Chapter 387: Following up a victory with hot pursuit


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    Seeing the retreating demon army, even though our side was already exhausted, under the leadership of Meng Zhang, all able cultivators rallied their remaining strength andunched a fierce pursuit, giving their all to chase down the enemy.


    Chasing the enemy during their retreat allows us to achieve maximum results with minimal cost. Often, it is during pursuit that we can inflict the most significant damage on the enemy.


    However, despite the demon army''s retreat, their strength still remains, so we dare not pursue too far. We merely drive them away from the protective "Great Formation of the Mountain" and stop the pursuit for the time being.


    Once back outside the protective formation, we tend to our wounds and recover, temporarily unable tounchrge-scale attacks.


    After the demon army moved away from the protective formation, internal conflicts soon erupted among the various demon tribes. These tribes had deep-seated contradictions that had been suppressed while they were under the dominance of the Third Rank demon beasts. Now, without the pressure from the Third Rank demon beasts, their longstanding conflicts burst forth.


    Especially the Giant Lizard tribe, they had always relied on the influence of the Giant Lizard Demon General to oppress other tribes. The oppressed demon tribes had no choice but to endure silently.


    Now, due to Meng Zhang''s focused attacks, the Giant Lizard tribe suffered heavy losses and was unable to continue their dominance over other tribes, struggling even to protect themselves.


    The tribes that held grudges against the Giant Lizard tribe were on the verge of confrontation.


    Fortunately, the Second Rank demon beasts, thoughcking the intelligence of human cultivators, still possessed some level of wisdom, not entirely irredeemable fools. The fact that the human cultivators remained a formidable threat made them suppress their impulses and refrain from internal strife.


    With the death of the Third Rank demon beasts, the demon army lost its will to fight. Especially the smarter demon beasts realized that if humans could kill the Giant Lizard Demon General, then their strength must be greater than what they currently saw. Consequently, they hastily fled with their tribes, returning to the Demon Wind Gobi as if running for their lives.


    Under the lead of these demon tribes, most of the demon army scattered away, leading to the disintegration of the once formidable force.


    Most demon tribes returned to the Demon Wind Gobi, a few scattered and disappeared without a trace, and a tiny minority, including the Giant Lizard tribe, remained in the area, still unwilling to give up.


    After a period of rest and recovery for the cultivators inside the protective formation, under Meng Zhang''s leadership, they once again emerged from the formation and directly attacked the remaining demon tribes nearby.


    These small groups of demon tribes were not particrly strong and couldn''t even escape from the attacks of human cultivators, with almost all of them being killed on the spot.


    With the mountain gate unblocked, this battle against the demon army can be considered a preliminary victory.


    Both Taiyi Sect and Qiaoshou Sect suffered heavy losses in terms of resources. Aunt Jin, a mid-Foundation Building cultivator, died in battle, and many Refining Qi stage disciples were lost.


    Such losses greatly saddened both sects, especially the loss of Aunt Jin, which dealt a heavy blow to Qiaoshou Sect.


    However, despite the significant losses, the gains were also substantial. Not to mention the corpse of the Third Rank Giant Lizard, the area around the "Great Formation of the Mountain" was covered withyers of valuable demon beast corpses.


    Demon beast corpses are precious cultivation resources, utilized in many aspects of cultivation and the hundred arts.


    Previously, in the barren Endless Sea of Sand, there had never been such arge number of demon beast corpses at once.


    By carefully cleaning the battlefield, both sects could recover some of their resource losses from these demon beast corpses.


    Clearing such arge number of demon beast corpses was not an easy task, and there was also the matter of how to divide and process the demon beast corpses, which required knowledge and expertise to maximize their value as spoils of war.


    Meng Zhang selected several Foundation Building cultivators who were in better condition to continue pursuing the fleeing demon tribes.


    The rest of the cultivators, while cleaning the battlefield, focused on recovering and restoring their strength as quickly as possible.


    Meng Zhang and the selected Foundation Building cultivators flew a considerable distance, catching sight of the retreating demon tribes.


    Although numerous in number and formidable during their attack, as they retreated, they became a burden, slowing down their escape.


    Meng Zhang and his group did not rush to engage the demon tribes head-on; instead, they slowly weakened them, peeling them away like an onion,yer byyer. When a demon tribe was weakened enough, they would swiftly move in and annihte the entire tribe.


    With their agile and strategic tactics, Meng Zhang and his team quickly achieved significant results.


    Only when they had depleted nearly half of their true qi and were physically exhausted did they stop the attacks and return to recuperate.


    Subsequently, cultivators from both sects were extremely busy.


    They had to clean up the battlefield, harvest useful parts from the demon beast corpses, and chase down the fleeing demons while trying to preserve them whenever possible.


    Especially for those demon tribes with rtively intact numbers, they became Meng Zhang''s primary targets.


    He led disciples from both sects, working to weaken and scatter those demon tribes, minimizing their threat.


    With the sheer number of demons and their scattered retreat, Meng Zhang didn''t have time to deal with all of them. His main focus was on pursuing the major demon groups.


    Many demons followed their original path, fleeing deep into the Demon Wind Gobi.


    Meng Zhang and his team didn''t dare to venture too deeply into the Demon Wind Gobi to avoid encountering other powerful demon beasts. If another Third Rank demon beast appeared, they would be unable to withstand it.


    The Giant Lizard Demon General was already seriously injured, which gave Meng Zhang and the others an opportunity.


    If the Giant Lizard Demon General were in peak condition, all their methods would be ineffective against it.


    After driving the remaining demon forces deep into the Demon Wind Gobi, the cultivators of both sects focused on chasing down the scattered fleeing demons.


    These demons were numerous and dispersed. Some of them were already outside Qiaoshou Sect''s territory and had entered Taiyi Sect''s territory.


    It was foreseeable that these demons would cause great trouble to both sects'' territories for a long time toe. Clearing them out would be the main task for the sects in the near future.


    Deep Earth Spirit General and Shocking Thunder Spirit General dealt with the Giant Lizard Demon General''s corpse and returned after slightly recovering from their injuries.


    As for the little one, Zhui Dian (Chasing Lightning), it had consumed too much Third Rank demon beast blood and meat, falling into a deep slumber. The two Spirit Generals brought it back with them.


    Meng Zhang carefully took care of the two little ones and then continued to be busy.


    After paying a huge price and finally defeating the demon army, there were still many troublesome matters awaiting Meng Zhang.


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