Holy Roland I's decision to retreat had let Blood Hand breathe a huge sigh of relief.
Under the other side's ceaseless killing attacks, the combat strength of the several Vajra Realm undead on their side was already nearing its limit.
Once the Vajra Realm skeletons lost their ability to fight, all the pressure would once again fall on him.
Relying on the undead's unique traits, he could indeed trade wounds with Holy Roland I to a certain extent. But there was no denying that, in terms of actual strength, Holy Roland I was indeed above him at this stage.
His current strength, at the first Gold star of the Vertical and Horizontal Realm, had been forcibly raised by Gege Wu after realizing that something had happened on Copper Furnace Fortress's side. At the time, Blood Hand had already reached the peak of the Vajra Realm, and Gege Wu had infused him with Undead Energy at the risk of exhausting it completely.
In other words, he had only broken through a few hours ago.
Holy Roland I, on the other hand, had broken through to the Vertical and Horizontal Realm at least a hundred years ago. In recent years, he had even made another breakthrough, and his strength had basically reached the third Gold star of the Vertical and Horizontal Realm.
The gap in strength between them was still quite obvious.
Given the situation at the time, if they continued fighting head-on, even while enduring the erosion of the corpse poison, Holy Roland I still had a greater chance of winning.
However, attribute traits only manifested concretely after reaching the Vertical and Horizontal Realm. As a result, Holy Roland I did not have a sufficient understanding of the corpse poison or of their condition at the time.
That was why he