The army routed!

Within the thick ice walls, Donglan was drenched in blood. She knew she had lost, but she refused to stop resisting and continued to attack.

The ice walls did not block the view inside. Qiulan watched Donglan suffer injury after injury, his face pale and his forehead covered in cold sweat. Finally, he could not help shouting:

"Big sister, stop fighting! You'll die! Run! Don't worry about us anymore!"

The ice walls kept out Sesshomaru's potent poison gas, protecting them all.

Maintaining the ice walls drained Donglan's demon power far faster and in far greater quantities than Sesshomaru's.

Xialan lay unconscious, while Chunlan lay on the ground, unable to move. Qiulan kept shouting. Clutching his left arm, he struggled to his feet and pounded on the ice wall before them.

"Big sister! Run! Don't keep fighting..."

Even Qiulan, a grown man, could not hold back his sobs at that moment. Chunlan bit her lip and tried to say something, but her internal injuries were too severe for her to manage it.

"Too weak. How can someone as weak as you protect them? Protection? Affection? Before absolute strength, they cannot withstand a single blow!"

Sesshomaru mocked the bond between the Four Heavenly Kings of the Leopard Cats. He believed only in overwhelming strength. The very notion of protecting others should not exist, nor did he need it!

"Sesshomaru, how could a cold, heartless demon like you understand what our bond as siblings means!

You're... truly pathetic!"

Donglan's breathing was ragged, and demon blood poured from her wounds. Her face looked terribly weak, yet her gaze remained unwavering.

As she looked at the arrogant Sesshomaru, a trace of pity even crossed her face.

"Utterly pointless!"

Sesshomaru remained cold and unmoved, but the power he unleashed grew fiercer. It shook cracks into the surrounding ice barrier.

A terrifying flash of murderous intent passed through Sesshomaru's eyes. His enormous beast claw radiated dreadful poison gas and surges of demon power.

Everything before him was forcibly shoved aside by that power, sending waves of air surging outward.

Donglan threw back her head and howled. Frigid demon power erupted like a tsunami, and hundreds upon thousands of sharp ice blades formed around her. The already freezing weather became even more terrifying.

"Thousand-Fathom Ice Calamity!"

A piercing cry escaped Donglan's lips. A thousand ice blades burst forth, filling the sky as they shot toward Sesshomaru.

This was her final counterattack!

The ice blades engulfed Sesshomaru, leaving not a single gap, not an inch to spare!

Sesshomaru's gaze hardened. His flawless demon power surged from his body, shielding him in a dark green glow that seemed almost solid.

The sharp claw striking toward Donglan did not retreat in the slightest. It drove straight ahead!

Boom!

A terrifying explosion erupted within the ice walls. The violent impact shattered every wall in an instant, sending snow swirling back into the sky.

An ice-blue figure forced her way through that tremendous force and shot out at incredible speed. She seized Xialan and Chunlan with one hand and shouted to Qiulan:

"Go!"

Seeing his eldest sister drenched in blood, Qiulan did not hesitate. He unleashed the last tenth of his demon power and fled after her!

Sesshomaru emerged from the white mist in his white robes, looking somewhat disheveled. Donglan had paid an enormous price to unleash the power of that final attack.

It had inflicted minor injuries on Sesshomaru and stopped his beast claw from continuing its deadly strike toward Donglan.

"They escaped..."

The presence of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Leopard Cats had already receded into the distance. Sesshomaru did not immediately pursue them.

In fact, they had already fled a considerable distance by then. Pursuing them would not have been wise.

"I wonder how Father's battle is going... but before that... this vermin needs to be cleared away!"

Sesshomaru first glanced toward the battlefield of the Greater Yokai, then turned his gaze to the Dog Tribe army, which was being driven back steadily by the Leopard Cat Tribe, the Moth Demon Tribe, and the demons of the Eastern Country.

Sesshomaru revealed his true form once more and charged into the clash between the armies. Terrifying poison gas gushed forth unchecked, corroding scores of demons in an instant.

"It's Lord Sesshomaru!"

"Wonderful! Lord Sesshomaru's battle is over!"

"The Four Heavenly Kings of the Leopard Cats have been defeated!"

"Everyone, follow Lord Sesshomaru into battle!"

Joy spread across the faces of the Dog Tribe soldiers. With Sesshomaru's aid, vast numbers of demons were slaughtered.

The Dog Tribe army had hope of victory again, and its morale soared!

Meanwhile, the opposing demon armies, including the Leopard Cat Tribe, paled in horror. The Four Heavenly Kings of the Leopard Cats had actually lost.

Their morale plummeted. With their commanders defeated and fleeing, these demon soldiers could hardly withstand Sesshomaru as he unleashed his might.

The tide of battle reversed almost instantly. Moth demons fell to the ground in swaths, while countless demons were trampled, poisoned, or killed by the force of the impacts.

Sesshomaru charged straight at the leaders of the major tribes, forcing them to retreat hastily rather than face his onslaught.

"This is bad! He's too strong!"

"We can't withstand his power!"

"Retreat! Our tribe cannot be wiped out here!"

"That's right! Even the Four Heavenly Kings of the Leopard Cats have fled. We've done all we can!"

The demon tribes that had accompanied them from the Eastern Country exchanged glances, then quickly led their respective tribes in flight!

After all, there was no chance they would sacrifice their own tribes for the Leopard Cat Tribe.

Besides, the Four Heavenly Kings of the Leopard Cats had retreated first, giving them ample reason to withdraw as well!

As the Eastern Country's demon army fled in defeat, the pressure on the Leopard Cat Tribe and the Moth Demon Tribe surged!

"Those bastards! Damn them!"

"Such spineless cowards!"

The commanders of the Leopard Cat Tribe and the Moth Demon Tribe cursed, only to be sent flying by a single swipe of Sesshomaru's claw.

Blood covered the ground. Nearly fifty thousand demons lay dead or wounded across this battlefield!

"Leopard Cat Tribe! Retreat!"

"Moth Demon Tribe! Retreat!"

With their final breaths, the two commanders shouted the order to withdraw!

Then their lives came to an end.

At the sight, the demons of the Leopard Cat Tribe and the Moth Demon Tribe lost all will to resist and fled in a panic.

Thus, the clash between the two demon armies ended in victory for the Dog Tribe army!

Yet it was a costly victory. The Dog Tribe army had been beaten back for so long earlier that most of the weaker tribes under its protection had perished. Only a small portion remained alive.

"We won!"

"We finally won!"

The Dog Tribe army threw back their heads and howled in overwhelming excitement. This battle had been far too difficult, and far too brutal.

More than half of the tens of thousands of Dog Tribe soldiers had died. Not a single patch of ground remained intact. Ruins and broken walls lay everywhere, shrouded in dust and smoke.

Above the battlefield, countless currents of evil energy and resentment swirled-the hatred and evil energy of demon souls unwilling to accept their deaths.

With such a scene, it would probably not be long before this place spawned many vicious demons.

This was an inevitable consequence of war.

But in such a chaotic age, no one cared about that. They had won the war, and that was what mattered most.