Each realm had a thousand people participating in the realm war. The Yellow Realm, Southern Heaven Realm, and three other realms had formed an alliance, which meant their coalition numbered five thousand. After subtracting the vanguard and those who had already died, they still had more than four thousand people. The ones who had attacked Ling Tian and the others' base earlier numbered only a little over a thousand, so the next one or two thousand people were very likely part of the same group.
Hearing Ling Tian's words, Qiong Lie and the others grew solemn.
What happened next quickly confirmed Ling Tian's guess. The newcomers didn't attack the people from the Yellow Realm, Southern Heaven Realm, and the other realms. Instead, they joined forces to withstand the Arrow Formation's attacks.
Seeing this, Qiong Lie's expression darkened. "Brother Yuan, they really are part of the same alliance. But why didn't these people join the siege earlier? Could it be that..."
"Fellow Daoist Tian Lu, fall back. Fellow Daoist Li Huo, keep them suppressed with the Arrow Formation and withdraw slowly. Brother Buddha Corpse, sorry for the trouble, but please bring back all the dead." Ling Tian issued his orders with perfect composure. Only after seeing Tian Lu and the others obey did he answer Qiong Lie. "The newcomers are generally stronger. They should be the actual main force. If my guess is right, they're only here to reinforce the others, not to ambush us as you imagined, Brother Qiong."
"True. If they were trying to lure us into an ambush, they wouldn't have done this." Qiong Lie let out a breath and chuckled. "They probably thought those first thousand-plus people alone could wipe us out. After all, in their eyes, we're from the weak North Profound Realm."
"They didn't expect