After the Black Heaven Cult Master unleashed his Spectral Claw in fury and instantly killed more than a dozen Giant Savage Soldiers, he did not use another similarly powerful move anytime soon.
He darted through the Giant Savage Soldier formation like a ghost, easily evading their spiked-club blows—compared to the Black Heaven Cult Master, these Giant Savage Soldiers were as sluggish as elderly men with arthritis.
The Black Heaven Cult Master's subsequent attacks were nothing more than ordinary swings of his iron claws, yet every strike claimed the life of at least one Giant Savage Soldier.
Though he no longer displayed the overwhelming dominance of his earlier Spectral Claw, the Black Heaven Cult Master was now at his most terrifying—he was too calm!
Bai Xiaowen would rather the Black Heaven Cult Master keep unleashing ultimate moves and slaughter every Giant Savage Soldier—it did not matter. He had two objectives: first, to use these Giant Savage Soldiers, who were "destined to be sacrificed," to buy time; second, to exhaust a large amount of the Black Heaven Cult Master's Astral Qi.
Now that the Black Heaven Cult Master had calmed down and was killing the Giant Savage Soldiers with precision while using the least possible Astral Qi, half of Bai Xiaowen's objectives had come to nothing.
"Alliance Leader, what should we do?"
The martial artists of the Five Elements Banners had all gone pale.
Squinting, Bai Xiaowen watched the Black Heaven Cult Master lead his experts in efficiently slaughtering the Giant Savage Soldiers. He raised a hand and said, "Gather the Five Elements Banners. Everyone, form an array at the palace gate."
There was no escaping now. Their only option was to fight to the death and hold out until the upper ranks of the Immortal Sect Allied Army arrived. In any