Liang Zhaohuang and Liang Ruijian each led their Dharma Aspects and spirit beasts, circling around the Black Lotus Ship Cloud Ship as they ceaselessly fought the pursuing Demon Kings and vast ranks of demon beasts, retreating as they battled.
The Liang Family disciples remained aboard the Black Lotus Ship Cloud Ship, operating its formations, Restrictions, and Dharma treasures to unleash wave after wave of attacks, blasting apart countless demon beasts and Demonic Beasts. They had no need to personally enter the fray, and after this entire journey, they had suffered not the slightest loss.
Yet this style of fighting consumed Spirit Stones and other resources at the greatest rate. The Cloud Ship's flight, every activation of its formations and Restrictions, every use and bombardment of its Dharma treasures—all of it required vast quantities of Spirit Stones and resources. It could be said that they were burning Spirit Stones to wage war.
But to the Liang Family, the lives and futures of their clansmen and cultivators had always been more important than Spirit Stones, wealth, or resources. If expending more Spirit Stones and resources could slaughter large numbers of demon beasts, protect the lives of the family's disciples and cultivators, and preserve their growth, then it was the best possible choice.
After all, over the past several centuries, the Liang Family had accumulated no small quantity of Spirit Stones and resources—more than enough to sustain the expenditures of this great war.
Moreover, after the war, the Immortal Dynasty's central government could reimburse all such expenditures of Spirit Stones and resources. They could even count toward the Liang Family's merits and military achievements.
Before long, the battlefield reached a river three thousand li north of Flame Province City. This was the site of a commandery and county beneath Flame Province, once guarded