Let's trace the origins back to the mainland.
Shang Xiye, along with Xue Bingling and her brother Xue Bingsi, arrived at the edge of the Monster Forest, near the Demon Army's encampment.
They lay in ambush in the dense forest, concealing their presence and using the thick foliage as cover.
Even though she knew that the low-level magical beasts that were leading the charge wouldn't be able to spot them, Shang Xiye was still taken aback by the massive army of magical beasts in front of her, so densely packed and of all kinds, stretching as far as the eye could see, as if the entire world behind them was them!
That's right, there are quite a few monsters deep in the Monster Forest, and the area is indeed quite large.
But compared to this boundless army of monsters, even a ratio of one in a thousand would be optimistic.
The disparity in numbers is simply too great; how can this battle be fought?!
Even with Shang Xiye's excellent self-control, he couldn't help but want to give that ridiculous random teleportation array the middle finger.
It would be better to just hang him in the middle of the formation. Why bother sending him into this doomed situation?
Shang Xiye led Xue Bingsi and Xue Bingling around the encirclement of the beast army for two more days, covering almost half of the entire encirclement. But no matter where they looked, the beast army was a dense, dark mass that stretched as far as the eye could see.
They seemed to be waiting for something, advancing no more than five miles into the Monster Forest each day.
Relying on the Sky-Covering Stone he possessed, Shang Xiye set up a concealment array around himself and almost walked up to the demon beast legion to investigate.
He discovered that the reason why black smoke billowed and demonic energy filled the air behind these monster legions was because...
It's because the monsters further back are devouring the lower-level monsters in front of them. They are advancing and rapidly increasing their strength as they march forward!
The disparity in numbers, coupled with the overwhelming advantage in strength...
Shang Xiye's chances of winning this battle had dropped to almost zero!
In the battles of the cultivation world, even with wings and the ability to burrow underground, escape is nearly impossible. It seems he might truly die here this time.
Xue Bingsi and Xue Bingling, however, still held onto a sliver of hope.
Even though they knew Shang Xiye looked unwell, they persisted in asking, "Well, Young Master Shang, do you have a plan?"
"Two choices," Shang Xiye said calmly, looking at Xue Bingsi and Xue Bingling, the siblings.
"Young Master Shang, please speak."
"What choice?"
Xue Bingling and Xue Bingsi said in unison.
"First, bring out all your rare and precious materials, spiritual plants and medicinal herbs. I will help all of you below the second rank of great demon to increase your strength by two major levels, and then you will be able to fight against a hundred people at once." Shang Xiye's face was cold and his voice was unusually deep. "Second, go back and tell your clansmen and other demon beast clans that before the demon beast army launches its general offensive, each of you should dig a hole, bury yourselves, and strive for reincarnation."
Xue Bingling: "..."
Yukihana Tsukasa: "..."
The three of them walked back for quite a while before Xue Bingsi finally chuckled awkwardly, "Hehe, Young Master Shang is so humorous, your lame jokes are really funny!"
Shang Xiye ignored him. Since boosting morale wouldn't solve the problem, he never gave people unrealistic hopes or promises.
In dire straits, it is far better to prepare for the worst than to be blindly confident.
Seeing Shang Xiye's attitude, Xue Bingling's last glimmer of hope slowly faded away.
Upon returning to her clan, she truthfully recounted what she had witnessed on her two occasions to her father, Xue Moqian, and the clan elders.
"As expected... this is all expected." Xue Moqian's usual relaxed smile finally disappeared, and his body, leaning on his staff, seemed even more hunched over in an instant.
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