Losses?

"I believe that since you're going to lose in the end anyway, you might as well withdraw voluntarily and let the people of the Dragon Court and Demon Court enter Lingshan!"

"That way, you can preserve more of the Buddhist Sect's strength..."

Buddha Tathagata froze when he heard Daoist Zhunti's telepathic transmission.

Hongjun actually intended to wait until Lingshan had suffered a certain degree of destruction before appearing?

Didn't that mean all their resistance earlier had been completely meaningless?

Heavens!

To stall for time and wait for Dao Ancestor Hongjun to appear, he had already lost more than a hundred treasures to Progenitor Dragon and Di Jun!

If Daoist Zhunti had told him sooner, why would he have suffered such heavy losses?

If they had withdrawn voluntarily earlier, that would have been fine. But withdrawing now meant not only losing all those treasures for nothing, but also losing face. He had suffered a tremendous loss!

Buddha Tathagata felt like crying, yet had no tears to shed.

He felt that Daoist Zhunti had tricked him.

But Daoist Zhunti was a Saint, and he dared not complain.

He could only swallow this bitter anguish in silence!

After his thoughts churned like a thousand strands of hemp, Buddha Tathagata suppressed his discontent and sent Daoist Zhunti a message through Buddhist Sect secret arts:

"Thank you, Master Zhunti, for informing me and offering your advice. I will follow your suggestion and withdraw voluntarily!"

Buddha Tathagata decided to withdraw voluntarily.

There was no other way. He could not win, and reinforcements had yet to arrive!

If they continued fighting, they would only suffer even greater losses.

Whenever he thought of the hundred-odd spiritual treasures Progenitor Dragon and Di Jun had taken from him, Buddha Tathagata felt as though his heart were being cut by knives.