The intelligence Lu Xiaotian had intercepted about the Seven-Leaf Greedy Flower Gu was accurate. Once the Howling Moon Wolf Clan received the news, they responded swiftly. Taking advantage of the fact that the Immortal Army still knew nothing of the situation, they massed their forces and crushed the Immortal Army's main force in the Illusory Mist Marsh. Blood flowed in rivers as the slaughter began. Tens of thousands of Immortal Army soldiers fell in the marsh, along with dozens of Mystic Immortals and hundreds of True Immortals. Even among the Heavenly Immortals of the Immortal Realm, one was gravely wounded beneath the wolves' battle formation.
It was the heaviest loss the Immortal Army had suffered in a single battle since entering the Illusory Mist Marsh.
The thick stench of blood nearly shrouded the skies for tens of thousands of miles around. Who knew how much that old monster Ying Langtian had gained while lurking in the shadows?
After suffering an unprecedented defeat on the front lines, the Howling Moon Wolf Riders clearly had no intention of letting the Immortal Army withdraw calmly to its rear camps. They had suffered casualties themselves, but far fewer than the Immortal Army.
When the Wolf Riders learned that the Immortal Army had been cultivating Poisonous Wolf Demon Gu, they flew into a rage. This was one of the methods the Wolf Riders loathed most. They did not fear dying in battle, but they abhorred being killed by such means.
Furious and riding the momentum of victory, the Wolf Riders pursued the Immortal Army and slaughtered them in droves. Heads rolled all along the way, and several Immortal Army camps fell in succession. Of the soldiers from Shuo Cheng and Di Chong Immortal Realms who had rushed to fight in the Illusory Mist Marsh, nearly