Chapter 661

In a hall that could accommodate tens of thousands of people, two rows of pillars stood tall. At the end of the pillars was a large altar. Roaring flames leaped upon the altar, and water mist and smoke permeated the hall.

Two centipedes forged from steel, one blue and one brown, coiled and crawled on the altar, occasionally releasing large amounts of white mist. These dance-like movements were the sacrificial rites they offered to the gods before battle.

There were many worms in the hall; while watching the sacrificial rites, they greedily devoured coal.

When the rites ended, the blue centipede let out a low moan: "Servants, assemble!"

Some worms gathered under the altar, while others could not let go of the coal at their mouths.

This was the fullest meal they had ever eaten, and it was very likely their last.

Hum~

Accompanied by a roar, the blue centipede spat out a mass of scorching steam, which dispersed throughout the entire hall.

Following the blue centipede's roar, the steam inside the worms' bodies reacted, continuously raising the temperature and pressure within them, causing the worms to roll on the ground in agony.

This was the blue centipede's punishment and warning to the worms.

"Humble servants, you are now fortunate enough to have become warriors. This is a glory you should cherish for a lifetime. Prepare yourselves for battle."

The sluice gate turned, and the exit beneath the altar slowly opened. The blue centipede was about to issue the order to begin the second round of the offensive.

The brown centipede spoke up: "We should let the servants, commoners, scholars, and ministers attack together; we should not let our combat power be scattered."

The blue centipede responded: "The vanguard was wiped out in the blink of an eye, and there is clearly a variable in the enemy's camp. We must conduct more probes; otherwise, sending more soldiers will be purely in vain."

The brown centipede shook its antennae, steam spraying between its chelicerae: "You think the Luo family still has a chance of turning things around and want to help them buy time."

"Nonsense!" The blue centipede was very angry. "I am the commander-in-chief in this battle; it is not your place to point fingers!"

The brown centipede said: "I am afraid you have selfish motives and will ruin the battle situation. The Peddler will be here soon; once he arrives, it will be too late for everything."

The blue centipede said: "Don't you worry about it! Just watch me slaughter that bunch of bastards until the blood flows like a river!"

Li Li Banfeng said: "I think blood flowing like a river is excellent."

The brown centipede sneered: "Blood flowing like a river? Where would you get that kind of ability?"

The blue centipede roared angrily: "How do you know I don't have that ability?"

Li Li Banfeng said: "Even if you don't have the ability to make blood flow like a river, being torn apart by five horses is also good."

The two centipedes were stunned for a moment, then looked at Li Li Banfeng together.

The blue centipede's body suddenly tilted, and in the blink of an eye, the centipede's head left its torso.

The torso was still wriggling, and in the blink of an eye, it broke into several pieces.

All the remains vanished instantly, not knowing where they had gone.

The brown centipede was terrified, emitting low moans and ordering everyone to prepare for battle immediately.

The worms surrounded them from all sides, encircling the altar tightly.

The brown centipede searched everywhere for Li Qi's tracks, then suddenly felt its body go stiff, with several joints refusing to obey.

Ssh~

It saw itself flying into mid-air, yet its body remained where it was.

The brown centipede's vision was a bit blurry; it saw the stump on its own neck, which was spitting out steam.

It saw its body torn to pieces, and along with its head, it was sent into a pitch-black room by an invisible force.

Li Li Banfeng stood in mid-air, a halo of light spreading out beneath his feet, expanding in all directions.

Wherever the halo reached, the worms on the ground struggled and rolled, steam overflowing from their bodies in all directions.

Li Li Banfeng retracted the halo and swept over the worms again.

Some worms stopped moving, but most were still struggling.

The combat power of these worms was clearly not very formidable, but their vitality was indeed tenacious.

Li Li Banfeng rushed into the midst of the worms, using the Trample Ten Thousand Rivers technique repeatedly, clearing a large area with every step, intending to sweep these worms clean.

Squeak~ Cluck-cluck-cluck!

The roof of the hall cracked open, and a fly fell from the second floor into the first-floor hall.

The fly landed silently in front of Li Li Banfeng and flapped its wings; a gust of wind struck, blowing away the water mist in the hall.

Visually, the fly's wings were over three meters long, as thick and heavy as aircraft wings, yet they could open and close nimbly on the fly's back.

