The people of the Solitary Eagle Khanate were completely unable to recover from their shock, feeling instead an overwhelming sense of disbelief.
The result of forcing themselves to accept reality was a bone-deep chill spreading through their entire bodies.
Some of the most ferocious and viciously brave among them had their bloodlust stirred instead; they charged the Great Tang's lines, intending to seize back Khan Harige's severed head and avenge him.
But another portion felt the desire to retreat, falling into confusion.
In such turbulence, the remaining people of the Solitary Eagle Khanate found it all the harder to form a united force.
The cultivators of the Great Tang, at first, were also more shocked than delighted.
Aside from the time shortly after she first ascended the throne, when she drove back the Ninth Heavenly Layer Great Demon King Sea Chrysanthemum upon the East Sea Ocean, Emperor Tang, Zhang Wantong had almost never taken action again in the following decades.
