Akil had already suffered serious injuries and naturally could no longer fight. Angel immediately took his place and roared, "Listen up, brothers! If we charge now, we still have a way to live. If we run, only a tiny handful of us will survive. Since that's the case, why not show them what we're made of?"
With that roar, he charged straight ahead. The first to follow him were the men who had originally served as Nanbula's personal guards. The remaining mercenaries looked around in panic, seemingly realizing that there truly was no other way, before rushing out as well and charging toward the enemy behind Angel.
In an instant, blood sprayed everywhere. Xiang Ze was like a demon god, slaughtering the Shadow of Konoha mercenaries with wild abandon. Before he knew it, he had led his forces through the Shadow of Konoha formation once more. Looking back, he saw that only fifty or sixty of the Shadow of Konoha's men remained—far too few to matter. What shocked him even more was that Angel had actually led the remaining men away at top speed.
Xiang Ze was taken aback by the sight. In truth, if Angel had led his men away earlier, Xiang Ze could have chased them down, and aside from a few exceptionally skilled riders, they would surely have been wiped out. But by fleeing while the two sides were passing each other in their charge, at least more than half of them could survive.
Only a little over eighty men remained on Xiang Ze's side as well. A vicious glint flashed through his eyes, and he roared before leading his remaining subordinates in another charge at the enemy.
Meanwhile, Li's battle with the Blizzard Mercenary Corps mage had already entered its final stage. In truth, there had