I Can Extract Divine Power

Chapter 345 - 152: Come at Me Together

After all, once everyone set their sights on Shen Bai and decided to join forces against him, he would have no choice but to brace himself and take them on.

However, Xu Qian was also quite worried. After all, with so many people at the Meridian Realm gathering, even if Shen Bai’s Overcoming Adversity and Attacking Upward wasn’t an empty boast, dealing with them would likely be incredibly difficult.

Shen Bai could see Xu Qian’s worry and smiled. "Brother Xu, you don’t need to worry. If they really do gather together to deal with me, you can turn and leave at any time."

After all, he and Xu Qian didn’t know each other well; they had only met a few times. So when Shen Bai said this, he meant it sincerely.

But Xu Qian shook his head and said, "It’s not like we’ll die, anyway. At most, it’ll just affect our ranking. I wasn’t taking this internal examination seriously this time to begin with. After all, I’m the one who knows my own strength best."

Shen Bai smiled. "In that case, Brother Xu, stick with me and experience what it feels like to be targeted by everyone."

Xu Qian chuckled and said, "That’s perfect. I’ve never experienced anything like this in my city. This will be a good chance to try it."

Hearing their conversation, Ouyang Sword stroked the longsword in his hand and said, "Speaking of which, if we eliminate all of them, wouldn’t our rankings be in the top three?"

Xu Qian said helplessly, "Brother Ouyang, you’re quite the dreamer. We’ll be lucky if we can eliminate a few of them and make it to the second round."

The group chatted like this as they searched for the whereabouts of the other scattered members.

After about an hour or so, during which they eliminated a few more opponents, Shen Bai led the two of them to a vast grassland.

The grassland was vast, with green blanketing the entire land. Sunlight shone down from the sky, filling the green expanse with a sense of vibrant life.

Shen Bai looked up and said, "This move by Yunxi State is truly a massive undertaking."

This space was filled with all sorts of mountains and vegetation. The manpower and resources spent over a year must have been immense.

Great Zhou Country had invested a great deal in this regard.

After all, this was a crucial method for cultivating talent for the Observatory.

Xu Qian said, "Many professions can move these things, but they are somewhat lacking in combat. However, moving all this requires a large number of people from those professions to do the transporting."

Shen Bai nodded.

He was about to continue searching, but at that very moment, something unusual happened.

At the far end of the grassland, silhouettes appeared, few at first, but their numbers steadily grew until they materialized before the group.

The grassland was originally vast, seemingly connecting the earth and sky.

But as this crowd appeared, the vast grassland was gradually covered.

At that moment, their numbers seemed to blur into a mere statistic.

Looking up, he saw they were all members of the Observatory—a thousand or more of them.

Some states didn’t just send one member; some even sent two. The specific situation depended on the status of that State-level City.

At this moment, as these thousand-plus Meridian Realm masters emerged, a powerful aura, like a collapsing mountain, washed over them.

The ones in the lead were none other than Lv Bei, Xiang Quan, and Chen Yu.

The three of them had serious expressions as they came to a stop a hundred meters in front of Shen Bai.

These were all the remaining members of the internal examination.

They had spent a great deal of time and effort to finally gather everyone together.

Everyone had only one thought: eliminate Shen Bai first.

If they could get Shen Bai eliminated in the first round and prevent him from entering the second, they would avoid a massive headache later on.

This was precisely why everyone had gathered.

They had considered that their side might suffer heavy losses, but it was still better than letting Shen Bai smoothly advance to the second round.

Even if some on their side couldn’t make it to the second round, that would just be fate, a matter of their own bad luck.

Shen Bai looked at them, raised an eyebrow slightly, and said with a smile, "I guessed right. You all gathered together just to get rid of me first."

Xu Qian’s fat trembled slightly. Although he had spoken heroically just a moment ago, faced with the impact of a thousand Meridian Realm masters, he too felt a little intimidated.

Only Ouyang Sword appeared exceptionally resolute.

His steadfast Daoist heart had never wavered; he lived only for Swordsmanship.

Xu Qian felt a little ashamed of himself looking at Ouyang Sword’s expression, but he quickly returned to normal.

"Brother Shen, it looks like this will be a tough battle."

Shen Bai didn’t answer Xu Qian, because Lv Bei and the others in front had already begun to speak.

Lv Bei was the first to step forward. He said, "Shen Bai, don’t blame us for being unreasonable and ganging up on you. It’s shameful, but we have no choice. After all, when fighting enemies in the Jianghu, these are all normal tactics."

Feng Zheng had permitted the formation of strategic alliances.

Here, even underhanded tactics were permitted, so while Lv Bei’s words seemed to carry a hint of guilt, his expression was perfectly normal.

Xiang Quan, holding his double hooks inverted, said, "If you must blame someone, blame yourself for being too strong, Shen Bai. A tall tree attracts the wind, and the gale will surely buffet the largest one."

Chen Yu rubbed his palms together as wisps of black Qi swirled in his hands. He gave a sinister smile and said, "Shen Bai, you might as well give up resisting. Otherwise, your resistance will just be a pathetic joke to us."

There are a full thousand Meridian Realm masters here. Even someone at the Unity Realm would have to think twice.

With his strength, Shen Bai might very well be eliminated.

They didn’t believe in Shen Bai’s Overcoming Adversity and Attacking Upward. They just felt he was probably a bit stronger than the average Meridian Realm practitioner, but definitely not enough to take on someone at the Unity Realm. That was the source of their confidence.