
Having a hard time?
Or has something really serious happened? The four elders are stationed outside the Heavenly Abyss Demon Rift, which is equivalent to them living in seclusion here.

This place is so rare that even cultivators, let alone ordinary people, rarely come here.

Apart from the monthly sect rotation, they receive absolutely no information from the outside world.

The fact that four large teams have arrived at the same time means that something extraordinary must have happened outside!
But what does what's happening outside have to do with the Heavenly Abyss Demon Rift?
If something truly happened within the Heavenly Abyss Demon Rift, could it be that these elders stationed nearby received the news even slower than the main families of the four sects?
Faced with the doubts of his own elders, the Immortal Sect elder who had brought his disciples sighed softly, "The Heavenly Abyss Demon Rift has fallen..."

"And it's not just in one place; this message came from the Holy Land."

"Therefore, the Holy Land issued an emergency order, commanding us to rush here as quickly as possible to prevent the situation from deteriorating further."

"What caused this change?" the resident elder asked.

"I don't know." The Lingyun Sect Master shook his head. "I suspect it was the Demon Worship Sect who did it, but we haven't received any definitive information yet."

"It's the Demon Worship Sect again!"

"Those beasts deserve to die!"

"But..." The elder leading the Zhengyang Sect, who was also an old acquaintance from the forest and the Transmission Elder, looked at the relatively calm rift in the distance with a puzzled look in his eyes, "It seems that nothing major has happened here?"

"Perhaps it's not the right time yet?" speculated an elder from the Pingding Sect who had come with them.

After all, the entire Seventh Realm is so vast that it's impossible for every sect to have the same rotation time.

It's possible that the four sects, including Zhengyang Sect, rotate their garrison duties on the first day of each month, while the three sects near Baoliuli Kingdom rotate their duties on the fifteenth of each month, and another place rotates its duties on the seventh and twenty-third of each month...

All of these are possible.

Before taking action, one must choose a suitable time.

The Zhengyang Sect and the Lingyun Sect had just changed shifts, and their morale and strength were at their peak.

Even if the Demon Worship Sect wanted to do something underhanded, they would have to wait until the end of the troop rotation period to make their move, right?
"No!" This guess was instantly overturned. "The sects around the already fallen Tianyuan Demon Rift had different rotation periods, and there were even some that had just been rotated and were full of energy, but they still fell... This time, many Tianyuan Demon Rifts fell at almost the same time, which means there was a unified time-sharing mechanism behind them! Otherwise, it would be impossible for so many to fall at once..."

"In fact, it is precisely because of this that we suspect that it may have been the work of the demonic sect! They were afraid that we would get news of the fall of one of the places in advance, and then alert the others."

"But right now..."

"If they were going to take action, they definitely have already done so. The four or five escaped monsters that have appeared in the last two days are probably signs that they've already taken action from within. It's just that, for some reason, they seem to... be holding out?"

"I just don't know if they can hold out until the switch, or if they just survive the first wave of attacks?"

No further detailed information has been received regarding the loss of other Heavenly Abyss Demon Rifts, and no one knows how the demonic figures of the Demon Worship Sect inside made their move.

"Let's prepare for the worst. So many other Heavenly Abyss Demon Rifts have already fallen. Do you think the Zheng Yang Sect and the Ping Ding Sect are stronger than the other sects guarding them?"

(End of this chapter)