I Can See Your Combat Power

Chapter 660: Chapter 656: Final Battle (16)

Anger and grief could strip a person of reason, pushing their judgement to extreme cliffs.

The words spoken by Pan Bing and Bai Qi, who have lost a large number of their clan members, were undoubtedly an emotional release, but they successfully resonated with the crowd.

The remaining few commanders glared at Cao Xiong, the man who had attained the Dharma Body had lost his vitality early, and his facial muscles were even stiffer, this expression was interpreted by the crowd as scornful.

Ordinarily, when facing such a scene of collective anger, most people would choose to calm the people’s rage first, but the incredibly calm Cao Xiong did not offer even comfort, he merely threw down a single cold word: “Foolish.”

“Boom!”

It was as if a lamp had been thrown into a huge pile of explosives. Before Cao Xiong could finish the rest of his explanation, Pan Bing and Bai Qi exploded. The killing sword lights and mighty fist techniques were hurled toward Cao Xiong.

At such a close distance, and with such a sudden move, it was fortunate that the remaining reason of the two men did not let them to deal fatal blows, therefore, Cao Xiong was merely knocked back and suffered some minor injuries.

But the innocent Cao Xiong, who had been hit, resolved not to let it go. Floating in mid-air, he transformed into his Dharma Body. A gigantic blue and white wandering soul appeared behind Cao Xiong, its pair of eyeless whites stared hard at Pan Bing and Bai Qi.

A conflict was imminent, Wan Qianyi, who had rushed from the South Ridge, saw it all. Witnessing the furious situation of Cao Xiong and the others, he immediately intervened and asked both sides, “What are the commanders doing? Why suddenly start fight?”

Thanks to their angry outbreak just now, Pan Bing and Bai Qi had mostly cooled down. The only reason they were still ready to fight was seeing Cao Xiong bring out his Dharma Body. Now that a peacekeeper had stepped in, they took the opportunity to explain the situation.

In the end, Pan Bing asked Wan Qianyi: “By the way, Commander Wan, a large number of coalition forces have gathered in the Mountain Department. Where are these people now? What are the losses?”

“This…” Wan Qianyi’s face showed hesitation, in fact, he had fully understood the situation by now.

Cao Xiong was expressing from a fair and objective standpoint what actions the alliance should take now, but those clans and departments that had suffered too heavy losses already had no will to fight.

Unfortunately, he had already arranged for everyone to board the ships on the south bank. Now Pan Bing was asking, and he really didn’t know whether to answer or not.

Seeing Wan Qianyi’s hesitation, Pan Bing asked curiously, “What’s wrong, did the Mountain Department suffer heavy losses?”

It seemed like the best way to cure a misfortunate person is to find another misfortunate one. Seeing Wan Qianyi’s hesitating look, Pan Bing thought that the Mountain Department was the one that suffered the heaviest attack.

He thought it was reasonable, who would think that the Mountain Department, being the largest among all the hills, would be attacked from the south by the Tang Clan? This unexpected move must have caught the coalition forces off guard.

Pan Bing thought to himself, if the Mountain Department had really suffered heavy casualties, he would be willing to lead another charge towards Bao Ding Mountain with a cool head, after all, the family’s revenge must be avenged.

But the answer from Wan Qianyi made Pan Bing and Bai Qi change their faces dramatically, wishing they could leave the North Mountain right away, return to the Beast Valley in South Ridge, and confront Mi Jin.

After all, anyone who has suffered heavy casualties in their own department would feel a tinge of jealousy on hearing the news of another department being intact, especially now that the Mountain Department is full of Mi’s elite troops.

“So. Commander Wan, you mean that because of the presence of the Xiao head, the sneak attack from several Tang elders was blocked halfway? And now you’ve arranged for all these people to board the ship and prepare to retreat?” Pan Bing, who was pretending to be calm, was filled with coldness in his tone, but Wan Qianyi knew how deep the anger was beneath this calmness.

But what could Wan Qianyi hide? After all, this kind of thing couldn’t be hidden from anyone. As long as someone looked at the South Ridge port, they could see the Mountain Department and their full formation on the ship, hoping to evacuate, so all he could answer was, “That is true, but…”

“No need to say anymore!” Bai Qi coldly interrupted Wan Qianyi’s explanation, turned his head to Cao Xiong and said coldly, “Cao Xiong, didn’t you say the best decision now is to attack Bao Ding Mountain? Why then is the most elite force in the alliance waiting for evacuation on the ship!? Do you want our clans to expend all of our own people?”

“Ha, I don’t know what extra benefits the Mi promised to Chief Cao. Since the beginning of the great war, Chief Cao has been the most active in battle. Anyone who didn’t know better would think that the Cao family were spies planted by the Mi!” Pan Bing also sneered coldly from the side, “The heroic character of your ancestor, Cao Yanbin, if he knew he had such an unworthy grandson, I wonder how he would feel!”

“Stop talking to him! Zhenyue Mountain troop, listen to the order! Take all wounded and materials, form up and retreat to the north bank!’ Bai Qi didn’t want to keep dragging it on. Who knows if the Fierce Realm warriors that were just repelled would make a comeback after recharging? He now only wants to bring the troops to a safe place.

Hearing Bai Qi’s command, Pan Bing also nodded and gave the command, “Dragon Horn Mountain troops on my command! Form up with Zhenyue Mountain troops and retreat to the north! Scouts, Wind Media, pay attention to the movement in the sky, any spiritual power fluctuation, immediately warn!”

Upon hearing the two’s decisive retreating commands, Wan Qianyi nervously counseled, “Commanders, don’t be impulsive, now is the best time to attack Bao Ding Mountain. If we abandon it now, our efforts for the past few months will be wasted!”

“Ha, in this battle, my Bai clan lost over 1,400 warriors, isn’t that enough!?” Bai Qi’s face was covered in frost, and shouted back in anger: “If you want to attack the mountain, let the Mi Clan’s intact elite do it! I’m going to retreat, get out of the way!”

“Commander Bai, think over it.” Cao Xiong, who was standing in front of Bai Qi, advised calmly, “Even though you are the commander of Zhenyue Mountain, you have to accept the command of the commander-in-chief. Without his order, you cannot directly lead the troops away!”