Winter of Darkness, Death's Descent, and Gate of Heavenly Net held a significant advantage. Despite facing fierce resistance from Splendid Star, everything had gone relatively smoothly. Their two-thousand-strong force had been battered down to just over five hundred survivors, whereas the combined casualties for Winter of Darkness, Death's Descent, and Gate of Heavenly Net were only a little over two hundred.
Splendid Star and comrades were still fighting desperately.
Underworld, Scorching, and three others intercepted a group of six Priests, taking them down instantly.
The twenty-plus Great Thieves from Blood Fiend utterly perfected their wolf pack tactics. Operating in small groups of three to five, they appeared unpredictably, leaving behind fields of broken corpses before vanishing without a trace.
This tactic proved exceptionally effective, as most of Splendid Temple's Priests ended up dead at the hands of these Great Thieves.
