Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.
Tongyuan Sword Lord vented his fury by slashing out countless streams of Sword Qi. In the blink of an eye, they engulfed the thousand-odd soul corpses around him, and under the crisscrossing blades, the soul corpses of varying strength were sliced to pieces one after another.
Although the various Celestial Courts had reached a preliminary agreement and decided to pursue Lu Xiaotian, they still differed somewhat over how vigorously to press the chase.
The Honghao Celestial Court's immortal army was the most eager to attack, while the Southern Pill Celestial Court's forces—and even the Netherworld Raksha Celestial Court's army, which was gradually catching up from behind—were somewhat less keen.
They all advocated wiping out this army of soul corpses, which could become a grave threat at any moment.
However, City Lord Wu Xuan and the commander on the Netherworld Raksha Celestial Court's side both felt that since Lu Xiaotian was willing to keep throwing out the soul corpses to hold them back, all they had to do was take them as they came.
The enemy was abandoning anywhere from fifty to a hundred thousand soul corpses at a time. Even if the original army numbered well over a million, it would eventually be unable to keep this up.
If they wore down the enemy for a while longer, it would cost them far less to encircle Lu Xiaotian afterward. With so many Golden Immortals stationed among the three Celestial Courts, Lu Xiaotian's forces might be substantial, but where could they possibly run?
It could now be said that four Celestial Courts had joined forces. Even though Lu Xiaotian had crippled the Yu Xuan immortal army, what remained was still enough to crush the enemy. With their forces advancing in layer upon layer, the enemy had no chance