245: Undercurrents

When they saw the five major powers gathered together, the entire crowd instantly erupted again. Li Haotian crossed his arms over his chest, his face completely calm, appearing as if he had known about this matter long ago—after all, the high-level officials of the various major powers had already been informed of this.

Naturally, they fully supported such an arrangement, as no one could just stand by and watch their own power decline little by little.

If they were defeated during this Grand Competition, it would truly be a massive joke.

This is the so-called ‘policy from above, countermeasures from below.’

On the surface, they had no suspicion of cheating, but in reality, everything had already been arranged in private. These matters would never see the light of day.

It is extremely difficult to destroy any one of the Ten Great Powers. Other powers wanting to rise must wait until these powers suffer devastating sectarian damage. Take the Heavenly Profound Sect’s situation last time, for example; if it weren't for Li Haotian, they might not even have been able to gather enough people for this Grand Competition.

The other powers were naturally fully aware of this. Everyone knew the Ten Great Powers shouldn't be provoked, yet there were always those courting death.

This was clearly a deliberately arranged teleportation location, and they had also informed their Disciples how to find the direction of the Grassland, which allowed them all to converge.

Now, there was no need for sharp-eyed or clever people to see through all this; even an idiot standing here could understand what was happening.

This was clearly a premeditated targeting, but those people had no evidence whatsoever. They couldn't find any fault and had no way to accuse them.

When encountering such a situation, they could only swallow their anger. Who told them they weren't the organizers? It was basically a checkmate; only the Ten Great Powers could be the organizers, and the Ten Great Powers could, in turn, protect other powers from being eliminated.

Such methods were simply outrageous.

Permanently blocking the upward mobility channel for other powers.

Li Haotian showed a faint smile, then turned his head, a look of disdain appearing on his face as he looked at the restless Sect Elders.

Just as he was about to continue watching the Grand Competition in the sky, the System’s voice suddenly rang out in his mind.

[Detected that some powers are brewing a conspiracy. The major powers have begun transmitting messages into their Sects. They know what price they will pay if this matter fails.]

[System mission released: Directly block those powers at Divine Mirror Sect and demonstrate the strength of Heavenly Profound Sect. The higher the display completion, the richer the reward.]

Li Haotian’s expression was slightly stunned after hearing this, because he did not hear the System output a specific reward. Following the usual pattern, the System would immediately state the explicit reward, but not this time.

An unlimited reward. He wondered what the maximum amount the System could give was.

After pondering for a long time, Li Haotian immediately dispatched all his Great Emperor Powerhouses. He issued a command through his System to all the Great Emperor Powerhouses, instructing them to immediately head to Divine Mirror Sect.

More than fifty Great Emperor Powerhouses left the Heavenly Profound Sect all at once. They were not worried that Heavenly Profound Sect would be attacked by other powers; as long as that great array existed, virtually no power could breach their defenses.

Although some people initially doubted the great array set up by Li Haotian, many Great Emperor Powerhouses were instantly convinced after personally experiencing it.

This great array was extremely terrifying. Not only did it incorporate illusions, poisonous Qi, and all sorts of dangerous elements, but it could even make them see their comrades as enemies.

Furthermore, it possessed an extremely powerful ability to slay enemies. With such a great array present, even if Great Emperor Powerhouses joined forces to besiege the Heavenly Profound Sect, they probably couldn't break in.

All the Great Emperor Powerhouses moved out and quickly arrived near the Divine Mirror Sect to wait. Before the official results of the Grand Competition were released, these powers probably wouldn't act brazenly. They were currently mobilizing troops and setting up ambushes near the Divine Mirror Sect, hoping their own powers would succeed. If they could become one of the Ten Great Powers within the limits of the rules, they naturally wouldn't need to fight desperately.

If they failed this time, all of them would be driven to a dead end, inevitably suffering extremely severe blows over the next ten years.

The major powers might even gang up on them. Therefore, the best course of action was to directly start a rebellion. The twenty major powers now had no retreat. They firmly believed that by uniting, they could create a powerful force far surpassing the Ten Great Powers.

Therefore, if they were all defeated, they planned to merge into one Sect and jointly attack the Ten Great Powers of the world, then divide the slots equally again.

After such a long period of development, they indeed had the confidence. Each Sect had at least ten Great Emperors. Twenty Sects combined could certainly gather over a hundred, even accounting for the Great Emperor Powerhouses left behind to guard. This number of over 100 was enough to overwhelm the Divine Mirror Sect.

As long as the former Ten Great Powers didn't react in time, and they were eliminated sequentially, everything would be manageable.

Li Haotian truly hadn't expected this group of people to be so crazy. It seemed they had long been blinded by the rankings.

Rankings represented benefits, and benefits concerned the personal interests of these individuals, so naturally, they were extremely zealous.

Li Haotian secretly sent out several voice transmissions. He planned to single-handedly resist the allied army of these powers.

He only notified the other cities so they could be ready to mobilize their armies at any time and directly wipe out the Powerhouses left behind by those invading forces in one go.

Solving the problem permanently at the root, ensuring they never have a chance to rise again.

Messages were quickly sent out, and the faces of the Ten Great Powers' leaders turned ugly.

They hadn't expected these fellows to be so arrogant, so they quickly transmitted messages back. Li Haotian gave them a reassuring reply. Although the others were somewhat skeptical, they all proceeded to carry out their respective tasks.

Li Haotian wanting to rely on the strength of Heavenly Profound Sect to block twenty powers sounded somewhat fantastical. The various powers were still worried, so almost every family dispatched five Great Emperor Powerhouses to the vicinity of Divine Mirror Sect, ready to fight at any moment.

The battle within the Sect's Secret Realm was raging fiercely, and outside, the situation was turbulent. Everything was waiting for the results to emerge.

The moment the results appeared, an extremely fierce battle would likely erupt outside.

Li Haotian sat back down in his seat, his eyes flickering as he watched the screens in the sky.

He had fifty Great Emperors under him, thirteen of whom were Peak Great Emperor Realm Experts. Their strength was terrifying, and having them there shouldn't be a problem.

He only hoped the System could provide more death warrior summoning cards, which would fill the gap left by the large number of Powerhouses who died in battle for the Human Race.