"Fall back to the Southern Capital."
The words rang out.
Everyone shuddered at once.
The Southern Capital.
It was Great Xia's second-largest core city.
It was also the largest Psychic base south of the Yangtze River.
If the Imperial Capital was the dynasty's heart,
then the Southern Capital was its last lung.
If the Southern Capital fell as well,
all of Great Xia would lose its strategic depth.
Qi Wu slowly exhaled a stale breath.
Reverse Cursed Technique had already begun working within him.
Cursed Energy flowed through his meridians.
His broken bones made faint noises.
The collapsed ribs in his chest shifted back into place little by little.
The twisted bones in his left arm began to knit back together.
Though the process was far slower than when he was at full strength,
he had at least regained the ability to move.
"Mr. Gojo, are you... all right...?"
Jiang Qingyue asked worriedly.
Qi Wu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.
"I won't die."
Xiao Tiance, however, looked grave.
"You've recovered thirty percent of your fighting strength at most."
He could tell that Qi Wu had expended a tremendous amount of the power of laws.
Even if a healing Cursed Technique fully restored his body,
it could not replenish the power of laws he had spent.
He said worriedly,
"If we run into Di Tian again..."
Qi Wu shook his head.
"We can't worry about that now."
"As long as we can retreat south safely, I'll recover with a little more time."
"If we stay here, death is our only option."
The air grew still.
No one objected.
Because it was the truth.
Di Tian had now
entered the ranks of Demigods.
And Hades
was the despair looming over every living being.
Qi Wu raised his head