In half an hour, one hundred sixty-two mortal cities within the Sea God Cult's sphere of influence were attacked;
All one hundred sixty-two temples were destroyed, their statues smashed. Over ten thousand mortals were killed or wounded, most of them cult followers who had rushed to defend the Sea God Cult.
Twenty-three Divine Envoys of the Sea God Cult died...
And that was only because Li Changshou's Paper Daoist Army arrived in time to put out fires everywhere, while the Heavenly Court gave its full support.
What gave Shou a headache was...
The enemy had sent nothing but Demon Immortals comparable to those of the Primordial Immortal Realm, along with savage demon beasts already burdened with countless karmic sins.
When golden pillars of light appeared in the sky and the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals descended to slay demons, those minor demons wreaking havoc in the cities had no power to resist. Together with those vicious demon beasts, they were swiftly wiped out;
But the mortal casualties they had caused could not be undone.
The enemy had paid the smallest price to create widespread turmoil, tying down tens of thousands of Heavenly Soldiers and many of his Paper Daoists...
This time, their move was completely unlike before. Soldiers, horses, cannons, chariots—their divisions were remarkably precise.
It had a bit of the flavor of the Eastern Sea battle.
Before the Eastern Sea Sea Eye was breached, every time Li Changshou faced off against the Western Teachings, it was like... like the ten-player competitive online games Li Changshou often played in his previous life. Clearly, it was a five-versus-five match, yet one or two people from the other side would jump out at the start and shout at his team:
"I'll feed you."
But the present-day Western Sect had stopped its bewildering antics.