"Retreat!"

Seeing the highly anticipated Yuyi Immortal smacked into oblivion, Huang Feihu felt a chill crawl over his scalp and hastily ordered a retreat, sounding the gong to signal the withdrawal.

Mo Liqing and the others took a deep look at Yu Yuan on the city ramparts, then hurriedly mounted their steeds and dispersed.

Yu Yuan did not stop them.

To him, Mo Liqing and the rest were mere underlings, moreover from the Jie Sect, and they only encountered each other on the battlefield due to differing beliefs.

Thus, compared to summarily executing them, he preferred the idea of subduing them for his own use.

Even if it required more effort now, if he could win over the Mo Family Four Generals and others, he wouldn't need to personally see to every matter when the time came to campaign against Great Shang and Great Zhou.

However, the Mo Family Four Generals were unaware of his intentions.

At this moment, they were scattered in search of Yuyi Immortal's whereabouts.

Yuyi Immortal had been slapped away like a shooting star, and had long since escaped their divine thought detection.

Therefore, they had no choice but to spread out and carefully search in the direction he was slapped away.

Only after several hours did they finally find a trace of Yuyi Immortal at the base of a collapsed mountain tens of thousands of miles away.

By this time, Yuyi Immortal's entire body, muscle and bone, was pulverized.

Seeing this, all the Immortal Gods present gasped in shock, feeling their backs suddenly soaked with sweat.

Yuyi Immortal was, after all, at the pinnacle of the Taiyi Golden Immortal, a mere step away from Daluo Golden Immortal, and he belonged to one of the strongest avian species in Heaven and Earth, the Golden Winged Great Peng, with an incredibly tough physique.

But today, his once-proud Heavenly Eagle True Body was slapped into pulp, and then he flew tens of thousands of miles before crashing down a towering mountain to a halt.

Imagining such a scene, Quyang Immortal was the first to voice his fears, "Brother Taoist, didn't you say earlier that the Vice Sect Hierarch's Primordial Spirit Power had been restrained by the Vajra Bracelet?"

Liu Huan also exclaimed, "That's right, you said he couldn't move a muscle, that's why I agreed to provide support... I never imagined you would deceive me!

We can't stay here any longer!

Brother, let's return to Fire Dragon Island!"

Just as the Flame Immortal was about to nod, a glint of dark light flashed in his eyes, and he showed a look of hesitation.

"My fellow Taoist friends, you are truly wronging us brothers!"

Mo Liqing smiled bitterly, "As you all saw earlier, when Yu Yuan was using that treasure vase to collect the water from the North Sea, the Vajra Bracelet on his right wrist was clearly biting back at him..."

Before he could finish, Liu Huan interrupted, "Is that what you call biting back? Are you mocking my lack of worldliness or what? Who could act so nonchalantly under the backlash of Dao Fire?"

"I'm also puzzled..." Mo Liqing said with a wry smile, "I even start to wonder if he has already freed himself from the Vajra Bracelet and then made a fake one to deceive us?"

"Hmph, I don't care whether it's real or fake; in any case, my senior brother and I are heading back to Fire Dragon Island right now!" Liu Huan said indignantly.

But just as he finished speaking, Luo Xuan shook his head and said lightly, "That's definitely Dao Fire, he couldn't fake that."

Luo Xuan, also known as the Flame Immortal, was a master in the path of fire.

Within the Three Realms, very few could surpass him in the art of fire.

His words naturally carried weight.

Liu Huan no longer mentioned leaving and instead asked curiously, "Then what's the deal with him?"

"In my opinion, he must have been acting deliberately for us to see!" Luo Xuan spoke somberly, "His strength is beyond doubt, therefore even the Taiching Saint's Vajra Bracelet might not be able to suppress him permanently, allowing him to find a gap to activate his Spiritual Treasure.

However, that would also trigger the Vajra Bracelet and subject him to the torment of being refined by Dao Fire.

He mustn't want us to know this, so he pretended to be unaffected to give us the wrong impression that the Vajra Bracelet was fake!

In reality, if we had lingered a little longer, he might not have been able to withstand it!"

Hearing this, the Mo Family Four Generals' eyes lit up.

"Brother Taoist speaks sense, the Vajra Bracelet, after all, is a Saint's object, how could it pose no threat to him?"

"He must have been pretending for us to see!"

"Now we must go back, we cannot afford to give him a chance to recover!"

"..."

The Mo Family Four Generals excitedly called out repeatedly, then turned to persuade Liu Huan, Quyang Immortal, and others who intended to leave, to stay and help, promising them many benefits.

After much persuasion, they finally convinced the immortals to return and check again.

