At this moment, the Demon Emperor had his eyes on him, and the first opportunity would undoubtedly trigger an attack.

In this situation, it would be wise for him to stay low-key. After all, having already killed the Four Great Demon Kings before, he had more than repaid any gratitude owed to the Celestial Travel Sect, even surpassed it.

Shen Wang took it easy, dealing with the numerous fierce beasts. Their numbers were too many, posing the greatest threat to lower-level cultivators and ordinary people.

He transformed grass and wood into sharp blades, launching a sudden attack, or entangling fierce beasts to reduce enemy numbers.

Shen Chuxue's Ice Magic could similarly attack in an area, the freezing powers significantly slowing the beasts' movements, with the formed ice walls creating new defenses.

The father and daughter cooperated, reducing casualties around them significantly, attracting many people to gather around.

As more people gathered, the stronger their combined force became, gradually stabilizing the situation. The entire group instead stabilized amidst the beast tide.

Seeing this situation, Yun Lingshu and the others like Cyan Wind Zhenren followed suit.

They did not join Shen Wang; worried the Demon Emperor might attack, they feared that gathering everyone together would result in more deaths.

At the rear of the demon beast army, the White Tiger Emperor was secretly observing Shen Wang, murderous intent filling his fierce tiger eyes.

Because of this person, he had previously been embarrassed in front of the demons. Without relieving this anger, he couldn't sleep.

He thought for a moment, shrank his body like a cat, and crouched among the bushes, waiting for an opportunity.

Even though everyone was huddling for warmth, the casualties continued. Cyan Wind Zhenren observed the change in numbers amid defense.

The three lines of defense covered by Celestial Cloud Sect shrank from large to small, becoming extremely limited when they reached the Main Vein, with resources already reduced to a critically scarce level.

In this situation, the Main Vein could not support much of a population; only the elite among elites could remain.

"We need to decrease further, only allowing ten percent to enter the Main Vein."

Cyan Wind Zhenren thought cautiously, but the evolving situation no longer allowed him to awe these people.

The second line of defense was already riddled with holes; birds and beasts flooded in, cutting through the crowd, forming clusters centered on Golden Core Zhenrens.

Each group was like an isolated island, the outer people quickly falling, and as the retreat path filled with aliens, withdrawing became difficult.

Life was as insignificant as grass, collapsing wave after wave. Ordinary people became food for the creatures. The roars of demon beasts and the death of fellow humans pushed many into collapse.

In such fierce combat, even Golden Core Zhenrens became exhausted, mana severely depleted, especially as Demon Kings focused on them, and people around them died quickly, leading Great Demons to start attacking them.

Liusong Zhenren faced such a situation.

Whoosh!

The Thunder Falcon turned into a flash of lightning, broke through the defense, and suddenly landed in front of him, shattering his Defensive Treasure with a crack.

"Not good!"

Crackle! Bang!

A bolt of lightning released from the Thunder Falcon struck him.

"Ah!"

Liusong Zhenren screamed miserably, his entire body charred and twitching, trying to seek aid.

Thud!

His head was instantly pierced by the Wind and Thunder Power of the Thunder Falcon, eyes wide, reaching out for help, and finally fell straight down.

"Senior Brother!"

Cyan Wind Zhenren exclaimed, wanting to help but was too late; the Thunder Falcon was too fast, even surpassing his Flying Sword.

The Thunder Falcon landed on Elder Liusong's corpse, swiping its claws to pluck out a Golden Core, swallowing it in one gulp.

With no Golden Core Zhenrens in charge, others retreated in fear, instantly scattered by the demon beasts and subsequently overwhelmed.

In the end, only a few Foundation Establishment Cultivators escaped, running to other teams to barely survive.

"Damn it!"

Seeing his Senior Brother killed, he angrily wielded his Flying Sword to attack the Thunder Falcon, which effortlessly dodged and then settled on a distant tree, its gaze coldly moving to Yun Lingshu.

This sent chills through Yun Lingshu, knowing she was not stronger than her recently deceased Martial Uncle. If it attacked her, she would be in grave danger.

She hurriedly activated several Talismans, ready for battle.

