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Nearly a thousand Heavenly Immortal Asuras tightly encircled the Crystal Clan, and Yue Jun, along with the Myriad Beasts Sect’s disciples, were stationed specifically to prevent Jing Gao from making a desperate move.
"Third Uncle, Third Uncle, support from our clan has arrived," Jing Wenshu said with a hint of joy.
The Crystal Clan’s support did arrive, but it wasn’t the hundred elite Heavenly Immortals Jing Gao had hoped for; instead, it was seven or eight heavily injured individuals.
"What happened?" Jing Gao exclaimed angrily. Did this Divine Son of the Asura dare to strike at his own people, not fearing my counterattack at death’s door? The True Demon Clan is watching eagerly outside!
"Jing Gao, we encountered the True Demon Clan; everyone else is dead!" The leading old Heavenly Immortal barely finished speaking before falling unconscious.
The ambush of the Crystal Clan’s reinforcements stemmed from the earlier attack on Moya’s army.
Moya’s guess was correct: the routed soldiers had indeed been setting up ambushes along the way. Too afraid to engage in a direct confrontation, they only laid some traps.
These traps had little effect on Heavenly Immortals but posed a great danger to True Immortals. Within just a few days, they caused hundreds of casualties among the True Immortals, much to Moya’s distress.
To minimize losses, Moya ordered his commanders to organize several squads, each consisting of a hundred Heavenly Immortals, to scout ahead.
The True Demon Clan was powerful. The remaining routed soldiers, seeing that their efforts were futile, could only hastily abandon a few corpses and depart.
Although the ambushes were gone, Moya did not disband these scouting teams but instead kept them active.
Then, scouts from the True Demon Clan unexpectedly encountered the Crystal Clan’s support team. If not for the immense strength of the leading old Crystal Clan Heavenly Immortal, it’s likely that not one of the hundred would have survived.
"It seems Brother Jing’s clan members are truly unlucky," Chen Jiuge remarked calmly, appearing at the valley entrance.
A flicker of dissatisfaction crossed Jing Gao’s eyes as he said calmly, "Divine Son, my Crystal Clan is outmatched. I fear we must withdraw from the valley first."
"Okay, good," Chen Jiuge agreed readily.
"What?" Jing Gao said, incredulous. He just agreed like that?
"I said okay," Chen Jiuge repeated.
"I hope, Divine Son, you won’t regret this." Jing Gao departed, flicking his sleeves.
"Brother Chen, is it really appropriate to drive the Crystal Clan away now?" Mo Yu asked worriedly.
"Are you worried about the True Demon Clan outside?"
"Find an opportunity to leak the Crystal Clan’s withdrawal location to the True Demon Clan outside. I imagine Brother Jing won’t just sit back and await his doom."
Mo Yu’s small mouth fell slightly agape, her disbelief apparent.
"Taking the benefits and then bolting? Where in the world does such a thing happen!" Chen Jiuge scoffed.
Just a mere Crystal Clan. Even Yaksha Jing hasn’t uttered a word, and the Yaksha Clan members under him aren’t causing trouble with my subordinates. Your appetite is quite something, Jing Gao. Taking a Law Crystal wasn’t enough; you still want more. If I don’t eliminate you, what right do I have to be called a Divine Son?
Jing Gao moved quickly; the entire Crystal Clan completed their withdrawal in just two hours.
Knowing that Chen Jiuge’s Little Black possessed strong scouting capabilities, Jing Gao had specifically instructed the Heavenly Immortals arriving as reinforcements to bring a powerful concealment Array, precisely to prevent this kind of situation.
Only, Jing Gao did not know just how formidable Chen Jiuge’s ability to nurture Spiritual Beasts truly was.
Little Black silently lurked within Jing Gao’s shadow, completely undetected even by Jing Gao, a powerful expert in the Heavenly Immortal Realm.
Relying on the Great Array’s concealment, Jing Gao turned and cast a cold glance back at the valley hidden within the Array.
I’d like to see just how long you can hold out without my Crystal Clan’s assistance!
Merely a few hours after their departure, Jing Wenshu, whom Jing Gao had sent ahead to scout, returned with an expression of utter terror.
"Third Uncle, Third Uncle, this is bad! There’s a large army of the True Demon Clan up ahead!"