Xu Qing was shocked by what he was seeing. Even in the short time he had been observing, he had seen many people die. Human cultivators lost their lives in a very gruish fashion. Despite being far from any enemies, they would suddenly be slashed to pieces by unseen blades. Then, after dying, they mutated into mindless mutant beasts. Hoarse shouts and bloodcurdling screams mixed with the sounds of self-detonations and the thrum of magical devices. Taking in the scene as a whole, it didn’t seem like the forces of Sea-Sealing County could possibly launch a counteroffensive. They could only mount a defense.9

Sea-Sealing County originally had thirteen prefectures, but lost three at the very beginning. Injustice and Emperor-Receiving weren’t participating from the beginning. That means we had the power of eight prefectures. And I remember that, at the beginning of the conflict, we had eight battalions!3

Suppressing his shock at what he was seeing, he quickly analyzed the situation.0

There’s no specific strategy being forced on everyone. The forces from the different prefectures all have their own...0