After once again repelling the attacks of cultivators from the Earth and Yellow Realms, everyone inside Thundercloud Gorge was greatly encouraged, and their morale soared. The cultivators from the Earth and Yellow Realms, on the other hand, sank to rock bottom. They seemed to realize that they couldn't take Thundercloud Gorge. Some small and medium-sized forces began to consider retreating, and a few had even withdrawn from the siege.
However, people continued to arrive in an unending stream, and far more were coming than leaving. The number of cultivators outside Thundercloud Gorge kept growing. It probably wouldn't be long before it topped a billion.
Having learned from the previous attacks, the cultivators from the Earth and Yellow Realms no longer pressed forward recklessly. They only sent out scattered attacks.
The lack of another large-scale assault was exactly what Ling Tian and the others wanted.
Time drifted by, and several months passed in the blink of an eye.
Several months later, the number of cultivators outside Thundercloud Gorge had indeed passed a billion. They were packed together like a sea of people.
During that time, the cultivators from the Earth and Yellow Realms had launched several large-scale attacks. But they hadn't fought with much determination, and the various forces schemed against one another, so each assault ended in failure.
Still, with so many people laying siege to them, there were casualties inside Thundercloud Gorge every day. They were few compared to the number of enemies killed, but the losses still weighed heavily on Ling Tian and the others. If they hadn't feared losing much of their leverage by letting the tokens fall into someone else's hands, Ling Tian would have handed over the two tokens long ago.
Of course, they could also choose to retreat. But they were rather reluctant to