Seeing no hope of taking North Xuan, and guessing that Ling Tian and Fairy Meng Shang would soon recover to their peak, Lei Ting didn't want to suffer even greater losses. She simply ordered a retreat. "Without the Earth Realm, the Yellow Realm alone has even less chance of taking North Xuan." Illusion Dream Fairy had no choice but to reluctantly order a retreat as well.
Hundreds of thousands of people withdrew, and the battle gradually drew to a close.
Seeing the people from the Earth and Yellow Realms withdraw, everyone in North Xuan was overjoyed. Mo Lei was so excited she turned to Ling Tian and said, "Uncle, the cultivators from the Earth and Yellow Realms are far fewer than us now. Let's press our advantage and wipe them all out of the Small World in one fell swoop!"
Mo Lei wasn't the only one. Ling Ran, Xing Zhan, and the others were also fired up, their faces full of anticipation.
"There's no point in pursuing them. That would only provoke Fairy Lei Ying into action, and we'd lose people for nothing." Ling Tian shook his head. Seeing the unconvinced looks on Mo Lei and the others' faces, he chuckled. "That's right, Meng Shang and I can hold off Lei Ying and Huan Xin, but don't forget they still have several million—nearly ten million—people who haven't joined the fight. If we press them too hard, it won't be two against one anymore. They'll bring all their forces to bear against us, and with our current strength, we can't take them down."
Before Ling Ran and the others could speak, he continued, "Besides, the main purpose of this operation was to fight for the tokens. We've already completed our task. Since they've withdrawn of their own accord, there's no need