Within Blood Vine Demon City, although they had repelled the Demon Country's counterattack, there was clearly little joy in the city. Though they had won this battle, it was a pyrrhic victory. The pioneering forces of every family had suffered grievous casualties.
The teams of the 'Crimson Cauldron' Wang Family, the 'Golden Bull' Zheng Family, and the 'Shaman Spirit' Chu Family in particular were steeped in grief, and the atmosphere was exceedingly oppressive.
Both the Zheng Family and the Chu Family had lost their leading True Lords on the battlefield, not to mention that nearly half of their battle-team cultivators had been killed or wounded.
It could be said that the resources, treasures, and the like which the two families had seized during their recent pioneering efforts in New Province were utterly insufficient to make up for such sacrifices. It was a business conducted at a complete loss.
No amount of resources or treasures could offset the sacrifice of a Nascent Soul True Lord.
As for the 'Crimson Cauldron' Wang Family, although they had not lost a True Lord, Wang Chunyang, the several Wang Family elders gathered around him, and some of the Wang Family's younger members had all been elites painstakingly cultivated by the family over many years.
Had Aunt Liang Xuemiao and Cousin Wang Junhui's branch not risen abruptly like a strange army, Wang Chunyang and those around him would have been the clan heads, leadership, and true core layer that the Wang Family had nurtured for years.
Yet now, all of this 'core layer,' cultivated by the Wang Family over many years at the expenditure of vast resources and effort, had fallen outside Blood Vine Demon City. The blow dealt to the 'Crimson Cauldron' Wang Family could well be imagined.
Moreover, during the month-long offensive and defensive