With the return of Ling Xinghe, Chen Xiaojun, and the others, the Gale Wolf Bandits faced a collapse on the battlefield.
The Gale Wolf Bandits fought much like Gale Wolves: as long as their pack leader lived, they had the courage to keep fighting.
But once their pack leader died, they were prone to collapse. They traditionally retreated to preserve their strength and exact revenge another day.
Faced with the fall of their leader and Ling Xinghe's fierce, devastating area-of-effect Soul Skill assaults, many of the Wolf Bandits began to feel afraid.
They realized that their fighting strength and morale were rapidly crumbling.
Some Wolf Bandits turned and fled, while others hesitated, unsure whether to keep fighting or run.
Amid the chaos, the surviving High-Rank Elite Wolf Bandits began issuing orders to retreat.
They realized they had lost both their advantage and the initiative. To preserve their strength and their lives, they had no choice but to withdraw.
The Wolf Bandits scattered in every direction, with the Soul Masters close on their heels, launching attacks to prevent their escape.
However, because the Wolf Bandits were so numerous and fast, a handful still managed to get away.
Even so, the Soul Masters pursued and slaughtered most of them along the way. Eight or nine out of ten failed to escape, leaving a trail of corpses.
The Soul Masters began to withdraw and regroup. Now it was the support Soul Masters' turn to be busy, weaving swiftly through the crowd to help restore Soul Power and heal injuries.
Even Xiao Yi, who could rapidly replenish her Soul Power and possessed vast reserves of it, was exhausted and panting nonstop.
"Xiong Er, why are you here? And why are the rest of you here too?" Zhu Wukui asked the young Soul Masters