Eastward! Eastward! (VIII)

"Buzz!"

A buzzing sound came from the air, and the next second, a huge white ball of light flew out of the grass and rushed straight toward the Thirteenth Heavenly King Guard who were fighting.

"Bang!"

Before the members of the Heavenly King Guard could react, the giant sphere suddenly exploded, emitting a blinding white light.

"Ah! My eyes!"

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

"Ouch! That hurts so much!"

"Ah! My eyes!"

"Bastard! He actually resorted to such a despicable trick!"

In an instant, the once well-organized Heavenly King Guard became like headless flies, bumping around aimlessly.

"Whoosh!"

Just then, a series of magical attacks whistled through the air, hurtling towards the chaotic Heavenly King Guard. At the same time, several figures in moon-white robes, concealed by a white light, approached the prison cart at incredible speed.

The moment they heard the whooshing sound, the Heavenly King Guard knew they were exposed to enemy attack, and the officers immediately gave orders to defend and take cover.

"Everyone, be careful! Attack! Shield bearers, move forward immediately to set up defenses! Everyone else, take cover behind the shield wall!"

As soon as the officer gave the order, the 'blind men' holding shields immediately raised their shields and stretched out their left hands to their left. Those 'blind men' without shields stretched out their right hands to find the shield wall, while also taking the hands of those who had also stretched out their right hands.

A moment later, a tight, seamless shield wall was erected, enveloping everyone on the battlefield.

"Boom!"

"Boom"

Not long after the shield wall was erected, a series of magical attacks struck it, producing explosions and powerful impacts.

A moment later, the attack stopped. Looking at the impenetrable shield wall, Leizhi exclaimed, "What a terrifying army!"

Hearing Leizhi's sentiments, the members of the Restraining Force beside him nodded in agreement.

"Leizhi, look! Captain Zat and the others have successfully rescued the person!"

The exclamations from his side (some distance away from Leizhi) pulled Leizhi and the group of people around him (closer to Leizhi) back to reality from their shock. Only then did they realize that Zat and the others were already running towards them with the Magic Council members in the prison cart.

"Go and provide immediate support!" (Leizhi)

"Yes!"

As soon as the words fell, two white arrows shot out from the moon-white square formation beside Leizhi, heading straight for Zat and his men who were rapidly retreating. At the same time, Leizhi immediately led the remaining men to clear the path behind them, ensuring that they could quickly and smoothly evacuate after reuniting with Zat.

Three or four minutes later, Leizhi and Zat successfully reunited, and then they immediately led their men to retreat into the dense forest on one side.

Haru City, Lord Mayor's Mansion

"Buzz"

A flash of Silver-White Light appeared, and the next second, a silver-haired youth stepped out of the Teleportation Array and walked out of the room.

"Squeak"

The opening of the door attracted the attention of the guards outside. Upon seeing the silver-haired youth, the guards immediately knelt on one knee and respectfully said, "Your subordinate greets Your His Majesty the King!"

Hearing the voice beside him, Old Suo forced his eyes open, which were not yet fully adjusted, waved to the guard, and said, "Get up!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After the guard stood up, Old Suo beckoned him over and asked softly, "Where are Yelibell and the others now? How far along is the plan?"

"Your Majesty, more than two hours ago, several Heavenly Kings led their Heavenly King Guard out of the city, and they are probably already engaged in battle with the Magic Council!"

Upon learning that Yelibell and the others might have already clashed with the Magic Council members, Sordil's eyes widened suddenly, and he asked impatiently, "Which direction did Yelibell and the others go?"

"Yelibell and the others are heading east!"

Upon hearing the guard's words, Old Suo immediately closed his eyes and carefully sensed the surroundings.

A moment later, he suddenly opened his eyes, waved his hand to tear open the space in front of him, and then strode into the dark purple spatial rift.

Looking at the group of people collapsed on the ground, panting heavily, Zat shouted anxiously, "Brothers, hang in there a little longer, we're about to break through!"

"Captain, we're too exhausted to run anymore, let's rest here for a while!"

Hearing his subordinates' pleas, Zat's heart softened, but he dared not give the order to stop advancing, so he could only look at Leizhi with questioning eyes.

Seeing Zat looking at him, Leizhi said coldly, "No! The enemy's army is right behind us. If we stop here, we will be surrounded by the enemy. We will all die here, or be tied up like livestock and thrown into a prison cart."

After Leizhi finished speaking, the members of the Fourth Restraint Force all glanced at the rescued person whose clothes were tattered.

In an instant, they felt less tired and as if they had regained their strength, enough to keep running. So they all stood up and prepared to continue their unfinished escape.

Just as they were preparing to continue their advance, the scouts sent to explore suddenly rushed over in a panic.

"Leizhi, Captain Zat, something terrible has happened!"

