Martial arts have become extinct worldwide, yet I am forced to have a large family.

"Comrade Yang, I...I..."

Li Bing's voice was choked with sobs, and his young, simple face was completely drained of color.

His voice choked up several times.

A grown man, his eyes red-rimmed, was on the verge of tears.

"I didn't want this to happen either!"

"I also want to fight alongside Captain Gao and the others!"

"But military orders are absolute! My mission is to get you out of this secret realm safely!"

He pounded his chest suddenly, his voice hoarse: "A soldier's duty is to obey orders!"

Li Bing did nothing wrong. As a soldier, he was simply following orders from his superiors, even if those orders went against his own will.

Gao Nianwen wasn't wrong either; he was burdened with the responsibility of protecting Yang Xian, so he had no choice but to resort to this desperate measure.

Yang Xian was not wrong either; he didn't want to be protected and become a coward!

"Screw those orders!" Yang Xian roared, interrupting him abruptly.

"Feng, Ling! Daddy will take you to find Mommy right now!"

"Xiyan, Huairou, you two follow up and provide support."

"At this critical moment, every second wasted could mean someone dies because of my absence. I can't wait any longer."

Yang Xian and the two wolf cubs all possess spatial abilities, making them far faster than anyone else, allowing them to arrive at the battlefield ahead of others.

Before leaving, he took one last look at Li Bing, whose face was ashen.

"Didn't you want to fight alongside Captain Gao?"

"Now, the opportunity has come."

"Whether you continue to be a 'good soldier' ​​who obeys orders, or go follow your captain and become a true warrior, the choice is yours."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Xian, along with the two wolf cubs, vanished from the spot in an instant, leaving only a faint ripple in space.

Li Bing stood there, stunned. Yang Xian's last words struck his heart like a heavy hammer.

"Xiyan, we..." Ye Huairou looked at Zhou Xiyan.

"Let's go!" Zhou Xiyan didn't hesitate at all, grabbed Ye Huairou, and sped off towards the top of the mountain.

Li Bing watched their departing figures, then looked at the empty space ahead, his expression shifting several times.

Finally, as if he had made up his mind, he gritted his teeth and squeezed out a few words.

"Damn it! A general in the field may disobey orders!"

"I quit!!"

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On the other side of the mountain...

"Hold on! Everyone, hold on!"

Gao Nianwen yelled at the crowd behind him, "Buy some time for Brother Jiang Yu and his men!"

The battle had reached a fever pitch, with the monsters launching wave after wave of attacks that seemed endless.

Not far away, Mo Chou, along with his other half, successfully attracted another group of demonic beasts.

They were fighting and retreating, heading towards Gao Nianwen's side.

Soon, the two groups of people met up, and the monsters that were chasing them naturally gathered together as well.

It was a dark, oppressive mass; the sheer ferocity of it was enough to terrify anyone.

"Senior Sun! Now!" Gao Nianwen seized a lull in the fighting and shouted to Sun Zheng in the crowd.

"They're here!"

Sun Zheng was prepared. He took out more than a dozen small porcelain bottles from his pocket and threw them at the place where the monsters were most concentrated without even looking at them!

A colorless and odorless mist instantly spread out.

At the same time, all the human martial artists took out a pill from their pockets and quickly swallowed it.

The porcelain bottle shattered in mid-air, and a strange, colorless and odorless mist quickly spread out.

That's their plan.

Rather than being divided and surrounded by the monsters and defeated one by one, it would be better to actively gather them together and use Sun Zheng's methods as a master of poison to launch an indiscriminate attack!

With Sun Zheng, a veteran expert in poisons, there's room for maneuver as long as we can gather the monsters together.

The poisonous fog filled the entire area, and most of the polar bears present were unaware that they had inhaled the toxic gas.

"It's done! These beasts have all fallen for it!" a martial artist shouted excitedly.

"Don't be too happy yet!" Sun Zheng's expression remained grave. "The poison has been administered, but it will take some time for it to fully take effect! What we need to do now is to delay as much as possible!"

The poison Sun Zheng administered wasn't particularly lethal, but it could paralyze demonic beasts below the third realm for a short time, rendering them unable to fight, and it could also have a significant impact on demonic beasts of the fourth realm.

Gathering monsters together has the advantage of making it easier to eliminate them all at once, but the disadvantage is also obvious—the threat level of the monsters increases exponentially.

Now, they are facing a frenzied attack from nearly ten fourth-realm and dozens of third-realm demonic beasts!

"roar!"

The polar bears seemed to sense something was wrong, and their attacks became even more ferocious.

"Hold on! Everyone, hold on!" Gao Nianwen's voice was already hoarse. "Whether we survive or not depends on how long we can hold out!"

"kill!"

The group unleashed their last bit of ferocity and clashed violently with the bear pack.

Swords flashed and blood and flesh flew everywhere.

However, the gap in strength is ultimately enormous.

"Pfft!"

A young martial artist was unable to dodge in time and was pierced through the chest by a giant claw of a polar bear.

His body was thrown high into the air, then slammed heavily to the ground, instantly falling silent.

The defense line has been breached!

"Captain Gao! We can't hold on much longer!" Mo Chou roared, his face covered in blood, as he forced back the monster in front of him with his spear. "The difference in strength is too great! If this continues, we'll all die here!"

Gathering monsters together and then poisoning them actually has a tragic advantage.

That is, even if all of them sacrificed themselves, these poisoned monsters would soon lose most of their fighting power, thus becoming unable to threaten Jiang Yu, who was carrying out a core mission.

As long as Jiang Yu can successfully obtain the "Nine-Turn Life-Extending Lotus" in the end, their deaths will not have been in vain.

"It hasn't come to that yet!" A resolute glint flashed in Gao Nianwen's eyes. "Mo Chou! Hold him off for half a minute! No! Ten seconds! Just ten seconds!"

Before he finished speaking, disregarding the danger around him, he suddenly retreated to the center of the battle circle and sat down cross-legged!

To everyone's astonishment, he frantically stuffed all sorts of pills and spiritual herbs into his mouth like he was eating beans.

"Captain Gao... what is he doing?!" someone shouted in confusion.

"This is……"

Sun Zheng's pupils contracted, and he immediately saw through Gao Nianwen's intention, exclaiming in shock, "Captain Gao is forcibly breaking through to the fourth realm!"

Gao Nianwen is the best of the younger generation, with a cultivation level at the peak of the third realm and one foot already on the threshold of the fourth realm.

If he can successfully break through, his combat power will undergo a qualitative leap!

"Damn it! Brothers, buy Captain Gao some time! Hold on a little longer!" Mo Chou roared, his blood and qi surging, and he managed to withstand the attack of two fourth-realm white bears all by himself.

Everyone was fighting desperately, using their own flesh and blood to build a fragile defense for Gao Nianwen.

"boom!"

The next moment, Gao Nianwen's aura suddenly surged.

A powerful shockwave swept outwards from him, forcing the surrounding demonic beasts back several steps!

The four borders...

It’s done!