"Master, did the other Sea Patrol Squads all return safely?"
Although Liu Changxu knew that the other Sea Patrol Squads might have suffered the same fate as theirs, he did not know the details. It had been awkward to ask too many questions at the City Lord's Manor, so he could only inquire of his master.
"I heard that the other four Sea Patrol Squads dispatched alongside yours also encountered large swarms of sea demons. All suffered crushing defeats and retreated. In some squads, more than half the cultivators never returned. Two Nascent Soul True Lords even lost their physical bodies after being defeated, and only their nascent souls escaped.
"It seems the Sea-Demon Race has sent fresh reinforcements. We will face even more brutal battles from now on!"
His master, Su Hao, heaved a long sigh.
"The overall strength of the Sea-Demon Race is far beyond what our Azure Cloud Sect can match. Only their internal discord gives us a chance. Otherwise, our Azure Cloud Sect wouldn't have the slightest hope of victory."
His master's wife, Jiang Yuqing, said this.
"I think we shouldn't have split up on this expedition. We should have stayed together, fought if we could win, and retreated if we couldn't. That would have denied the sea demons a chance to defeat us one by one."
Liu Changxu was dissatisfied with the sect's arrangements for this expedition. Had the Sea-Demon Race been weak, such a strategy would have been acceptable. But their enemy was powerful, so losses and defeat had been all but inevitable.
"Master, Mistress, I killed a third-tier middle-grade Blue-Ring Sea Snake on this expedition. There's hope for Senior Sister's poison injury now."
Liu Changxu spoke with a smile.
At this, Liu Changxu's spirits lifted considerably. After all, he and his fellow disciples