Lu Xiaotian no longer dared to casually engage the opposing army of more than twelve thousand Bamu. Even if he could force his way in, there were two Celestial-tier Shoumu Bamo present, and the army was standing ready. It was nothing like the Xiaowen division's demons, who had failed to react in time earlier. If Lu Xiaotian forced his way in, he would have to pay a price. More importantly, another Bamo army of equal size was very close by. Even if he charged in, he would have little chance to press his advantage and inflict heavy casualties on the enemy. On the contrary, he would put himself in grave danger. He had already achieved part of his goal of intimidating the Bamo forces. They had learned their lesson quickly, and now that they were no longer leaving openings, Lu Xiaotian could accomplish little in the short term. The enemy had lost a fifth of its forces, but it could do nothing to Lu Xiaotian for now and no longer dared to split up its troops.
At least for the time being, Lu Xiaotian had secured a foothold in the Luoyang Prison.
"Roar!" The growls of a pack of demonic leopards rippled through the air. Before long, a vast host of fiery-red Flame-Scale Leopard riders came into view. The man at their head was Lü Song, whom Lu Xiaotian had dealt with before and who was Bai Ruxue's senior brother. Back then, he and the Heart-Eroding Devil had conspired to ambush Xue Daoyuan, deputy lord of Nine Central City, leaving him gravely wounded. Thanks to the efforts of Daoist Yihua, Lu Xiaotian, and the others, Xue Daoyuan had survived, but his cultivation had fallen from the Golden Immortal Realm to the Celestial Realm. After suffering that blow, he had never