"Rucheng, we should go back."
In Black Mist City, a great city under Mu Kingdom, Helian Yunyun said seriously, "General Helian has been found, and his injuries cannot be delayed a moment longer. He must be sent back immediately. I have to escort him myself."
Helian Xiaohu had come on this journey to escort Helian Yunyun to the Demon Realm for training. Before the palm of An Xuan, the Heavenly Demon Lion, he had still charged forth bravely and fought to the death.
By every measure of sentiment and reason, Helian Yunyun ought to send him back in person.
Zhao Rucheng said, "I understand completely. Send General Helian back first. I want to stay here... and keep looking."
"No, you have to return with me," Helian Yunyun said. "Your identity is sensitive. Qin Kingdom will not give up easily. If I'm not beside you, they could swallow you whole at any time. And there is no use in your staying here in the Demon Realm. You're a very smart man. You should know I'm telling the truth."
"If today you stood at the absolute pinnacle of the Transcendent, and I were the emperor of Great Mu, I could accompany you in starting another war between our races, raze Skybreath Wasteland to the ground, and search for every trace of third brother. But I am only a princess of Great Mu, and you are still making your final refinements before Divine Presence, striving to leave no regrets... Neither of us is anywhere near qualified."
Gazing into those azure eyes, Zhao Rucheng fell silent.
Precisely because he was smart enough, he could not deceive himself.
When An Xuan, the Heavenly Demon Lion, had suddenly appeared and sought to swallow the entire battlefield in one bite, what could he have done? Nothing he