The Thunder Falcon did not rush to attack, quietly observing from afar, waiting for a chance to deliver a fatal blow.

"Master, we must retreat. The Demon Kings here are increasing, and soon it'll be difficult to leave!"

Yun Lingshu communicated with Cyan Wind Zhenren.

"Bring your people and regroup with me, and we'll leave!"

Cyan Wind Zhenren responded, despite his higher cultivation, still wary of the speed of the Thunder Falcon akin to wind and thunder.

Yun Lingshu immediately notified fellow sect cultivators, a group of them abandoning ordinary people and flying up to join Cyan Wind Zhenren and the others.

"Lingshu Zhenren, don't abandon us!"

People around immediately panicked, crying for help.

Yun Lingshu felt a bit reluctant but still left without looking back, abandoning others to join Cyan Wind Zhenren and the others in the air.

They were from the Xun Vein, cultivating Wind Attribute Magic, making them very fast, easily shaking off most demon beasts.

The key was that they had already planned the retreat route, with arrays assisting at their exit, making the departure very smooth.

In a blink, the Xun Vein's cultivators retreated first, without notifying anyone in advance.

Shen Wang had always been waiting for this moment and said, "They've retreated; we shall leave too!"

These words brought panic to everyone.

But Shen Wang did not fly away independently, instead retreating along the ground towards the Main Vein.

He feared nothing from Demon Kings, and the Wood Element Magic suited ground movement, allowing him to utilize the power of plants along the way, so there was no need to fly.

After all, running like this wasn't safe either.

He glanced at the direction Yun Lingshu and the others fled, and a group of birds of prey was already in pursuit. Any slower cultivators would quickly be caught up.

Han Wan'Er worriedly asked, "Shouldn't we follow?"

"They didn't tell me in advance, so why follow?"

Shen Wang's face showed a ridiculing expression, "They intend to use us as a rear guard."

Han Wan'Er showed a bitter smile, remaining silent.

She felt the pain of abandonment, suddenly realizing how cruel she was when she abandoned her daughter to leave with Shen Wang years ago.

Her heart filled with guilt, she instinctively followed Shen Chuxue.

She wanted to survive, to personally apologize to her daughter.

Shen Wang pressed his hand against the ground, a circle of green light spread, causing the vegetation to grow wildly and slaughter the nearby fierce beasts.

Shen Chuxue formed a seal, the cold spreading, gathering large ice spikes that descended from the sky, striking the retreat direction.

Whether birds of prey or walking beasts, they were indiscriminately attacked, suffering heavy casualties, creating an immediate retreat path.

The crowd seized the opportunity to cross, desperately retreating.

Other groups also desperately converged toward them, temporarily swelling the crowd.

The Thunder Falcon glanced at Shen Wang, thought about those who had died, transformed into lightning, and chased the fleeing people, still avoiding Shen Wang.

Not only it, but other Demon Kings also did not attack Shen Wang and his seemingly weak group.

Because not long ago, this man too seemed weak but slew three Demon Kings in one stroke, his powerful magic and Divine Techniques instilling fear.

Having no personal vendetta with him, they saw no need to take the risk.

They simply ordered their ordinary fierce beasts and Little Demons to keep attacking. Unless Shen Wang posed no threat at all, they wouldn't attack rashly.

Many were astonished to find that the supposedly abandoned Shen Wang and his group were able to retreat smoothly within the demon beast army, with no formidable foe blocking them.

"Hehe, Father, your deterrence is quite strong."

Shen Chuxue joked secretly, seeing how the Demon Kings didn't attack them but rather pursued Yun Lingshu and her group.

Isn't it just that they are afraid of Shen Wang?

"It seems it wasn't in vain earlier to exhaust so much energy, killing three Demon Kings in one go. Though being targeted by the Demon Emperor, at least it deterred them."

Shen Wang felt relieved, as it was for the best not having to expend his essence on big moves.

Because he felt it wasn't worth it.

Cyan Wind Zhenren's abandonment of them and fleeing had left him quite displeased; at this moment, he felt disinclined to assist.

Since these people never considered him part of them, why should he waste effort to help them?

Glancing at the surrounding people, who were all abandoned, he thought he might as well help, having no need to escape alone.

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