Unable to abandon the city and flee, and with no reinforcements to be had, the only outcome awaiting them was to fight to the death.
The great hall fell into deathly silence once more. One could hear a needle drop; no one spoke again.
Li Xuancang was vexed, yet helpless.
One after another, everyone departed and began making arrangements for their final affairs.
For seven consecutive days, the Abyss launched attacks every day.
Human Race experts continued to fall in battle, while the Abyssal Demonic Beasts only grew more numerous. The fall of Fengning Commandery City had become inevitable.
Whoosh!
On the battlefield, Li Xuancang transformed into a streak of escaping light and charged into the boundless darkness.
Five Late-Stage Divine Repository Realm great demons had surrounded and attacked him. Hard-pressed on every side and in constant peril, he could only break out of the encirclement.
"Kill him."
The Abyssal Demonic Beasts hurried after him.
Li Xuancang's strength was terrifying. The Abyss would never permit him to remain alive.
After fleeing the battlefield, Li Xuancang concealed his aura, found an Abyssal rift, and entered the Abyss.
He had deliberately fled the battlefield so that everyone would see that he had not died in battle.
"We can't hold on anymore! Everyone, run for your lives!"
By now, the Human Race side was at the end of its tether and could no longer endure.
"I'll make you all accompany me to the grave."
Xiao Lingyun's eyes were crazed as he began communicating with the Torch, intending to self-destruct it and perish together with the enemy.
Li Xuancang had fled into the Abyss, and his aura vanished without a trace.
"What's going on? Where is he?"
The Demonic Beasts pursued him to where Li Xuancang had vanished, but they could not find a