Chapter 454: When Did Jin Yaowei Escape?
“Why the rush? There are still so many who haven’t made their decision yet. But I have—I’ve decided that as long as they don’t leave—”
“They will die together with Jin Yaowei!”
Yu Luo’s gaze was filled with murderous intent!
Even if Jin Yaowei were captured alive, Yu Luo wouldn’t spare those who sided with him.
They had their chance—if they had left before Jin Yaowei attempted to escape, she would have let them go. But since they were foolish enough to stand by Jin Yaowei and oppose Luocheng, why should she show any mercy?
Hearing this, the system remained silent.
One after another, people began fleeing from the snowy battlefield. At first, there were over ten thousand warriors, but now a large portion had escaped.
Many of them didn’t even bother to inform Jin Yaowei before fleeing. They simply used their light-footed techniques to vanish into the distance.
After another fifteen minutes, nearly six to eight thousand had escaped.
With so many gone, and with the addition of the massive wild beasts, the remaining martial artists found it difficult to even dodge the occasional short arrows fired from the city walls. Let alone dealing with the beasts swarming them—it was already an overwhelming battle.
Previously, they had over ten thousand warriors fighting against the beasts. But with more than half gone, those who remained struggled even more.
Even Jin Yaowei’s most loyal followers started to panic.
“Leader, we should retreat!”
Someone tried to persuade Jin Yaowei, but his eyes were already bloodshot with rage.
Yet, despite his fury, he hadn’t even touched a single member of Luocheng—his sword had only slain the wild birds and beasts.
His beloved disciple was dead. If he retreated now, where would his dignity as the Martial Alliance Leader go? How could he swallow his pride after today?
Before the man could finish speaking, Jin Yaowei swung his sword and slashed his throat.
Blood gushed from the severed artery, and the people around were stunned, staring in disbelief at the crazed Jin Yaowei.
They had never expected that their own Martial Alliance Leader would start killing his own men!
“If any of you dare act like cowards, I’ll wipe out your entire sect when I return!”
Jin Yaowei could sense the wary looks around him, but he failed to realize his own selfishness and cruelty.
At that moment, his image as the revered Martial Alliance Leader was beginning to crumble in the hearts of his followers.
Some sect leaders, upon seeing Jin Yaowei slaughter his own men, suddenly regained clarity.
“Leader Jin, in this situation, there’s no way our forces can hold out! Staying here will only waste lives against these wild beasts—there are hundreds of thousands of them! We simply can’t win! You need to be rational! We’ve already suffered heavy casualties, yet we can’t even breach the city walls! How do you expect to destroy Luocheng?”
“Hah! This cowardly behavior is exactly what I’d expect from your Qingyan Sect! Leader Wang, I never thought you’d be such a spineless coward!”
Jin Yaowei sneered while fending off the attacking beasts.
Leader Wang of Qingyan Sect burned with anger but didn’t bother arguing with a lunatic.
“Fine! If Leader Jin wants to stay here and die, so be it! But I will not let my disciples become mere cannon fodder!”
With that, Leader Wang gathered his inner strength and shouted,
“All Qingyan Sect disciples, retreat immediately! No one is allowed to stay behind!”
His words snapped many other sects out of their daze. Soon, more sect leaders began ordering their disciples to retreat as well.
Watching the growing number of defectors, Jin Yaowei’s rage only intensified!
“Traitors! How dare you defy my command?! When I return, I will wipe you all out!”
His furious shouts sent a wave of hesitation through some of the smaller sects.
After all, their sects had only a few dozen or hundred members. If Jin Yaowei truly wanted to, he could easily exterminate them. How would they survive in the martial world then?
But in the face of imminent death, the smarter ones made their decision without hesitation and immediately led their people away.
With fewer and fewer warriors remaining, even Jin Yaowei’s own subordinates began to grow uneasy.
But at that moment, Yu Luo finally decided to act!
With a single thought, she froze time itself.
Striding forward, she grabbed Jin Yaowei and threw him onto the city wall before swiftly executing the remaining enemies.
There were only about two to three thousand left, and the ground was already littered with corpses. However, after a while, Yu Luo found herself growing tired of the slaughter.
Instead of wasting more energy, she decided to let the wild beasts handle the rest.
Any warrior wearing Jin Yaowei’s sect uniform—she had already killed with her own hands. She had no fear that his followers would ever return in numbers.
Back atop the city wall, she handcuffed Jin Yaowei, bound him tightly, and even forced a poison pill down his throat to suppress his internal energy.
Then, she simply waited for the three-minute time freeze to wear off.
Yu Luo wasn’t sure how skilled Jin Yaowei was at ruling the martial world, but she had seen his battle prowess firsthand. It was undeniable that he was a true Martial Alliance Leader, with formidable martial arts skills.
Even Ah Yan might struggle against him in a one-on-one fight.
So, it was no wonder Jin Yaowei had been able to rule the martial world and act so arrogantly for so long.
Three minutes passed quickly. The time-freezing talisman lost its effect, and the world resumed its previous state of chaos.
On the city walls, the warriors of Luocheng suddenly widened their eyes, looking toward the battlefield below.
“Wait… what?! Where’s Jin Yaowei?!”
“Huh? He’s gone?! When did he escape?!”
Chen Yu gasped, and Wang Xiao, equally shocked, echoed the sentiment.
Their words left everyone else dumbfounded!
If only one person had noticed, it might have been a mistake. But for every single person to miss Jin Yaowei’s disappearance—that was truly bizarre!
“Maybe he really escaped? He is the Martial Alliance Leader, after all. His lightness skills are nearly supernatural. If not for our Lord’s firearms, he could’ve easily scaled the walls. We’re lucky we stopped him in time.”
Baofeng analyzed the situation with confidence, but before he could finish speaking—
A sudden scream rang out from behind!
“Jin Yaowei?!”
(End of Chapter 454)
