On the front lines, the first group of Northwest cultivators sent out had already clashed beneath the sky-filling demonic clouds with demonic cultivators intent on pushing south.
This advancing army had gathered the cultivators of most of the Northwest.
So in sheer numbers, the Northwest still held the advantage over the Demonic Path side, which was still sending in reinforcements.
But the hard gap in cultivation meant that, on the battlefield itself, the Northwest remained at a slight disadvantage.
Even so, things were far better than when the Demonic Path had steamrolled them without resistance.
That change had come mainly because the Northwest had, to some extent, countered the Demonic Path side's strongest fighters in this round of the struggle.
Deep in the northern lands, Huo Yuan, Duan Yun, and four other Northwest True Intent Cultivators had arrived at the True Intent battlefield. With their advantage in numbers, they could now stand against the two more powerful Demon Sect True Intent Cultivators.
And with Xiao Yize and the other elite Northwest fighters joining the battle, the twelve Spiritual Connection Demon Children could no longer run rampant as they once had.
Yet judging by the current battle, this check could only ease the pressure on the front lines for a while. It could not eliminate the threat at its root.
After all, whether against the Demon Sect True Intent Cultivators or the Spiritual Connection Demon Children, the Northwest cultivators lacked the overwhelming strength to kill or grievously wound them.
If they could not inflict real casualties and substantially weaken those enemies, the Northwest's elite fighters would keep falling, and the enemy would eventually break through this defensive line.
Events were unfolding just as Wu Chang had said: the Northwest might resist the Demonic Path army to a degree, but without something