In front of the mountain gate of Ghost Ridge Palace, the noise was deafening with the chorus of poisonous insects, and the crowd was a dense mass.
There were more than ten thousand people gathered here, endless as far as the eye could see.
The number of disciples at Ghost Ridge Palace gathered here definitely exceeded ten thousand.
Among them were junior disciples at the Second and Third Level of Yunling Realm as well as inner disciples above the Sixth Level of Yunling Realm.
Along with their poisonous insects, since most Outer Disciples didn't have storage bags and Insect Control Bags, their weapons and poisonous insects had to be carried openly, creating an atmosphere of grim solemnity that frightened those who saw it.
"Disciples following Elder Chen to attack, come over here to assemble immediately."
"I am with Elder Xu. Older Brother, where is Elder Xu? Please help me find him."
"Stop the chaos everyone, organize the lines properly. What does this disarray look like?"
Amid the noisy chaos, one after another, elders appeared at the mountain gate, gathering their subordinates.
Due to a lack of effective command, the demon cultivators, accustomed to having no restrictions and not being soldiers, caused some organizational confusion at the scene.
Once gathered, the elders would lead their teams to set out.
Elders could naturally fly, but to accommodate those disciples, many elders had to choose to travel by land to the battlefield.
However, the elders had their tricks; most contracted a batch of journey-specific poisonous insects for travel. Though these insects might not be strong in battle, they were extremely fast, such as the Dark Wall Lizard, Coiling Mountain Snake, Wind Spider, etc., each capable of carrying several people without a problem, allowing the elders to carry those slower disciples and move quickly.
The inclusion of these journey-specific insects intensified the chaos of teams constantly shuttling back and forth.
Ghost Ridge Palace had mostly mobilized in small squad formats in the past and had never rehearsed such large troop movements, so everyone lacked experience.
When Su Jie arrived, this was the scene he encountered.
Su Jie also saw Ning Xinyue not far away, following Tang Peiqing, helping to organize the disciples into formation, and she even gave Su Jie a playful wink when she saw him.
"Disciples with Elder Su, hurry over here."
Next to Su Jie, Chen Yun began shouting loudly.
By now, Chen Yun's cultivation had surprisingly broken through from the Fifth Level of Yunling Realm and advanced to the Sixth Level.
This was partly due to Su Jie's help and her own efforts.
The former was the larger contributor, effort was not uncommon, but not everyone had the opportunity and patronage of influential people.
Hearing the shout, the 300 disciples belonging to Su Jie looked up from within the crowd, following the sound and struggling to push through, moving toward Su Jie's location.
Seeing this, Su Jie waved his left hand and the Thousand-Handed Centipede slithered out from his sleeve. Its body instantly began to inflate and enlarge, floating hundreds of meters in the air, casting vast shadows below, eliciting cries of shock.
"We're pressed for time, all my disciples raise your right hands."
As Su Jie's Divine Sense swept over, the disciples quickly raised their right hands.
The pale corpse hands under the belly of the Thousand-Handed Centipede detached and grabbed the disciples to place them on its spacious back.
Three hundred disciples, merely one round trip was all it took to get everyone, saving a lot of trouble.
The disciples sitting on the back of the Thousand-Handed Centipede were initially somewhat panicked, as they had not experienced flying before.
But fortunately, due to the vast size of the Thousand-Handed Centipede, its flight was almost entirely free of any shaking or trembling, and sitting there was much more spacious than an airplane, comfortably accommodating three hundred people with plenty of room to spare.
Su Jie flew onto the head of the Thousand-Handed Centipede and sat down, stating calmly, "We're flying to our destination, make sure to hold on tight."
"Yes, Elder Su, we'll be careful."
The disciples sitting behind him responded with reverence, gazing at the Thousand-Handed Centipede beneath them and at the figure of Su Jie with profound respect in their eyes.
Many among them had entered Ghost Ridge Palace the same year as Su Jie or even earlier than him.
Now, years later, while they still lingered as disciples, Su Jie had long since become an esteemed Secret Realm Elder, significantly widening the gap between them, experiencing a vastly different life.
"Xiao Qian, let's go."
Su Jie tapped on the insect shell of the Thousand-Handed Centipede, and like a train shooting into the sky, the figure of the Thousand-Handed Centipede soared straight into the high heavens, gradually vanishing into the cloud layer.
The multitude of disciples by the mountain gate of Ghost Ridge Palace watched with envy; flying saved so much more trouble than a long land journey.
Unfortunately, not every elder possessed a Lifebound poisonous insect as convenient as the Thousand-Handed Centipede.
And on the back of the Thousand-Handed Centipede, as it accelerated, many disciples were blown about unsteadily, their faces rippling like waves.
Disciples with higher cultivation could block it with Spiritual Energy, but those with lower cultivation couldn't afford to waste Spiritual Energy for long.
Eventually, a pair of wings rose from the back of the Thousand-Handed Centipede. The large wings were not used to flap for acceleration but were erected to block the strong winds.
After all, under the supersonic flight of the Thousand-Handed Centipede, such head-on gales were extremely exaggerated; without protection, ordinary disciples at the Yunling Realm might become airborne and crash to their deaths.
Su Jie didn't expend much energy on his disciples, sitting with his eyes closed, regulating his own energy state.
The speed of the Thousand-Handed Centipede was very fast; before long, it had already reached the area covered by the Mountain Protection Array.
From here on, the territory outside was where the Righteous sects had surrounded Ghost Ridge Palace.
"Heaven signifies, revealing fortunes and calamities, Demon Map open."
Su Jie manipulated a spell only known to the Elders of Ghost Ridge Palace, the air rippled in a circle, and the Mountain Protection Array opened a gap leading to the outside world.