The twin Sovereigns of Light and Darkness joined forces not only to attack in battle, but also to retreat together.
The two of them acted in unison. Their Sovereign powers of light and darkness merged into a chaotic divine radiance that swept them up and sent them fleeing through the Void Star Sea at incredible speed—far faster than either could have managed alone.
Even Immortal Lord Tianbao and Liang Ji could not catch up with them at once.
In truth, the twins of Light and Darkness were far from the only ones retreating.
All the Ninth Rank Sovereigns and Ninth Rank Spirit Lords on the battlefield were now retreating to save their lives.
When Immortal Lord Tianhao merged with the Celestial Star Pivot, he directly shifted the Xiantian Spiritual Treasure, the Celestial Star Array Diagram, together with the physical forms of the Star Alliance's thirty-four Star Domains, dozens of light-years across, and brought them down onto the battlefield. The Myriad God Hall and Elemental Sea summoned by the enemy were struck and severely damaged.
This directly shattered the battlefield advantage they had gained by suppressing their foes with the physical forms of their supreme treasures.
The remaining Ninth Rank Sovereigns and Ninth Rank Spirit Lords of the Divine Realm and Spirit Realm knew then that the Star Alliance's counterattack was on the verge of victory. They had almost no chance of turning the tide or winning.
And after the twin Sovereigns of Light and Darkness failed to surround and kill Liang Ji, only to be besieged by Immortal Lord Tianbao and Liang Ji and gravely wounded, the Ninth Rank Sovereigns and Ninth Rank Spirit Lords saw the state of the battlefield all the more clearly.
They knew they had lost even the last sliver of a chance to win.
So