News of the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty's destruction struck like a thunderclap, throwing the already troubled Mazu Continent into even greater turmoil.
Although word of Liu Changxu's decisive intervention and his successive slaying of three Tribulation Transcendence Realm Blood Race experts had greatly boosted the human side's morale, the precarious war situation had only just begun to show a glimmer of improvement.
Now, however, the destruction of the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty had undoubtedly shrouded that seemingly improving situation in gloom once more.
Panic swept through the human race's top cultivation powers upon hearing the news. Even the Tribulation Transcendence Realm patriarchs, who normally stood high above others and held supreme status in the cultivation world, became like birds startled by a bowstring. They began fretting over their own safety, terrified of meeting the same fate as Murong Qingyun.
The news that Liu Changxu had recently slain several Tribulation Transcendence Realm Blood Race experts in succession had also led Mazu Continent's top cultivation powers to pin their hopes of victory on him.
Thus, the Heavenly Mystery Sect, which had only just driven back the Blood Race Army, received pleas for aid flying in like snowflakes from other cultivation powers before it could even savor its victory.
Those appeals described their perilous circumstances at length and offered exceptionally precious treasures to persuade Liu Changxu to come to their rescue.
When Duan Yuwei and Chu Ping received these requests for aid, they could only exchange helpless, bitter smiles.
In fact, before they had even caught their breath, the Blood Race Army that had just withdrawn returned like a pack of ravenous wolves, menacingly blocking the Heavenly Mystery Sect's gates.
This time, the Blood Race Army had received fresh reinforcements. By rough estimates, its total strength had reached at least two million, resembling