Blood qi filled the air, corpses littered the ground, and blood stained the yellow sands.
The entire battlefield seemed veiled in a layer of bloody mist.
Although badly shaken by that attack, the remaining six hundred thousand soldiers did not stop. Spears in hand, they surged madly toward the hundred thousand troops at the front of the Wen Kingdom's ranks.
The disparity in numbers, coupled with the enormous drain on the soldiers' blood essence from unleashing that blood-light divine ability, doomed the Wen Kingdom's hundred-thousand-strong force. Apart from the Qi Refinement Perfected responsible for casting the divine ability, every last soldier was slain.
One clash had traded three hundred thousand lives for a hundred thousand. The losses were devastating.
Watching this unfold, Zhang Yuan considered it inwardly.
That blood-light divine ability had decent power. It could indeed injure someone at Nine Turns of qi refining, but it was still a little slow. With even one Sky Traversal divine ability, most people at Nine Turns could dodge it.
But while those at Nine Turns could evade it, the outcome would be entirely different if it struck armies of mortals and Outer Dao practitioners. It could cut down their numbers in an instant.
As the remaining six hundred thousand soldiers began their siege, figures rose from the walls, turning into streaks of escape light that sped toward the Wen Kingdom's border stronghold.
Qi Refinement Perfected also rose from the Wen Kingdom's city to intercept them.
"When it's time to act, act."
Zhang Yuan's eyes flashed. Once he confirmed that no Foundation-Building Celestial Person had joined this battle, and with Xiao Yuanjun at his side, he hesitated no further. He immediately rose and flew out with her.
Liu Yihong, Lu Zhiming, and Zhao Yan followed close behind.
As the Perfected People on