Li Li Banfeng asked: "Are you the 'commoners' they spoke of?"

The fly did not answer; it extended its two front legs and rubbed them twice on its massive head.

Li Li Banfeng felt that the force of its rubbing was insufficient, so he waved his hand, sent out two shadows, and twisted the fly's head off.

The headless fly crashed around randomly, and wherever its wings passed, large swaths of worms were shredded.

Li Li Banfeng used the Unimpeded Passage to drill behind a stone pillar, dodged the fly's wings, pulled out his sickle, passed through the pillar, and hacked the fly to pieces.

Three giant longhorn beetles fell from the second floor, one hovering above and two blocking on the ground, coordinating with each other tacitly; their combat power was a large cut above that fly.

Li Li Banfeng dodged left, the longhorn beetles blocked to the left; Li Li Banfeng retreated, the longhorn beetles immediately pursued; Li Li Banfeng vanished, and all three longhorn beetles exploded, the undigested coal inside their bodies scattering all over the ground.

Li Li Banfeng wandered the hall, secretly pondering: did these Inner Continent commoners have some special intention in scattering to fight?

Looking toward the altar, he thought of the reason.

The combat power of the commoners was far higher than that of the worms called servants, but they had lost their commanders and had no one to direct them, leading to inconsistent timing in their sorties.

Once they found a suitable battle rhythm, this battle would not be so easy to fight.

Whoosh!

On the hall wall, two pipes cracked, and a large swarm of ants crawled out from the steam.

Hum!

The third-floor floorboards opened, and a large swarm of wasps came whistling in.

Just as Li Li Banfeng had expected, these Inner Continent commoners had spontaneously launched a siege. Li Li Banfeng led a dozen or so shadows and engaged in a chaotic battle in the hall.

A group of dragonflies and mosquitoes swooped down, and a large swarm of woodlice wove through the ants. The "commoners" gathered in greater numbers, thousands upon thousands. If they were outside the "wasp nest," where the terrain was sufficiently open, Li Li Banfeng would inevitably suffer under the siege of so many "commoners."

But the hall space was limited, which was unfavorable for the "commoners" to exert their numerical advantage. Li Li Banfeng directed each shadow to occupy an advantageous position, and in the blink of an eye, he had slaughtered them until corpses littered the ground.

A woodlouse over a meter long wrapped around Li Li Banfeng's right leg and was just about to bite down when it was slashed to death by Li Li Banfeng. A dragonfly grabbed Li Li Banfeng's shoulder and dragged him into mid-air.

Dozens of flying insects pounced from all directions, intending to tear Li Li Banfeng to pieces. Li Li Banfeng had just swapped positions with a shadow when he saw the dragonfly's wings fall off.

The Spirit White Peach tore off the dragonfly's wings and rushed into the hall with a group of warriors from Bai Sun Commandery.

Li Li Banfeng looked up and said: "Didn't I tell you all to count from the outside? Why did you all come in?"

The Spirit White Peach laughed: "We were afraid of counting wrong from the outside, so we could count more clearly from the inside!"

……

In the prison cell, the Medicine Master Lang Lang Daoshou lay beside the bars, listening carefully to the movement outside.

The physician Xie Xie Baheng asked: "What did you hear?"

Lang Lang Daoshou shook his head: "Didn't hear anything. I reckon the servants are finished fighting."

"Can't be, right?" Xie Xie Baheng was a little nervous. "I just heard the servants yelling out there; they were yelling with quite a bit of momentum."

Lang Lang Daoshou sighed: "Don't even talk about momentum; they were yelling because they were afraid. Do you really think they aren't afraid of death?"

Xie Xie Baheng shook his head: "It definitely wasn't because they were afraid. This is their chance to perform meritorious service and change their fate."

"Change their fate? Where would you find such a cheap deal?" Lang Lang Daoshou sighed. "Bai Sun Commandery has been fighting for so many years; when has it ever been taken down? This is all a lie, tricking them into going to their deaths! And dragging us along to die with them!"

The physician Shan Dan Yuzhu unfolded a seashell: "Old Lang, watch your tone."

"We're already at this point, what tone is there to watch?" Lang Lang Daoshou waved his mantis arm and looked at Shan Dan Yuzhu and Xie Xie Baheng. "You both know the rules. Once the servants are finished, the commoners go up; once the commoners are finished, the scholars go up.

