Return.
Countdown 168:00:00.
Qing Chen opened his eyes. They were still at the training base, but everyone had lost their earlier laughter.
"How many casualties in total?" Qing Chen asked.
"2,700," Xiao Qi said quietly. "And they died for nothing."
Qing Chen shook his head. "It wasn't for nothing. Their deaths will serve as a warning to us: never use our experience fighting on the Eastern Continent to deal with enemies from the Western Continent. Their methods are far stranger. It isn't just black magic. We still don't know what abilities the priests of Black Water City possess, or how Phoenix City's Ash Envoys fight."
Luo Wanyai asked, "The Parent's Association has evacuated 170,000 people to Black Leaf Plain. That number is too huge; supplies alone are a problem. More importantly, these are already our core forces, all our strongest members. If they can only hide in Black Leaf Plain, it's like the Parent's Association has had both hands crippled."
Office work was still manageable. As long as the Key Gate remained open, everyone could pass through it as easily as entering and leaving an office, so exchanging information was no issue.
But the Parent's Association's combat power had been crippled.
Luo Wanyai said, "How about urgently empowering a batch of C-Class experts for now, so they can be at your disposal, Boss?"
"Empowering others will delay your own cultivation. What I need is high-end combat power. Even if we hastily create a batch of C-Class fighters, they can only serve as cannon fodder in a war of this intensity," Qing Chen said after thinking it over. "Focus on cultivating in Black Leaf Plain. All you Time Walkers should return to Whale Island as well. Everyone will cultivate with Purple Orchid Star. Lie low for a while. I'll find a