Victory and Defeat Won't Be Left to the Dead

Tang San spun the Trident in front of him, and the azure light spread outwards along the river.

The water flowed onto the shore, gradually covering the mud and sand beneath Bai Jin's feet. Every change around him could be transmitted back to Tang San through Divine Power. Instead of repeating his previous Power Attack, he used the entire nearby river surface to touch the edge of the Worldless Sky-Sealing.

Bai Jin can withstand attacks from four directions simultaneously, but he also needs to keep an eye on changes in four directions at the same time.

Tang San chose more landing points.

A Divine Power flowed from the crack in the Rock Wall, which Bai Jin dodged by tilting his head. Another wisp rose along the water at his feet. He pushed away the close-range attack, and the Trident in front of him was already in front of him. He braced Limitless against the blade, but a water arrow struck his protective Soul Power from behind.

Blood was seeping from his shoulder.

Bai Jin took a half step back, and Tang San immediately followed, sweeping his halberd shaft to force him back towards the middle of the river. The Divine Power at his feet began to push back into the Infinite Void, and Tang San withdrew his senses to the nearby area, no longer simultaneously receiving all the information pressing in from afar.

Bai Jin looked into his eyes and slashed along the outside of the halberd blade with his Right Hand.

Cang pulled the three nearest water arrows together, and He pushed them upwards. Tang San shattered the ground with his left foot and moved to the side along the water flow.

This time, he followed the real path; the spatial location sealed off by Bai Jin did not stop him.

As the Trident swept across his shoulder and back, Bai Jin deliberately loosened a blockade at a distance, Shrinking Earth over the shaft. Tang San immediately channeled his Sea God Power towards that gap, attempting to use it to circle around to the Empire Pass.

Bai Jin's Cang Xian arrived first.

The remaining water flow before the pass was pulled inward by Cang, and the divine Divine Power that Tang San sent out left the riverbed, revealing the light trace that connected with the divine weapon in his hand. Cang continued to deflect this power, while Worldless Sky-Sealing seized the landing point leading to the pass, forcing Tang San to withdraw his attack.

"You deliberately moved aside."

Tang San turned around, his halberd blade blocking He who was coming towards him.

"You've been staring at what's behind me," Bai Jin said. "That spot is for you to look at; it'll be quite useful."

He did not expand his reach further.

The ever-increasing water flow changed direction in the valley, but every strand of power that could truly penetrate the Limitless ultimately had to be sent out from the divine weapon in Tang San's hands. Bai Jin gave up competing with Tang San for the entire river, his Six Eyes fixed on the golden patterns on the halberd shaft.

Tang San's attacks became closer and faster.

The halberd tip struck the Limitless, and Divine Power spun out from the point of contact, injuring Bai Jin's Right Arm Meridians once again. He held onto that section of the shaft, and Cang collapsed towards the middle of the halberd shaft, but He stopped in his palm, waiting for Tang San to send the power back in.

Sea God Trident pressed forward.

Bai Jin pushed He out from the side of the halberd shaft, and Tang San's right wrist was shaken off course, with Divine Power overflowing along the back of his hand. At that moment, the Infinite Void received the extremely close range, and the rotating power within the halberd blade and the order in which the Divine Outfit withstood the impact were all Six Eyes back into Tang San's perception by the Six Eyes.

Tang San immediately severed his external senses.

The halberd shaft paused for a moment in his palm.

Bai Jin's hand had already reached out, Cang held the end of the long handle, and the other hand's hem fell against the chest of the Divine Outfit. Tang San tried to use the Eight Spider Lances to support his retreating body, but before the Spider Spear even touched the ground, the distance between his feet was stretched backward.

His back slammed into the Rock Wall.

Bai Jin landed directly in front of him, the purple light in his Right Hand condensing into the size of a fist, pointing towards the armor on Tang San's chest where he had been hit twice. The Trident was positioned between the two, but the outer blade was still held back by Cang and couldn't return to the straight line in time.

Tang San stared at the purple light, his grip firm.

He pushed against the Rock Wall with his left hand, and the Sea God Power surged from beneath their feet, attempting to push Bai Jin away from the front. The purple light in Bai Jin's hand did not expand, but his left palm pressed down, and Cang pulled the rising power into the crack in the Rock Wall.

Pebbles fell beside Tang San.

