More than ten days passed in a flash. With the first three teams returning victorious, laden with the fruits of battle, it was finally time for Liu Changxu and the others to set out.
Busy crafting talismans, Liu Changxu and his three senior sisters had missed the lively scene when the first teams returned in triumph.
According to Wu Yuangang and the others who had witnessed it, however, all three teams had won, and every cultivator who returned victorious had reaped substantial rewards.
Even so, three Golden Core cultivators had fallen in battle and eight had suffered serious injuries, while even more had sustained minor wounds.
Liu Changxu could understand such an outcome. Taking the offensive meant fighting away from the city, without the protection of the city-defense grand formation. They had to rely entirely on their own strength and luck, and a single careless moment could spell disaster.
Unlike Liu Changxu's composure, Second Senior Sister Zhang Yuxin was far more nervous. She knew her strength ranked at the very bottom among Golden Core cultivators, giving her the poorest odds of survival on such a brutal battlefield.
At this thought, Zhang Yuxin's lovely eyes turned toward her junior brother, and she silently resolved that this time, she would seek only to preserve her life, regardless of how much she gained. During battle, she would stay close beside him at all times and never allow what had happened in Blue Coral City to happen again.
Compared with Second Senior Sister Zhang Yuxin, Senior Sister Su Jinxiu was undoubtedly much calmer. Quite apart from the third-tier talismans Liu Changxu had given her, her parents and elders had provided her with a wealth of lifesaving trump cards. These gave her ample confidence, and she was determined to show her mettle in the coming