The cultivators who regained their senses panicked, broke free of their ropes, and, without thinking any further, instinctively turned to flee again.
"Come back!"
At that soft command, the cultivators who had just turned around spun back at once, as though obeying an order...
Those once lofty cultivators now looked as pitiful as mice being toyed with by a cat.
The Duke Who Guards the Nation looked up at the absurd spectacle before him, and an inexplicable trace of pity rose in his heart.
He had once thought Lin Bai was getting the better end of the Taiyi Kingdom's cooperation with the Righteous Alliance.
Under immense pressure, the Taiyi Kingdom had transferred the Northern Defense Army here to help Lin Bai. For this, he had even prepared himself for the kingdom's destruction.
And the result? The mighty Northern Defense Army had come to watch a monkey show?
Now it seemed the Taiyi Kingdom was the one getting the bargain!
The way of laws was terrifying. It had completely shattered the existing rules of cultivation. The heavens really were about to change...
Relief washed over the Duke Who Guards the Nation. Thank goodness he had agreed to Lin Bai's conditions.
Otherwise, if he truly drove Lin Bai into a frenzy and Lin Bai caused havoc in a few places across the Taiyi Kingdom, its destruction would probably come even faster than if it offended the Seven Righteous Sects.
At that moment, the Duke Who Guards the Nation felt it necessary to ease relations with his son-in-law. His previous attitude had been far too harsh.
"Ye Song, Brother Xiao, Brother Purple-Robed, it's time to act," Lin Bai gently reminded the three Mahayana Realm cultivators staring blankly below.
Ye Song and the other two jolted awake from the shock of Taunt, then