Unifying the South (Part 2)

"Zhai Jiao."

Watching Zhai Jiao and the others charge directly in from behind, Li Mi snorted coldly and immediately led his personal guards forward to meet them. The situation had reached this point; there was basically no chance of turning things around. He had already begun considering escape, but Shen Tang's troops stood ahead of him. His only option was to break through from the rear.

Li Mi had remained here because he wanted to see whether the defeat could still be salvaged. However, when Zhai Jiao and the others charged in from behind, he understood that if he did not leave now, he would have no opportunity once the troops ahead arrived.

With that thought in mind, Li Mi swung the Steel Spear in his hand and attacked Zhai Jiao. Her appearance made him suspect that she might have been responsible for exposing this plan. Therefore, even if he had to flee, he wanted to kill Zhai Jiao first. If possible, there was another person he was determined to kill as well—Shen Luoyan.

The more Shen Luoyan was valued by Shen Fei, the angrier Li Mi became, because it proved that he had no eye for talent. By now, Li Mi had placed the blame for his defeat entirely on Zhai Jiao and Shen Luoyan. As for himself, naturally, he had done nothing wrong.

With such thoughts in his heart, Li Mi naturally showed no mercy. Tu Shufang and Xuan Yong, standing on either side of Zhai Jiao, had just moved to block the attack for her when several of Li Mi's personal guards pounced on them and stopped them.

Clang.

Zhai Jiao's Great Guan Blade collided violently with Li Mi's Steel Spear in midair. The shockwave from the clash made both their bodies tremble at the same time,