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The battle had been going on for less than half an hour.

However, in this short period of time, the more than twenty Great Luo Golden Immortal level and the hundreds of Golden Immortal level mindless Chaos Beasts that were originally suppressed and sealed by the Nebula City's great formation were all rescued by those intelligent Chaos Beasts in a precise and efficient manner!

These rescued Chaos Beasts still had empty eyes and lacked independent consciousness.

However, the intelligent Chaos Beasts clearly possess some means to influence or command them in a very short time, so that they no longer rush around aimlessly, but begin to consciously gather, move, and even carry out simple cooperative defense.

Faced with a sudden increase in numbers and the emergence of rudimentary tactics, even with her brilliant military strategy, Yue Cijing was ultimately powerless to stop the enemy from achieving its main objective with only 50,000 heavenly soldiers against so many high-level chaos beasts.

Although under her command, the battle formation seized the opportunity and concentrated its fire to kill more than twenty Golden Immortal-level Chaos Beasts, this result was a drop in the ocean compared to the total number of those successfully rescued.

Seeing that all its kin had escaped, the Flame Bull let out a deafening roar. With its huge mouth open, a condensed, gray-black pillar of fire erupted out. It did not attack the enemy, but instead burned a huge spatial gate connecting a distant stronghold on the side of the battlefield!

"Mission accomplished! All personnel, retreat!" The roar of the Flame Bull carried an undeniable authority.

Immediately afterwards, the already blazing gray-black flames around it suddenly surged, turning into a vast sea of ​​fire. This was not for killing, but purely to create chaos and obstruction, temporarily completely obscuring the offensive and pursuit routes of the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden and her 100,000 heavenly soldiers!

The two Great Luo Golden Immortal Chaos Beasts, who were already badly injured from fighting alongside the Flame Ox against the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, did not hesitate to immediately withdraw from the battle and rush towards the battlefield below where they were entangled with the Moon Repentance Mirror Department.

With their overwhelming strength, they forcibly cleared the way, assisting other intelligent Chaos Beasts in herding the vast number of rescued, mindless kin into the spatial gate in a swift and orderly manner, much like herding a flock of sheep.

After all the Chaos Beasts had disappeared into the gate, only the Flame Bull, whose aura had been significantly weakened after being almost torn apart by the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden's spear light, remained to cover the rear alone.

A near-mad decisiveness flashed in its single remaining eye.

"You want to keep me here? You are not qualified!" The Flame Bull roared, a mixture of pain and arrogance.

The next moment, it did something that made all the heavenly soldiers and generals shrink in shock—it actually tore its own tattered and enormous body in half!

Half of its body remained in place, still burning with inextinguishable chaotic black flames, while the other, relatively intact half rapidly flew backward toward the spatial gate.

The half of the body that remained in place resembled a chaotic furnace ignited to its limit, emanating a destructive aura that sent chills down one's spine, and it expanded rapidly!

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden's expression turned cold, and she shouted, "Scatter! Defend with all your might!"

She and Yue Cijing activated their battle formation almost simultaneously. The 150,000 well-trained heavenly soldiers instantly dispersed into smaller units, spreading out rapidly in all directions like a receding tide, while simultaneously erecting layers of defensive immortal light and formations.

"Hahaha... All of you, turn to ashes!!!"

Amidst the Flame Bull's maniacal laughter, filled with vengeful glee—

boom!!!!!!!!!

The remains of that half-quasi-saint level Chaos Beast exploded with a bang!

An indescribable burst of destructive energy erupted instantly, engulfing everything within a radius of thousands of miles!

Space shattered like fragile glass, and a terrifying void hole with a diameter of over a hundred miles and constantly twisting and tearing edges appeared at the center of the explosion!

Chaotic spatial turbulence, like a black tide, surged wildly out of the cave, tearing and annihilating everything around it.

Under the cover of the terrifying energy turbulence and spatial collapse created by the self-destruction, the Flame Bull, with only half of its body remaining and its aura plummeting, successfully escaped into the spatial gate.

The moment it disappeared, the portal slammed shut, completely cutting off any possibility of pursuit.

The intense light gradually faded, leaving only the shocking void in the center of the battlefield and the lingering aura of destruction permeating the world.

The enemy achieved its main objective and... escaped almost unscathed.

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden stood in mid-air, her silver armor trembling slightly in the aftershocks of energy. She gazed at the slowly expanding hole in the void, her expression as solemn as iron.

These intelligent Chaos Beasts are far more difficult to deal with than those traitorous rabble.

Their superior strength is only one aspect; what's even more terrifying is their clear tactical objectives, efficient execution capabilities, and...

This is a near-ruthless decisiveness that allows even quasi-saint level beings to sacrifice part of their essence in order to achieve strategic goals.

This kind of behavior has almost never been seen in traitors of the past.

