Chapter 1156:
The enemy came in a ferocious tide, surging forward like floodwaters that blotted out the sky and covered the earth.
But they retreated just as quickly, leaving the moment they chose to.
After Ancient Skeleton, Wan E, the two left and right marshals, and Poison Maggot, Flying Corpse, Netherfire, Ghost, and the other Five Evildoers departed, Yue Yang discovered that the "god" who had been lurking in the sky and overlooking the entire battlefield had also vanished without a trace. The enemy's departure did not mean this battle was over. On the contrary, it was merely the prelude to a temporary truce, a strategic adjustment, and a regrouping of forces. The next wave of attack would certainly be fiercer and deadlier!
Of course, landing a head-on blow and defeating the enemy directly had not come without gains.
Among the enemy's powerful Five-Sense Generals—
Four out of five had been eliminated.
Only Bucktoothed Rat, the leader of the Five-Sense Generals and foremost expert at fleeing, had survived. Big-Eared Bat, Evil Eye Monkey, Long-Tongued Lizard, and Booger had either died or been captured. Adding Hungry Ghost, whom Yue Yang had killed earlier, the Western Divine Kingdom had lost no fewer than five god-general-level powerhouses in this battle.
Had Yue Yang, this "unexpected variable," not appeared—
Would the Southeast Divine Kingdom have lost merely tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians? Marshal Griffin, General Golden Eagle, Mao Podi, and the rest would likely have met the same fate!
As for the star pirates who had always been manipulated by the Western Divine Kingdom, they certainly could not have escaped their miserable destiny as chess pieces.
By the end of the battle—
Winged Tiger, Wind Eagle, Flamingo, and the others were barely clinging to life.
The instant Ancient Skeleton and Wan E