CHAPTER 809: CONTINUE

When the Barbarian Clan army retreated complete

When the Barbarian Clan army retreated completely, and it was confirmed that the Barbarian King Tuller Bear would not pursue them, Meng Zhang and the others finally relaxed a bit. Looking at the devastated battlefield below their own camp, Meng Zhang couldn't help but sigh.

During the rise of the Taiyi Sect, there was never a time of peace, and bloody battles were always abundant. There was no such thing as a peaceful rise; they had to fight for their place in the Cultivation World.

Both Meng Zhang and the entire sect had been tested and had experienced numerous battles. Even though it wasn't the first time they witnessed heavy casualties among the disciples, every time they saw such a scene, Meng Zhang felt uneasy.

It was inevitable because, in the martial world, they had no choice. If Taiyi Sect wanted to establish itself in the Cultivation World, it had to be involved in various conflicts. The elder disciples of the sect directed the younger ones to clean up the battlefield and tend to the wounded.

This battle didn't last long, but nearly one-third of the core disciples of Taiyi Sect were killed or injured. A significant portion of the casualties occurred when their formation was broken by the extraterritorial Barbarian Clan, forcing them to engage in close combat to block the breach.

Some disciples had their true qi drained by the great formation, and no matter how many pills they consumed or how they tried to recover their qi, they couldn't do it in time and ended up being drained of life by the formation.

Others suffered from sudden pill toxin reactions due to consuming a large number of pills in a short time, leading to a quick and fatal poisoning.

The casualties among the core disciples of Taiyi Sect were horrifying for various reasons.

On the other hand, the cultivator army of the Hanhai Alliance fought against the relatively weaker extraterritorial Barbarian Clan tribes. However, the overall strength of the Hanhai Alliance cultivators was far weaker than that of Taiyi Sect's disciples, and their training and formation were not as rigorous. They suffered around one-fourth casualties in comparison.

But due to the larger number of cultivators in the Hanhai Alliance, the absolute number of casualties exceeded that of Taiyi Sect by quite a bit.

The expendable cultivators that Taiyi Sect had taken in didn't suffer much loss. Not because they were cunning or cowardly, but mainly because they were weak, and the extraterritorial Barbarian Clan didn't pay much attention to them. They only had minor skirmishes with a few scattered Barbarian Clan members, not encountering organized enemy forces.

These cultivators were skilled at self-preservation and could find opportunities to avoid hard labor even with the supervision of Taiyi Sect. Except for the cultivators from Hundred Battles Gate who fought bravely, the rest were just focused on self-preservation.

Taiyi Sect hadn't housed these cultivators for long, and they hadn't had time to train them properly before bringing them to the battlefield. The current situation was within their expectations, and the high-ranking members of Taiyi Sect weren't worried. Once they had time, they would find ways to gradually refine and train these people.

Even though they were exhausted after the battle, the Extreme Sword Spirit General and Shocking Thunder Spirit General continued to push themselves to investigate the movements of the extraterritorial Barbarian Clan army.

Meng Zhang and Book Mountain True Monarch had both suffered losses during the battle and needed time to rest and recover.

As for Yang Xueyi, the divine power she had summoned from Ghost Deity Shou Zheng was slowly fading. To avoid leaving any aftereffects and being affected by the lingering divine power, she needed a considerable amount of time to completely expel the residual energy and slowly restore her strength and vitality.For a considerable period of time, Yang Xueyi couldn't even maintain her Gold Core stage cultivation base, let alone summoning divine power again. Likewise, for Netherworld's Ghost Deity Shou Zheng, transmitting divine power to the mortal realm wasn't an easy task either. He had enemies to deal with in Netherworld, and after every transmission of divine power, he needed a significant amount of time to accumulate enough power again before sending it to the mortal realm.

This meant that even if Meng Zhang selected another suitable candidate within Taiyi Sect, they wouldn't be able to summon Shou Zheng's divine power in the short term.

An Xiaoran and An Moran, the siblings, had expended most of their Yin and Yang Qi during the recent battle, and the remaining energy was gradually fading. Although their cultivation base had fallen back to the mid Gold Core stage, the baptism of the Yin and Yang Qi would greatly benefit their future cultivation.

Meng Zhang's natal spiritual tool, the Yin Yang Spirit Gourd, also required time to refine numerous Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects to accumulate such pure and powerful Yin and Yang Qi again.

Due to the loss of the temporary power-ups from the three individuals, Taiyi Sect's side had once again returned to its original strength in terms of top combat power. Fortunately, the extraterritorial Barbarian Clan's Barbarian King Shali Eagle was seriously injured and couldn't recover his combat strength in the short term.

As a result, Taiyi Sect and the extraterritorial Barbarian Clan were roughly evenly matched in terms of top combat power. Additionally, the extraterritorial Barbarian Clan had no knowledge of Yang Xueyi and her companions' true abilities or that they had returned to their original strength. As long as Taiyi Sect continued to apply pressure and used the strategy of an empty city, they might be able to scare off the opponent.

Having realized this, Meng Zhang had a rough idea of the next steps. The Extreme Sword Spirit General and Shocking Thunder Spirit General, who were monitoring the movements of the extraterritorial Barbarian Clan, occasionally sent back various pieces of information. The extraterritorial Barbarian Clan's massive army couldn't keep their movements a secret.

After withdrawing from the battlefield, the Barbarian Clan army rested and assessed their casualties hundreds of miles away. They, too, suffered heavy losses, with nearly two thousand elite Barbarian Clan warriors killed in the previous battles, and many more wounded.

Meng Zhang made up his mind. After receiving reports from the two Guardian Spirit Generals through the transmission talisman, he once again mobilized the cultivator army and chased after the retreating extraterritorial Barbarian Clan.

Except for leaving a few people to take care of the severely injured, the entire Taiyi Sect cultivator army marched forward, disregarding their exhaustion after the prolonged battle.

Although the extraterritorial Barbarian Clan had suffered a defeat and temporarily retreated, they also sent scouts to monitor the movements of the Taiyi Sect army. As soon as the Taiyi Sect cultivator army moved, the extraterritorial Barbarian Clan received the news. 𝙧Àɴo͍𝐛Èȿ

Seeing the Taiyi Sect cultivator army approaching rapidly, the Barbarian King Tuller Bear and Barbarian King Shali Eagle hesitated. Taiyi Sect's quick recovery from their heavy casualties and regaining their combat strength for a rematch caught them off guard.

When did Human Clan cultivators become so tenacious and formidable?

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