A day had quickly lapsed.
As soon as Austin reached the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom, he immediately headed for the place where Master Li lived. That area was surrounded by several mountains, making it quite strenuous to locate.
Approximately an hour after, the mountains came into his view.
He put away his Dragon and Phoenix Chariot and flew straight to those landforms using his bodily movement skill.
'What?
Why are these people still here?' Austin suddenly thought upon employing his spiritual sense to survey the area.
Surprised, he found that those mountains were thronged with cultivators and flags were fluttering everywhere. The whole place was undeniably lively.
Those cultivators, who were more than eight hundred thousand in number, were the soldiers of the Southern Alliances Army.
Among them were dozens of valiant and imposing figures standing on the peak of the very mountain where he was heading. They were a group of prominent cultivators, all at the Semi-emperor Realm.
Austin felt quite strange to unexpectedly see them there and began to wonder what was happening here.
Why are they still here? All the troops of the demon race in the South Continent had already been annihilated.
There was no need for the army to exist anymore, more so to show themselves here now that peace had been re-established.
Besides that, he recalled that he had discussed with those cultivators at the Semi-emperor Realm about the management problem of the South Alliances Army.
They all agreed on the dissolution of the army after the annihilation of those villainous invaders in the South Continent, since there was no other purpose for the said military alliance to stay intact.
And since the army would be dissolved by then, those troops need not be here.
Austin remained puzzled, not knowing the reason of their presence in the area.
"Commander Austin is back!"
Just as when Austin was approaching the mountain peak through his bodily movement skill, a series of surprised and expectant voices resounded from the said area.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
A couple of imposing figures, one after another, rushed to welcome Austin who had just arrived.
Those figures belonged to the thirty to forty prominent cultivators at the Semi-emperor Realm and the soldiers of the Southern Alliances Army. Godwin, Julius, and Peter were also among the others to flock before Austin.
Besides them, Austin spotted several strangers, more than ten in number.
But they were clearly not members of the Southern Alliances Army.
They were powerful cultivators, with some of them at the Semi-emperor Realm and others at the Holy Realm.
"Oh?
Is this young man Commander Austin, the one whom you've mentioned a lot?"
a shriveled old man dressed in a gray top and a loose robe asked. His haughty and satirical eyes stared at Austin as he spoke. Austin hadn't figured out what happened here yet.
Studying Austin in the eye, the shriveled old man looked confused and disappointed.
"Ha-ha, yes. Austin is indeed the director general of our Southern Alliances Army,"
Tierry, the sect chief of the Heavens Sect from the Purple Phoenix Holy Kingdom, replied to the shriveled old man after dashing forward to Austin's side.
"Austin, let me introduce to you our fellows from other continents of the Prime Martial World,"
Tierry said to Austin.
'Fellows from other continents?'
Austin thought to himself, looking forward to become acquainted with them.
Then Tierry introduced each of those cultivators to him.
Now, Austin knew that they were from the three other continents in the Prime Martial World, respectively the East Continent, the North Continent, and the West Continent.
They came to the South Continent in hopes that they, along with the troops designated by the Southern Alliances Army, could jointly battle against the demon race who invaded their homes.
In other words, they came here to ask for help.
A month ago, cultivators from the other three continents of the Prime Martial World heard the news of the Southern Alliances Army's victory against the demon race who invaded the South Continent.
Thus, representatives were designated by each continent to go to the South Continent to seek for help, because they were faced with the same miserable conditions.
After hearing what Tierry said, Austin not only knew who they were but also saw the whole picture.
"Humph. Chief Tierry, are you sure this young man who is still at the Heaven Realm is veritably the director general of your Southern Alliances Army?
We have been waiting for more than ten days, with anxiety growing day by day.
That in itself already shows how we genuinely seek for your help.
So now, please tell us whether the Southern Alliances Army will designate troops to help us repel the demon race or not.
I will be honest with you. I know that what we are asking is too much and we do hope to hear a positive response.
However, please don't tell me that you purposely delayed your answer because you had to send out such an inexperienced-looking young man to fool us into trusting him to be your director general,"
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