The frontline experiment had succeeded, and the Medicine King Sect was retreating step by step. To prevent the Medicine King Sect from launching a counterattack, everyone advanced toward the Medicine King Sect with the utmost caution, searching every inch of land back and forth several times.
Because they had to search so carefully, their speed was somewhat slower. Yet precisely because of this, the Medicine King Sect's deeply hidden methods were all uncovered and eradicated. Countless people had died because of the Medicine King Sect, and countless others had been turned into Exotic Beasts, remaining that way until death. Even among those who recovered, most eventually died.
Those who survived recalled the agony of becoming Exotic Beasts. That unbearable existence filled them with immense fury, and the Killing Aura boiling in their hearts could not be suppressed at all. Every one of them hated the Medicine King Sect to the marrow of their bones.
The Gu Insects spread endlessly like bacteria and viruses. Even though the major Sects under the Medicine King Sect employed every possible method, they could only barely contain them. Once a single Exotic Beast was infected, a vast swath would soon follow.
Under such circumstances, coupled with the appearance that the Medicine King Sect had already given up, the forces that had been coerced into joining it began defecting one after another—as long as they had not yet been controlled by the Medicine King Sect. Of course, after defecting, the remaining wealth within those Sects and Lineages would be directly divided among the conquerors. This had been approved by the upper ranks of the allied forces, as it could divert everyone's attention somewhat.
Meanwhile, another group of unwelcome guests appeared at the edge of Cross Canyon. During this period, Huo Hai had been living beside the