Thus, the group first took the severely injured and unconscious Yuyi Immortal back to the military camp, administered some healing pills, and then went to find King Wu Cheng and mobilized the army once more to come to Linhuan Pass.

By now, it was nearing dusk.

The setting sun shone obliquely on the walls of Linhuan Pass, making the bricks and stones on the wall light up with a bright yellow hue, as if the entire city was enveloped in a golden glow.

There were a few guards patrolling the city wall seriously.

They wore uniform armor and held long spears, their eyes vigilantly scanning the surroundings.

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, the silhouettes of these guards were especially distinct, like sculptures brought into relief.

"Clang clang clang…"

Upon seeing the Great Shang army approaching, the guards on the wall quickly sounded the bronze gong.

After these days of training, the soldiers of Linhuan Pass had at last adopted the semblance of soldiers, grabbing their weapons immediately and running to their posts at the first sign of alarm.

Watching this, Yu Yuan silently nodded his head.

Wen Zhong was obviously very skilled in training soldiers.

This man was able to manage Linhuan Pass with order and efficiency and, in a short time, transformed it from a failed pioneering village into a grand and magnificent city-state; in terms of military skills, he swiftly trained an army ready for the battlefield under conditions that were far from sufficient.

Although Yu Yuan had provided "technical support," Wen Zhong's talent was truly extraordinary.

No wonder he was praised in Yu Yuan's past life memories as someone who "could bring peace with his pen and stabilize a country with his sword"!

Such a level was not something the average person could achieve.

Yu Yuan stepped onto the ramparts, looking calmly and indifferently at the distant Great Shang army, as if everything was within his expectations, and not surprised at all by their return.

At the forefront of the Great Shang army, the Mo Family Four Generals were sitting solemnly atop colossal beasts, intently staring at Linhuan Pass.

Behind them were Luo Xuan, Liu Huan, Quyang Immortal, and others.

Yu Yuan glanced at the Mo Family Four Generals, then turned his gaze to Luo Xuan, Liu Huan, and Quyang Immortal, and said indifferently, "Have you come now to surrender?"

His speech was still as calm as ever.

Mo Liqing couldn't help but turn his head to look at Luo Xuan and asked via Primordial Spirit Transmission, "Are you sure he's just pretending?"

Doubt flickered in the Flame Immortal Luo Xuan's eyes, but he still gave a slight nod and transmitted back: "I am ninety percent certain, aside from Saints, no one could be unscathed under the purification of Dao Fire!"

As a master of fire, he was all too aware of how terrifying the Dao Fire, condensed from thousands of Taoist paths, was in the legends.

It was a supreme holy fire that could instantly turn even Daluo Golden Immortals into ash and dust, and even Quasi-Saints kept their distance, not daring to touch it.

With his affirmative answer, Mo Liqing's courage surged, and he shouted loudly towards the ramparts, "We will never betray Great Shang. It's you!

Your tricks have been exposed. We advise you to give up Linhuan Pass sooner, to avoid a disgraceful downfall!"

"Interesting." Yu Yuan smiled sardonically, "I had intended to recruit you, but since you are so ungrateful, those treasures shall go to someone else."

As his gaze swept over Luo Xuan, Liu Huan, and Quyang Immortal, he continued smilingly, "Who among you is willing to come to my command? These treasures will all be yours!"

With that said, he waved his sleeves, and the Jade Pipa, Qingyun Treasure Sword, Primordial Treasure Umbrella, along with the Yuyi Immortal's two Immortal Swords, all landed on the ramparts.

Upon seeing this, Mo Liqing's face was full of anger as he coldly shouted, "Trying to sow discord? Don't delude yourself, our fellow daoists will definitely not fall for this... Huh? What are you doing!"

Before he could finish, Liu Huan was the first one to use Tunneling Light towards the ramparts, and Quyang Immortal quickly followed, shouting, "I wish to defect to Linhuan Pass, please, Vice Sect Hierarch, take me in!"

"You two traitors!"

The Mo Family Four Generals were shocked and angry, ready to capture them at once.

But they didn't have their treasures at hand, and Liu Huan and Quyang Immortal's Dao Xing was by no means weak; by the time they reacted, both were already on top of the wall.

"You two traitors!" Mo Liqing angrily exclaimed, "Were not the benefits I offered for getting you to leave seclusion not enough?"

Liu Huan shrugged his shoulders, "Fellow daoist, no offense, the Vice Sect Hierarch just offered too much... No, I told you before, opposing the Vice Sect Hierarch never ends well!

I'm just abandoning darkness for light! Yes, that's right."

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