Chapter 1041: A Lost Battle (1/2)

Sikong Cuo was clearly skeptical about the truthfulness of Nie Tian’s words.

However, since Nie Tian and his people killing those Demons and Phantasms had actually been in his favor, he didn’t say anything about it.

Of course, he didn’t know that Grand Patriarch Bone Crusher’s target had been Nie Tian and the others at first, and it was through Pei Qiqi that they had communicated with Fan Wen and shifted this ‘trouble’ to Sikong Cuo, causing him heavy losses.

If he knew Nie Tian had set him up, he would have been even more furious.

“Did the Void Spirit Society elder who was traveling with you die too?” Wei Lai asked, frowning.

Sikong Cuo shook his head. “No. We fled in different directions when the Demon starships hit us. Elder Fan Wen got separated from us.

“But considering that she’s well-versed in spatial power, she might have lived.”

Wei Lai nodded slightly. “You’re right. In order to kill spatial power experts, people would have to be several levels higher than them. However, all of the outsider grand monarchs in the Domain of Nether Heaven are otherwise occupied, and don’t have the time to deal with them personally. I suppose the Void Spirit Society has suffered the least casualties this time.”

After picking Sikong Cuo and the other two up, the Heavenly Thunder Sect’s ancient starship set out again.

Meanwhile, pieces of news came successively.

Nie Tian soon learned that the outsiders and crooked human forces that had plagued the Domain of Nether Heaven had retreated upon learning about the arrival of Luo Wanxiang, their vice sectmaster, and Xuan Guangyu from the Void Spirit Society.

All of them had evacuated through their special teleportation portals, including the outsiders and disciples of the Death Curse Sect and Nether Spirit Society.

They all retreated to the same destination: the world beyond the Dead Star Sea.

It wasn’t very long before Wei Lai received word saying that Lu Jiefeng from the Five Elements Sect had had his dharma idol shattered and fleshly body destroyed by the joint efforts of Grand Monarch Dark Nether and the sectmaster of the Nether Spirit Society.

But fortunately, thanks to Xuan Guangyu’s timely arrival, a wisp of his soul had managed to escape.

If he had arrived a bit later, Grand Monarch Dark Nether and the sectmaster of the Nether Spirit Society would have refined that last wisp of Lu Jiefeng’s soul, eliminating his chance at rebirth.

As for Mo Heng and Ji Yuanquan from the Void Spirit Society, they had only been slightly injured during their fights against Grand Monarch Withered Bones and Grand Monarch Blood Axe.

Lu Jiefeng turned out to be the greatest casualty for the humans in this extensive battle.

Aside from him, the three great sects had also lost a number of Void and Saint domain experts, such as Sikong Cuo, Lou Hongyan, and Fang Yuan’s subordinates.

By contrast, Huang Jinnan’s subordinates and Ling You, who had decided to give their lives to protect Huang Jinnan and Pei Qiqi, had survived after Mo Heng had shattered the Heaven Freezing Spell sealing realm number nine.

After the battle ended, Xuan Guangyu had personally escorted Lu Jiefeng’s discarnate soul back to the Five Elements Sect. As a God domain expert who had had his dharma idol destroyed, Lu Jiefeng would have to seek an opportunity to be reborn. However, even if his rebirth turned out to be successful, who knew how long it would take for him to return to the God domain.

Considering these results, the humans had actually lost this battle of the Domain of Nether Heaven.

After all, the sectmaster of the Nether Spirit Society had evacuated, along with all of the outsider grand monarchs.

As for the humans, while Lu Jiefeng was currently only half-dead, many Void and Saint domain experts had been brutally killed by the outsiders and disciples of the Nether Spirit Society and Death Curse Sect, their bodies and souls reduced to battle spoils for the Bonebrutes and Nether Spirit Society disciples.

Nie Tian stayed on the Heavenly Thunder Sect’s ancient starship as it traveled around in the Domain of Nether Heaven. During this time, many survivors learned about their arrival and gathered to them.

Days passed, and Fang Yuan showed up with his subordinates.

He was also surprised to see that Nie Tian was safe and sound. After brief communication, he was even more amazed to learn that Nie Tian and Pei Qiqi had actually gotten their team through Grand Monarch Blood Axe’s sea of flesh aura, and spread word of what had happened here, which had helped end this tribulation.

Their search for survivors went on for two weeks.

Survivors from the three sects, who had been holed up in secluded corners of the domain, gradually came out to join the search teams. However, not a single outsider or disciple of the Death Curse Sect or Nether Spirit Society showed up again.

Before long, all of the outsider teleportation portals had been dug out and destroyed.

While the injured ones left through the teleportation portal on the Heavenly Thunder Sect’s ancient starship, Nie Tian stayed.