Meanwhile, the Demonic Dao cultivators stationed on the front lines of the two battlefields were also affected to varying degrees in combat strength by Wu Chang's sudden weakening.
Quite a few demonic cultivators found their Divine Stone spirit treasures malfunctioning. The luckier ones could still escape danger by relying on other trump cards of their own, but the less fortunate simply left their lives behind on the front lines.
Fortunately, Bai Di reacted with exceptional speed this time and gave the order to pull back the lines at once, preventing the casualties from expanding further.
To a certain extent, this incident had shaken the morale of the Demon Sect cultivators on the front lines.
However, while retreating, those demonic cultivators received follow-up intelligence and learned that this was merely a brief fluctuation caused by their spirit treasures being about to evolve on their own. Their unease was thus soothed.
The Demonic Path side's sudden contraction of their battle lines also left the righteous side unable to make heads or tails of it for a time, unsure what trick they were playing now.
Thus, for the sake of caution, the righteous side's two battle lines did not pursue too deeply. They merely drove the demonic cultivator forces back beyond the central line before holding their ground in place.
At this critical juncture, when a great battle was on the verge of erupting, Chen Yang, the Cambang Divine Lord, abruptly thrust his hand into the middle of things. As a result, the cultivators on both sides, who had been brimming with the stench of gunpowder, inexplicably entered an extremely strange silent standoff that lasted for a long while.
But that was a later matter. As the instigator behind all this, Chen Yang had not actually given much thought to what would come