The Divine Outfit protected his back, and Bai Jin was also grazed on his left shoulder, reopening the wound on his shoulder. The two remained in the same straight line, Trident could not retract before Zi at this distance. Tang San's left hand, which had been pushing against the Rock Wall, fell down again.

"You really dare to let it out of here?"

"You know where it hit."

Bai Jin's gaze fell on the dented breastplate. Tang San's Divine Power could protect the flesh inside, but it had already revealed the same gap in the two close-range impacts. So, if you walked along that spot, the first thing you would encounter was the Divine Power that came into contact with the surface of the armor.

Tang San turned his right wrist inward and tried it once. The end of the halberd shaft was immediately pulled in the opposite direction by Cang Xiang. Bai Jin was also experiencing the backlash from the divine weapon, but the purple light in front of his fingers remained steadily in place.

The standoff between the two extended all the way outside the valley.

Dai Mubai had already spotted Tang San's footsteps. He stopped Ma Hongjun, who was about to step forward, and pressed his hand on Ma Hongjun's shoulder, pointing to the open space where the Divine Power was still trembling.

Let him choose for himself.

The stone wall behind Tang San was pushed open by the Sea God Power, allowing him to retreat. However, once he left, he would lose his offensive position in front of the pass. Bai Jin stood outside the gap, Worldless Sky-Sealing blocked all the landing points that were about to enter the pass.

"Here," Bai Jin said.

Tang San's chest heaved once.

The Allied Army outside the city had stopped advancing. Dai Mubai stood guard over the Military Flag, Ning Rongrong was protecting several wounded Soul Master, and the Recovery Food that Oscar had sent out was distributed to the front row. Xiao Wu stood by the retreat route at the rear, helping a soldier who had fallen and injured himself to flat ground.

Tang San passed Bai Jin and saw her.

The Sea God Trident was retrieved.

"I'm retreating from this spot."

Bai Jin dissipated the purple light before his fingers, his feet remaining still in the same spot. The azure waters receded along the riverbed, and the golden light that had pressed down on the Empire Center Army finally left the fortress.

He released Cang Yi, who was holding the halberd blade, and Tang San retreated to the outside of the river with the complete divine weapon, leaving the gate intact behind Bai Jin.

Hu Liena breathed a sigh of relief and was about to ask someone to take the medicine outside when the Purple-Black Light Pass Tower pressed down on the valley.

Bibi Dong watched the moment Tang San stepped back.

The Demon Scythe sliced through the Sea God Power at low altitudes, and the Rakshasa Domain unfolded along the battlefield outside the pass. The allied Allied Army, which had been pushed back to the outside, retreated again, and the Cavalry, who had just regained order, clashed together.

She gripped the sickle handle and glanced towards the rear of the Allied Army.

"Push the offensive line back."

Some soldiers in the Empire Army Formation raised their flags again, and the Soul Master inside the city gates prepared to launch an attack. Bai Jin, however, raised his left hand, and Cang pulled an officer who had rushed to the front row back to the wall.

The man's eyes were bloodshot, and the blade was pointed at a wounded soldier in his own team.

Qian Renxue's Holy Light descended, protecting the wounded soldier, while Yan snatched the officer's sword away. He was still struggling, his teeth clenched until they bled, constantly turning his head toward the Purple-Black Light in the valley.

"Mother!"

Qian Renxue fell forward, her Holy Sword piercing through the Dark Pattern that had penetrated the Empire Army Formation. Bibi Dong tightened her domain, and the officer finally knelt down, but more dark light rose from the ground on the warhorses and soldiers who had just died in the valley.

Tang San gripped the Trident and looked at her again.

Bai Jin moved between the two of them first.

His own spirit was also nearing its limit; the blood on his forehead was wiped away with the back of his hand, but his Six Eyes remained fixed on every gust of power flowing back from below.

"The road ahead has already stopped."

Bibi Dong looked at him, the purple flames on the scythe burning higher and higher.

"The Allied Army are still here, Tang San is still here too."

"Our people are here too."

Bai Jin pointed towards the pass, where the officer whose sword had been taken was clutching his head, trying to wake himself up by banging his head against the ground. The wounded soldiers beside him, supporting themselves on a broken stretcher, were trying to pull him away from the direction of the Demon Scythe.

"You're going to win. I've already defended for you."

He raised his blood-stained Right Hand, and purple light condensed again in front of his fingers.

"For this next move, don't rely on your own people."