Hiding and defending was definitely not a solution. The airship would not be able to hold on for long if the enemy continued to bombard it.
Although Guan Yichuan was not a good commander, he was able to recognize the current situation. With no way out, he decided to lead everyone to break out of the encirclement.
"Everyone, let's kill our way out!"
Guan Yichuan shouted, then charged forward with a long saber in hand.
Xiao Lingyu and the others immediately followed behind Guan Yichuan, and the employers did the same. The mercenaries who were constantly withdrawing from the airship saw that there were two Divine Lord powerhouses leading the way, so naturally, they wouldn't run off to other places.
Of course, there were also a few mercenaries who were afraid and hid in the airship, not daring to come out.
Guan Yichuan's speed was not slow. Even with the enemy's intensive bombardment, he crossed the distance of more than two hundred feet in two breaths and took the lead to kill his way into the enemy's group.
The enemies in front of him were all Heavenly God cultivators. In front of Guan Yichuan, they were too weak.
Guan Yichuan swept his saber across, and a sharp saber light whistled out, instantly cutting a large number of enemies who did not have time to dodge in front of him.
Guan Yichuan's brave performance greatly boosted the morale of the troops. Many of the mercenaries saw hope in breaking out of the encirclement and fought with all their might.
The enemy also reacted quickly to this breakout. Two Divine Lord powerhouses appeared on either side of Guan Yichuan.
Although Guan Yichuan was strong, he was no match for two Divine Lord powerhouses. Therefore, he leaped up and shouted, "Brother Xiao, help me kill the enemy!"
Xiao Lingyu did not hesitate and flew up as well.
The four Divine Lord powerhouses fought in pairs, and their battlefield was in mid-air.
The mercenaries below had lost the Divine Lord powerhouses leading the way, so it was naturally extremely difficult for them to break out of the encirclement. However, they were now trapped beasts. Under the crazy counterattack, it was not easy for the enemy to resist.
The enemy did not have many people, but before long, they sent out another Divine Lord powerhouse.
Although this person was only in the early Divine Monarch stage, compared to those Heavenly Deity stage cultivators, he still had a very obvious advantage. He killed his way into Wildfire's group as if he was in a no-man's land. Very quickly, he set his sights on the employers who were heading to Cloud State City.
The two Divine Lord powerhouses on their side had already been lured away and they were already surrounded. The mercenaries of the Flowing Fire Mercenary Corp had already forgotten their duties as mercenaries. In order to protect themselves, they didn't dare to block the Divine Lord of the opposing side. They also didn't have any hopes of completing this mission.
This group of Wildfire Cultivators who had just gathered together were already scared out of their wits. They only wanted to protect themselves and fight their way out of the encirclement.
After the employers lost the protection of the mercenaries, they could only retreat towards the airship. However, before they could reach the airship, they were blocked by the other side's Divine Monarch powerhouses.
The Wildfire Cultivators below were trying to break out of the encirclement. In the air, Xiao Lingyu and Guan Yichuan were also dealing with the other two Divine Monarchs.
The other two Divine Monarchs weren't weak, but they didn't seem to want to risk their lives. They only entangled Xiao Lingyu and Guan Yichuan to buy more time for their companions below.
What made Xiao Lingyu feel a little more relaxed was that the other side didn't have any Divine King powerhouses. In order to cooperate with Miss Jing's plan, he didn't try his best to defeat his opponents.
Guan Yichuan was working very hard, but he was only in the early Divine Monarch stage. It was impossible for him to defeat his opponents quickly.
Xiao Lingyu wasn't worried about Miss Jing and the others. With a special existence like Miss Jing, they should be able to break out of the encirclement.
The battle went on for a full hour. After leaving behind more than six hundred corpses, the remaining three hundred people of the Wildfire Cultivators successfully broke out of the encirclement. They were already frightened, so they didn't think of gathering together after breaking out of the encirclement. In order to avoid being too big of a target and being easily chased by their opponents, they all chose to scatter and escape.
After this battle, the Wildfire Cultivators paid a heavy price for their inexperience and youth. Not only did they fail their mission, but their employers fell into the hands of their enemies. More than half of their mercenaries were also killed.
After the enemies in the fog had all retreated, the other two Divine Monarch powerhouses also calmly retreated, leaving behind the exhausted and angry Guan Yichuan and Xiao Lingyu, who seemed to be out of breath.
"Brother Xiao, that Zou Gen said you could defeat five early Divine Monarchs. Why did you …"
"Sir Vice Commander, first of all, the environment here is special. It's difficult for me to display much of my strength. Second of all, he didn't fight head-on, so I couldn't do anything. What's more, Vice Commander Zou Gen was exaggerating. "
Without waiting for Guan Yichuan to finish speaking, Xiao Lingyu finished his sentence with a helpless expression.
Guan Yichuan knew he had been tricked. It would be difficult for him to explain himself when he returned to his family, so he couldn't help but feel a little anxious.
As he flew out of the fog, Guan Yichuan took out his communication pearl and sent out several messages.
Xiao Lingyu's communication pearl also jumped. Naturally, the message was from Miss Jing.
