The soldiers had already realized that the invaders were immensely powerful—far beyond what Long Cliff could withstand.
Lin Ruyuan knew this all too well, so he ordered his subordinates to leave first.
At least they would survive. Once they were gone, they could guard the Seven Mountains...
But Lin Ruyuan had overlooked the soldiers' resolve. Not one of them was willing to retreat first.
"If the Commandery Governor is unwilling to advance and retreat together with us, then please kill us yourself!" the burly man said, his expression resolute.
Lin Ruyuan stared blankly at them for a long while before saying, "Zhao Di, go destroy the Teleportation Array. Before it is destroyed, all of you can leave through it. I am sending you back to guard the Seven Mountains, not to make you deserters!"
How could they not understand the reasoning? Yet not one of them chose to leave. Even after Zhao Di went and smashed the Teleportation Array to pieces, they still had no way out...
Not far away, an old man dressed in white and carrying a black fishing rod slowly approached. In a hoarse voice, he called across the distance, "I have long heard that the one guarding Long Cliff is Lin Ruyuan, the peerless genius of Supreme One Mountain. May I ask if you are that man?"
The three-foot sword in Lin Ruyuan's hand slid from its sheath. Red Light flickered across all of Long Cliff, and the edge of the Blood Life Sword Array suddenly emerged. "I am. So what?"
"Since we are all members of the Human Race, why shed the blood of our own kind? The Youxiong Clan is in urgent need of capable men. Submit to us, and you will be granted eternal life!" the old man said.
At Lin Ruyuan's level,