The slaughter intensified. Though the Holytides advanced with deadly momentum, the golden net of Sea-Sealing County bolstered the troops, and the countless magical devices thrummed, providing cover for the orderly retreat of the battalions.3

Large numbers of cultivators gathered in the war puppets and then rushed out to provide further support. There were both large puppets and small ones. The smaller varieties were sometimes only a few dozen meters tall, while the larger ones could reach a height of 3,000 meters. All contained a variety of spell formations, and were crewed by cultivators of all types and kinds. In some cases, the crew had less than a hundred people, but in most cases, thousands. The latter were the variety that had been fighting the grim reapers. The cultivators in them linked their cultivation base with the puppet itself, allowing them to unleash battle prowess similar to the Spirit Trove level. Looking around the battlefield as a whole, there were tens of thousands of puppets both large and small.7

Because of that, the human battalions maintained order as they fell back and went through the golden net into safety.1

Meanwhile, Emperor Redspirit faced off with Palace Lord Kong.0

“Kong Liangxiu,” the emperor said in a voice that thrummed with heavenly might, “the scope of the conflict surpasses your little county here. The Nightshades are already...2