Cautious Turtle General

Lin Ming watched Tuoba Lie's retreating figure vanish into the thick night without the slightest hesitation, like a dog fleeing with its tail between its legs. For the first time, surprise appeared on his face.

He stood there in a daze for several seconds before shaking his head with a laugh, rubbing his chin as he spoke with genuine amazement.

"This is the first time I've seen such a cautious enemy."

Lin Ming clicked his tongue in wonder, his eyes full of novelty. "He's clearly several realms above me, a dignified Three-Star General at the Fourth Layer of the Tenth Tier, with hundreds of thousands of troops under his command, yet he didn't even fight. He didn't even have the guts to test me before running away?

This wasn't how the script was supposed to go. Logically, shouldn't he have looked down on a 'mere Ninth Tier' like me because of his higher realm and greater strength, then been provoked by me, only for me to reveal all my trump cards and barely kill him in a counterattack? Why wasn't he following the usual routine? He ran faster than a rabbit!"

Lin Ming had originally wanted to use this Three-Star General to test his spear, to gauge his strength after breaking through and the sharpness of the Asura Divine Spear. Instead, the other man had slipped away at the first opportunity, leaving him with the unpleasant, regretful feeling of throwing a charged-up punch into cotton.

General Scarlet Flame also recovered from his brief stupor. Looking in the direction where Tuoba Lie had disappeared, a complicated expression appeared on his face—relief at having escaped disaster, mixed with contempt and disdain.

"I didn't expect things to go so smoothly. It feels like a dream. Tuoba Lie is, after all, a renowned Three-Star