[You did not know whether the others had noticed this as well, but whether they had or not, it did nothing to ease the growing despair in everyone's hearts.]
[After disengaging from the feral beasts and conducting a simple check, Qin Huang discovered that this rearguard action alone had already cost you dearly.
Those chosen to hold the rear were people whose strength needed no questioning. Every one of them was a battle-hardened fighter. You had also taken a rough look and found that even the weakest among them possessed cultivation on Chen Ping's level—the Immortal King Third Realm—and were all highly renowned figures.
Yet even so, among the people you knew alone, Chen Jin of the Cold Palace, Mu Sui of Star Palace, Bai Lu of Longevity Palace... Qing Xian and Bai Po of Myriad Spirits Divine Palace, as well as Ling Wanren and Ling Jiuxiao of Lingxiao Palace, had all died in this rearguard battle.
Some had been completely surrounded by feral beasts after a moment of carelessness and failed to break out. Others had been targeted by gigantic feral beasts. These gigantic feral beasts were rather clever as well. They generally ignored those who looked difficult to deal with, choosing only the "soft persimmons" to squeeze.]
[As for the six beings sent by All Heavens to support you, only two managed to break free from the encirclement. Among the dead were two Immortal King Fourth Realm cultivators and two Shi Yuan Quasi-Emperors.
The expressions of the remaining two who escaped were instead calmer than yours. Perhaps even before they had been dispatched, they had understood that this support mission was a nine-deaths-and-one-life affair. These people had been forced to come for one reason or another, but without exception, they had prepared themselves for a fight to the