Killings like the one Xiao Yize had encountered were playing out across the Eastern Front battlefield.
To target the young geniuses on Tiger Chasing's side, the Eastern Wilderness had sent several times their number of high-combat-power Qi Gathering Cultivators into the field.
Among the four most famous figures—Shen Yue, Li Qingwan, Qiu Ran, and Yang Lingrui—all had received special attention from the Eastern Wilderness.
Shen Yue's personal strength was formidable. Without deploying Core Formation Cultivators, those who came looking for trouble with him generally had only two outcomes: death or flight.
Li Qingwan had suffered two sieges, but thanks to the unique advantage Soldier Path cultivators possessed on the battlefield, she could basically remain undefeated with the army under her command.
There was even less need to mention Qiu Ran. Purple thunderclouds had risen over the northern part of the Eastern Front an unknown number of times, and every manifestation had been accompanied by the deaths of several Perfected Cultivators.
Looking at it this way, the one being targeted most viciously among the four was Yang Lingrui alone.
The existence of his "Yellow Wind Ghost" had undoubtedly become a heartache for many Eastern Wilderness soldiers and cultivators. The Eastern Wilderness was determined to uproot him.
Thus, more Eastern Wilderness cultivators had come to kill him than any of the others.
A full twelve Eastern Wilderness cultivators had joined the ghost-hunting operation!
All twelve were at Qi Gathering Perfection, ranging from the Tenth to the Twelfth Layer. They were split into four teams. Each team leader commanded a Spirit Control Method, while the remaining two each possessed several means of dealing with enemies.
Yang Lingrui had fallen into their ambush during a surprise attack operation and become separated from Tiger Chasing's main force.
Thus, for the following half month or so,