Midway through the first month.
Unwilling to let Great Wei take a Blackiron Essence Stone Mine vein for nothing, Great Liang launched a decisive battle.
Although it was smaller in scale than the initial slaughter, the battle still brought enormous casualties.
Soldiers fought soldiers, and commanders fought commanders.
Because Xu Mingxuan had held back some of his strength, he survived repeated encirclements by more than a dozen men, though danger stalked him at every turn.
Then he came across Ge Xuanhong, who had fought an enemy commandant until both were badly wounded and was now surrounded by more than a dozen Houtian Peak warriors.
"Commandant Ge!"
Xu Mingxuan immediately charged over. His Flood Dragon Roar, driven by Xiantian True Qi, exploded like thunder, temporarily forcing the enemies back. But they refused to give up.
After all, a commandant's head was worth Second-Class Merit.
Spears, sabers, and swords thrust and slashed toward the two men.
"Run!"
Commandant Ge knew that, with Xu Mingxuan's strength, taking on more than a dozen Houtian Peak warriors at once was nothing but a fool's dream.
"Get out of my way!"
Xu Mingxuan turned a deaf ear.
He swept his sword out. Pine Waves-colored Xiantian True Qi erupted and rippled outward, sending everyone around them flying.
"Xiantian True Qi! You've reached Xiantian!"
"Go!"
Xu Mingxuan grabbed Ge Xuanhong and swiftly carried him away.
This was a battlefield. As an early Xiantian warrior, he only had enough strength to protect himself, so he had to get Ge Xuanhong out first.
That single kind impulse Ge Xuanhong had shown back then had now saved his own life.
With his strength exposed, Xu Mingxuan stopped pretending. He took advantage of the battle to claim quite a few Houtian warriors' heads, enough in total for another Second-Class Merit.
As for