Detoxification!

The battlefield in the central basin, once tightly encircled by Northern Barbarian soldiers, had already been breached by the main force of the Great Zhou Divine Phoenix Army.

The Great Zhou Divine Phoenix Army's heavily armored cavalry in particular had smashed the Northern Barbarians' iron-bucket formation full of holes!

Even the Northern Barbarian soldiers who had originally been charging in to surround and kill Ding Hao were sent sprawling by the Great Zhou cavalry, their cries of agony covering the ground!

The Northern Barbarian army and Great Zhou's main force erupted into a full-scale melee!

"Great!"

At the sight of this, the weight on Ding Hao's mind instantly lifted!

Clearly, their Elite Vanguard Camp had completed its mission, successfully holding out until the main force of the Great Zhou Divine Phoenix Army came charging in!

Ding Hao even saw Ding Yishan and the other Great Zhou generals fiercely cutting their way toward Luo Shenhuang's location!

"Kill!"

After gaining a brief respite, Ding Hao threw himself back into the slaughter!

Meanwhile, elsewhere.

The instant he saw Great Zhou's main force break through, Commander of Northern Barbarians Man Potian's aged face turned exceedingly grim!

Without hesitation, he immediately roared an order, "All Northern Barbarian soldiers, heed my command! Kill Luo Shenhuang at any cost!"

He knew that the ambush was over. He could only make one final gamble—so long as Luo Shenhuang was killed, it would not count as a loss!

For a time.

Both he and the Northern Barbarian generals began attacking Luo Shenhuang like mad.

Even with Luo Shenhuang's cultivation reaching heaven-defying heights, she could not withstand them and was forced back again and again.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, Ding Yishan and the other generals charged over, helping Luo Shenhuang intercept many of the frenzied Northern Barbarian generals.

But the battlefield was more chaotic than ever. Before long, both the Northern Barbarians and Great Zhou had lost track of Luo Shenhuang...

Ding! Congratulations, Host, for picking up 200 points of vitality, 15 points of spirit, and 30 points of comprehension!

Elsewhere.

Now that he was no longer fighting alone, Ding Hao's pressure had eased considerably. He weaved through the battlefield as he fought, picking up attributes along the way!

Sometimes, if luck was on his side, he could even come across the corpses of True Martial Realm generals.

Gradually, his cultivation reached the peak of the Seventh Rank!

Suddenly, at a certain moment, accompanied by a dull thud, the graceful figure of a woman fell awkwardly before him. Her golden armor and crimson robe were already stained with blood and mud.

It was none other than Luo Shenhuang, commander of the Great Zhou Divine Phoenix Army!

Yet before Ding Hao could step forward to check Luo Shenhuang's condition, several barbarian generals with savage auras came charging at him from across the field!

Unlike the Northern Barbarian deputy general Ding Hao had killed before, who had only been a Ninth-Rank Martial Artist, every one of these barbarian generals was a genuine True Martial Realm expert—and some were far from ordinary True Martial Realm experts!

"Damn it!"

"Are they trying to get themselves killed?!"

Ding Hao immediately wanted to take advantage of Luo Shenhuang's inattention and get away from here.

Luo Shenhuang's identity was simply too special, and she was being relentlessly pursued by the Northern Barbarian generals. Right now, anyone who stayed by Luo Shenhuang's side would likely be casually cut down by those generals as well!

He had fought so hard to survive; he had no desire to throw his life away like this!

"Soldier!"

"Leave this place, quickly!"

Yet before Ding Hao could leave, Luo Shenhuang noticed him. But instead of ordering Ding Hao to step forward and block them, she decisively stood in front of him, intending to let him escape!

"Uh..."

Seeing this, Ding Hao froze.

He truly had not expected this famed female army commander to care so deeply for her soldiers, refusing to let him make a meaningless sacrifice!

Of course, though he was momentarily stunned, his intentions did not change.

After all, the Northern Barbarian generals charging toward them all looked overwhelmingly powerful and impossible to contend with. Luo Shenhuang could deal with them herself!

He was just an insignificant nobody. Looking after his own life was enough!

