The Earth and Yellow Realms had each mobilized sixty percent of their cultivators to deal with Bei Xuan. More than ten million cultivators attacked from two directions. Although Bei Xuan was only slightly outnumbered, Illusion Dream Fairy and Lei Ting had also mobilized many Near-God experts—two thousand of them in all. They even had two people wielding Order Divine Artifacts. As a result, Bei Xuan was under tremendous pressure head-on and could only retreat while fighting.
Hearing the news, Ling Tian furrowed his brow and fell into thought. After a moment, he replied to Su Ying, "Sister Su Ying, have Brother Li Huo and Si Kong Xuan direct the main force to retreat slowly, making use of our Arrow Formation advantage. Try not to engage them in close combat, but don't retreat too quickly, either. The longer you can hold out, the better."
Knowing that the longer they held out, the more tokens Ling Tian and the others could seize behind enemy lines, Su Ying passed the tactical arrangements on to Si Kong Xuan and the others. They immediately set them in motion.
"Brother Yuan, our Arrow Formation gives us quite a few advantages, but the enemy outnumbers us by more than two million, and they have more experts, too. We're under tremendous pressure, especially from the battle formations made up of Near-God experts." Su Ying's voice was full of worry. "With the two Order Divine Artifacts shielding them, the people from the Earth and Yellow Realms have almost nothing to fear. They're advancing very quickly. I'm afraid they'll reach our main camp in a little over a day."
"One or two days is rather short. It'll take Elder Ling and the others some time to set up even a simple protective formation for the sect." Ling Tian pondered. Then,