A Druid Also Can Cultivate

Chapter 649 - 498: Desperation and Breaking the Deadlock

In the Foundation Establishment-level battlefield, with just a single encounter, countless members of the Demon Race fell into oblivion amidst the dancing sword lights and raging magic, transforming into dismembered limbs and a rain of blood on the spot.

On the Human Race side, apart from a few who fell under extremely unexpected conditions, there were no further casualties.

As the war persisted, this disparity became increasingly evident.

Lacking agility and strategy, the Demon Race’s army was swiftly divided and devoured. Under military tactics devised over years by many Array Masters of the Star Sea World, targeting the unique traits of the Demon Race, the Demon Race’s army could not organize an effective counterforce and could only be split and consumed.

In fact, at the moment the arrays formed, these young prodigies, tempered by blood and fire, possessed overwhelming combat power under the array’s enhancement. The fate of the Demon Race’s army was sealed.

At this stage, the Demon Race army’s only chance lay in swarming attacks. If successful, they could still break through the array by sheer number and individual combat power!

Unfortunately for them, under the grand array’s enhancement, the Human Race under the sub-arrays not only received a significant boost in combat power and defense, but their movement speed was incredibly fast, allowing them to swiftly divide, disengage, and judiciously consume parts of the battlefield.

Under the unpredictable army formations and the crushing power of the outstanding young warriors, the Demon Race’s army began to crumble rapidly from their weak spots, falling like swathes of wheat.

With the continuation of time and the frenzied slaughter, soon over a third had perished!

The center of the battlefield was covered in layer upon layer of corpses, and the blood of various hues pooled in the lowlands, forming a sea, with countless remnants floating on top, a truly shocking sight!

However, at this juncture, the casualties on the Human Race side began to rise.

Some of the Demon Race activated an absolute berserk mode, possessing bloodline connections and amplifications comparable to arrays. Additionally, as the slaughter continued, the consumption on the Human Race’s side also grew increasingly extensive.

Although the arrays could absorb various energies to replenish spiritual power, making up for such high-intensity warfare was difficult in a short time, even with resources being thrown into the arrays.

Furthermore, the intensity of the arrays began to gradually decline due to high consumption. After all, the explosion of power from the array base would also cause wear and tear; the power of arrays is not inexhaustible, and excessive consumption leads to intensity decline, and some points of operation became more easily breached.

Under these circumstances, when the Demon Race had been slaughtered down to half, nearly one-tenth of the Human Race had also fallen.

Although a large portion consisted of older Foundation Establishment cultivators, whose combat power was much weaker than those young prodigies, as their potential had long reached its limit. Even with the enhancement of the Power of Creation, facing such numbers of the Demon Race, there remained an insurmountable disadvantage.

One-tenth casualty rate on their side compared to half casualty rate on the enemy’s side resulted in astounding war achievements!

But everyone knew that the true brutal war was just beginning!

For up to this point, most people were no longer in their prime... the reason why they could slaughter those Demon Race members within a short period was that they used powers that could not be quickly recovered in the short term.

They had already killed many powerful Demon Race entities; if it were an internal war within the Immortal Cultivation Realm, such achievements would suffice to astonish!

But the number of the Demon Race was simply too great! For every Demon Race member slain, more would come charging, no matter how many were killed, there would be more and more coming...one batch after another!

Looking at the Demon Race, the remaining half were mostly tough opponents, and attempting to bite down would certainly break more teeth!

Moreover, the Demon Race commanders were not without brains; they were strategists specifically for commanding Demon Race battles.

Although the war efforts of the Human Race were sufficiently ingenious, with numerous members of the Demon Race perished, they still figured out a bit of the countermeasures...not much technique, just enough soldiers, and strength!

While still insufficient to completely counter, it was no longer as easy to be divided and devoured, and there were now more methods for counterattacking!

With the Demon Race once again performing a retreat at the cost of heavy casualties, regrouping into formation, the battlefield entered a new phase.

In turn, after slaughtering all the remaining harassing Demon Race, the Human Race did not choose to pursue further. Instead, they swiftly retreated, began consuming large quantities of elixirs to recover...while....running!

Indeed, a rather comical scene appeared, with the mother array transferring all enhancements to speed, leading each Human within the sub-array to whip through a gap and disappear from the site of final confrontation.

This transition from resolute, life-and-death combat to fleeing happened in an instant...somewhat absurd!

The Demon Race commanders watching this scene were left dumbfounded, could it really be played this way?

Originally, they were all prepared to employ new tactics to seize these gradually exhausted humans...

The fleeing young prodigies of the Human Race also temporarily breathed a sigh of relief, quickly utilizing elixirs to regain strength and spiritual power.

At this moment, they were not afraid of dying in battle, but feared falling in a state where they could obviously fight, yet due to exhaustion, die in battle and cause the total loss of the war on the Star Sea World’s side...

And such an effect was indeed significant, without the constraints of high-intensity warfare, the spiritual power and strength of these young prodigies began to rapidly restore.

At this moment, they could not help but marvel at the Star Emperor’s genius and embodiment of wisdom, specifically adding a potent escape assisting mechanism to the array...an absolute god for confronting wars of attrition!

Gradually, in a state of strategic retreat and engagement, all Star Sea Warriors finally regained over eighty to ninety percent of their condition...

For the victory in the final battle, after making new strategic deployments and response plans, the Star Sea World side finally reengaged in carnage with the fully reorganized and ready Demon Race!

This time, both sides, prepared and fully displaying divine techniques, erupted in slaughter and combat more brutal than before.

Blood and limbs rained down like torrents in a downpour, accumulating into a thick layer in a short time.

However, this time, the speed of Human Race cultivators falling was notably faster than before, a foreseen and inevitable occurrence; they had already achieved the utmost with existing powers and conditions, how could the Demon Race be so easily dealt with?

Yet worth praising was the fact that the casualties were less than anticipated.....because the potential and talent of these young prodigies were simply too terrifying, continuously triggered under terrifying pressure and aspiration, breaking through the Foundation Establishment level combat power time and time again!

With this breakthrough in combat power, ultimately several individuals emerged who had achieved great success in their learned and inherent talent awakenings, effortlessly slaughtering Demon Race members with casual gestures without expending much effort!

As more and more prodigies completed stronger breakthroughs, the Demon Race commanders ultimately looked on in despair as the Demon Race army under their command was slaughtered to extinction...including themselves!

Yet, even in death, they could not comprehend how, under such considerable numerical and combat power advantage, they still lost!

This Human Race was far more terrifying than any other Human Race they had attacked within the Immortal Cultivation Realm...