Most of what An Jiaye said was true.
Under his deliberate embellishment, it sounded all the more terrifying.
The blue-haired middle-aged man's expression turned grave as he fixed his gaze on An Jiaye. "Fellow Daoist, I find this puzzling. Shouldn't the main forces of the Ten Great Sacred Lands be together? Since the main forces of the Ten Great Sacred Lands are being tied down by your people, how could the Eternal Sacred Land possibly have another batch of powerful experts? Where did this group come from?"
An Jiaye feigned surprise. "So Lord Guangdu didn't tell you about this?"
"What?" The blue-haired middle-aged man and his companion exchanged complex glances. They truly hadn't heard much about it.
Indeed, Guangdu had treated various parties differently. Yu Xian and Pan Yuan of the Bright Sacred Land were both die-hard loyalists of Lord Guangdu, so regarding the events at the Eternal Sacred Land, Guangdu had shared more detailed information with them.
But the two Divine Dao cultivators of the Nirvana Sacred Land didn't have a particularly close relationship with Guangdu—at least not close enough to be considered confidants. So Guangdu had been somewhat reserved in what he told them, merely issuing strict orders for them to hold the Nirvana Sacred Land to the death and wait for the main army to arrive and regroup.
It was precisely because of this differential treatment that An Jiaye's words proved even more effective at sowing discord.
"Looks like you really don't know." An Jiaye rubbed his nose. "Lord Guangdu and both Divine Protectors suffered enormous losses at the Eternal Sacred Land. That place has two Divine Dao true spirits, plus An Jiaye—myself—a top-tier Divine Dao expert, and furthermore, there's a genius called Jiang Chen whose combat power is in no way inferior to a Divine Dao cultivator."
The blue-haired middle-aged man was stunned. "Two Divine Dao true spirits? Plus An Jiaye? This..."
They were genuinely shaken. They knew exactly what level of Divine Dao expert An Jiaye was. He was fully capable of taking on two opponents at once.
And Divine Dao true spirits—even the lowest-grade Divine Dao true spirit was far more powerful than a human Divine Dao cultivator.
Two Divine Dao true spirits, conservatively speaking, were equivalent to at least three Divine Dao cultivators.
Tallying it all up, their combat power was equivalent to five Divine Dao cultivators. If that Jiang Chen also possessed Divine Dao-level combat power...
Then added together, that made six Divine Dao-level combatants.
That was truly a terrifying fighting force. No wonder the cultivators sent to the Eternal Sacred Land had perished. No wonder both Divine Protectors had fallen.
No wonder even Lord Guangdu had suffered losses.
If they had gone together, they certainly wouldn't have ended up at a disadvantage. After all, Lord Guangdu's and both Divine Protectors' combat power was nothing to scoff at.
But who told them to go in three separate groups? It would have been stranger if they hadn't suffered!
Having finished speaking, An Jiaye let the heavy notes of provocation ring through as he asked, "We knew all these details—could it be that you two were truly in the dark?"
"We genuinely didn't know." The blue-haired middle-aged man's smile was bitter. They were all working for Lord Guangdu, yet it seemed they had indeed been kept at arm's length, treated differently from the others.
In that moment, the blue-haired middle-aged man felt a deep sense of frustration. His companion's face had also turned ashen, the dissatisfaction in his eyes written plain for all to see.
"This shouldn't have been concealed from you. If that group from the Eternal Sacred Land were to come charging over and you two had no advance warning... the consequences would be catastrophic." An Jiaye continued to fan the flames.
The blue-haired middle-eyed man eyed An Jiaye with some wariness, his voice low and heavy. "Fellow Daoist, we have communication arrays here and still weren't privy to these details. You've been clashing with the main forces of the Ten Great Sacred Lands all this time—how is it that you know so much more than we do?"