"How did it come to this?"
The Immortal Alliance cultivators felt bereft and desolate as they fled for their lives, their hearts steeped in dread the entire way. Their earlier soaring confidence was gone.
They no longer had any confidence in completing their mission. All that remained was boundless panic and helplessness.
They had come prepared to die, determined to rid the Immortal Alliance and the Earthly Immortal Continent of this Outer Dao titan even at the cost of their lives. But after repeated setbacks, they suddenly realized that success was impossible. It was as though their resolve had abruptly deflated, leaving none of their former fighting spirit.
As the saying went, the first drumbeat stirred courage, the second weakened it, and the third exhausted it. They were now in that period of decline.
Fang Weiqi suddenly stopped and slammed his fist into the corridor wall beside him. His face filled with defiance, he said, "Everyone, we absolutely cannot slink back in disgrace like this. Do you know how much preparation the Immortal Alliance made, how many sacrifices it paid, to behead this fiend?"
Han Qing said, "I do. For today's assault, the Immortal Alliance gathered warriors prepared to die from all the great sects, using wicked Demon Dao arts that damaged their foundations to rapidly raise their cultivation. In a short time, they reached a half-step level that allowed them to fight Core Formation or Nascent Soul Cultivators. The alliance also brought in mighty weapons and Great Powers such as the Heavenly Sword Sect's Heavenly Dao Four Swords and His Excellency the Sword Saint of the Divine Sword Gate, as well as volunteer cultivators like Fellow Daoist Luo Ji, who willingly sacrificed themselves!"
"For this undertaking, we even gave up the chance to reinforce the front lines and save