It'll be our turn soon. If you have anything to say, say it quickly. If you say it too slowly, you won't have a chance to open your mouths later!"

Xie Xie Baheng really did have something to say: "Old Lang, Dan Yuzhu, we've been colleagues for so many years. Now that we've reached this point, I have a favor to ask of you, and you must agree to it!"

Shan Dan Yuzhu nodded: "Just tell us what it is."

Xie Xie Baheng sighed: "I have been loyal to the imperial court my whole life. Although I didn't join the army, I, Old Xie, have never been a coward when it came to fighting.

Now that I really have to go to the battlefield, I, Old Xie, only ask one thing of you: remember how I fought, how I killed, and how I died on the battlefield, you two must remember it well.

When you go back to report to the imperial court, you must not leave me out. I don't ask for great merit; I only ask that they don't make things difficult for my family and that you leave a good name for me, Old Xie!"

Upon hearing this, two eyes emerged from the scallop meat of Shan Dan Yuzhu, and those two eyes also turned red: "Old Xie, we can't help you with this."

Xie Xie Baheng was stunned: "Dan Yuzhu, what do you mean by that? You don't even want to carry a message for me?"

Shan Dan Yuzhu sobbed: "You're considered one of the better fighters in the medicine shop, and even you won't survive. Can we return to the Imperial Capital alive? None of the three of us can escape; we'll all have to leave our lives here today!"

Lang Lang Daoshou waved his mantis arm: "Don't say that. If you want to die, go die yourselves; don't drag me into it. Once we get to the battlefield, I'm going to surrender. I don't care if it's shameful; as long as I can keep my life, I'll do anything!"

Xie Xie Baheng looked toward the other side of the prison cell and lowered his voice: "Don't talk nonsense! You're going to get us all killed!"

Lang Lang Daoshou raised his mantis arm and pointed at Xie Xie Baheng's skull: "Old Xie, you have the nerve to say that? Who got who killed? Don't you have any idea?"

Dan Yuzhu found a way out for us, but you didn't dare to take it. We finally persuaded you to go, and you, you cheap bastard, ran off to thank the Luo family."

Xie Xie Baheng hung his head: "The Luo family treated us well; isn't it right to thank them?"

"Cut the crap! The Luo family asked us to crack the prescription, and we couldn't do it. Why did you suddenly go to thank them? Do you think the Luo family is stupid and can't tell?"

Shan Dan Yuzhu stepped forward and covered Lang Lang Daoshou's mouth: "Old Lang, say one less word."

Lang Lang Daoshou pushed Shan Dan Yuzhu away: "What does it matter if I say more or less? We're already here, aren't we? What's so great about your Luo family? Aren't we all locked in the same prison?"

"Today, if we die, we die together; if we live, we live together. If we surrender, we all go out and kneel together; if we don't surrender, we all go out and lie down together!"

Lang Lang Daoshou extended his mantis arm and pointed at Luo Su Lijun, who was in the same prison cell.

Luo Su Lijun was furious, and Luo Luo Yanjun stopped her from the side: "Sister, don't get angry; let's think of a strategy first."

Outside the prison cell, there was chaos, and shouts filled the air.

Lang Lang Daoshou lowered his voice: "There is no other strategy now. If you want to live, you have to surrender."

The little field snail Luo Luo Shaojun said: "Don't just talk about surrendering. Your whole family is in the hands of the imperial court. Don't you even care if they live or die?"

"I can't care anymore," Lang Lang Daoshou shook his shrimp head. "I've finally figured it out these past two days. It's precisely because I cared too much that I ended up in this position today.

Even if we fight to the death on the battlefield today, our families won't be any better off. There have been so many examples before; after losing a battle, the whole family gets demoted to servants, and if things go badly, they get sent back to be remade, and in the end, they still get sent to the battlefield to die. Instead of that, we might as well fight for a way to live for ourselves!"

Luo Su Lijun spat: "Spineless trash, I'm too lazy to listen to your nonsense!"

Luo Su Lijun's younger sister, Luo Luo Xiujun, spoke up: "I don't think he's talking nonsense at all. I think what he said makes sense!"

Luo Su Lijun raged: "What do you want to do? Don't forget that you're different from him. You're a minister; you don't have the same status as him!"

