A battle like this would originally have continued indefinitely. A war between two powerful factions could last decades, even centuries; it was common for such fierce fighting to continue without pause for years.
But in this kind of battle, the Ironwood Sect was ultimately far more familiar with the Celestial Star Sect. While fighting head-on, the Ironwood Sect secretly bribed some of the Celestial Star Sect's people. Huo Hai had done too many things recently, and many of them could not be kept hidden. Thus, quite a few Celestial Star Sect disciples actually knew about them.
Moreover, the Ironwood Sect had been famous for a long time, and Huo Hai had not appeared for quite some time during this battle. With people's hearts in turmoil, some inevitably began entertaining other thoughts. When the Ironwood Sect approached them at such a time, betrayal became possible.
"How is it? Did you gain anything?" The branch leader saw the smile on the interrogation elder's face and immediately realized that the course of this battle seemed about to change. This elder rarely smiled under normal circumstances.
The interrogation elder nodded. "A tremendous harvest. We have discovered that Huo Hai previously dug twelve gorges in the surrounding area. Those gorges are filled with Skeletons. We believe those Skeletons may have been created within the gorges. No matter what method they used, as long as we destroy those places, this campaign will basically be ours."
They knew that Huo Hai's Skeletons were not real Skeletons at all, but bone frames controlled and altered by Spirit Insects. It was precisely because of this that the Celestial Star Sect's Skeletons had not provoked strong disgust from others.
In most people's eyes, the Celestial Star Sect's Skeletons were themselves a special kind of Spirit Insect. Perhaps shaping them into