It wasn't just Meng Yuan, all the other players were stunned as well.

Just... ran away?

Winning without fighting!

Everyone had been prepared for a big battle, but the plan actually succeeded!

Chuge was delighted, "Look! I knew I chose the right person!

"Meng Yuan's acting is just too good!

"As the most suspicious of the major demons, how could it have been deceived if not for such superb acting?

"Wait until the clearance video comes out, everyone will see that Meng Yuan's acting is definitely legendary!"

All the other players were thoroughly convinced.

It's irresistible, who else but Meng Yuan could deliver such an outstanding performance? Even the most suspicious Feilian was deceived?

They definitely couldn't perform with such realism if it were up to them.

Meng Yuan was somewhat speechless, how should he put it?

This time, he truly hadn't relied on any talent related to acting; he was merely being himself...

Unexpectedly, the final effect turned out to be even better than when he had used his acting talent. How does one even begin to explain that!

Following Feilian's escape, Anshi City was completely lost, and numerous demonic soldiers created from Demonic Qi that couldn't be withdrawn were slaughtered by the players.

Moreover, all of this went unnoticed by the two major demons, Gonggong, and Kua Fu.

But fooling Feilian away meant that dealing with the remaining two major demons would still require several fierce battles.

Outside the walls of Return Order Fortress, an army of demons led by Gonggong was gradually approaching.

These demonic soldiers were all dressed like Korean soldiers, but the Demonic Qi wrapped around their bodies was very dense.

Gonggong had no intent to waste words.

"Siege!

"Dig three feet into the ground, but bring me that Return Order out!"

Countless dark clouds converged from all directions, and beneath the clouds, the demonic soldiers began preparing to assault the fortress.

Unlike the previous Return Order Expedition, because this battle was within a historical segment of the Liang Dynasty, the technology level of the summoned demonic soldiers could not exceed that of the era, resulting in a technological regression compared to the past.

Previously in the Qi Dynasty instance, demons could control Jin kidnapper cavalry, including iron floats and Huihui Cannons from the Northern Barbarians' army, which was unimaginable in the Liang Dynasty instance.

But this did not mean that the demons' power was diminished because the closer they were to Ancient Times, the closer they were to the demons' stronghold, so they could utilize a lot of Demonic Qi.

This manifested as power on a fantastical level!

Amidst the battle formation, one demonic soldier grew gigantic instantaneously; it held a giant bow in one hand and a giant arrow in the other. Then, drawing the bow, it shot!

With a "swoosh," the giant arrow whistled through the air, tracing an arc, with a thick black Demonic Qi trailing behind its fletching.

"Boom!"

The giant arrow embedded itself deeply into the fortress wall of Return Order, and the Demonic Qi around it lingered.

Moments later, this Demonic Qi transformed into many demonic soldiers, who began climbing up the wall from the giant arrow!

This caught the defending players off guard.

"Damn, can it be done like this?"

"The demons are cheating, aren't they?"

"Is this even reasonable? The style seems a bit off!"

Complaints aside, the players were seasoned veterans who, despite never having seen such a scenario before, had handled many emergencies.

So, after a brief moment of panic, they immediately utilized various devices on the walls to defend themselves.

Bows, crossbows, stone throwing machines, molten metal, etc., all were employed in a fierce battle against the besieging demons.

However, the demons quickly developed a new method of attack.

In the sky, Gonggong's figure suddenly swelled, and simultaneously, rolling black qi swept in like a flood, shaking the walls of Return Order Fortress to the verge of collapse!

Not only that, but a great deal of Demonic Qi spread, causing many players to feel dizzy.

"Demons be gone!"

Scholar players continuously drove away the surrounding Demonic Qi with righteous energy, but the disparity in power between the two sides was too great to have much effect.

Some players felt their bodies gradually losing control, and a moment of hesitation was all it took for a demonic soldier to pierce their bodies.

Light wounds for some, death in battle for others.

Gonggong indeed was a simple-minded but powerful demon; he launched an assault like a tidal wave right from the start, causing the fortress of Return Order to shake violently!

At that time, the defensive forces inside the Return Order Expedition fortress were not substantial, as a significant portion of them had been deployed to attack Anshi City.

