After Bai Ju slew a female member of the Origin Race who charged at him, Willow Leaf Island lost all ability to resist.
He collected the azure current she left behind and stood above the shattered barrier, gazing down without expression.
The paper figure army poured into the Twenty-Sixth District. Countless members of the Origin Race were torn apart amid wretched screams, dissolving into spilling colors that the paper figures following behind deftly gathered up.
Occasional pockets of resistance were swiftly swallowed by the pale torrent.
Resistance in the Twenty-Sixth District was even more scattered and chaotic than in the Twenty-Seventh District, as though serious problems had already existed within.
When the paper figures dragged the last member of the Origin Race out from the ruined building where they had tried to hide, the island fell utterly silent.
Yuanyang City, atop the tower.
A screen of light floated before Grand Elder Yuan Hao. The points of light marking the Origin Race's settlements were rapidly going dark, one after another.
Twenty-Seventh District, Twenty-Sixth District, District Thirty-One, District Nineteen...
In this brief span, they had already lost contact with more districts than could be counted on one hand.
"Father! We've lost contact with another two districts to the southwest! The Heavenly Demons... they're advancing too fast!"
Yuan Xu spoke in a trembling voice.
Yuan Hao remained silent, saying nothing for a long while.
"Grand Elder!"
Several colored currents swept into the room. Amid flickering light and shadow, they condensed into seven figures of solid color.
Yuan Hao raised his head. All the arrivals were members of the Elders' Council, beings at the peak of the second tier.
He interrupted the Azure Race elder before she could speak. "I summoned you because only two Heavenly Demons have descended this time."
"This is our