If you were to ask which type of professional is most popular in New Aini, it wouldn't be the warriors charging into battle, nor the noble mages, but rather this group of priests who serve the gods.
There are no gods on the primordial planet, and anyone could become the next god to rule the rules. Therefore, for the priests who are extremely devout to the gods, this is their opportunity.
Whether they wanted to revive the gods on the primordial planet through faith, or they wanted to take this opportunity to become gods themselves, these gods were given the greatest motivation.
For the past thirty years, all the priests in New Aini City have been practicing divine arts with great devotion. Although their numbers are small, they are all very skilled in various divine arts, after all, everyone wants to become a god.
“These dark energies are of a very high level, even ordinary gods cannot withstand them, let alone your divine magic. It’s already very good that they can dispel them to some extent!” Bella comforted her. With the gods gone, the power of divine magic would be weakened, so it was indeed quite good that they could still dispel the dark energy.
"It's a pity that the God of Dawn is no longer here, otherwise he would surely have been able to dispel this dark energy!" Betty said with a hint of regret. As a former priestess of the God of Dawn, she still had some affection for this deity.
“If the God of Dawn were here, your world would not have been destroyed. There are no gods on the Primordial Star, only powerful cultivators. Only you yourself are eternal!” Bella said calmly. To them, even if there were gods, they would be the Ancient Tree of Life and Ye Chen, not those powerful cultivators.
At least in this respect, there is still a significant difference between the Silver Moon Elves and ordinary elves.
“Yes, only oneself is eternal!” Betty murmured. Once the most devout believer in the dawn, she had long since abandoned her faith, and becoming a god was her only pursuit in this life.
Seeing that the situation behind them was alright, Bella and the others didn't waste too much time. The battle ahead was still ongoing, and they didn't have much energy to continue paying attention to what was happening here.
"Caw~~~Caw~~~" The million fire crows that followed did not run around randomly, but stayed around this territory, constantly spitting flames into the darkness, occasionally illuminating the darkness and making people's hearts tremble.
The dark ghouls emerging from the darkness seemed endless. The fighting had been going on for almost two hours, and dark ghouls continued to pour out of the darkness, their numbers showing no sign of decreasing.
"This won't do, we'll die here!" A lord's voice rang out, tinged with tears. Despite the protection of Wang Xinghe and Ye Chen, some lords' territories had still been completely wiped out, and the families they had painstakingly built up were almost gone. If they hadn't acted together, they would have been submerged in the dark tide in an instant.
"Those without combat power, retreat to the center and try to protect them. Then maintain formation and retreat slowly!" Seeing that everyone was really struggling to hold on, Wang Xinghe had no choice but to order a retreat. If this continued, all the freshmen would perish here.
Hearing that they could finally retreat, many people breathed a sigh of relief. Even the few prodigies and lords felt immense pressure in such a war, especially since the appearance of the Dark Predators had caused many casualties among their high-ranking clans.
Their kin are not as easy to raise as the kin of ordinary lords. Even high-ranking races can increase their population through reproduction.
However, for the elite races, they either have a growth cycle of hundreds of millions of years like dragons, or they are races like angels that cannot reproduce, so population growth is very slow. The death or injury of each member of their kin is an immeasurable loss for the lord.
Upon hearing Wang Xinghe's order to retreat, Ye Chen frowned slightly but said nothing. Given his strength, he hadn't even made a real move yet, so going back like this would be a wasted trip.
However, he could also see that these new lords were indeed finding it difficult to persevere, and the trip had at least achieved its purpose of training Cecilia and Harold, so it wasn't entirely fruitless.
"Escaping from this situation won't be easy!" Ye Chen thought with a frown, staring at the dark creatures relentlessly pursuing him from behind.
The fact that everyone's territory is connected means that everyone must act together. If even one person's actions are inconsistent, an endless stream of dark creatures awaits him.
Such a speed is less about evacuating from the attack of dark creatures and more about luring more of them away, making escape even more difficult.
Wang Xinghe was clearly aware of this situation. Swarms of harpies flew out of their territory, blocking the path between the many new lords and dark creatures, giving everyone a brief respite.
"I'll cover the rear. You all leave quickly and return to our original base. Remember not to scatter and protect the lords who have suffered more injuries!" Wang Xinghe shouted loudly. The territory had even stopped retreating and was blocking the pursuit of the dark creatures for everyone.
"Old Wang?" Everyone was stunned. No one expected that this rookie commander, who usually seemed so easy to bully, would cover their retreat under these circumstances.
"Go! Everyone hurry up! Don't waste time here!" Soon, a lord reacted and shouted to the others, while controlling the territory to speed up the departure.
"Yes, yes, yes! Old Wang is buying us time, let's hurry!"
"Those lords who have lost their fighting strength, hurry up! You're no good at fighting, and you're so slow at escaping too. Are you playing games with me?!"
"..."
With someone reminding them, the others also came to their senses and began urging those around them to hurry up, while simultaneously calling back their own clans and controlling their territories to catch up with the main force.
Wang Xinghe's harpies were not weak. Even though they mobilized tens of millions of them, their strength was still formidable. Each of them was basically at least Tier 3, which temporarily held off the dark creatures that were scattered throughout the entire star field.
Ye Chen could tell that this situation was only temporary. Tier 3 creatures were not strong enough to stay out of the air for long and fight in the starry sky. Soon, these harpies had to retreat to rest, and only those of Tier 4 and above could continue to fight.
Harpies are not a powerful high-level race, and they are not even a truly intelligent race. Although their growth ceiling is not low, it is not easy for them to reach the fourth rank. Without the advantage of numbers, these harpies will find it difficult to complete the task of covering the rear.
"Sigh... Send out two million fire crows to support him!" Ye Chen sighed and said. Immediately, a large number of fire crows flew out from the Primordial Star, following behind the harpy and swooping down on the group of dark creatures.
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