After Liu Changxu and the other Golden Core cultivators left the city, they discovered that the three Nascent Soul True Lords had already set off in pursuit of the three fourth-tier sea monsters. They soon vanished from sight.
Most of the lower-tier sea monsters had already submerged and fled into the distance, while the third-tier sea monsters had escaped even farther away.
Liu Changxu and the others pursued them for over a thousand li, but only managed to kill a few second-tier sea monsters along the way. The third-tier sea monsters gave them no chance at all, having fled into the boundless depths long before.
This was also the main reason the Sea-Demon Race could become the Azure Cloud Sect's most troublesome opponent.
Once defeated, they would swiftly dive into the boundless depths. Human Race cultivators struggled even to find them in the deep sea, let alone wipe them out.
Most importantly, the Human Race could only occupy the islands in the ocean, not the waters upon which the Sea-Demon Race depended for survival. Thus, even when defeated by the Human Race, the Sea-Demon Race's foundations remained intact.
As a result, the cultivators who sallied forth from Many-Treasure City had little to show for their pursuit this time. Their gains were meager indeed.
Deeply disappointed, Liu Changxu and the other Golden Core cultivators gathered their forces and returned to Many-Treasure City.
Before long, the three Nascent Soul True Lords, Hu Changchun, Chu Shixiong, and Li Qingxia, also returned to Many-Treasure City.
A glance at their expressions, however, was enough to tell that they had gained little.
Since the three Nascent Soul True Lords had no particular instructions, Liu Changxu took Chunlan, Xiazhu, Qiuyue, and Dongxue back to Elegant Orchid Garden.
After several rounds of bitter fighting, the four women's bearing