[Although Gu Shen had become a legend among Rogue Cultivators and cultivated to the Immortal King realm, he did not believe he could stand against you. Thus, before Hou Ba made his move, he found an excuse to temporarily leave Feier Holy City.]
[Without Gu Shen, Feier Holy City no longer had anyone capable of stopping the group led by Hou Ba, a Peak True Immortal Realm powerhouse. The other guards and captains of Feier Holy City had originally been Rogue Cultivators as well. Although they received Fixed Resources after joining the Fei'er Alliance, the amount was not much. Many of the guards still moonlighted as Rogue Cultivators, searching everywhere for other opportunities to earn resources.]
[Such meager resource benefits were enough for them to put on a show of patrolling, but asking them to risk their lives to stop a battle of this level was clearly a fool's dream. Moreover, Gu Shen, the powerhouse who served as a military overseer, was absent. With no one urging them on, the other guard captains tacitly gathered together and began holding a perfunctory meeting rather than immediately maintaining order.]
[Perhaps only after Hou Ba and the others left would the guard captains gather together to uphold the justice of Feier Holy City...]
[Hou Ba's preparations had been thorough. He sealed off every possible means by which Yu Min might escape, leaving her formidable ability to flee utterly useless. The formation further restricted her within it, compressing the space in which she could maneuver. Yu Min felt incomparably stifled, as though someone had seen straight through her and left her strength with nowhere to go.]
[Hou Ba, whose cultivation realm exceeded hers, was like an experienced old hunter. He did not rashly rush in to fight her at close range and give her