Obviously.
Wind Sword Emperor's seven thousand sword cultivators had clung to them like leeches, greatly delaying the retreat of Li Wushuang's troops.
These two hundred thousand-plus people had already been rather scattered.
Once chaos broke out, everyone ran for their own lives.
The War God Clan and the Bluebloods had such conspicuous racial traits that hiding or passing themselves off as others was harder than scaling the heavens.
For that reason, amid the chaos, people and horses were thrown into disarray, causing their escape efficiency to plummet.
Under such circumstances, it was hardly surprising that the Big Dipper Sword Venerable, leading two hundred thousand unified Heavenly God sword cultivators, had intercepted the fleeing army at this moment.
As sword cultivators, they rode their swords through the air, tearing across the sky, and were naturally much faster than the somewhat cumbersome War God Clan.
Two hundred thousand sword cultivators summoned their lifebound beasts, forming a dense black shadow across the horizon and completely blocking the path of most fleeing troops on both sides of the Cloudtop Immortal Palace!
"Heavenly God Sword Sect!"
Many people had been running with their heads down. When they looked up and saw the enemy army blocking their way, despair filled their hearts.
In this moment of chaos, they had no accurate information at all.
All kinds of rumors flew through the air!
The densely packed sword cultivators before them, together with their lifebound beasts, stretched beyond sight.
Thus, they likely believed that the million-strong army had already intercepted them ahead.
"This way!"
Some fled east, some west.
Others went against the flow and crashed southward, running straight into Wind Sword Emperor's seventy thousand sword cultivators.
The greatest taboo on a battlefield was chaos.
Once a commander's orders could no longer be delivered, everyone had their own