"My Lady of the Mysterious Goddess..." Yue Cijing flew to the side of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Goddess, kneeling on one knee in mid-air, her face full of guilt and self-reproach: "This humble general failed in commanding the troops, allowing the enemy to succeed and the seal to be broken... Please punish me, My Lady of the Mysterious Goddess!"

In her view, the root cause of the defeat was her failure to defend the formation, which allowed the enemy to rescue a large number of high-level Chaos Beasts.

If she were more capable and her command more skillful, perhaps this could have been avoided.

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden withdrew her gaze, looked at Yue Cijing kneeling before her, shook her head, and said in a calm but authoritative voice: "In this battle, the enemy had been planning for a long time, launched a sudden attack, and had a Quasi-Saint personally overseeing the battle. It is neither a fault of the battle nor your fault. Rise."

She was not heartless. The attack was too sudden, and even though they had received advance warning, troop deployment and cross-regional support took time.

Yue Cijing has done an excellent job in responding to the attack in such a short time and forcing the enemy to the point where they had to self-destruct to save themselves.

Upon hearing this, Yue Cijing felt somewhat relieved, but doubts arose again: "Lady Xuan Nu, there is something I don't understand... Why did you lead your troops to reinforce us so quickly? Was it... that you were prepared in advance?"

Mobilizing 100,000 heavenly soldiers for battle is by no means an easy task.

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden arrived far too quickly, far beyond reason.

After a moment's thought, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden did not hide anything: "Qin Le had already infiltrated their lair and learned of their complete plan. Therefore, His Majesty the Jade Emperor and I were able to seize the initiative and make advance arrangements."

"Qin Le?!" Yue Cijing's eyes widened in shock.

He actually infiltrated the lair of the intelligent Chaos Beast all by himself?

And they even managed to steal the operation plan?

How...how did he do that?

How did they find the nest?

Countless questions flooded her mind, but Yue Cijing knew that this matter involved confidential information and that it was inconvenient for her to ask too many questions.

As for Qin Le's safety...

Thinking about that kid's comprehension of the Great Dao of Time and Space, and the goddess Nuwa standing behind him, Yue Cijing suddenly felt that she might be worrying for nothing.

The ones who should be worried are probably the Chaos Beasts.

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden said no more, her gaze sweeping over the slightly chaotic battlefield below, now disrupted by the broken formation. She ordered, "Repair the formation immediately and stabilize this space. Then, organize the army and proceed to the next defensive line."

"This subordinate obeys!" Yue Cijing replied solemnly.

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden nodded slightly, her figure drifting towards the slowly expanding void hole.

With a gentle lift of her jade hand, a vast and boundless stream of immortal power surged forth, transforming into countless dazzling chains of order that began to repair and soothe the spatial damage caused by the self-destruction of the Flame Bull.

Although the Heavenly Dao possesses the ability to self-repair, its speed is too slow. Her personal intervention can shorten this repair process.

More than half an hour later, the void rift was finally completely healed, and the chaotic spatial fluctuations gradually subsided.

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden withdrew her immortal power and did not linger. She raised her hand and opened a stable spatial gate, leading her 100,000 heavenly soldiers. They transformed into a silver torrent, disappeared into the gate, and vanished.

Yue Cijing then led his 50,000 troops to begin repairing the giant sealing formation on the Nebula City battlefield, where many key elements had been damaged.

The high-level Chaos Beasts in the core area have been rescued, greatly reducing the pressure on the battlefield. Once repairs are complete, she will need to lead her troops to other front lines that require more manpower.

Meanwhile, inside that hidden palace.

When Qin Le passed through the space-time interlayer and saw the Flame Bull, which was almost half-dead, with its aura weakened and staggering back, as well as the other intelligent Chaos Beasts, all of whom were more or less injured, a clear look of surprise flashed across his eyes.

Their plight far exceeded his expectations.

The fighting power of the heavenly soldiers led by the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, or rather, the strength of the Heavenly Realm's hasty counterattack, was stronger than he had anticipated.

Looking at the quasi-saint level Flame Bull, barely alive and with its strength probably reduced to less than one-tenth, an extremely bold, even somewhat insane, thought suddenly ignited in Qin Le's heart like wildfire—

opportunity!

Should we... strike while the iron is hot and kill it?

Taking action now might not guarantee a high success rate.

One-tenth?

Even lower.

After all, even a starved camel is bigger than a horse. A quasi-saint level being, even if severely injured and on the verge of death, is definitely not someone he can confront head-on in his current state.

But... what if?

Once this thought arises, it is difficult to suppress.

Anyway, with the Great Dao of Time and Space protecting him, they can't touch him at all.

The worst outcome would be a failed sneak attack that alerts the enemy, allowing the attacker to escape.

Try?

A glint of excitement flashed deep in Qin Le's dark eyes.