After his brief loss of composure, Lingxiao Ke continued listening as the old man recounted what happened next.
"There were only around twenty of those Devil Race members, but every one of them possessed cultivation at the late Daluo Golden Immortal stage or above. Their strength was exceptionally formidable."
"Of the roughly sixty Daluo Golden Immortal cultivators who set out together, many left the main group after entering that stretch of void and went off to search on their own."
"By the time we people of the Violet Thorn Great World encountered the Devil Race, there were still around forty of us together."
"The moment those Devil Race members saw cultivators from our Violet Thorn Great World, there was not the slightest exchange of words. They immediately charged at us like madmen."
"Although the cultivators of our Violet Thorn Great World held the numerical advantage, our overall combat strength was inferior to those twenty Devil Race cultivators."
"After all, many of those who first entered the spatial passage were people of ordinary talent and cultivation."
"Before long, more than half of those forty people from the Violet Thorn Great World had been killed or wounded, while the Devil Race had lost fewer than five."
"This sent the cultivators of our Violet Thorn Great World scattering in every direction. The remaining small half all fled toward the spatial passage."
"Among them, only that cultivator from our Violet Thorn Sacred Land ultimately entered the spatial passage and returned to the Violet Thorn Great World, thanks to a powerful flying magic treasure."
"After he returned to the Violet Thorn Great World, those Devil Race cultivators pursuing him did not directly follow him into the Violet Thorn Great World."
"However, our Violet Thorn Sacred Land's Sacred Lord immediately dispatched several dozen powerful experts back