That expression seemed to say, "You old fool of a Heavenly Dao, what can you do to me?"
"In that case, this junior can rest easy."
Xu Taiping smiled faintly.
As long as he could confirm that Blade Slave could act, even if the Ningyuan Kingdom could not breach the city anytime soon, he could still try to lead the people behind him into the Imperial Capital in secret.
"Everyone, let's move."
Then Xu Taiping rested his hand on his saber's hilt and glanced back at everyone.
"Yes!"
Their faces alight with excitement, everyone answered in unison.
On Crane Crossing Plain.
The White Tiger Army Formation, composed of two hundred thousand White Tiger Armor soldiers, followed a gigantic phantom White Tiger formed from battle intent. Like a keen blade splitting bamboo, it tore through the Corpse Wraith formation ahead and charged straight toward the Imperial Capital.
But as the formation drove deeper, the hornlike configuration linking the White Tiger Army with the Black Tortoise Army and Vermilion Bird Army was abruptly torn apart.
"General Xuanyuan, our White Tiger Army cannot keep advancing alone like this! If we continue with the Formation Charge, once the Black Tortoise Army and Vermilion Bird Army on our flanks can no longer withstand the Corpse Wraith assault, our retreat will be cut off, and the White Tiger Army will be surrounded by this Corpse Wraith Military Formation!"
"General!"
Within the formation, a somewhat frail-looking middle-aged officer galloped to the side of an elderly female general with gray hair and a deeply wrinkled face, urgently warning her.
"Ayu, do you think my old eyes have grown so dim that I cannot even see that?"
The Old General spoke without turning her head.
As she spoke, her hands held the reins tightly, her gaze still fixed