"Stop?!"
"Withdraw?!"
After a pause of less than a tenth of an instant, the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear moved again, continuing its assault on Nangong Tian, who had reached the end of his road!
If there was one thing Liu Yu hated most, it was threats!
He had indeed taken her "first blood," and she was his official concubine. If circumstances permitted, Liu Yu still wanted to keep Zhuo Mengzhen safe as best he could.
But only as best he could. He would never compromise without limits.
To wipe out the Hehuan Sect, Liu Yu had issued one order after another, mobilizing the strength of his entire sect and the entire Yuan Kingdom.
Who knew how many cultivators on his side had lost their lives during the campaign?
The sect's "Three Great Elders" had also passed away ahead of their time or fallen in battle because of it.
To ensure success was firmly in his grasp, he had even spent fourth-tier spirit pills and called in favors to enlist Huang Mei, Kongzhao, Mo Mei, and Purple Rainbow.
After three years of work from beginning to end, if he stopped now and withdrew his troops, bringing this war to a tiger-headed, snake-tailed conclusion...
Wouldn't he, "Azure Yang," become a laughingstock?
How would he face his fellow Nascent Soul cultivators afterward?
How would he face his disciples upon returning to the sect?
Their teachers and friends, their blood relatives, had all died because of this war!!
He could offer them no explanation!
Although Liu Yu could suppress them through force, from then on, the sect would be divided in heart and purpose.
For a mighty Nascent Soul Patriarch to abandon his grand ambitions for a mere female cultivator would hardly earn him praise.
In the eyes of other True Lords, he