Hold the Fort and Wait for Reinforcements, or Conceal a Killing Move?

"Get the hell down! If I see you again, I'll deal with you under military law!"

Li Jing's gaze swept over the other man's bowed, trembling back.

Then he recalled how this man had once led his troops in a surprise raid on Northern Kuru Continent, earning genuine military merit.

The hostility in his chest immediately faded somewhat.

But the moment he saw that face, irritation still rose within him, and he simply flicked his sleeve.

"Yes! Yes!"

"Thank you, Marshal, for sparing me! This subordinate will remember it to the depths of my lungs and bowels!"

The deputy general looked as though he had been granted a pardon. The light of surviving a disaster instantly bloomed across his face.

Yet it dimmed again in the next instant—he knew all too well that under Li Jing's command, he would find it difficult to rise any further.

After respectfully kowtowing, he quietly retreated deep into the cloud formation, his figure swiftly vanishing.

Li Jing did not pursue the matter further.

With his status, taking a deputy general to task would only diminish his own dignity.

What mattered most now was finding the Heavenly Court a way out—

How were they to deal with the human race?

"Nezha."

After a moment of silence, his voice was low yet beyond question.

"This general is here!"

"Immediately mobilize the Twenty-Eight Mansions, the Nine Luminary Star Officials, and the celestial star gods. Lay down eighteen layers of Heavenly Net and Earthly Net!"

"Within ten thousand li around Shouyang Mountain, not a bird, not a wisp of wind, is to escape!"

"By your command!"

Nezha clasped his fists and accepted the order. Turning, he shot into the sky, leading the star gods straight toward Shouyang Mountain.

In an instant, thunder exploded and golden light cascaded like