Taking command of the battle (Please vote with your monthly tickets)

After the courtesies, Liu Wu asked with a chuckle, "Fellow Daoist, might you do me a favor and let the members of the Jade Whale Sect leave with me?"

Just then, another figure appeared out of thin air. Before he had even taken shape, his voice rang out. "You really are something, using our Yellow Springs Guide's Transference Talismans to scheme against us!"

As the words fell, a young man in a narrow-sleeved, blue-green Daoist robe came into view. Intricate ornaments hung at his waist, and a jade hairpin held his hair in place.

Yang Wenqing had seen him in the records. He was Yu Fan, the second-in-command of Yellow Springs Guide and another Third Realm Grand Evolution Cultivator. His strength had never been assessed because no one had seen him fight, and he had already lived for nearly two thousand years.

For other cultivators, reaching two thousand might mean they were already on the verge of becoming deadwood. Grand Evolution Cultivators were different. They could live at least another thousand years, and with Pills and health-preserving practices, another two thousand would be no problem.

No amount of caution was excessive around someone like him. The moment he appeared, everyone present instinctively sharpened their focus, while Situ Hai swallowed two recovery Pills.

Wanxuan's Third Realm cultivators turned into streaks of light and rushed to Yang Wenqing's side. Yang Wenqing swept his Divine Sense over them. The four Divine Arts Cultivators had expended too much energy, so he sent them a voice transmission telling them to return to the fortress and recuperate. He also had them take the two imprisoned Jade Whale Sect cultivators with them.

The dark-red Killing Intent around Jian Cong faded. Cracks still marked his skin, giving him a frightening appearance, but they were only superficial wounds. His