Dinghuo Immortal City stronghold, inside the main hall.
Zhou Ling sat upright in the seat of honor, while more than a dozen other Nascent Soul Cultivators sat on either side.
City Lord He and the others were among them.
"Head Zhou, should we continue pursuing the Star Sea Foreign Race?"
City Lord He cupped his hands toward Zhou Ling and asked.
After a day of bitter fighting, the Star Sea Foreign Race army had been utterly routed.
Both Great Leaders, including Gu Jing, had suffered grievous injuries.
Yet they had fallen short at the last hurdle. Neither he nor the Old City Lord could do as Zhou Ling had done and kill the two of them.
Moreover, the Old City Lord had expended too much. After defeating Gu Jing, he had immediately gone into seclusion within the stronghold to recover.
He had handed command of the entire army over to Zhou Ling.
"The remaining Star Sea Foreign Race clansmen have already fled more than ten thousand li away. Continuing the pursuit would not achieve much."
"Moreover, the Star Sea Foreign Race army suffered devastating casualties this time. For a long while to come, they definitely will not dare to invade our Dao Alliance lightly."
Zhou Ling shook his head.
He then looked toward Pei Qing Shuang at the side and said, "Commander Pei, brief everyone on the results of this battle."
"Yes, Head."
Pei Qing Shuang replied with a cupped-fist salute.
A jade register appeared in her hand. Her gaze swept across the crowd as she said solemnly, "In this battle, we killed a total of seven Fifth-Tier Star Sea Foreign Race members."
"Among them were one Fifth-Tier Great Commander, one Fifth-Tier middle stage, and five Fifth-Tier early stage."
"We killed one hundred and eleven Fourth-Tier Star Sea Foreign Race