Wei Mo saw the three teams pursuing Shi Chun suddenly turn away, and Mulan Jin naturally saw it too. This sudden turnaround left his mind in a whirl, especially after receiving a message from Han Bao saying he had safely relocated his daughter.

As soon as his daughter was relocated, three of the four pursuing teams immediately departed. What's going on? It made him suspect that the pursuit teams were actually targeting his daughter.

"What's the situation, why did three teams leave?" Manxi turned his head and transmitted the question to Mulan Jin, perplexed by the chase suddenly failing midway.

Mulan Jin himself was confused, not knowing what was happening.

On the high platform of the command center of the West Ox Team, the burly commander Niu Qian, with long hair draping over his shoulders and clad in a gold and silver adorned black gown, also noticed the Heavenly Court Team's masked squad being pursued.

He paid attention because supervisors from various teams on the West Ox side mentioned one thing: all team command centers' mirror images were focused on the situation of the Heavenly Court's three thousand teams being pursued.

This drew the supervisors' attention as a single squad shouldn't warrant such focused attention from every team, especially due to the masking.

When several supervisors consecutively reported this information, Commander Niu Qian naturally paid attention, seeing the peculiar masked individuals bewildered him, wondering who exactly was being pursued, as even ghosts couldn't recognize them.

He specially enlarged the mirror image to check the names on the tags at the masked individuals' collars; the items were small, swaying mid-flight, making it difficult to discern anything notable except for a name—'Han Bao'—on the list under focused scrutiny.

He couldn't figure out the significance for a moment but noted the abnormality, instructing someone to monitor and be ready to check at any time.

The mirrored images continued switching elsewhere, and from the surveillance, it was clear that various teams from the Nanshan Team were being closely monitored.

The continually switching face images suddenly halted as the mirror image locked onto a languid-looking man, and the general operating the Heavenly Mirror immediately reported: "Commander, this is Li Hongjiu."

He had seen the person before, which was the reason for the scrutiny.

Niu Qian's sharp gaze fixed on him, gesturing to the Mountain River Map for cooperation to check, and quickly enlarging a red dot revealing the squad number, South 138.

This scene had Niu Qian sneering repeatedly, slightly amused, "Ming Chaofeng, such tactics, no wonder after searching squad nine thoroughly, no sign of him, well done, all this effort for your junior brother."

Previously, supervisors stationed at the Nanshan Team saw Li Hongjiu in squad nine, but after locking squad nine, he was nowhere to be found, causing much disturbance here. Now the realization dawned—it was the Nanshan Team's commander using tricks; Li Hongjiu was never in squad nine but made to appear there, and instantly swapped to squad 138 upon entry.

After a series of sneers, he transmitted to someone, "Inform Du Wulang from squad seventy-seven about Li Hongjiu's location."

"Yes." The latter received the order and executed it.

Niu Qian stared at the mirrored Li Hongjiu, reflecting on deeper meanings. He didn't intend to deliberately target Li Hongjiu but was approached earlier by a confidant of the Demon Queen, providing means against Li Hongjiu, citing his strength might threaten West Ox Team's championship chances, thus lending assistance.

Despite such words, he grasped the implied meaning—not to let Li Hongjiu leave alive.

The stakes in this domain conflict were substantial, but to top figures, they might be trivial. If he lost, the primary responsibility or minor accountability was a sentence issue to some people.

Therefore, emotionally and logically, he couldn't refuse…

At that moment, Manxi's expression was sullen, the Heavenly Mirror's image filled with exploding scattered fragments.

The urgently dispatched team to rescue Mulan Qingqing wasn't even the match of a single joint from Nanshan Team's Lu Yin, who instantly pierced through the entire team, causing heavy casualties, with the centurion intercepting falling.

The process resembled a stone hitting the water, splashing water droplets, showcasing formidable strength nearly reaching the Heavenly Immortal Realm.

Lu Yin didn't entangle, piercing through the intercepting team at a glance, not bothering to deal with the scattered forces, nor searching for any tokens, directly speeding through, rushing toward the target.

The entire team barely caused Lu Yin to halt, even though Manxi had urgently assembled a strong aid team.

With a grim expression, Manxi turned his head and transmitted to Mulan Jin, "Mulan Order Master, Lu Yin is no ordinary foe, the nearby forces' strength, no matter the reinforcements, will likely lead to only death without effects."

His implication was he'd done his utmost, hastily sending more to die was unnecessary.

Due to Shi Chun's group being masked, he hadn't realized Mulan Qingqing already detached from the team, making it difficult to explain to Mulan Jin. They could only watch and command without personally intervening in rescue efforts, or face immediate defeat.

Mulan Jin transmitted back, "Haven't you noticed? My daughter is no longer in Shi Chun's fleeing team, probably parted during the pursuit. Commander, proceed at your rhythm."

His transmission aimed to alleviate difficulty, not wanting unnecessary large-scale casualties revealing private motives for his daughter's sake.

However, this effectively pushed Shi Chun and the others further towards the precipice.

