"You need to think this through. In this situation, even if we leave, not everyone can get out. Only a handful of the strongest immortals will escape with their lives. Only a True Immortal could bring everyone out of this pit. And even if we make it back, the sect will surely hold us to account."
The Lotus Avatar warned him, "If we leave, we have to do it in one decisive push. Hesitating and dragging our feet will only bring disaster on everyone."
"I've thought it through. The sect still hasn't sent reinforcements, which means either other places are more important or the sect can no longer spare anyone. Whatever the reason, there's no point in holding this place any longer. Even if I'm punished when I return, that's better than losing my life here." Zhao Xiuyuan gritted his teeth.
"Since you've made up your mind, go tell the other immortals who are willing to leave. Anyone who wants to go should move with us. If they don't, I'll find a chance to leave the stockade later." The Lotus Avatar cast a languid glance into the distance. Beyond the immortal stockade, the scorpion swarm stretched farther than the eye could see. The mine they had occupied earlier had long since been abandoned. They had fought their way out of its tunnels with considerable effort and joined up with the people farther behind, at this very stockade controlled by the Thunderclap Immortal Sect.
But the Ice Scorpion Demons had erupted with such ferocity that a few dozen or even a hundred ordinary immortals could never withstand them. After joining forces with the people in the stockade, they had barely managed to hold out until now. Even the Lotus Avatar's repeated efforts to slay the Ice Scorpion Demon leaders could not