What surprised Xiao Lingyu and Miss Jing was that Guan Yichuan wasn't in a hurry to gather his old subordinates nearby. Instead, he flew directly to Hushu City.
According to Miss Jing's previous plan, now was the best time to control Guan Yichuan. Not only was Guan Yichuan not in a good state, but he was also alone. It would be easy to control him, and no one would notice him.
But Guan Yichuan seemed to be worried about being ambushed again, so he was very careful. He even had to maintain a certain distance and be wary of Xiao Lingyu.
Although Xiao Lingyu was following Guan Yichuan, Guan Yichuan didn't give Miss Jing a chance to rush over and cooperate with Xiao Lingyu to carry out the plan. While he was recovering, he kept accelerating.
Just as Xiao Lingyu was hesitating about whether to directly make Guan Yichuan stay, Miss Jing sent a message saying that Guan Yichuan had placed all the blame for the mission's failure on him.
In order to avoid being blamed by his family, Guan Yichuan had twisted the truth and said that Xiao Lingyu had suggested that the airship land, which had led to everyone being surrounded and the mission's failure.
In order to prove this, Guan Yichuan sent a message to many of his subordinates who were still alive and asked them to testify for him when they returned.
After all, the mercenaries in this team were all Guan Yichuan's subordinates, and they all knew that Guan Yichuan was a member of the Guan family. Even if he had made a major mistake this time, the Guan family wouldn't punish him too severely. Perhaps they would just scold him, and he might even continue to stay in the mercenary group. In that case, no one wanted to offend him, and it was very likely that they would all testify for him when they returned.
Even if the Guan family knew that it was Guan Yichuan's fault this time, if everyone said that it was an outsider's fault, the Guan family probably wouldn't reach out to slap their own face. They would definitely take advantage of the situation and use Xiao Lingyu as a scapegoat.
Fortunately, Guan Yiyuan also received the message that Guan Yichuan had sent back, and Guan Yichuan had to inform Miss Jing in advance.
Even without Miss Jing's reminder, Xiao Lingyu knew what to do next.
Originally, Xiao Lingyu was still hesitating about whether to make a move. Since Guan Yichuan had already taken the initiative to make trouble and wanted to take the blame for himself, there was nothing for him to hesitate about.
Everyone had just finished fighting, and Guan Yichuan had yet to recover. Xiao Lingyu hadn't expended much energy just now, so he was confident that he could defeat Guan Yichuan and definitely wouldn't give Guan Yichuan a chance to send back a message.
When Guan Yichuan flew above a barren mountain, Xiao Lingyu, who had been flying behind Guan Yichuan, suddenly had a pair of silver wings appear on his back. He suddenly accelerated, and in an instant, he flashed behind Guan Yichuan and slammed his palm towards Guan Yichuan's back.
Guan Yichuan was wary of Xiao Lingyu. After all, he was an early-stage Monarch God expert, and his reaction speed wasn't slow. When Xiao Lingyu's palm came, he had already tilted his body and dodged Xiao Lingyu's sudden attack.
Xiao Lingyu wasn't upset or disappointed that his palm missed. He quickly retreated and then blasted a Primal Chaos Seal at Guan Yichuan.
Guan Yichuan knew that the Primal Chaos Seal was powerful, so he naturally didn't dare to make any other moves. He continued to dodge and shouted, "How dare you attack me, thief!"
Xiao Lingyu ignored Guan Yichuan. After blasting out the Primal Chaos Seal, he took out the Yin Yang Mirror, and four phantom monsters immediately appeared.
The strength of these four phantom monsters had always been one level higher than Xiao Lingyu's realm. Now that Xiao Lingyu was an early-stage Monarch God, the strength of these four phantom monsters was definitely not much weaker than a late-stage Monarch God expert.
The four phantom monsters were extremely fast. Guan Yichuan had just dodged the Primal Chaos Seal's attack when he was surrounded by them and immediately launched an attack.
A single phantom monster could easily defeat Guan Yichuan, but now there were four of them attacking together. Moreover, the four phantom monsters didn't fear Guan Yichuan's counterattack at all. Under such circumstances, Guan Yichuan couldn't win and had no chance of escaping.
The battle was over in a few breaths of time. The four phantom monsters completely restrained Guan Yichuan's arms and legs, making him unable to move at all.
"What are you doing?" Guan Yichuan asked in horror.
Xiao Lingyu still ignored Guan Yichuan. Instead, he walked up to him and sealed his cultivation.
Then, Xiao Lingyu put away the Yin Yang Mirror and the phantom monsters and landed in the barren mountain.
Miss Jing and Xiong Meng's group of four arrived half a day later. Guan Yichuan, who was already powerless to resist, naturally fell into Miss Jing's control.
Xiao Lingyu suddenly felt that Miss Jing's secret technique that could control high-level cultivators was a little terrifying. Just think about it. If a person controlled several or even dozens of cultivators of the same level, once they encountered an enemy of the same level, they would definitely trample the enemy to death.
Under Miss Jing's control, Guan Yichuan sent a message to his subordinates and his steward. This way, Xiao Lingyu wouldn't have to be a scapegoat.
On the way back, Miss Jing constantly practiced controlling Guan Yichuan. At the same time, she had Guan Yichuan send messages to gather his old subordinates.
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