Everyone looked somewhat dejected as they followed Lu Yang back to Star Plucking Fortress.
Meanwhile, as more than a hundred traitorous guilds successfully escaped, the seven strongest guilds outside Tiger's Maw Fortress, along with the Gods Cavalry Regiment and Africa Legion outside Sky Sword Stronghold, also withdrew from the battle one after another.
Both sides returned to a standoff. The seven strongest guilds in particular, intimidated by Lu Yang's ferocity and unable to bring the 100,000 Blood Wolf troops back into battle, did not dare rest outside the fortress. All one million of them retreated to Reaching-Heaven Fortress, five hours away.
After Lu Yang, Turbid Wine, and the others arranged the city's defenses and watch rotations, they brought Bai Shi, Xia Yuwei, Old Twilight, and all the other vice presidents back to the meeting room in Star Plucking Fortress's City Lord's Mansion.
The war had been too brutal. Every vice president present was exhausted in both body and mind, yet every face still bore an unwavering expression.
Zhou Tianming said fiercely, "Boss, let me lead my legion in a raid on Phantom Night Forest tonight and wipe out all the people they left behind."
Bai Shi rushed to say, "Let me go. I swear I'll kill that bastard Blood Demon."
"I'm going too," Xia Yuwei said.
Lu Yang projected the three-dimensional map onto the round table and looked at Phantom Night Forest. "Blood Demon and the others should all have retreated into Sky City by now. Not only tonight, but even tomorrow before we fight the seven strongest guilds and the Gods Cavalry Regiment, they won't leave Sky City. There's no point in going now."
Sky City was a map where fighting could not occur. All attacks there were ineffective; people could only be killed after leaving the city and