The human race had truly been defeated.
At least here.
As the southern front battlefield was destroyed, the sea-defense formation on the western front was breached as well.
Countless South Sea Sea Monsters roared as they rushed ashore, heading straight for the Black Iron Great Mine. They were here to seize black iron—nothing shameful about that.
As for the high-end battlefield in the sky, it was even fiercer than before. Both sides had fought with real fury, though they were likely trying to hold each other back.
On one hand, human reinforcements would arrive soon, so the three Heaven Realm Great Cultivators wanted to stall for time.
On the other hand, the Demon Emperor had to buy time for those below to seize the black iron mine.
On the ground, after their rout, the human cultivators had tried to establish new defensive lines, but nearly all those attempts failed. The South Sea Demon Race and Southern Wilderness Demon Race had finally employed the Demon Race's superior tactics: gathering an enormous amount of blood qi onto a certain Second-grade Great Demon, granting it strength comparable to a First-grade Great Demon. Who could stop that?
Especially without Composite Great Formations to rapidly wear them down, once they closed in and charged, everything was smashed to pieces.
Large numbers of human cultivators either died in battle or fled, though some burrowed underground and continued launching ambushes and assassinations.
The Demon Race could not be bothered with them. Even if some humans hid in nooks and crannies, stubbornly resisting to the bitter end, orders were given not to attack them. There was only one thought: seize the black iron!
By the time Wang Wu slipped through from behind, he could even see dozens, then hundreds, of human cultivators gathering again, hurriedly setting up formations