Unmatched Might, Cunning Beyond Measure-With a Lift of His Hand, All Three Armies Fell.

The drumbeats shook the four seas. Bai Changmeng, Iron Fu, Shi Nubao, and the other Gold Stewards felt their scalps tingle. Following at Li Xian's side, they had never in their lives felt so proud and triumphant, so domineering and exhilarating.

Li Xian saw them from afar and shouted, "Raise your bows!" More than twenty Gold-Seeking Guard ships, along with over twenty captured ships—more than fifty vessels in all—raised their bows high. The arrowheads gleamed coldly as they pointed in unison at the lone island.

Li Xian said, "Will you not surrender yet?" The battered remnants of the Hidden-Scale Guard and Purple Feather Guard stood alone amid the sea. How could a mantis arm stop a cart? They merely feared the Great General was present and did not dare kneel to surrender. Yet their hands and feet had gone weak, and with a clang, blades fell in unison.

Zhao Yingqiong had trapped herself in danger and had already prepared to fight alone. She had held no hope that the True Guards would come to help. Yet Li Xian now came crashing through the sea and cleaving the waves, even more imposing than divine soldiers descending from heaven. Her surprise and delight needed no words.

The fleet slowly approached. Seeing that the Hidden-Scale Guard and Purple Feather Guard no longer posed a threat, Li Xian merely moved a finger. The soldiers immediately turned their arrows toward Su Bowu of the Wood-Seeking Guard, He Luobi of the Hidden-Scale Guard, and Xue Guan of the Purple Feather Guard.

The Hidden-Scale Guard's "Silver Scale General, Xu Zhenglie" said worriedly, "Great General! Be caref—" Li Xian stomped down. Xu Zhenglie was already bound, covered in wounds, drugged with Bone-Softening Powder and fed Tendon-Numbing Soup. He had been unable to resist in the first place. Li