How could I have forgotten about this? Damn it!
Standing in midair and surveying the entire area, Wang Xuan couldn't help cursing. He had definitely spent too long around Dian Wei—his brain was starting to grow muscles.
Fortunately, it wasn't too late.
"Fog—come!" Wang Xuan formed hand seals with both hands. His Daoist arts and this world's method of using spiritual power took effect simultaneously, and a thick fog quickly formed above the city tower, rising together with the signal smoke.
At that moment, Dian Wei, who was slaughtering enemies in all directions, also noticed what was happening over here. His bell-sized eyes widened instantly. He crouched down, pushed off hard with both legs, and shot into the air.
"Ah!!!" Big Mouth opened wide and roared. An air cannon suddenly slammed toward the signal smoke on the city tower.
"Boom!"
Before the exhilaration from raising the signal smoke had even faded, Zhang Ying watched as the bonfire beneath it suddenly exploded, and his smile froze on his face.
He instinctively turned toward the direction of the enormous roar. What entered his sight was a streak of black light. With a pfft, a hand halberd spinning at high speed smashed into his head. In an instant, the tremendous force crushed his skull, and red and white matter, mixed with fragments of bone and blood, burst into bloom in midair.
Wang Xuan let out a sigh of relief and waved away the fog. He had nearly been undone by a careless mistake.
Although Dian Wei had done his best to stop the fleeing troops from scattering, quite a few people had still escaped through the pass.
There was nothing to be done. The garrison numbered more than a thousand, and they had been routed too quickly. At the time, not many of