Proof of Allegiance

"Well said." Feng Wuji's eyes gleamed with strange light.

Chen Fei, Shi Yan, and the others nodded in agreement.

Follow heaven's course, each takes what they need. Beautifully said—and ruthless enough.

As they spoke.

Rumble—

The ground suddenly trembled faintly as heavy hoofbeats rapidly approached from the edge of the woods.

"Cavalry." Shi Yan's ears twitched.

"Likely the main force of the refugees." Feng Wuji's gaze sharpened.

Before his words had faded.

Several dozen riders burst from the dense forest like a gale. By the faint firelight, they could see that although these cavalrymen wore ragged armor, every one of them brimmed with fierce vitality. They were nothing like the rabble from before.

"Kill!"

Using their horses' momentum, the riders at the front violently hurled the short spears in their hands.

Whoosh—

The short spears tore through the air with piercing shrieks.

"What strength." Chen Fei snorted coldly.

The force behind those throws was at least three hundred Ancient Force!

Chen Fei flicked his great spear, and blossoms of spear-light bloomed. With two clangs, he knocked the short spears flying.

Shi Yan likewise swung his broadsword and forcibly cleaved the incoming spear in two.

Su Mei nimbly dodged aside.

From the corner of his eye, Feng Wuji glanced at Lu Zhen. He had originally intended to help block the attack for him. After all, how much strength could someone gain after spending three days in the Number Five Quiet Chamber?

But in the next instant.

Lu Zhen merely stood where he was, gripping his sheathed sword as he casually flicked it upward.

That short spear, carrying terrifying kinetic force, was sent flying outright and viciously nailed into a tree trunk as thick as a bowl, its tail trembling violently.

The sight shocked them all.

A three-hundred-Ancient-Force short spear, combined with