Half a month later, at a front along the border.
After the Array Barrier shattered, the cultivator armies on both sides clashed across the land and sky. Spell-light streaked overhead and burst apart.
"Haha! The North Cold Alliance's formation is broken! We'll take this mountain today!"
"Behold my Blood Demon Sect's Secret Technique!"
On the brutal battlefield, cultivators on both sides fought with bloodshot eyes. Several Blood Demon Beasts were covered in wounds, and two were gravely injured. Yet the Blood Demon Sect's Spirit Transformation Cultivators only smiled bloodthirstily. As far as they were concerned, all that mattered was slaughter.
"Damn it! The formation's broken. Brother Tian, let's retreat!"
Several Spirit Transformation Cultivators sent anxious voice transmissions in secret. The Spirit Transformation Cultivator surnamed Tian who led this outpost looked just as worried, cold sweat beading at his temples, but he shouted, "Fellow Daoists, only the forward formation has fallen! Reinforcements will arrive any moment. Hold on!"
The formation could still hold a while!
But the other Spirit Transformation Cultivators' eyes flickered. Some plainly no longer wanted to fight to the death, and others had begun holding back.
Seeing this, Tian sent another urgent voice transmission.
"Fellow Daoist Lin, Fellow Daoist Liuli, the outpost is on the brink of falling! Please help us at once!"
He was holding this ground not because he was particularly tough or obedient. The reinforcements that had arrived secretly a few days ago were what gave him confidence. Amid the chaotic battlefield, Lin Chang'an had used his powerful Breath Concealment Technique to disguise himself as a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator and was fighting with all his might. When Tian's urgent voice reached his ears, Lin Chang'an cursed inwardly.
Sending a voice transmission now could easily draw attention. Besides, the target's close enough.
In the distance,