Xin Liang was stunned!
All ten thousand soldiers of the Scarlet Thunder Divine Army had died.
Yet they had slain only a few thousand demons.
Xiao Chen, alone with his sword.
Had actually slain over a thousand demons!
"Xin Liang, stop dawdling! Big Brother is badly hurt. Get him into the city for treatment!" Ke Hei snapped in displeasure.
"Young friend Ke Hei, Niu Qi is even more terrifying than I imagined. Without reinforcements, Scarlet Thunder City will likely fall. Take young friend Xiao Chen and retreat elsewhere at once!" Xin Liang shook his head.
"Didn't you just hold Niu Qi off?"
"With the formation's help, I only wounded his flesh. Without it, I could hardly withstand a hundred moves. Once the demon army arrives, even the formation won't stop them!"
"What about reinforcements?"
"None for now! The Fire Demon Clan has a million mighty soldiers, and all nine nearby cities have been blockaded. Apart from the Ten Thousand Dynasties Battle Corps, no one can spare the strength to help! But..."
Xin Liang's face was as dark and still as deep water.
But apart from Xiao Chen and his two companions.
Not one member of the Ten Thousand Dynasties Battle Corps had come to their aid!
A death trap!
An utterly inescapable death trap!
"City... Lord Xin, help me into the city. I... can still fight!"
Xiao Chen murmured.
Since he had decided to intervene!
He would see it through to the end!
"Young friend, you're still so young. Why do this?"
Xin Liang was moved, but he did not want Xiao Chen to die alongside him!
As the city lord.
He would live as long as the city stood.
And die when it fell.
Protecting its people until the very last moment.
Was his duty.
But Xiao Chen had