The north was mainly defended by Yao Chi Holy Land as the core force, but Yao Chi Holy Land only had three people, which was far too few in number. Spirit Pool Island therefore assigned the “righteous warriors” spirit controllers and other Martial Saints who had come to help over to provide support there.
In addition, those “righteous warrior” Martial Saints and spirit controllers were also distributed to guard the northwest, northeast, southwest, and southeast positions. Spirit Pool Island itself held the main defence in the southern position.
However, a radius of five thousand li was still too vast. The two major beast clans had enormous numbers, especially the Spirit Jackal clan, which probably numbered in the tens of millions. There were so many that even endless killing could not finish them off. Large numbers of spirit jackals and some Nine Nether Vultures still broke through the defence line and attacked other positions.
If the defenders were all Martial Saint-level combat power, the beast tide breaking in would not pose much threat.
But on Spirit Pool Island, neither the Dan Tai family nor the spirit controllers who had come to help were all at Martial Saint level. Casualties had already begun to appear.
After only a few hours, Xi Men Hao Yue gave the order for all sides to fall back to the second defensive line.
The five-thousand-li radius was reduced to a three-thousand-li radius.
For such a large force, a three-thousand-li radius was already not very big.
After fiercely blocking and attacking the front wave, the Yao Nie Sect members had retreated to above a lake three thousand li from the core area.
Not long after, another wave of spirit jackals and Nine Nether Vultures came attacking again.
These spirit beasts seemed as if they were seeking death. No matter how strong the force ahead was, they charged forward desperately without regard for their lives.
“These spirit jackals, could it be that they have run out of resources and are deliberately launching this beast tide to seek death?”
Watching batch after batch of the suicidal beast tide, Lin Xiao could not help but sigh.
If there were no Martial Saint powerhouses, once this beast tide erupted, Spirit Pool Island would have been destroyed sooner or later.
But with top-tier Martial Saint combat power like them present, the beast clans could not possibly break through just by sending beast tides to attack.
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
…
From the side of the Yao Nie Sect members came assaults by Nine Nether Vultures and spirit jackals.
These spirit beasts had broken in from other positions and then emerged here.
The area they were defending was too large, so there were bound to be weak spots.
However, Spirit Pool Island also had forces hunting them down. These spirit beasts were not too strong, and once inside, they faced only death.
As for those charging outwards to attack, the Yao Nie Sect members could easily deal with them.
In addition, from time to time some rushed up from underwater in various directions, but they were also easily handled by the group.
After fighting on the three-thousand-li defence line for several hours, in the distant horizon within Lin Xiao and the Yao Nie Sect members’ line of sight, more than twenty terrifying waves of power suddenly surged towards them overwhelmingly. Terrifying pressure rolled in relentlessly.
“Martial Saint power, gathering!”
Lin Xiao shouted loudly at that moment.
The You Tian Demon Pillar in his hand smashed out horizontally through the air. A black pillar-like surge of demonic energy blasted forward.
At the same time, he condensed several spirit power swords in the shape of weapons and sent them to block the several surging forces.
Around Lin Xiao, those with relatively weaker strength, such as Zi Ling, Niu Bi, and a few others, also unleashed powerful forces and bombarded the incoming assaults.
“Boom boom boom!”
“Boom boom boom!”
“Boom boom boom!”
…
A series of deafening explosions rang out. Dazzling brilliant light clusters bloomed, and waves of vast energy erupted in all directions.
In some positions, such as those where Lin Xiao, Huo Ru Yan, Long Tu Tian, and others unleashed their power, it poured forward.
In other positions, however, it still surged towards the Yao Nie Sect side.
Two or three from the Yao Nie Sect were shaken back.
Fortunately, it was not overwhelmingly stronger.
In just an instant, the Yao Nie Sect members, who had been spread across a three-thousand-li defence line, gathered together.
The distance between each person was now only a few dozen li, so they could assist each other at any time, switch opponents whenever needed, and avoid situations where one position faced too much overwhelming power and got killed through the middle.
“Swish! Swish! Swish!”
On the outer edge of the rolling energy waves, figures quickly rushed out.
The total number reached more than twenty.
These more than twenty were divided into two groups, left and right.
On the right side were tall, thin humanoid figures seven or eight chi high, all with uniform cyan skin.
Lin Xiao recognised a few faces among them. They were the old clan leader of the Bi Mu clan, the clan leader, and the first-level Martial Saint he had seen at the Chu family last time.
The total number from the Bi Mu clan reached fifteen.
On the other side were hunched old men, and their number also reached thirteen.
This surprised Lin Xiao. The number of Martial Saints from the Bi Mu clan and the Tian Luo Spirit Snail clan was indeed far greater than expected.
Just these two clans alone had twenty-eight Martial Saints, more than double the number in the Yao Nie Sect.
“It’s that guy?”
The old clan leader of the Bi Mu clan was startled and immediately shouted, “We can’t win, retreat, change position.”
With that, the group turned and retreated violently backwards.
“Uh…” This left the Yao Nie Sect members, who were just about to strike, stunned.
They had only just appeared, and now they were retreating?
“They have given up attacking this side. Other positions will probably be under great pressure, and the Martial Saints from the other beast clans should have moved as well. Retreat directly to the one-thousand-li defence line.”
Lin Xiao said loudly.
With that, Lin Xiao and the other twelve retreated backwards again.
Not long after, Lin Xiao and the group were the first to fall back to the one-thousand-li defence line.
Shortly afterwards, the Tian Ji Holy Land from the northern direction also retreated over.
Behind them, Martial Saint experts from the Winged Ox clan and the Spirit Jackal clan were chasing after them.
Leading the Spirit Jackal clan were still those three old clan leaders, the clan leader, and another second-level Martial Saint. The rest were all first-level Martial Saints.
The number of first-level Martial Saints alone reached thirty.
In other words, the total number of Martial Saints in the Spirit Jackal clan was fully thirty-five.
That number was truly massive.
As for Xuan Fei Ling, he was not among them.
The Winged Ox clan also had thirteen Martial Saints. Leading them was the old clan leader of the Winged Ox clan, along with two second-level Martial Saints and ten first-level Martial Saints.
Of course, besides the three from Yao Chi Holy Land who retreated from the north, there were also more than ten initial-stage Martial Saint “righteous warriors” who were now facing off against the Martial Saints of the two beast clans.
However, the beast clans’ numbers were far too overwhelming. They came attacking with almost crushing superiority.
Waves of booming sounds continued to ring out. Clusters of brilliant light bloomed, and surges of vast energy erupted across the horizon in Lin Xiao and the others’ line of sight.
“Go provide support!”
Lin Xiao said to the group.
This one-thousand-li radius defence line could be considered the final decisive battlefield. For Martial Saints, the distance was not far.
Especially for those with sixth or seventh-level Martial Saint combat power, a single attack could affect an area of six to seven hundred li, almost reaching each other.
“Swish! Swish! Swish!”
Lin Xiao and the others quickly flew to the northern direction and joined the battle. The two beast clans, which had originally been surrounding one opponent or three surrounding one, were immediately disrupted by the twelve from the Yao Nie Sect.