Ah? Upon hearing this, Manxi was both shocked and delighted, without saying another word, he didn't even bother to verify the truth and immediately sent orders for the other reinforcement teams to stop all support for Shi Chun's group.

However, Lu Yin was someone he remembered, and he feared it would take top-level power to handle him later on.

Shi Chun himself didn't know what had happened behind him. The pursuers led by Lu Yin delayed a lot of time interrogating the masked men, and when they caught up, Shi Chun and his group were nowhere to be seen.

However, the news from the Heavenly Court Team's command center was received by Shi Chun. He learned that three out of the four pursuing teams had left, which left him quite puzzled, not knowing what it meant.

He had repeatedly confirmed the location with the map before, and his direction was exactly towards where the Demon Path had pointed — the direction of the West Ox Team — intending to lead the pursuers there.

In the end, three teams left, leaving only the East Victory Team still in pursuit.

According to the details provided by the command center, the East Victory team leader, a centurion, was originally a disciple of "Afan Palace." Having cultivated the sect's forbidden techniques, he had hidden for many years to escape punishment. His name was Lu Yin, and he was now pursuing alone.

The key point was, no matter how he changed direction, the opposition could always catch up. Shi Chun could confirm that the enemy's team command center was personally involved.

As for the so-called Afan Palace, Shi Chun had heard of it. It was the third-largest sect in all of East Victory, using wood-based cultivation techniques, but as for what the so-called forbidden technique was, he didn't know.

All in all, even a single person dared come chasing. Whether it was skill and bravery or caution in unknown situations, without personal interest involved, Shi Chun did not want to engage easily.

No matter how talented, one should not recklessly charge at everything. That is a fundamental principle for longevity.

The power that could be utilized should not be wasted. Shi Chun couldn't help but seek assistance from the command center, but the command center clearly informed him that the reinforcements had already been defeated by Lu Yin, and there were no reinforcements nearby. They had to find a way to fend for themselves.

Fight my foot, Shi Chun directly suspected that Mulan Jin dropped the ball, but unfortunately, he couldn't see it. After much deliberation, he immediately pulled out the mother-child talisman to communicate with the Demon Path and protected the message with his hand in case the Heavenly Mirror saw it, inquiring: I'm heading that way, where shall we meet?

Soon after, a reply came: Stay in that area, first try to collect as many opponent tokens as possible.

Shi Chun couldn't understand what these Demon Path people were up to and immediately replied: I have collected eleven tokens, currently being pursued, need assistance.

The other side seemed incredulous, sending a message to confirm: You've snatched eleven tokens in such a short time?

Shi Chun replied: Not many, I could have had more if it weren't for expert interference.

The other side seemed a bit impressed, saying: Not bad, not bad, no wonder the higher-ups mentioned you're quite skilled at this kind of contest. Today, I've seen it for myself. Who's pursuing you?

Shi Chun replied: Afan Palace's Lu Yin wants to snatch the tokens I have, cultivation level very high, can't shake him off.

Upon hearing that over ten tokens might be taken, the other side quickly reminded: Immediately have your team's members stop them.

Shi Chun replied: Nearly everyone is dead already, out of a hundred, only a dozen are left with me, can't stop them.

The other side quickly asked: Where are you exactly?

Shi Chun took out the map again, made a rough estimation based on what the command center calculated, and replied: On the left wing of the triangular narrow area, en route to the highest peak of the West Niu territory, estimated to arrive in another 15 minutes, likely caught up in half of that time.

The other side immediately responded: Got it, hold on.

After putting away the mother-child talisman, Shi Chun tilted his head, glanced at Wu Jinliang who peeked at the communication content and swore, "The Demon Path is more reliable after all."

At this moment, his height had returned to normal, and the armor was obviously well-fitted again. There was no way around it; his transformation technique couldn't last long.

Shi Chun sneered, "Reliable my foot, they see I have many tokens and think I have great skill at snatching tokens, find me useful that's all. By the way, how many of those tokens did you refine?"

Wu Jinliang: "About seventy."

Shi Chun looked skeptical, "This simple thing, with the help of Tong Mingshan's Two-flavor True Fire, and it took so long to make only about seventy?"

Speaking of which, Wu Jinliang seemed very annoyed, sighed, and said, "Don't mention Old Tong. It's just because of him. Without him, I could have made two hundred of these. He always said they looked too fake. I said they're good enough, but he couldn't seem to overcome that hurdle in his heart. Everything else was fine, but not this. Had to be stubborn about it. His True Fire wouldn't cooperate, and it'd be difficult for me to make so many in a short time. Could only let him drag and dawdle to make about seventy. Never working with him on this again."

Shi Chun also wanted to know how authentic the finished products were, asked, "Let me see them."

Wu Jinliang looked around, pulled an umbrella out of thin air and opened it, then took out a token and handed it over.

Shi Chun took it, pulled out the genuine one, and after a quick comparison, couldn't help but gasp, then swiftly shuffled and mixed them in his hands, comparing again before holding it up to Wu Jinliang, "Look at this pattern, this color, these intricate details, the craftsmanship. Without using magic, who can tell the real from the fake? Can't deny it; their craftsmanship is better than yours."

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