"Mm, that sounded reasonable. Had you discussed a plan to kill the Hundred-Li Jellyfish?" Fang Yun asked.
Ao Kang gave a wry smile. "Yes, and the steps were simple. First, kill all the Emperor Realm beings it controlled. Then kill it."
"The entire South Wing Gate only had a little over a hundred Emperor Realm Battle Souls, right?" Fang Yun asked.
"With me included, there had originally been only one hundred and thirteen. Later, when the Hundred-Li Jellyfish came and breached the South Wing Gate, another seventy-six were transferred here. Otherwise, one charge by the Hundred-Li Jellyfish leading the Ancient Demons would have wiped out the main camp. Whenever the Hundred-Li Jellyfish charged our camp, nearby allied forces had to assist us. Otherwise, we simply couldn't stop it," Ao Kang said.
"You outnumbered the Emperor Realm puppets it controlled, yet you still couldn't hold it back?" Fang Yun asked.
Ao Kang said helplessly, "We had greater numbers, but each of us had our own thoughts. We weren't afraid of death, but we couldn't just throw our lives away recklessly. We all had different ways of fighting too. In the chaos of battle, who had the time to coordinate with others? The Hundred-Li Jellyfish was different. It commanded more than a hundred Emperors as easily as moving its own arms and fingers, completely as though they were one person. We couldn't compare."
"Your Battle Souls could revive endlessly, and even that wasn't enough?" Fang Yun asked.
"We could revive, but it took time. And the more times we died in a short period, the slower our revival became. You didn't know—when the fighting was fiercest, some Battle Souls revived too frequently, and their soul bodies collapsed completely. They said that as long as holy intent endured, Battle Souls would never die,