The defense of Northern River Pass has been secured, bringing a sigh of relief to all the cultivators who came from Yumen Pass to assist.
If the human race were left with no stronghold on the outland battlefield, the pressure on them would be immense.
After all, unless they retreat to Yumen Pass, it is essential for human cultivators to have a rear city where they can recuperate and sustain themselves when operating on the outland battlefield.
Furthermore, if all seventeen human fortresses were to fall in one swoop, the impact on human morale would be unimaginably severe.
Even though Northern River Pass was held, the report that only one city remains out of seventeen small to medium fortresses in a single day is still suffocating.
Therefore, while Yumen Pass did not hide the fall of the sixteen cities, they heavily promoted the victory of Northern River Pass as an example of defeating the strong with the weak.
