After several twists and turns, the several beast hordes finally succeeded in crossing the river.
Because of the [Nightmare Dragon Horn], although their losses were considerable, their overall morale remained unaffected. These demon beasts had long since forgotten what fear was.
After landing, they paused only briefly to regroup before launching a direct assault. Driven by blood and hunger, they looked nothing like creatures that had just suffered a heavy blow.
In a sense, the Human Race's interception this time could only be considered half successful.
After all, inflicting casualties had not been their main objective. Song Changsheng had intended to batter the beast tide's morale and buy time to reinforce their defenses. He had estimated three days, but in reality, they had gained less than a day and a half. This point did have some impact on them, chiefly in the deployment of personnel.
The Demon Race's sudden shift in their main target forced the Great Qi Cultivation World to face the impact of two beast tides at once, causing defensive pressure to surge.
Although the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains had complex terrain that prevented the beast tide from advancing unimpeded, they were mostly isolated peaks. What they lacked was an intercepting barrier like Broken Mountain City; there were only several small mountain ranges.
This meant that their defensive line was not only long, but also exceedingly scattered.
For this reason, the Heavenly Meridian Sect and the Golden Crow Sect decisively abandoned Cangzhou and Lanzhou, retreating instead to defend Dingyuan City in Tuo Province and Linjiang City in Xinzhou.
Though Cangzhou and Lanzhou covered vast territory, they lay on the front line against the Demon Race. Thus, the two sects had never migrated many people there, treating them only as resource prefectures. Therefore, there was little resistance to thoroughly