To exert ample pressure on the supernatural being and deceive it into believing that the Return Order Expedition was prepared to risk losing their historical instance to kill it, players had redeployed too many resources.

As a result, the fortification at the Return Order Expedition's fortress became perilously vulnerable.

Although the supernatural being had been scared off by then, it would still take some time for the players to return.

If, before then, the fortress of the Return Order Expedition were to be breached, the situation would become highly problematic.

Just at this critical moment, a figure on the fortress wall suddenly expanded.

Chu Ge!

There he sat on the fortress wall, one hand holding a feather fan, the other clutching a writing brush, surrounded by an air of soaring integrity while he continuously chanted.

"Alas, the people of this world.

"But a speck of dust is all they amount to.

"Not stopping in former times without a face, they sink.

"Only because they have always recognized the divine.

"How can there be neglect or intimacy?

"I myself subdue demons and turn the Wheel of Dharma.

"It is not about capturing the mind or removing delusions, but seeking truth.

"The illusory body becomes the Dharma body."

As he finished his chanting, another massive heroic spirit appeared on the fortress wall.

Wang Wenchuan!

At this moment, Wang Wenchuan was not the familiar bureaucratic figure players knew, since the bureaucratic Wang Wenchuan could only appear in the non-combat state of the Return Order Expedition fortress to manage and build, unable to combat the enemies.

But this Wang Wenchuan resembled more a pure heroic spirit.

Because this poem was one of his creations: Nanniangzi.

Using this poem by Wang Wenchuan, Chu Ge not only elevated the image of the bureaucrat Wang Wenchuan, turning him into a scholarly heroic spirit that could maximally mobilize the soaring integrity to fight, he also used the poem to grant all surrounding players a powerful buff.

The players instantly felt lucid, previously disruptive and chaotic demonic qi swiftly dispelled!

Not only that, they seemed to enter a state of self-forgetfulness, naturally unleashing their strongest combat abilities, and managed to stabilize their defense once again.

In the sky, the dark clouds of Gonggong swirled as it observed Chu Ge on the fortress wall.

Clearly, it harbored doubts.

This person could actually summon heroic spirits!

And with an air as if commanding from behind the scenes, determining victory from a thousand miles away…

Were it not for the prior warning from the supernatural being, Gonggong would have already charged forward with a massive accumulation of demonic qi, for it believed that this scholar before its eyes might be the true Return Order Expeditioner.

However, the warnings from the supernatural being earlier had made it hesitant.

Unexpectedly, Chu Ge on the fortress wall spoke first.

"Hehehehe…

"Gonggong, why persist in your delusion and continue your futile resistance?

"The supernatural being already fled in a panic, you and Kua Fu can hardly support alone!

"Had you surrendered earlier, our Return Order Expedition, being generous, might have allowed you reform; should you continue in delusion, sooner or later you will be defeated by the soaring integrity, regretting when it's too late!"

Gonggong was taken aback.

Goodness gracious? You dare to provoke me first?

That's absolutely audacious!

Gonggong, prone to rage, was already seething inside, and if it genuinely gathered all its demonic qi and charged down, not just Chu Ge, but even half of the Return Order Expedition's fortress would collapse, leaving the indigenous people utterly annihilated.

But Gonggong was not certain whether the true Return Order Expeditioner was actually inside the fortress, so it opted to first test the defenses with its demonic troops.

Little did it expect to be ridiculed by a mere indigenous person!

The most preposterous part was, this indigenous person even claimed that the supernatural being had panicked and fled?

Nonsense!

Anshi City, though not as impregnable as the Return Order Expedition fortress, was still a strong city renowned in the historical instance of Liang Dynasty, a city even Emperor Taizong failed to conquer.

Even if the supernatural being was incompetent, how could it fail to defend in such a short time?

Hmph, cunning Return Order Expeditioner, actually employing such a stratagem to attack the mind.

On one hand, attempting to confuse my mind by making it seem like the supernatural being ran away, and on the other hand, trying to enrage me and make me focus all my strength on this insignificant character.

As a mighty demon, how could I fall for this?

Gonggong disbelieved and continued to direct its demonic troops to attack the city.

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