Her other younger sister, Luo Luo Yujun, wriggled her body and came close to Luo Su Lijun: "What's the use of being a minister? Among the whole Luo family, aren't you the only one who can be considered a feudal lord?"

"Now that you're in prison too, tell me, what light have we sisters shared by following your family?"

"We don't see any good things, but when it comes to losing our lives, you think of us sisters? If you want to die, go ahead; we sisters have discussed it, and we're going to surrender with Old Lang and the others!"

"How dare you!" Luo Su Lijun and Luo Luo Yujun began to fight, and the others tried to stop them from the side.

Lang Lang Daoshou was still listening to the movement outside the prison cell: "It's quiet outside again. I reckon the commoners have been wiped out too!"

Xie Xie Baheng wiped his tears with his antennae: "I, Old Xie, am going to be loyal to the imperial court today."

Shan Dan Yuzhu lowered her voice: "Don't say such discouraging words; perhaps there's still a turning point."

Lang Lang Daoshou said: "I hear footsteps. Someone is coming. It looks like the jailer; it seems we have to go to battle."

Luo Luo Shaojun said: "Are we all going to battle together? Isn't it first the scholars, then the ministers?"

Luo Luo Yanjun said: "Silly girl, there are only so many scholars and ministers here. If we attack separately, it's really just sending ourselves to our deaths."

Luo Luo Yujun said: "Actually, we should attack together with the commoners, and we should even bring some servants along; that's the only hope of winning."

Lang Lang Daoshou sighed: "Even if everyone attacks together, there's no chance of winning."

Everyone was speculating. Luo Su Lijun remained silent; she was afraid.

First, she was afraid of death—it would be a lie to say she wasn't.

Second, she was afraid that Luo Luo Yujun and Luo Luo Xiujun would surrender and implicate the entire Luo clan.

Luo Luo Yanjun reminded her: "Luo Xiujun, Luo Yujun, don't forget, with our status, even if we surrender, the Peddler won't let us off!"

Luo Luo Xiujun wouldn't give up: "No one can say for sure. If we die at the Peddler's hands, we'll accept it, but if we can survive, we'll consider it a profit!"

The footsteps approached. Lang Lang Daoshou's breathing quickened, and Xie Xie Baheng clamped his pincers tightly.

A figure in a black suit appeared in front of the prison cell door. This person was not the jailer.

Luo Luo Shaojun was stunned for a moment, then suddenly shouted: "Young Master Li!"

Who is calling me?

Li Li Banfeng looked into the prison cell. A shrimp-goby—he didn't recognize it.

And a crab and a scallop—he didn't recognize those either.

There were five field snails left. He should have recognized three of them, but they all looked about the same, and it wasn't easy to tell them apart at a glance. Only one field snail was significantly smaller in size.

"Is that Luo Shaojun?" Li Li Banfeng asked.

"It's me!" Luo Luo Shaojun was overjoyed. "Young Master Li, are you here to save us?"

Li Qi stood outside the bars and pointed at the other field snails, asking: "Who are those?"

Luo Luo Yanjun said: "Young Master Li, don't you recognize the three of us? Luo Yujun and Luo Xiujun are also our sisters."

Luo Su Lijun said: "Young Master Li, how did you come to our camp?"

By the sound of their voices, Li Li Banfeng identified their identities, but he couldn't quite understand the current situation. How did these five field snails end up in a prison cell? Weren't they nobles from the Inner Continent?

Li Li Banfeng opened the prison cell. Lang Lang Daoshou shouted: "Who are you?"

After shouting, Lang Lang Daoshou hid behind Xie Xie Baheng, and Xie Xie Baheng hid behind Shan Dan Yuzhu.

They didn't recognize Li Li Banfeng, but they could be sure of one thing: this was definitely not one of their clansmen; this must be a person from the Puluo Continent.

Shan Dan Yuzhu had some knowledge. Hearing the Luo family girls call him Young Master Li, Shan Dan Yuzhu tentatively asked: "Are you Young Master Li Qi?"

Li Li Banfeng nodded slightly.

Luo Luo Shaojun rushed forward and rubbed against Li Li Banfeng with her antennae: "Seventh Brother, save us."

Luo Luo Yanjun said: "Young Master Li, we've fallen into misfortune."