Who would have thought that before Ding Hao could leave, Luo Shenhuang, who had been standing in front of him, suddenly shuddered violently—perhaps from injuries too severe—and collapsed backward into Ding Hao's arms.

No way!

Fuck me...

Before Ding Hao could even react.

Those Northern Barbarian generals had already charged over viciously!

Some wielded spiked clubs, some swung long sabers over ten feet in length, and some gripped enormous bronze hammers, each carrying the fierce might to split mountains and rend rivers!

"Damn it!"

At that moment, Ding Hao cursed loudly, desperately wanting to throw Luo Shenhuang aside.

But there were quite a few Great Zhou Divine Phoenix Army soldiers nearby. If anyone saw this and exposed it afterward, there wouldn't be enough heads to roll!

More importantly, Luo Shenhuang was clearly incapable of resisting. If she died, the Great Zhou Divine Phoenix Army would very likely suffer defeat!

And once they were defeated, any talk of the merit of breaking enemy formations would be empty words!

"Damn it!"

"To hell with it!"

A thousand thoughts ended in a single instant.

In the end, Ding Hao gritted his teeth, hoisted Luo Shenhuang onto his back, turned, and ran.

"Bastard!"

"Where do you think you're going?!"

"Die for me!"

Seeing the enormous military merit that was practically in their mouths get carried off by a mere soldier—

The Northern Barbarian generals naturally roared in fury and hurried after him!

However.

Ding Hao possessed the Light as a Swallow talent, as well as Wind Treading Steps at the perfected realm. And Luo Shenhuang had a light, graceful build; even clad in golden armor, she was not all that heavy.

He was not slow at all. Especially amid the chaos of the battlefield, he was like a slick loach, impossible to catch.

Moreover, the war had already raged for an entire day, and the sky had long since darkened!

That made Ding Hao even more like a fish in water.

Before long, Ding Hao shook off the Northern Barbarian generals one after another!

But he knew that in Luo Shenhuang's current condition, let alone a Northern Barbarian general, even any random barbarian soldier could probably hack her to death.

So he could only use the cover of night to flee toward the outskirts of the battlefield!

Though he encountered some Northern Barbarian soldiers blocking his path along the way, with Ding Hao's current strength, as long as they were not Northern Barbarian generals of the True Martial Realm, he feared none of them and easily cut down wave after wave of barbarian troops!

In the end.

Ding Hao carried Luo Shenhuang on his back and ran for who knew how long. All he knew was that the soldiers around him grew fewer and fewer, while the sounds of fighting and shouting drifted farther and farther away!

Finally, when not a single sound of battle remained in the night around them—

Ding Hao stopped.

But it was the dead of night, and he could not see the road clearly. On top of that, he was entirely unfamiliar with the terrain and feared running into the Northern Barbarian Army again!

Ding Hao found a concealed cave nearby and set Luo Shenhuang down!

"Army Lord Luo, how are you?"

Ding Hao shook Luo Shenhuang's delicate body, but she gave no response. His heart sank. Could she be dead?

If she was dead, then all his efforts would have been for nothing!

So he hurriedly leaned closer under the moonlight to examine Luo Shenhuang.

The moment he drew near, Luo Shenhuang abruptly opened her eyes!

But those eyes were filled with strange light, while her lovely face—and even the exposed skin of her body—were flushed an unnatural pink!

Her entire body seemed to radiate scorching heat from the inside out.

"I'm so hot... I'm burning up..."

Luo Shenhuang was clearly half-awake and half-dreaming, as though she were suffering unbearably!

Before Ding Hao could react, she pounced like a tiger and pinned him to the ground. "Take me... I want it... I want it so badly!"

"Huh?"

"Army Lord Luo, please have some self-respect. I, Ding Hao, am not that kind of casual man..."

Ding Hao was dumbfounded, but quickly realized that she had been poisoned!

"Take me, quickly... or I'll die..." Luo Shenhuang's voice rang out again, now clearly carrying a trace of lucidity!

"What? I'll die if we don't do it?"

"Fine, then. Saving a life is worth more than building a seven-story pagoda!"

Only then did Ding Hao nod solemnly, before turning from passive to proactive...

Golden armor and clothing flew everywhere.

Soon, the cave beneath the night was filled with an enchanting spring scene!!

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