His consciousness withdrew from the Golden Light Domain.
Chen Lin immediately discovered that eight layers of his Nine-Layered Armor had been pierced. The intricate runic inscriptions swayed like drunkards, unable to restore the breaches for a long time.
He glanced at the Zhenshan King, who had withdrawn his golden spear, and rapidly absorbed the variegated crystal clutched in his hand.
Only when the armor gradually restored itself did he secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, his opponent had not attacked again, giving him time to recover. Otherwise, even one casual blow would have been impossible to withstand.
"You have some tricks."
The Zhenshan King laid his golden spear across the Qilin Beast's back.
He did not attack again.
Instead, he turned the Qilin Beast around and headed into the City Lord Manor.
As he went, he said, "There's no need to continue. The Outer City is yours, but you'll have to open the city gates yourself and maintain the defensive formation. I hope you can hold it."
With that, he gave instructions to the white-robed man beside him.
"Hanshan, withdraw everyone from the King's Manor. From now on, hold only the Inner City. I'm going into seclusion."
"Yes!"
The white-robed man gave Chen Lin a sinister look, then rose into the air and flew away.
Creak.
As the gates of the King's Manor closed, the street fell silent.
It was as though everything that had just happened had been an illusion.
The corner of Chen Lin's mouth twitched.
He had never expected the Zhenshan King to pull such a move. They had agreed on three spear strikes, yet he had stopped after two. This way, the contract would not restrict him.
He could even launch his final attack at any moment.
After all, the contract had specified no time