Chapter 948: Smooth Sailing on All Four Fronts, Teammates Surrender

The central region of the mountain forest.

The Dragon Bloodline's various squads were caught between the "Guardian Spirit" and Zhao Yan and the others in a pincer attack. The latter were extremely cunning; they did not enter the Guardian Spirit's detection range, but instead used long-range attacks, bombarding the Dragon Bloodline members continuously, leaving them unable to attend to both ends and looking quite wretched.

Zhao Yan watched Li Li Wuyuan and the others resisting with a smile and said, "Li Li Wuyuan, why keep struggling? Hand over the 'Spirit Phase Golden Dew' obediently and withdraw. You can still preserve your strength. The trial of the Spirit Phase Cave Heaven has only just begun; there are many more opportunities ahead. Suffering heavy losses here would not be a rational move."

He did intend to persuade Li Li Wuyuan and the others to withdraw. After all, the Dragon Bloodline's people were tough nuts to crack. If Li Li Wuyuan and the others truly fought to the point of heavy losses, they could still make Zhao Yan's side pay a price.

For Zhao Yan, this was somewhat unnecessary. As he had said, the Spirit Phase Cave Heaven had only just begun, and the most important thing now was to preserve strength.

Facing Zhao Yan's persuasion, Li Li Wuyuan's expression was extremely gloomy, his eyes full of fury. After all, this plan had been led by him, yet it had fallen into the current situation, which would undoubtedly damage his prestige among the five lineage squads.

Moreover, having to spit out the "Spirit Phase Golden Dew" that was already in hand was truly unwilling.

"Cousin Li Wuyuan, the situation looks bad. If we drag this out, we'll take casualties." Li Li Qingfeng moved closer and said with a complicated expression.

Although Zhao Yan harbored ill intentions, what he said was indeed true.

Li Li Wuyuan's face flickered between dark and light, his teeth grinding audibly.

"Li Li Wuyuan, your other four lineages have fallen into the same predicament. When the time comes, if they are persuaded to withdraw and only your Dragon Bloodline remains, then in the end you won't even have the chance to leave." Zhao Yan said lightly, and a chilling killing intent seeped out between his words.

Li Li Wuyuan's expression finally shifted upon hearing this.

Zhao Yan stared at Li Li Wuyuan. Powerful Xiangli surged from his body, and the eight resplendent Tian Zhu behind him were dazzling to the extreme, looking as if he was about to strike, putting pressure on Li Li Wuyuan.

As long as Li Li Wuyuan's side led the withdrawal, the other four lineages would be unable to hold on alone and could only retreat. When that happened, they could easily swallow this batch of "Spirit Phase Golden Dew."

Just as Zhao Yan was about to break through Li Li Wuyuan's mental defenses step by step, suddenly a streak of light shot up into the sky from the distant mountain forest, then transformed into a distress signal from the Zhao Heavenly King lineage in the sky.

Zhao Yan was instantly stunned, and the others also stared blankly at the signal shooting into the sky.

That distress signal required the essence blood of the Zhao Li Tianwang lineage to trigger, so it absolutely could not be faked..

In other words, at this moment, one of their squads had suddenly fallen into a desperate situation, forcing them to send out a distress signal?

"How could that be?!"

At this moment, even Zhao Yan could not help but cry out in disbelief.

That direction—isn't it where Zhao Zhao Fengxu, Zhao Zhao Shenjiang and the others are in charge? That's the Dragon Fang lineage's location. Given the strength of their squad, even if the Dragon Fang lineage hadn't fallen into the Guardian Spirit's encirclement, it absolutely shouldn't have been possible to force them to send out a distress signal.

What exactly happened over there?

"What is that trash Zhao Zhao Fengxu actually doing?!" Zhao Yan's eyes turned savage. Just as he was about to force the Dragon Bloodline to withdraw and take control of the situation, such an unexpected turn of events suddenly appeared.

While Zhao Yan was furious, the Dragon Bloodline members also stared at that direction in astonishment.

"That is... the direction of the Dragon Fang lineage? They actually forced the squad from the Zhao Li Tianwang lineage over there to send out a distress signal?" Li Li Qingfeng said in shock.

"How could that be... could it be a mistake?" Li Li Hongli shook her head repeatedly. Although this was good news for them, rationally speaking, it was hard to believe.

