The mad slaughter never ceased, and below had completely turned into a pure meat grinder.
Li Qing's Future Body drove the Way of Changes at full force, commanding the three battlefields and bringing everything under his control.
In the skies, Heavenly King Li Qing and the deity formed by the Ten Thousand Immortals Grand Formation continued their fierce battle without pause.
Within the Blackwater spacetime, the true bodies of Purple Qi Dao Lord and the other two also erupted madly, endlessly attempting to break through Li Qing's Future Body's blockade.
But it was all futile. The overall situation was irreversibly tilting toward Li Qing's side.
Grave expressions appeared in the eyes of Purple Qi Dao Lord, the Spring and Autumn Sage, and the Light Buddha.
The Spring and Autumn Sage said rapidly, "Everyone, something is wrong. The enemy's army is beginning to gain the upper hand."
"I observed carefully just now and discovered that their army is like an intricate mortise-and-tenon structure. Every soldier's actions have been refined to the utmost."
"The battles between their soldiers and ours are as though they possess heavenly eyes. They can predict every move our soldiers make and counterattack through their openings."
"Our side has suffered grievous casualties!"
"Their casualty rate is only one percent of ours. This battle simply cannot be fought. Defeat is only a matter of time."
"After thinking it through, I realized that we have no chance at all in a frontal war. We would be doing nothing but serving ourselves up on a platter."
"At present, there is only one solution: withdraw across the board and defend with fortified cities as our centers."
"However, there are currently no cities capable of holding an army of several million. The few cities behind us can each hold, at most, a million