After receiving Sima Ji's warning, William immediately contacted Margaret, brought their Domain Sequence troops together, and began a rapid retreat.
Of their thousand-strong formation, over eight hundred remained.
Even if their army of over a hundred thousand was wiped out, William had to get these people out.
The resources spent training each Domain Sequence Ability User were astronomical.
And these eight hundred-odd people were both the First Domain's most important foundation and the source of William's authority there.
The thousand-strong formation of Domain Sequence Ability Users led by William and Margaret remained orderly throughout the retreat, and their superior strength meant they had suffered few losses.
Nearly twenty boat-type tools capable of evading the gods' notice were preparing to cross the Great River.
Because they wore protective gear made from the flesh of Eighth Domain natives, they could also ignore the suppression imposed by the Eighth Domain's boundary domain.
There were no enemy troops ahead. As long as they did not provoke the gods in the river, everything would go smoothly.
But then.
A young man holding a long spear suddenly appeared in their path.
Beneath the starry sky, he stood atop the rolling waves of the Great River, watching them silently.
Whoosh-
At the same time, behind William, Wei Rulai led the Mobile Fortress Unit into position along the riverbank, ready to join the fight at any moment.
William and his people were now hemmed in from both sides.
For the true natives of the Eighth Domain under Wei Rulai's command, the ordinary gods in the Great River were nothing to fear.
Even without boats, they could move freely through it and organize a battle.
The only problem was that their mobile fortresses required steady movements from their personnel, something impossible to achieve amid the Great River's turbulent currents.