Qin An's arrival was like a pillar pinning the sea in place and turning the tide. The human cultivators' morale soared at once.
The demons and False Gods, by contrast, had lost all morale the moment they began to flee.
Their ranks collapsed in an instant. Seizing the chance, the human cultivators threw themselves into the fray and slaughtered them in a one-sided rout.
Qin An swept through the carnage like a storm.
Wherever he flashed past, several demon and False God heads flew high into the air.
In less than the time it took an incense stick to burn, only a fraction of the demons and False Gods had managed to escape.
The human cultivators did not pursue them. They knew better than to chase a cornered foe. Instead, they stood before Qin An, staring at him with solemn faces.
On some faces, that solemnity was tinged with awe.
Only those who understood the Skycloud Forbidden Land best knew how difficult it was to forge a Peerless Foundation in the Skycloud Pool.
One had to survive not only the pool's many dangers, but also overcome the Natives.
Forging a Peerless Foundation would have been a miracle anywhere in the Skycloud Forbidden Land. Yet Qin An had done it.
Not only that, he had advanced from Essence Transformation Great Completion to Crowning Realm Initial Proficiency in an astonishingly short time. He had forged a Peerless Foundation at that stage, killed a hedgehog demon at Crowning Realm Perfection in a single blow, and still had strength to spare.
He had even killed two more Crowning Realm demons in a single blow each.
Such terrifying combat strength was not something a cultivator who had only just entered the Crowning Realm should possess. It overturned everything they had imagined.
Once they came back