The System Marks Wen Zhong as a High-Risk Target for the First Time

The rumbling of the earth grew increasingly violent.

The originally narrow Dragon-Severing Ridge seemed to have suddenly come alive.

Dull, muffled booms came from deep within the mountains.

Streams of searing heat surged out through cracks in the ground.

At first, it was only hot wind.

Then the edges of the cracks began to glow red.

Lin Yuan glanced down.

His pupils contracted slightly.

Earthfire.

And not ordinary earthfire.

Several fire veins beneath Dragon-Severing Ridge, which had been artificially twisted, were awakening at the same time.

The feeling was all too familiar.

It was somewhat similar to the Earth Inferno Formation of the Ten Ultimate Formation.

But vastly larger.

Because the enemy had not simply planted a few formation flags.

They had used the entirety of Dragon-Severing Ridge as the foundation.

"Everyone, fall back!"

Wen Zhong had already given the order at the first opportunity.

The rear guard no longer made camp.

They quickly retreated along the route they had come from.

But after withdrawing less than a few miles—

Boom!

A scarlet curtain of light suddenly lit up at the mouth of the ridge.

A wall of fire dozens of yards high shot into the sky from underground.

It completely sealed off their retreat.

A Qi Practitioner from the Shang Army tried to fly through on his sword.

The moment he approached.

The magic power protecting his body began to twist violently.

"Grand Preceptor!"

"There are restrictions within the fire wall!"

Wen Zhong's expression turned grave.

"Do not force your way through."

"The army formation, gather toward the center!"

"Cultivators, protect the ordinary soldiers!"

The army that had originally been assigned as the rear guard swiftly formed up.

The blood energy of the human army formation rose.

For the moment, it held back the steadily rising heat around them.