The battle raged from dawn until dusk.
Yet under the efforts of Qian Gu Changqing and the others, the tidal-wave-like ferocious assaults were continuously driven back.
In several subsequent combined offensives, they even routed the enemy so thoroughly that they nearly collapsed outright.
Of course, relying on their absolute numerical advantage, the enemy barely managed to hold their ground.
But they would ultimately discover that it was completely useless.
If they could not break through the final line of defense, they could not get anywhere near Xiao Tianyang.
It was no exaggeration to say that the invaders were now more than a hundred thousand miles away from Xiao Tianyang.
Moreover, at the moment the sun set, the rumbling between heaven and earth seemed to sound the signal for retreat.
The Evil Demons were the first to withdraw.
After all, their goal had been to free those imprisoned Mental Clones.
Now that the spiritual imprints had completely vanished, there was naturally no need for them to remain.
The losses they had suffered this time were already enough to cripple them.
When the situation on Xiao Tianyang's side had begun to stabilize, they had already wanted to retreat.
It was only because their superiors had issued a death order that they had no way to resist.
Therefore, they had no choice but to charge forward without regard for their lives.
But now that the Mental Clones had perished, there was nothing unreasonable about their retreat.
The second to retreat were naturally the Elementalists.
Of course, they had not kindly stayed behind to cover the retreat.
Honestly, they were only a step slower because they had received the news later than the others.
If they had known that Xiao Tianyang was already finished here, they would most likely have chosen to withdraw as