Hexu held the unconscious Lelisa tightly in his arms, then turned to sweep his gaze over the wounded and battered comrades around him before reminding Fanu in a worried tone:
"But, Fanu, the members of the First Group are almost completely exhausted now. Not only is Lelisa fully unconscious, but there are barely any healers left either. Forcing ourselves to keep fighting would be far too much."
Qian thumped his aching old back, his weary expression nodding deeply in agreement.
"Yes. In this old man's view, even if every last one of us risked our lives and unleashed another full-force round, at most we could only take out three hundred Abyss Mist Nests."
Nameless kneaded his frost-stiffened fingers and added from the side in a low voice:
"If the Abyss's total supporting force exceeds that number, then we have no chance of winning at all. Once they entangle us, death is certain."
Tang Jimingde let out a helpless sigh, then presented his own suggestion to everyone present.
"Since things have come to this, I think we can only change our current objective to breaking out and retreating. After all, we don't even know whether Holy Light can still send us back. This White Hole Barrier probably will not hold for much longer either, so it would be better for us to charge out first and make plans afterward."
The hunters around them began voicing their own opinions as well.
"I support this plan."
"No, I disagree! This is far too hasty! What about the hunter groups in the other war zones? Are we just going to abandon them?"
"Exactly! At the very least, we can still move freely inside the barrier. Shouldn't the best choice right now be to hurry to the other war zones, gather the remaining forces as