Li Chen had once captured and killed an Outer Dao Core Formation cultivator, but he knew full well that it had been an accident. His opponent had spun a cocoon around himself, trapping himself within the battlefield of the Earth-Covering Cloud-Banishing Banner. With a Magical Treasure that sealed off space like that, neither side could escape easily.
Moreover, when Elder Wu withdrew the Cloud-Sweeping Banner and appeared in Golden Light City, he had effectively thrown himself into the net. His situation had become even worse.
Thus, even after exhausting himself completely, he had never tried to escape, seeking instead to defeat Li Chen.
Elsewhere, however, an ordinary Core Formation cultivator would not have been so easily trapped. Even a battle formation capable of sealing off space would reveal an opening sooner or later.
Throughout history, few had ever considered using vast armies to deal with Core Formation experts, simply because the disparity in individual strength was too great. Methods that still worked against Foundation Establishment experts became far less effective against Core Formation experts.
Even conceding every other point, if things went badly, they always had the option of fleeing.
Was running away when you could not win shameful?
Not in the slightest. In battles over the Dao Path, few experts bothered with something as trivial as saving face. Getting surrounded and killed would be the real disgrace.
The Chess Mountain Domain garrison had spent more than half a day laboriously surrounding and hunting them, yet they had still escaped. That alone proved that, from beginning to end, they had held the initiative firmly in their hands.
Yet at the very instant they left the battlefield, countless terminal devices came online in succession throughout tens of thousands of miles within and around Chess Mountain Domain. Mechanism Puppets of every shape