Hesitancy and doubt permeated the side of the holy ground. Losing to Liu Huaishi would be a great blow to the cause. 

The members of the holy ground wouldn’t be able to keep their head high when facing someone from Righteous after losing.

Thus, they placed their hope on Dugu Lan, Phantom, and Hu Ben.

Unfortunately, this wasn’t the right time for them to fight according to the plan. They needed to focus on the scion since they were the ace cards of the holy ground - the only geniuses that could actually...