After this campaign against the Dragon Domain, regardless of victory or defeat, the Immortal Realm would suffer considerable losses. Facing the other realms, it would inevitably find things rather difficult.
Even without the threat from those realms, the Immortal Realm's situation would likely become turbulent afterward, with forces of all sizes beginning to emerge. Without a capable army in hand, no one could suppress the situation.
After suffering setback after setback, Patriarch Xue'e's fury had left him unable to care about much else. He decided to send in his elites first and deal with the consequences later.
"Great Wind, Great Wind!" After receiving the order, the Xue'e Blade battle formation reacted swiftly and charged toward the depths of the passage at once.
Bang! Huo Xiao smashed his opponent's head to pieces with a savage blow from his staff. The headless body of the opposing Immortal Army general staggered backward in panic. Though gravely wounded, someone at his level could survive even without a head.
Huo Xiao swept his staff sideways, sending swathes of Immortal Army soldiers flying. He was about to pursue them when the opposing Xue'e Blade battle formation had already surged toward him.
Facing those battle formations clad entirely in blue-violet immortal armor, like thick walls of solid flesh bearing down upon him, Huo Xiao had charged too far ahead. Even with his cultivation, he was forced back step by step beneath the layered pressure of the Xue'e Blade battle formation.
It was not that he was unwilling to fight. He simply could not withstand the battle formation's earth-shaking charge.
It was not only him. Yuwen Feng, Mu Yebianrang, and the two Dragon Clan powerhouses were also affected soon after. Behind them were battle formations formed by Dragon Domain warriors, so they suffered somewhat less impact than Huo