Soon, the soldiers on both sides cleared the battlefield, leaving behind only pools of blood, broken weapons, and unrecognizable severed limbs.
By noon, Pei Xiaofeng knew he could stall no longer. The longer it dragged on, the more unfavorable it became for him. He had no choice but to bite the bullet and issue the order. Although his troops had only recently rested and had yet to return to their peak condition, Pei Xiaofeng could not wait. The Demon King kept sending telepathic messages urging him to rescue Bei Jimin at all costs, or else he would have nothing to return with except his own head.
To save his own skin, Pei Xiaofeng had to obey. Knowing how difficult it would be to breach Wangjian Valley, he had no other option left except to fight to the death, which might perhaps still leave him a sliver of a chance of survival.
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