Luo Su Lijun was someone who cared about her face and stood to the side without saying a word. Li Li Banfeng said: "What exactly happened?"

Luo Luo Yanjun said: "Young Master Li, this isn't the place to talk. I don't know how you snuck in, but let's go somewhere else to talk in detail."

Li Li Banfeng shook his head: "I didn't sneak in; I killed my way in. If you have something to say, say it here."

Killed your way in?

Luo Su Lijun looked outside the prison cell. Since Li Qi came in, there had indeed been no movement outside.

Luo Luo Yanjun asked: "Young Master Li, did you kill everyone in the camp?"

Li Li Banfeng looked around: "You call this place a camp? I suppose I did kill everyone, but I didn't kill them all by myself."

This was indeed true. Li Li Banfeng had charged into the "wasp nest," and the Spirit White Peach had led the residents of the Five Islands to charge up and fight side-by-side with Li Li Banfeng.

This battle was fought crazily, catching the Inner Continent off guard. The Inner Continent people in the wasp nest were completely annihilated, leaving only this prison cell, which was located deep inside the "wasp nest" and had only just been discovered by Li Li Banfeng.

The Spirit White Peach shouted in the corridor: "Friend, what's the situation on your end?"

Li Qi replied: "The situation here is a bit special. Wait a moment before you come over."

"We're gathering some supplies and will be leaving soon. You hurry up too; this wasp nest could be retracted at any time."

The Spirit White Peach walked away. Luo Luo Shaojun said to Li Li Banfeng: "Seventh Brother, they're right. Our camp could fly back to the Imperial Capital at any time. Let's go out and talk!"

"Go out?" Li Li Banfeng scanned the group. "What do you want to do if you go out?"

"Surrender!" Luo Luo Yujun answered very crisply. "Young Master Li, we've heard of your reputation and know that you are a person who values affection and righteousness. The bond between you and our Luo family has never been broken. I beg you to leave us a way to live."

Luo Luo Yujun, like Luo Luo Shaojun, lowered her head and rubbed her antennae gently against Li Li Banfeng's trouser leg.

Luo Su Lijun scolded Luo Luo Yujun: "Look at that slave-like appearance of yours; you've really disgraced the Luo family!"

Luo Luo Xiujun didn't hesitate either, crawling to Li Li Banfeng's side to rub against his trouser leg. Luo Luo Yanjun said to Luo Su Lijun: "Sister, you heard him too. Young Master Li said there are no living people left here."

Luo Su Lijun hated this: "What do you want? Are you going to rub against him too?"

Luo Luo Yanjun was angry: "What's the use of being so high and mighty? Did you rub against him any less back at Ma Ma Junyang's place? Forget about trouser legs, is there any place on him that you haven't rubbed against?"

"I'm talking to you about a serious matter. There are no living people left in the camp. Even if we surrender, the Imperial Capital might not necessarily know."

Luo Luo Yanjun was forced into a corner and spoke much more bluntly. Among the three sisters, she was the one who could see the situation clearly.

Luo Su Lijun pondered for a moment and said in a low voice: "That is indeed the logic."

When Lang Lang Daoshou heard this, he immediately came to Li Li Banfeng: "Young Master Li, are you injured? Let me help you apply some medicine."

Xie Xie Baheng wasn't idle either, waving his two pincers: "Young Master Li, you haven't groomed your hair in a long time, have you? Let me help you tidy up."

Shan Dan Yuzhu approached: "Young Master Li, you have a pimple on your face; let me help you squeeze it out."

Li Li Banfeng pushed them away: "Do you really want to surrender?"

Luo Su Lijun held onto a final glimmer of hope and negotiated: "If you could look at our past friendship and not make us surrender, but just let us go..."

Li Li Banfeng frowned: "Are you dreaming?"

Luo Su Lijun lowered her head and said nothing. Luo Luo Yanjun advised: "Sister, don't say anything more that's unnecessary. Even if Young Master Li lets us go, do you think they will let us off if we return to the Imperial Capital with an empty camp?"

Li Li Banfeng scanned the group: "If you want to surrender, sign the contract as soon as possible. If you don't surrender, you will be treated as enemies who resist stubbornly, and none will be spared."

"You have such a cruel heart!" Luo Su Lijun said in a low voice.

