By the time the Nine Kingdoms Alliance reacted, the four major markets had already been besieged by the demonic forces, and even the Southern Border Immortal City was in the same predicament.
In the end, not knowing what arrangements the Demonic Path had made in the Southern Frontier, they did not act rashly. Instead, they mobilized the forces of the Nine Kingdoms Alliance and launched a large-scale invasion of the Northwest, appearing to have taken over the Demonic Path's stronghold and aiming to relieve the siege of Wei by attacking Zhao.
However, compared to this, the virgin land of the Southern Frontier seems to offer greater benefits. From the perspective of the Northwest Demonic Path, what difference would it make if the Nine Kingdoms Alliance invaded the Northwest? Could they still cultivate in the Demon Cave?
Therefore, the Northwest Demonic Cult ignored it and focused on sending disciples to explore the secret lands, while its main army went out to the Southern Frontier, only symbolically organizing forces in the Northwest to block them, hoping to delay for as long as possible.
The Nine Kingdoms Alliance seemed to have no other choice, fearing that sending reinforcements rashly would only lead them into the Demonic Path's trap. After all, the four major markets were advancing steadily, seemingly holding back their own trump cards, waiting to deal with the Nine Kingdoms Alliance's reinforcements.
Thus, the Nine Kingdoms Alliance appeared to have abandoned the Southern Frontier, focusing instead on destroying the demonic stronghold and unifying the Southern Continent.
However, this was only a facade; in reality, there were other plans in the shadows, and a major counterattack was already in the works.
This matter relates to the evacuation plan that Lin Xiuyuan participated in in Beihefang City.
The official message spread to the outside world was that they were arranging for the seeds and the evacuation of their disciples. However, internally, the story was that Patriarch Jiang was severely injured and intended to use this opportunity to escape Beihe Market, having his spies spread this message…
In fact, two Nascent Soul elders from the Kuncang Sect have already quietly entered the Southern Frontier.
To make the charade convincing, Jin Haizong meticulously planned an evacuation, which explains why Lin Xiuyuan and his companions later encountered the demonic cultivators' ambush and the Golden Core cultivators.
The Yinmo Sect and the Hehuan Sect have laid a trap around Beihefang City, intending to kill Ancestor Jiang in one fell swoop.
But later it became obvious that the whole thing was a ruse, and that Old Ancestor Jiang's injuries had already been healed thanks to rare spiritual items.
Taking advantage of the two sects' forces being dispersed, Patriarch Jiang feigned weakness, luring the two demonic patriarchs to pursue him relentlessly. In the end, he was ambushed by the two Kuncang Sect patriarchs, resulting in one of the two demonic patriarchs escaping and the other being seriously injured. This completely resolved the crisis in Beihe Market and slaughtered many demonic cultivators in one fell swoop.
Thus, the three Nascent Soul elders rushed to the aid of other markets overnight, catching the other demonic cultivators besieging the markets off guard and killing countless enemies.
Meanwhile, the Nine Kingdoms Alliance dispatched a large army into the southern border, forming a pincer movement that quickly shattered the demonic forces.
They weren't idle even in the northwest, leaving behind considerable forces to continue their conquests.
It was a resounding victory, severely damaging the momentum of the Northwest Demonic Path and forcing them to retreat to the west, leaving behind countless corpses. It is said that nearly a hundred Golden Core cultivators were killed or wounded...
"It seems that only the three of us survived the evacuation plan? So many disciples of Golden Core cultivators, so many prodigies of the Golden Sea Sect..."
Chang Feng was taken aback, and said with a grim expression.
The truth is now clear: in the original evacuation plan, everyone was just a sacrifice, everyone was used as a decoy...
Lin Xiuyuan's expression was gloomy, as if it could drip water.
"So, all my efforts were for nothing? If I had stayed in Beihefang City from the beginning, everything would have been fine?"
"Liao Cai'er won't be forced to join the demonic path, and Elder Qin won't die... I won't have to struggle and suffer in the Southern Frontier for nearly two years before I can get out of this situation?"
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