Roar!

On White Stone Mountain, a beast-like roar echoed.

Two figures quickly dashed down from the mountain, rushing out of the range of White Stone Mountain.

Bang!

Ren Jie felt a strong wind approaching and swiftly shifted his position, lightly tapping the trees with his toes.

The undead creature's palm struck fiercely, the tree cracking and shattering.

The spot it hit showed a charred black substance.

The undead creature's strength was immense, comparable to Ren Jie's full-powered strike.

Such a full-powered strike would deplete Ren Jie's Qi Blood force after just a few moves.

Without the Qi Blood force, he would only be slightly stronger than an ordinary Martial Artist in the Refining Internal Organ Realm, helpless against the undead creature.

Fortunately, the undead creature was not fast; although its strength was astonishing, it did not know the Lightweight Skill and purely relied on brute force to chase.

Ren Jie dared not confront the undead creature head-on, only maneuvering around it, trying to lure it out of White Stone Mountain to prevent it from wreaking havoc there.

To lure the undead out of White Stone Mountain's range, he didn't move too fast, keeping a moderate distance.

If he got too far away, the undead creature would stop pursuing.

Trying to lure the undead away was tricky, and he had no idea how those bandits managed to use a few fine horses to lure it.

"Hmph, so you can lure the undead creature over?"

Ren Jie thought fiercely to himself, darting toward Lion Valley.

If they could lure the undead to White Stone Mountain, then he could lure it into Lion Valley.

Roar!

The undead creature roared and resumed its chase.

...

Lin Zheyu found someone to inquire and followed Ren Jie's direction, soon stopping after a while.

Beyond here was outside the defensive line area.

The area he was responsible for had already repelled the bandits some time ago, and he lingered with Jia Yanrong for a while; by the time he came out, he couldn't see any traces of them.

After Ren Jie led the undead out of White Stone Mountain, it was unclear where he vanished to.

"Never mind, there will be other chances next time."

Lin Zheyu thought to himself.

He didn't continue to chase them down; in the vast night, trying to find their trail would not be easy.

Lin Zheyu turned to leave.

He glanced toward the west side of White Stone Mountain; the battle there was nearing its end, at a stalemate.

The fight wasn't too intense, lacking fierce clashes, with fewer deaths than in the south, similar to the standoff on the northern defensive line.

Other than the eastern defensive line, the other three lines on White Stone Mountain had no issues.

Lin Zheyu turned and headed east.

The eastern defensive line.

Unlike the others, the fight here was extremely fierce.

The first defensive line had already been breached, advancing all the way to the weapons and iron storage area, where there was a second defensive line.

Hundreds of bodies lay on the ground; Lin Zheyu roughly counted, close to two hundred.

There were bandits, black-clad and masked, and members of the Feihong Gang, with the most bandit casualties.

The Feihong Gang members were grouped, using the warehouse and the second defensive line as their stronghold for defense.

From a distance, Lin Zheyu spotted Ning Hui and Xie Jiang.

They were injured, but it didn't appear too severe.

Lin Zheyu didn't go to lend a hand; after a brief look from afar, he left.

Xu Yinghao, a Qi Blood Realm expert, and most of the Refining Internal Organ Realm Martial Artists from the gang were there, already a formidable force.

Now the eastern defensive line was also in a standoff.

As long as the defensive lines on the other three sides held, without being attacked from both sides, there wouldn't be major problems.

...

Among the bandits, many weren't actually bandits.

However, there weren't many of these people.

Other forces dared not employ too many people; doing so would easily draw attention.

Being accused of colluding with bandits would have severe consequences.

"Damn, what a bunch of useless wretches, unable to breach the defenses!"

Xing Zhiyuan, mixed among the bandits, had a sullen expression.

He had intended to seize the opportunity during the breach to storm into White Stone Mountain and capture Lin Zheyu, to interrogate him about the incident with Xing Jinglong's death.

Now, they were being blocked outside the second defense line.

"Did the brothers attacking the other defenses fail too?"

The leader frowned, his expression unpleasant.

They had prepared thoroughly this time and even lured the undead, but still failed.

"Did the brothers attacking the south fail too? We gathered a lot of elite forces there!"

Another man said, "I told you, there's no need to split into multiple paths and play tricks; just push through one defense line hard, but you didn't listen to me!"

"Damn, listening to you would have cost more lives."

"Damn, do you want to fight?"

"Bring it on, I'm not afraid of you!"

"Enough bickering!"

The leader snapped in a low voice, looking extremely upset.

This rabble, even allied, was nothing but a scattered pile of sand.

"Retreat, if we don't succeed this time, we will find another chance next time!" the man gritted his teeth and said coldly.

...

"This bunch is really worthless!"

In the nearby forest, Zhao Weichuan, with a group of more than ten skilled men, remarked helplessly.

He had planned to dive into the chaos for some benefits after these guys broke through White Stone Mountain's defenses.

"After all, they're just bandits; even under the name of the Nine Nether Sect, they're still bandits at heart, just a pile of loose sand despite the alliance."

Zhao Weikun said, waving his hand, "Let's go; there's no show tonight."

...

As the bandits retreated, the members of the Feihong Gang breathed a sigh of relief.

They began cleaning up, attending to the bodies of their fallen comrades.

The next morning.

"Mr. Lin!"

Xu She greeted Lin Zheyu, his face devoid of its usual obsequiousness.

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