After stopping the scout, Zat hurriedly asked, "Gell, why are you the only one left? Where are the others?"

"Captain Zat, there's an ambush ahead! Yars and the others have all been captured!"

"What did you say? (Zat)"

Hearing Zat's roar, Gell said with a sob in his voice, "Captain, we've been ambushed by the enemy, we can't get out!"

Just as Gell finished speaking, another panicked voice came from the back of the group.

"Leizhi, Captain, something terrible has happened! The enemy is catching up!"

Upon hearing this voice, the members of the Restraining Force, who had been squeezing out a sliver of power from their bodies, instantly lost the ability to stand and collapsed to the ground with blank expressions.

Just as everyone's spirits were at their lowest point, a miracle occurred: the rescued Magic Council members suddenly broke away from the group and threw several gray Magic Crystal at the Fourth Restraint Force.

"Bang!"

A cracking sound rang out, followed by several plumes of gray-black smoke rising from where the Magic Crystal had fallen.

Upon contact with the grayish-black smoke, the members of the Fourth Restraint Force coughed up several mouthfuls of blood and collapsed one after another.

"Demonic Barrier Particles? Everyone get out of the way!" (Leizhi)

Upon hearing Leizhi's words, those still capable of movement immediately dodged to the side.

After temporarily freeing himself from the Demonic Barrier Particles, Zat glared furiously at his 'comrades' who had attacked him, then roared in bewilderment, "Why? Why did you betray the Magic Council? Why did you side with King Erus?"

"Hmph! Betrayed the Magic Council? Soldier King Erus? You fools! We are members of the Thirteenth Heavenly King Guard, and have always been His Majesty's subjects. How can you talk about betrayal or slaving?"

Upon hearing his leader's words, Zat instantly realized that this was a trap meticulously designed by the enemy to deal with them.

"Ah!"

After roaring, Zat swung his greatsword and charged toward his 'comrade' who was located on the other side of the Demonic Barrier Particles.

"Call out!"

Just as Zat launched his attack, a whooshing sound rang out, followed by a beam of emerald green light hurtling toward Zat at incredible speed.

"Hmph! Despicable! (Leizhi)"

After cursing, Leizhi threw the white orb in his right hand at the emerald green arrow, trying to prevent it from harming Zat.

"Whoosh!"

The moment Leizhi made his move, another whooshing sound rang out. The next second, the white ball of light he emitted was pierced by an ice-blue rhomboid object and dissipated in mid-air.

"Um?"

Upon seeing this, Leizhi exclaimed in surprise, then hurriedly looked up to check the situation above. It was then that he realized that, without him noticing, six figures had appeared above them.

"Heh! Leizhi, your reaction is rather slow; you only just noticed us. (Gilkunis)" (Besides this chatterbox, I really can't think of anyone else suitable to say this, so let's just have this guy be the spokesperson!)

"Ah!"

Just as Leizhi was about to try and extract information from the bald, burly man, a scream from nearby instantly drew his attention. Then, he and the members of the Fourth Restraint Force witnessed Zat vanish from the world. No rhetoric was used here; Zat truly disappeared, because the attack that struck him was launched by Gilkunis. (Gilkunis: Hmph! Do you think I'm only good for stripping humans?)

"Ah!"

While everyone else was stunned, Leizhi roared and lashed out at Gilkunis and the others with his white light whip.

"Hmph! Overestimating yourself!" (Hadessta)

As soon as she finished speaking, Hadessta swung an Ice Blade.

"Laugh!"

A moment later, the Ice Blade collided with the light whip. The next second, the light whip was split in two, while the Ice Blade continued its trajectory towards the base of the light whip.

Seeing this, Leizhi immediately threw away the light whip and dodged to the side.

"Whoosh"

Just as he was in mid-air with nowhere to grab his grip, a whooshing sound suddenly rang out beside him.

Then everyone saw another Ice Blade, at a certain angle to the first Ice Blade, fly towards Leizhi from the side and behind.

Just as Leizhi was about to be cut into pieces by the two Ice Blade, a fair hand appeared behind him and dragged him into a dark purple spatial rift.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

After losing their target, the two Ice Blade struck the ground in the distance, causing a massive explosion that sent up clouds of dust that obscured the sky above the forest.

Just as everyone was puzzled, the dark purple spatial rift reappeared, and the next second, a figure was thrown out of the rift and crashed to the ground.

"Bang!"

The moment the figure landed, a silver-haired youth stepped out of the spatial rift.

"Take them away and keep a close watch on them!" (Sordil)

Upon hearing the silver-haired boy's words, a large number of people immediately emerged from the black line that had formed a complete circle. They used the Magic Sealing Stone to lock up Leizhi and the others who had fallen to the ground and took them away.