Shi Wu sneered, "Do you think your death today is dignified?"
Gong Yong sighed softly, "I don't think my death today is dignified."
His tone shifted.
With firm eyes, he said, "But in my opinion, my death today is very valuable."
"From what you're saying, do you think you can stop me?" Shi Wu's eyes flashed with a cold light.
"You're actually very afraid of me, otherwise you wouldn't be spouting so much nonsense," Gong Yong managed a weak smile. "Alright, I don't know if I can stop you either."
"But that's not important."
"What's important is that if I can stall you for just one minute, it will give my boss and the others more time to escape."
"Perhaps, they might survive."
"Even if you stop me, my subordinates are still pursuing them. They won't escape!" Shi Wu revealed a smile full of unspoken meaning.
However, he was extremely anxious internally.
He wished he could instantly kill Gong Yong right now.
But.
He knew that his combat power would double after igniting the divine fire.
After all, a fire, when burning, always reaches its peak intensity for a moment.
Even he dared not confront it head-on.
He could only evade its edge.
Gong Yong calmly asked, "Do you know why I don't like you?"
"The reason is very simple..."
"You refer to your followers as subordinates."
"While Quinn treats us as brothers."
"That's the biggest difference between you two."
"Sometimes I truly don't understand."
"We're all experiencing life for the first time, why should I feel inferior in front of you?"
Shi Wu was enraged, "I also consider them my brothers."
Gong Yong shook his head, "Brothers aren't just words... spoken," he said, his expression changing, a dizzying sensation washing over him.
"You can die now!" Shi Wu's eyes sharpened. He pointed with his fingers, and his long sword transformed into a streak of rainbow light, slashing towards Gong Yong.
Gong Yong raised his blade to block.
Even though his divine fire was about to extinguish.
He still forced back Shi Wu's long sword.
He was like a killing god, invincible.
"Stop him!"
Shi Wu roared.
Although he could feel Gong Yong's aura weakening.
He still didn't dare to confront him directly.
He quickly retreated, ordering his subordinates to kill Gong Yong together.
They adopted a ranged attack strategy.
Firing sharp arrows into Gong Yong's body.
Once his movement was hindered, they would move in for the kill.
After a fierce battle lasting over ten minutes.
Gong Yong's blood had completely drained from his body.
He used his long saber to support himself, preventing him from falling.
His eyes looked hopefully in the direction where Quinn and the others had departed.
He stood motionless, like a statue.
With things having reached this point.
His only hope was that Quinn could escape successfully.
"Boss, this guy has no breath left!" a young man checked Gong Yong's condition.
Shi Wu looked north, "Leave him here to become food for the demonic beasts and monsters! Let's go, chase after them." With that, he quickly sped north.
Quinn and the others had to die.
Otherwise, he would lose his chance at the leadership position.
------
Five minutes later.
Shi Wu caught up with his subordinates ahead.
At the same time.
He sensed Quinn and the others hiding underground.
However.
They were more than ten meters deep underground, and even with his long sword, he couldn't hit them.
"Quinn, I know you're hiding below to rest," Shi Wu said. "There's no need for this, I think we need to have a good talk."
"We have an irreconcilable enmity, there's nothing to talk about," Quinn's eyes turned bloodshot. If he hadn't been inferior in skill, he would have appeared on the surface right now to tear Shi Wu to shreds.
Shi Wu: "As long as you hand over the corpses of those demonic creatures, I can let you all live. You can choose to pledge allegiance to me, or you can choose to leave the tribe."
Quinn said in a low voice, "Shi, don't be delusional."
"I, Quinn, am not a coward who fears death. Even if I die, I will not give you the corpses of those demonic creatures."
"I will never let you harm the tribe."
"Your ambitions are evident, I've long seen you for what you truly are!"
For the future of the tribe.
He absolutely could not hand over the corpses of those demonic creatures to Shi Wu.
Moreover.
He had just killed his own brother.
Even if he couldn't kill Shi Wu to avenge Gong Yong.
He definitely wouldn't pledge allegiance to the other party.
This would make him feel ashamed of the brother who died tragically at Shi Wu's hands.
Shi Wu was enraged, "Unappreciative wretch, I originally intended to give you a way out, but it seems I was too merciful!"
"Since that's the case, we'll just stall here."
"Let's see who can outlast whom."
"Unless you all stay underground like cowardly turtles."
"The moment you show yourselves will be the moment of your death!"
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More than ten meters underground.
Except for Chen Nan, everyone was gasping for breath.
Repeatedly using the Earth Evasion technique was very draining.
Let alone ordinary people, even Chen Nan felt a slight fatigue.
"Boss, why don't we fight our way out?" Yao Chun said with a face full of sorrow, his eyes bloodshot.
Even now.
He still couldn't accept the fact that Gong Yong had been killed.
"No!" Quinn clenched his fists. "The other side has superior numbers, and Shi Wu's strength is far beyond mine. Even if we fight our way out, we won't be able to break through the encirclement!"
"Perhaps I can try!" Chen Nan's voice rang out.
Quinn asked, "Can you defeat them?"
Chen Nan shook his head.
He currently only had the strength of a mid-level Heavenly God.
While Shi Wu had the strength of an upper-level Heavenly God.
Even if he used the Eight-Nine Arcane Art, he might not be able to defeat so many experts.
"We appreciate your kindness!" Quinn said. "But you are not of my people, how can we let you fight alone?"
"Even if you can defeat Shi Wu, so what?"
"You can help us for a while, but can you help us for a lifetime?"
"Some things, ultimately, must be handled by ourselves!"
Quinn understood it clearly in his heart.
Chen Nan was not from this world.
He would leave someday.
Therefore.
He couldn't rely on Chen Nan to solve all his troubles.
"Boss, if I remember correctly, the Misty Valley is about twenty miles ahead. We can go there and try our luck," Zhou Li suddenly said.
Upon hearing this.
Except for Chen Nan, everyone else showed a look of apprehension.
Clearly.
Misty Valley must be a perilous place.
Quinn noticed Chen Nan's thoughts and explained, "There are three forbidden lands in the Second Heaven, and Misty Valley is one of them."
"What lies within is unknown."
"Because no one who has ever entered has ever left alive."
"However, since we know the Earth Evasion technique, we can take a gamble!"
"This might be the only way to escape Shi Wu and the others."
He paused and said, "Brother Chen Nan, I still have an invisibility talisman here. We'll lure Shi Wu and the others away later, and you can take the opportunity to leave this place!"
He didn't want Chen Nan to get further entangled in the tribe's troubles.
Chen Nan's eyes widened, "We agreed that I would help you become the tribe leader, and you would give me the incomplete painting of the Ascension Path. How can you go back on your word?"
"It's just a small Misty Valley!"
"I'd like to see if it can trap me!"