The wave of dead souls retreated and the pressure on the cultivators disappeared. Only then did the cultivators there release a lengthy sigh of relief.

“Now is not the time to relax! Hurry up and repair the arrays and broken parts of the wall!” Even as they said that, the Heavenly Immortals within the fortress took action.

Even though the dead souls had retreated, there was still a considerable number of dead souls outside the fortress. Leaving the fortress would be dangerous.

After the danger had passed, a group of cultivators started repairing the fortress wall. Although all the buildings in the City of Dead Souls were capable of repairing itself, its rate of recovery was too slow. Too much time was needed and they did not know when the next wave of dead souls would come.

Out of the 30,000 plus cultivators there, 3,000 had been killed while another 10,000 were injured. Such a serious level of casualty caused the faces of every single cultivator there to turn grim. At this rate, how many of them would be left after just a few more waves?

“Our situation is actually not too bad. The other fortresses took even more damage. Two were, in fact, destroyed by the dead souls. Every living being inside were killed off.” 

Chen Feng’s divine sense spread out to the other fortresses. Each of the fortresses...