Fellow Daoist Chang, the Desolate-tier City Lord, retreating undoubtedly signaled the enemy's utter defeat in this battle.
Across the various battlefields, those capable of shaking off their opponents retreated and fled in all directions.
Yet some ultimately could not escape. Like Yuan Xi's current opponent, Fellow Daoist Ning—there was no hope of survival for him.
He had originally joined forces with one of his companions against Yuan Xi, but that companion had been slain in a very short time. Now alone and isolated, he was even less of a match. Within mere breaths, he had been beaten into dire straits.
"Tower Master, hurry to that Uniting Dao City! We cannot let them have a chance to shatter the Uniting Dao Pearl!"
Lu Ye suddenly shouted in a low voice.
Lian had originally been rushing toward a nearby battlefield. Upon hearing Lu Ye's words, she turned and swept toward that Desolate-tier City.
A fallen cart before was a lesson for the cart behind. The Heaven-tier City's Uniting Dao Pearl had just been shattered by the enemy; this Desolate-tier City could not repeat the same disaster.
If no one went over to pressure them, the enemy might truly do so. Even if the Uniting Dao Pearl was shattered, they would still have a chance to use its fragments to flee into the Hehe Realm.
But if Lian rushed over to deter them, it would be different.
Once the Uniting Dao Pearl shattered, the already fragile Protective Grand Array would collapse without being attacked. At that time, no matter who shattered the Uniting Dao Pearl, Lian would have the ability to keep them behind to die.
To preserve their own lives, the cultivators in the city presumably would not make any irrational choice.
Lian was incomparably swift. In the blink of an eye,