Almost!

"I'm going all out!!"

But at the critical moment, Ding Hao didn't retreat. Instead, he roared and went all out!

He understood clearly.

When paths cross, the brave one wins. The more he feared, the faster he would die!

Thus, he resolutely unleashed his trump card—the Primordial Barbarian Bloodline!

Who would have thought.

As soon as he activated his bloodline, he saw Man Potian's body tremble violently. The bloodline power that had just surged became extremely chaotic, even causing the injuries within his body to worsen by another thirty percent!

This caused Man Potian's old face to show a look of panic. Clearly, even he didn't know why such a change was happening to him!

"That's right!"

"We both have the Primordial Barbarian Bloodline. My bloodline is enough to restrain his bloodline power!"

Ding Hao's eyes lit up, knowing that this opportunity would not come again!

With his Mysterious Iron Saber, he slashed at Man Potian with lightning speed!

With this saber strike, he not only used his Overlord Body and Innate Strength, but also added sixty percent of the True Meaning of Strength and twenty percent of the True Meaning of Fire. He even managed to barely execute the Heaven Collapsing Style, which doubled its power!

Pfft!

With this strike, Ding Hao aimed directly for the opponent's head.

However, Man Potian was, after all, a Grandmaster. In the critical moment, he forcibly turned his head, dodging the fatal point!

But with a pfft.

Man Potian's arm was severed at the root. Blood splattered as he screamed in pain and stumbled back, clutching his severed limb!

"Huh?"

"Where do you think you're going!"

Ding Hao was naturally not satisfied with just severing one arm and stepped forward to pursue.

Who would have thought that at this moment, a tall warhorse would charge in!

"Haha! This old barbarian's life is mine, Zhang Dalong!"

With a loud laugh, Zhang Dalong used his warhorse to block Ding Hao while swinging his saber at Man Potian!

"Zhang Dalong, get the hell out of here! You can't kill him!"

Seeing this, Ding Hao was furious and extremely anxious!

He was furious because Zhang Dalong had wanted to snatch the credit for capturing the flag earlier, and now he wanted to seize the kill and steal his merit for slaying the general!

He was anxious because he had relied on his own Primordial Barbarian Bloodline to temporarily suppress Man Potian's source of power, which was how he achieved this success.

Indeed.

Although Zhang Dalong's strength was much greater than his, if Man Potian lost the restraint of his bloodline, the former would absolutely not be able to kill the latter!

It was even possible that Man Potian would seize the opportunity to escape!

"Tch!"

"This old barbarian is already so injured that you, a mere Ninth-Rank Martial Artist, can sever his arm. You think I, a dignified high-level True Martial expert, can't kill him? What a joke!"

Zhang Dalong ignored Ding Hao's shouts, feeling extremely disdainful.

He thought Ding Hao's outburst was just the impotent rage of someone whose kill had been stolen!

Instead of yielding, he spurred his horse and slashed at Man Potian!

If this saber strike succeeded, he would not only disrupt Ding Hao's plan to collect all four military merits but also earn great merit for slaying the general!

Killing two birds with one stone!!

"Scram!"

However, who would have thought that Man Potian's hair and beard would bristle in rage? Like an old lion cornered at the edge of a cliff, he roared, and his bloodline power finally erupted completely!

With a boom, he sent Zhang Dalong and his horse flying backward!

Even Ding Hao, who was behind them, was affected. He was hit by the horse's body!

With a bang, he was sent flying back more than ten meters, spitting blood!

By the time he managed to get up, Man Potian had already been heavily guarded by barbarian soldiers.

"Zhang Dalong, you son of a bitch!!"

At this moment, Ding Hao was filled with rage and couldn't help but curse!

Just a little bit more!

He was only a little bit short!

If it weren't for Zhang Dalong's interference, he would have definitely beheaded Man Potian before his bloodline power erupted!

"Damn it!"

"What's going on!"

Zhang Dalong, who had fallen to the ground not far away and was spitting blood, also cursed in anger.

No!

He had personally witnessed Man Potian have an arm easily severed by the Ninth-Rank Ding Hao!

Why was it that when it was his turn, the opponent became so fierce again? Was he being targeted!

However, after faintly hearing Ding Hao's angry curses, Zhang Dalong's initially gloomy mood immediately improved significantly.

Although he hadn't gained the merit of slaying a general!

At least Ding Hao hadn't either, so he wasn't at a loss in this exchange!

And looking at Ding Hao again, he no longer had time to curse Zhang Dalong. He brandished his saber and madly charged towards the position where Man Potian had been.

He wanted to try his luck again!

But when he saw Man Potian's figure in the distance again, the surrounding barbarian soldiers seemed to have gone mad, frantically blocking Ding Hao.

As for Man Potian's eyes, they were also fixed on Ding Hao!

As if he wanted to deeply remember this nameless nobody who had severed his arm and almost killed him!

"Quick, retreat!"

"Get the Marshal out of here!"

"As long as the Marshal doesn't die, our Northern Barbarians will eventually return!"

Soon, a large number of Northern Barbarian soldiers began to escort Man Potian as he fled!

This was not only because Man Potian was severely wounded with a severed arm, but also because the main force of the Divine Phoenix Army had completely broken through the Northern Barbarian camp!

The tide of the battle had turned, and if they didn't leave now, they wouldn't be able to leave at all!

"Stop!"

"Where do you think you're going!"

"Kill, kill, kill!!"

Ding Hao naturally was unwilling to let go of such a good opportunity to slay a general tonight. Even Luo Shenhuang, along with Ding Yishan and others, were charging forward!

They all wanted to keep Man Potian there!

Unfortunately, the Northern Barbarian army was too numerous, and the dense crowd blocked them!

Not long after.

Man Potian's figure completely disappeared from everyone's sight.

With the retreat of the Northern Barbarian commander, the entire Northern Barbarian camp fell into complete chaos!

"The battle standard has fallen!"

"The Marshal has fled!"

"We Northern Barbarians have been defeated!!"

Especially as shouts echoed throughout the Northern Barbarian camp!

The Northern Barbarian army was routed, and the situation was beyond control. The hundreds of thousands of Northern Barbarian troops had become a disorganized mob, fleeing in large numbers!

Seeing this, the Divine Phoenix Army naturally pursued and cut down the hundreds of thousands of Northern Barbarian soldiers!

They chased from late night until dawn, covering a distance of hundreds of miles!

When the signal horn to cease hostilities sounded, all the Divine Phoenix Army soldiers finally stopped!

Looking back, for hundreds of miles along the way, there were Northern Barbarian soldiers' corpses lying everywhere. The bloody carnage had stained the northern landscape overnight!

"Hahaha!"

"We won!"

"A great victory in this battle, a great victory!!"

Finally, all the Divine Phoenix Army soldiers cheered with raised arms, their faces filled with the excitement and joy of victory!

This was because, since the battle against the Northern Barbarians, this was the most satisfying battle they had fought. Although they hadn't annihilated all the Northern Barbarian forces!

At least they had eliminated over 150,000 Northern Barbarian soldiers, which was an extremely rare great victory in the thousand-year history of Great Zhou!

Even Luo Shenhuang, the commander of the army, was overjoyed!

Only Ding Hao!

Looking at the Northern Barbarian army that had finally escaped, his face was filled with unwillingness, regret, and an uncontrollable anger!

Turning around, he found Zhang Dalong and angrily rebuked him without reservation.

"Zhang Dalong, what crime do you deserve for intentionally letting the Northern Barbarian commander escape!!"