Half an hour later, the third reborn cultivator from the Western Division arrived from the main camp, only to be intercepted and entangled by Lu Ye, Huang Li, and Xu Xinghe.
At this point, a total of three Western Division members had been trapped here, unable to support the battlefields of their own division and the Southern Division. One was at the Star Constellation Realm Middle Stage, and two were at the Star Constellation Realm Early Stage.
For a lineup of only nine people, losing three at once undoubtedly had a tremendous impact on the situation.
On the battlefield between the Southern and Western Divisions, both sides had already fought until their heads were bloodied. Their overall strength was not far apart, and ever since the martial exercise began, they had regarded one another as their sole opponents. Cultivators fell and died from time to time amid the fighting.
At first, the two sides had been fairly evenly matched. Even though the Western Division held a slight advantage with one extra Star Constellation Realm Middle Stage cultivator, that advantage had not been especially apparent.
But as time passed, things gradually began to feel off.
Cultivators from the Southern Division could continually rush over from their main camp, while the Western Division could not receive timely reinforcements. After fighting for most of the day, their lineup of nine had somehow been reduced by three, leaving them completely at a disadvantage.
The clearest sign was that the Spirit Orb both sides were fighting over was moving steadily toward the Southern Division's main camp.
No one was a fool. Even without witnessing exactly what had happened, they could guess. Especially since the Eastern Division cultivators had not shown themselves again after transporting the Spirit Orb—there was clearly something wrong.
The Western Division's Star