After all, under normal circumstances, the Dragon Fang lineage should be in the same situation as them, caught between the Guardian Spirit and the Zhao Li Tianwang lineage. At such a time, they could barely protect themselves, so how could they turn things around and force the Zhao Li Tianwang lineage's squad over there into such a state?

Li Li Wuyuan was also lost in thought for a breath, then his cheek twitched slightly as he said, "This kind of signal can't be triggered by accident. It requires essence blood to activate, so the possibility of a mistake is extremely low. It seems there's some special turn of events on the Dragon Fang lineage's side..."

However, Li Li Wuyuan also couldn't understand how the Dragon Fang lineage had done it. Even if Li Li Lingjing's strength was not weaker than his, the Zhao Li Tianwang lineage's squad was not to be underestimated. Moreover, in such a short time, even if he were leading the Dragon Bloodline, it would be impossible to force the opponent into a desperate situation.

Nevertheless, this was ultimately good news. Zhao Zhao Fengxu and the others had fallen into a desperate situation, so Zhao Yan would definitely have to go rescue them. Once that happened, the danger on their side would be solved easily. After dealing with these Guardian Spirits, how the final situation would develop would have some changes again.

At the same moment, in the other three regions of the mountain forest, the Dragon Scale, Dragon Bone, and Dragon Horn lineage squads, who were in the midst of a bitter battle, were also startled by the distress signal shooting into the sky. The Zhao Li Tianwang lineage squads that had come to attack them were greatly alarmed.

We're about to go crazy killing on all four fronts here, so how can there still be teammates suddenly raising the white flag?!!

What should we do now?

And while they hesitated, they saw a differently colored signal light rise from the central region. That was sent by Zhao Yan, the leader.

The meaning of this signal was understood by all the other Zhao Li Tianwang lineage squads: each squad should send people to go rescue. The benefit of this was that it wouldn't disperse each squad's strength too much.

However, doing so gave the Li Li Tianwang lineage squads a chance to catch their breath.

But there was no choice. They couldn't just leave Zhao Zhao Fengxu, Zhao Zhao Shenjiang and the others over there. Zhao Zhao Shenjiang was a standout of this generation and highly valued. If he perished here, they would be punished when they returned.

Thus, from each of the three squads, two people were dispatched, and they unleashed their full speed, streaking violently toward the direction from which the distress signal had come.

In the central region, Zhao Yan said to Tian Miao of Yanmodian: "Brother Tian, watch this place for me. Just keep an eye on the Dragon Bloodline. Once I deal with that side, I'll come back and clean them up!"

Tian Miao nodded helplessly and said, "I can keep watch for a while, but if they deal with the Guardian Spirits, I won't be able to hold off Li Li Wuyuan."

"I'll resolve the problem over there before that happens." Zhao Yan said in an icy voice, then his figure shot into the sky. The roar of Xiangli tore through the mountain forest as he broke through the air at extreme speed.

In a short moment, streaks of light swept across the sky, heading straight east.

The situation, however, changed a little at this point.

And the source of all this turn of events, Li Luo, watched with great interest from the valley as Zhao Zhao Fengxu, Zhao Zhao Shenjiang and the others looked quite wretched under wave after wave of Guardian Spirit assaults.

"Li Luo, they've sent out a distress signal. I'm afraid the Zhao Li Tianwang lineage's people will come to rescue them soon. Should we make a move now?" Li Li Fuling asked.

Li Luo shook his head and said, "If we make a move now, those Guardian Spirits will attack us too."

"Then once their reinforcements arrive, these Guardian Spirits probably won't be able to hold them off." Li Li Fuling asked with a frown.

Hearing this, a brilliant smile appeared on Li Luo's handsome face.

"No rush. Just wait for the reinforcements to come."

He glanced at the valley. He had left some fire fuses undetonated, all for the purpose of waiting for the opposing reinforcements to arrive so they could be dealt with together.

Li Luo's wait did not last long. At the horizon of the distant Lin Hai, streaks of light appeared, and one after another, figures with ferocious auras broke through the air and arrived.

The pressure of the Xiangli erupted by the leading figure caused even Li Li Fuling's expression to change.

"The one coming is Zhao Yan. He's at the Eight Star Tian Zhu Jing!" Li Li Fuling hurriedly reminded.

Before Zhao Yan even approached, his voice, brimming with killing intent, had already sounded like thunder.

"Since your Dragon Fang lineage doesn't know what's good for you, then today, all of you shall be buried here!"