As Shen Yingxue completed her tribulation, most of the Sky-Slaying race on the battlefield had been annihilated.
She left contentedly, carrying her zither. Empress Wanhua's clone could not exist for too long, so she could only kill one at the eighth realm.
However, this was enough for them. Calculating this way, they had directly killed two eighth-realm beings, four seventh-realm beings, and countless others of the Sky-Slaying race...
They had to retreat. After a fierce battle, everyone had almost lost their combat ability.
Slaying Immortals was no easy feat; they had all given their all.
But the mercenaries who had charged in with them were still exhilarated, as if they had drunk two jin of chicken blood, shouting furiously.
Originally, they were shouting, "Long live humanity! Humanity is invincible!"
Now it had turned into, "Ice Sword is invincible!"
As the leader, Luo Xiaowei was still a spiritual leader in the eyes of these mercenaries.
He stood on the back of the Ice Phoenix and loudly called out to the mercenaries who had followed them into battle, "This is our first victory in a proactive strike, but it's not safe here. Shall we go back and celebrate?"
Everyone cheered!
Then, the giant Ice Phoenix, carrying a group of scarred young people, followed by a vast army of mercenaries, crossed Mount Shiyue and returned to the human safety zone.
In stark contrast to Luo Xiaowei and his group, the battle at Mount Wuyun, initiated by the Cultivator Alliance, presented a completely different scene. Let alone slaying Immortals, not even a seventh-realm Sky-Slaying race member had died.
The Mahayana stage cultivators on the human side also cherished their lives, and even when holding an advantage, they dared not pursue.
What's more, this time they were at a complete disadvantage.
Wu Yuan looked at the defeated Alliance army and felt heartbroken for a moment. He roared, "Retreat! Retreat!"
All the cultivators fled in a sorry state. The pursuing Sky-Slaying race army then massacred the fleeing troops again.
In this great battle, the Cultivator Alliance directly lost over seventy thousand cultivators of the Golden Core stage and above, while they only killed about twenty thousand Sky-Slaying race members.
Under normal circumstances, even if they were worse, they wouldn't have been this bad. The main reason was their overconfidence.
They had factored the Ice Sword Mercenary Group into their combat strength system, naively believing that these geniuses would act according to their expectations.
This led to an imbalance in combat power and resulted in one of the few crushing defeats in the human-Sky-Slaying race war over the years.
"Damn it! Why didn't they come? They kept saying they were fighting for humanity, but they're a bunch of cowardly deserters!"
"Unbelievable! We must demand an explanation from them!"
"The Ice Sword Mercenary Group must bear the primary responsibility for this defeat!"
"......"
The big shots of the Cultivator Alliance, one after another, furiously denounced the Ice Sword Mercenary Group.
After all, the responsibility was definitely not theirs. They seemed to have forgotten that the Ice Sword Mercenary Group had never said they would participate in the battle at Mount Wuyun.
Moreover, mercenaries were never under the control of the Cultivator Alliance, and they had no reason to forcibly demand their participation.
Wu Yuan's face was also ashen. At this moment, he truly hated the Ice Sword Mercenary Group.
He knew that the primary responsibility for this defeat lay with himself; he had trusted his judgment too much, thinking that a few words would be enough for Luo Xiaowei and his group to arrive and participate in the battle.
It was precisely due to his misjudgment that all this had happened.
Originally, their prestige had dropped significantly after being invaded by the Sky-Slaying race. They had hoped to turn public opinion around with this victory, but who would have thought it would be such a crushing defeat!
"I'll go find Luo Xiaowei and the others..."
However, before he could leave, someone rushed in, shouting excitedly, "Victory report, victory report!"
"Alliance Leader! A victory report! The Ice Sword Mercenary Group crossed Mount Shiyue and launched an attack on the stronghold of the Sky-Slaying race, killing four seventh-realm Sky-Slaying race members, two eighth-realm members, and nearly fifty thousand Sky-Slaying race members of other realms!"
Everyone was shocked, doubting if they had heard correctly.
"Wait, say that again, I might have misheard..."
"The Ice Sword Mercenary Group crossed Mount Shiyue and launched an attack on the stronghold of the Sky-Slaying race, killing four seventh-realm Sky-Slaying race members, two eighth-realm members, and nearly fifty thousand Sky-Slaying race members of other realms!"
A torrent of words entered their ears, and everyone looked incredulous.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
"We're not in the mood to mess around with you!"
"Listen to yourself, does that make any sense?"
"......"
The reporting cultivator aggrievedly took out an image crystal ball and said, "What I said is all true! Someone recorded it with an image crystal on Mount Shiyue at the time!"
Everyone's faces turned grim as they took the image crystal and injected spirit energy into it.
As a result, they saw scenes that would be unforgettable for the rest of their lives!
The members of the Ice Sword Mercenary Group were clearly divided. A single Nascent Soul stage cultivator could kill a seventh-realm Sky-Slaying race member.
Furthermore, each of them possessed immortal artifacts and knew immortal techniques.
Their immortal artifacts had self-generated artifact spirits, allowing them to fully unleash the power of the immortal artifacts.
First, four people ganged up on Babali, then the remaining people cleaned up the seventh-realm members, and finally, they all ganged up!
In this scene, no one was the absolute protagonist; you would find that everyone played an important role.
Then, their group of Nascent Soul stage cultivators actually beat Babali to death!
It seemed so simple, but several immortal techniques erupted during the process.
So, it seemed somewhat reasonable that they killed Babali.
Reasonable, but absurd.
Then, a more terrifying scene unfolded: the aura of an Immortal Emperor erupted. A mere clone of Empress Wanhua forced an eighth-realm Sky-Slaying race member to the point where they dared not even make eye contact and fled directly.
"They do have an Immortal Emperor behind them..."
"That's not the point. The point is... they are only at the Nascent Soul stage, yet they can slay Immortals..."
Wu Yuan's face turned extremely pale. If there was anyone to blame before, there was no longer any opportunity to do so.
The Ice Sword Mercenary Group, a small mercenary group, led a mob of undisciplined fighters deep into enemy territory and beat the opponents until they were fleeing in disarray.
At this moment, another cultivator rushed in frantically.
"Alliance Leader! Alliance Leader, something has happened! The Ice Sword Mercenary Group has announced the formation of a Mercenary Alliance to unify the command of all mercenaries for combat..."