One by one, the eight-star Alchemists fell, their symptoms almost identical: violent convulsions all over their bodies, eventually fainting, likely beyond saving.

The substitute Alchemists had no time to deal with the bodies. They quickly dragged them behind and took their place to ensure the grand formation continued to operate.

Half an hour later, there were no more substitutes left. At this moment, two to three hundred more people emerged from the native army opposite.

"The Saintess and the others probably didn't expect the curse backlash to be this severe. They're sending more people now," Shuang Ling said.