Clamor Reached a Fever Pitch

Shi Rudian came by and reached an agreement with Zhou You to jointly discuss the grand plan of an alliance.

Before leaving, to show his sincerity, he helped Zhou You pin down a Triple Heaven great witch, allowing Zhou You to kill it at his leisure.

After he left, Zhou You continued leading Da Qian Martial Arts School and the Jianmu Tribe in battle.

It was worth mentioning that after this period of fierce fighting, the martial arts school's numbers had dwindled to just over ten thousand.

From martial artist disciples down to Blood Qi apprentices, all of them had undergone the baptism of war and advanced by leaps and bounds in strength.

Because the witchmen relied on the Gu Pool altars for rear support, venomous insects, Gu Worms, and witch beasts were deployed on a massive scale, wiping out the advantage brought by the Qi and Blood Divine Weapons and greatly increasing casualties among martial artists.

On the martial artists' side, Qi and Blood Divine Weapons were difficult to temper, and replacing them after damage was extremely troublesome. Besides, there were poor bastards among the martial artists too.

Moreover, after occupying territory, the witchmen plundered vast numbers of mines and craftsmen, and their smelting techniques rose by leaps and bounds.

As one side waned and the other waxed, the war grew increasingly brutal, and casualties shot straight upward.

In view of this, after Bai Zhang Ku Qiao's persuasion, the great families of the prefectural city opened ten armories and dumped low-priced divine weapons onto the market.

According to normal market conditions, weapon prices should have soared during a great war. Yet once this move was made, prices fell instead of rising.

The martial artists acquired more divine weapons, fought the witchmen with greater effectiveness, and took even more heads.