Once the two Demon Race Quasi-Emperors appeared and joined the battle, there was no longer any chance of turning the tide of this Human-Demon War, which had dragged on for days. The only uncertainty left was how much longer the Human Race could hold out.
With three Quasi-Emperors fighting on their side, the demon army's morale soared. Their sky-blotting assaults surged forward in waves, each fiercer than the last.
On the human side, everyone could see that defeat was inevitable. None had any thought of holding their ground to the death; all were calculating how to escape. As morale crumbled, their will to resist plummeted, and their collective fighting strength fell off a cliff.
For the already battered Island-Guarding Grand Formation, this was frost piled atop snow. Its defensive light barrier was repeatedly torn open by the demons' attacks, and countless demon experts poured through the breaches onto the island, engaging the human cultivators in savage close-quarters combat. At this point, holding Northern Nether Immortal Island to the death had long since become meaningless.
The Northern Dark Immortal Emperor surveyed the collapsing battle lines and knew the tide had turned beyond recovery. Without the slightest hesitation, he transformed into a streak of pure white immortal light, tore across the sky, and fled into the distance.
Before leaving, he finally issued an order for everyone to evacuate, broadcasting it across the entire island. Yet by the time that order arrived, many cultivators who knew they could no longer turn the tide had already fled.
Seeing the Northern Dark Immortal Emperor escape alone, the three demon Quasi-Emperors were hardly willing to let him go. They immediately transformed into three brilliant streaks of demonic light and pursued him along his trail.
Liu Changxu, who was locked in a relentless struggle with an early-stage