When Su Mo arrived, the scene that came into view could only be described as extremely perilous.
This was because the region no longer counted as the outer perimeter of the Primordial Mountain Range; it barely qualified as the core area.
The people of the Anti-Soul Clan Alliance had been compressed into a tight cluster, suppressed by the Soul Clan people, the black fog, and the nether-spirits.
Crowds of people surrounded the array enclosing the Heart of Darkness, guarding it in the center. They fought off the attacks of the Soul Clan while defending against the nether-spirits that might appear at any moment.
To put it simply, if things continued this way, the people of the Anti-Soul Clan Alliance could only hold out for at most half an hour before suffering a total collapse.
Their casualties were severe, with fully thirty percent of those below the Heaven-Splitting Realm lost.
Although none of the powerhouses at the Heaven-Splitting Realm had fallen, every single one of them was in a disheveled state, generally suffering from excessive depletion with nearly half of them wounded.
On the side of the Anti-Soul Clan Alliance, precarious though their situation was, the Soul Clan's losses were not small either.
They had lost no less than thirty people in total, including a small handful of Heaven-Splitting Realm powerhouses, most of whom had been killed in sneak attacks by Bai Lingjun.
In short, both factions had to contend with the hunt of the nether-spirits even as they fought, all of it fraught with immense danger.
Naturally, overall, the Soul Clan held the absolute upper hand under the leadership of Crown Prince Jin Hun, possessing an overwhelming advantage.
Yet right at this critical juncture, Su Mo finally arrived.
When Su Mo dashed out of the black fog, he instantly entered