Chapter 1289: Rout

"Old Devil Ye’s entire army collapsed and fled?" Qin Sang was astonished, finding it almost inconceivable.

Back at the ice crystal palace, after deliberation, they rejected every risky stratagem that might have produced miraculous results, and instead chose the most stable plan. Everyone understood that completely wiping out Sin Abyss was impossible.

According to the plan, they relied on their advantage in strength, advanced steadily, drove Old Devil Ye and the others back to their lair, and maintained a period of peace. Over the years, Tianxing Alliance suffered heavy losses and could no longer afford mistakes. Recovering lost territory and recuperating became what Tianxing Alliance urgently needed.

Small Cold Domain produced many rising talents and remained full of vitality. Time stood on their side, so they showed even less desire to take risks, fearing a single misstep would ruin everything.

Spiritual Infant cultivators never planned for short-term gains.

Qin Sang and Qingjun did not expect to capture Shuangjing Mountain in a single battle. They prepared to wait until Qingjun fully grasped every transformation of the array there before launching a final assault.

Yet unexpectedly, Daoist Master Zhenyi won in a single strike and achieved astonishing results.

"Daoist Master only sent a brief message, so we still do not know the details. After he learned that Canghong stayed at the camp outside Wangdong City, he concluded that once the situation changed, Sin Abyss would certainly dispatch urgent reinforcements to both locations. So he secretly kept Xiang Qing and the others hidden, prevented them from revealing themselves, and let them lie in ambush along the inevitable route. Unexpectedly, they ambushed Old Devil Ye and desperately kept him busy until Daoist Master arrived. After a fierce battle, Old Devil Ye vomited blood, which threw the Sin Abyss army into chaos. Cultivators Song and Shan likely traveled with him, but he already sent them to Shuangjing Mountain, which allowed Daoist Master to seize this opportunity." Jinglin grew extremely excited.

Faced with the relentless pressure from Sin Abyss, Tianxing Alliance had endured humiliation for far too long. At last, they achieved an unprecedented victory.

"Even if Daoist Master personally took action, forcing Old Devil Ye back would not have been easy, right? For Daoist Xiang to keep him busy must have been extremely dangerous. How were their injuries?" Qin Sang asked repeatedly, and he judged that the situation must have been extremely brutal.

Old Devil Ye held the title of the number one expert of Beichen Realm, and that reputation was well earned.

Jinglin withdrew his excitement slightly and hesitated. "Daoist Master did not mention this. I assume the losses are acceptable. Also, Daoist Master specifically thanked you in the letter. Old Devil Ye detonated his incarnation, and the injuries he suffered were far more severe than we expected!"

"Uhh..." Qin Sang fell silent. He did not expect the effects of the blood pool battle to continue unfolding, nor did he expect such surprising results.

Daoist Master Zhenyi is cunning. While he made deployments openly at the ice crystal palace, he secretly left Xiang Qing and the others behind to set an ambush, and he concealed it even from me and Qingjun. Qin Sang thought.

After years of conflict, both sides infiltrated each other regularly.

Thinking it through now, did Daoist Master Zhenyi send those he suspects to assist me and Qingjun? Fortunately, when I exchanged identities with Madam Luo, everyone around me was trustworthy. Qin Sang thought.

"What did Daoist Leng say?" Qin Sang’s thoughts shifted quickly as he understood the value of this news. One camp fell in a disastrous rout, so Sin Abyss’s morale would certainly waver.

Shuangjing Mountain must have already received the news! Qin Sang raised his head. A cold gleam flashed in his eyes, sharp as a sword, as if it pierced through the array and saw the panicked enemy within.

***

At Shuangjing Mountain.

After the battle ended, Fairy Qiuzhi began arranging the retreat, deploying troops, ordering inventories of the storehouses, categorizing all resources, taking everything that could be carried, and destroying as much as possible of what could not.

As the entire mountain bustled with activity, an urgent report arrived like a bucket of ice water poured from above, and it chilled everyone to the bone.

Inside the main hall, Qiuzhi and the others showed grim expressions and said nothing. The atmosphere became extremely oppressive, and silence filled the hall.

"With Elder Ye personally in command, how were they defeated..." the cultivator surnamed Song muttered repeatedly and could not accept it.

"Enough. What’s done is done. Words are useless. I called you here to discuss what we should do next!" Fairy Qiuzhi said coldly.

When she first received the news, she reacted just like Daoist Song. She suspected a mistake. After she confirmed it, she immediately realized how dangerous Shuangjing Mountain’s situation had become.

Before she finished speaking, a shrill alarm suddenly sounded from the camp.

***

At the same time, in Wangdong City...

This was a great city second only to Tianxing City within Tianxing Alliance, and it also served as a formidable stronghold with equally powerful defenses.

The eastern wall of Wangdong City stood atop a sheer cliff and rose straight up. Tianxing Alliance forces east of the city all retreated here after Sin Abyss destroyed their sects. Behind them lay Tianxing City. They had no path of retreat.

As the saying went, a desperate army fought with unmatched ferocity. Every cultivator of Tianxing Alliance resisted with their lives. Ever since Sin Abyss launched its invasion, Wangdong City stood as an impregnable fortress and never fell.

Countless layers of barriers floated densely in the air, dazzling to the eye, and they formed a jade-bowl-like light shield that covered the sky above the city.

On the walls, years of layered barriers fused into thick mystic ice and merged with the walls as the foundation of the array, which made it extraordinarily sturdy.

On the hundred-zhang-wide walls, people crowded densely. Outside the city, a dark mass of cultivators gathered. Among them, towering Nether Crystal Towers rose into the air as teams of low-tier cultivators carried them.

Their light mixed with the radiance of astras and Dao techniques, and it formed a torrent that bombarded Wangdong City.

A fierce battle erupted.

Wangdong City truly deserved its reputation as a rare stronghold. Despite the tidal wave of terrifying attacks, the protective array only trembled and showed no signs of breaking, which greatly boosted the defenders’ confidence.

Unlike the other battlefields, Sin Abyss attacked the city here while the Two-Domain Alliance remained entrenched within. What they did not realize was that the tide of this battle had already turned.

High in the air, Canghong stared fixedly at Wangdong City, and anger showed clearly on his face. Persuaded by Old Devil Ye, he decided to withdraw.

During that time, he received intelligence from the other two camps and learned of the Two-Domain Alliance’s deployment. When Devil Lord Tongyou and Dongyang Bo attacked, he did not pay much attention and instead focused on preparing the retreat.

Unexpectedly, Devil Lord Tongyou’s actions served as a feint. Only after he received the urgent report that Old Devil Ye’s camp had fallen and his entire army routed did Canghong realize they had been deceived!

The Two-Domain Alliance acted boldly and even redeployed forces from Wangdong City.

If this ancient city, which stood for thousands of years, fell into Sin Abyss’s hands, they could fortify it and threaten Tianxing Alliance’s heartland without needing to consider retreat.

Wangdong City became vulnerable and presented a perfect opportunity, yet Canghong was misled by Devil Lord Tongyou and made a grave mistake due to a moment of negligence.

In truth, he could not be entirely blamed. At the root of it all was their excessive trust in Old Devil Ye, the strongest expert of Beichen Realm. His cultivation was profound, and his schemes were unmatched. No one expected him to fall into a trap.

Even if Shuangjing Mountain had fallen, Canghong would not have been so shocked.

Earlier, he noticed something unusual about Old Devil Ye, but he never expected his injuries to be this severe.

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