"Bei Ming!" Zhurong roared furiously at the sky. "Stop hiding like a coward! If you have the guts, come out and fight!"
As soon as his words fell, spiritual light swirled through the air.
Bei Ming and Nüwa appeared side by side in midair, their robes fluttering as they looked down upon the battlefield.
Bei Ming remained calm as he said in a deep voice, "Zhurong, the purpose of this trip was Huang Xi's corpse and these two Spirit Treasures.
"You may have killed Huang Xi, but you have also expended a tremendous amount of strength.
"I have no desire to take advantage of your weakness and humiliate you, nor do I wish to make you lose all face before your clansmen."
"How dare you!" Zhurong's chest heaved violently with rage. He forcibly suppressed his injuries and charged forward with his blade once more.
A cold glint flashed through Bei Ming's eyes. With a flick of his right hand, the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler shot forth across the sky, descending with the might of Opening Heaven and Earth and smashing down upon him.
A thunderous boom erupted as Zhurong's body was brutally blasted down once again, crashing into the scorched earth.
"Zhurong, when walking the Primordial Wilderness, those who understand the times are the true heroes."
Bei Ming said coldly, "When you first attacked Undying Volcano, were you a match for Huang Xi?
"If not for the protection afforded by your status as an Ancestor Wizard, you would have died countless times already!"
Zhurong knelt on one knee, both hands braced against the Eternal Myriad Calamity Fire Blade as he forced himself upright. Flames blazed fiercely in his eyes.
"To be an Ancestor Wizard is my fortune!"
The surrounding Great Wizards closed in, leading countless Wu Generals and Wu Soldiers into