Li Li Banfeng said with a dark face: "From the moment you entered the territory of the Puluo Continent, you became enemies of the Puluo Continent. Go and see how many warriors of Bai Sun Commandery have fallen in battle? You say I'm cruel, but who should they go to for justice?"

Luo Luo Shaojun said: "Seventh Brother, we were forced into this. The plague has harmed us terribly..."

"We'll talk about the details later," Li Li Banfeng said with an icy expression. "If you don't sign the contract, you will be killed without mercy!"

Li Li Banfeng took out the contract paper. The contract was written, and everyone in the prison cell signed their names and pressed their blood handprints.

Luo Luo Shaojun said: "Seventh Brother, we are surrendering sincerely; you must protect us."

Luo Luo Yanjun said: "According to the rules set by the Peddler, we are all pure-blooded Inner Continent people. Once we enter the Puluo Continent, he will kill us on sight. If we want to survive, we have to rely on you."

Luo Su Lijun said: "It's best if the news of our surrender doesn't reach the Imperial Capital, otherwise there are many things we won't be able to help you with."

Li Li Banfeng asked: "What kind of place is the Imperial Capital?"

Luo Luo Shaojun said: "That is our royal capital!"

Li Li Banfeng pondered for a moment: "Can you take human form?"

Luo Su Lijun retreated into her snail shell, and before long, a voluptuous beauty wearing a green cheongsam crawled out of the shell.

After taking human form, Luo Su Lijun let down her long hair, the pitch-black strands setting off her round cheeks and making her look even fairer.

Luo Luo Yanjun also crawled out of her shell. She was wearing a blue cheongsam and was thinner than Luo Su Lijun. On her forehead, there were still two slightly thick strands of hair, which were her antennae.

These two women looked to be about the same age, around twenty-five or twenty-six. After Luo Luo Shaojun took human form, she looked younger, appearing to be only sixteen or seventeen, wearing a student's long gown with her hair in two braids.

Although they each had their own characteristics, in terms of appearance, the three sisters had quite a few similarities.

Luo Luo Yujun and Luo Luo Xiujun were special. They could also take human form, with their heads exposed outside their shells and their bodies hidden inside. They were also twenty-five or twenty-six years old, but their appearance had nothing to do with the three sisters.

The three sisters had round faces, while these two had long faces.

The three sisters had round lines, while these two had sharp angles on their faces.

The Luo family had many sisters, so it was reasonable for there to be some deviations in appearance. Luo Su Lijun was the first to propose: "We cannot be too far away from our shells, otherwise we will immediately reveal our true forms.

My cultivation is higher than theirs, so I can be at most twenty meters away from my shell. Luo Yanjun can also be twenty meters away, Luo Shaojun can be ten meters away, and Luo Yujun and Luo Xiujun can be at most five meters away."

Having said this, Luo Su Lijun looked at Luo Luo Yujun and Luo Luo Xiujun: "I'm talking to you two, can you come out of your shells to talk?"

Luo Luo Xiujun shook her head: "It's not convenient for us to come out; we aren't wearing any clothes inside."

Luo Su Lijun frowned: "In a life-or-death situation, are you still afraid of being shy?"

Luo Luo Yujun's face was flushed: "Isn't this afraid of losing the Luo family's face?"

Luo Su Lijun spat: "Now you know you're a Luo family member?"

Lang Lang Daoshou, Xie Xie Baheng, and Shan Dan Yuzhu each took off a piece of clothing to give to the sisters. After patching things together, they barely managed to cover themselves, and the two sisters came out of their shells.

Li Li Banfeng looked at Lang Lang Daoshou, Xie Xie Baheng, and Shan Dan Yuzhu. These three were from the medicine shop and did not have the ability to take human form, so Li Li Banfeng let the three of them crawl into the shells.

The five field snail girls, each carrying their own shell, followed Li Li Banfeng out of the prison cell. The Spirit White Peach was still leading the island residents to search for supplies in the "wasp nest."

The Spirit White Peach had fought the Inner Continent many times and had encountered such "wasp nests" many times, but this was the first time he had seen the structure inside one.

This massive spherical object from the Inner Continent was a five-story building. The prison cell where the Luo sisters were located was on the fourth floor. The Spirit White Peach found a large amount of coal in the hall, and the others found many screws, gears, valves, and connecting rods on various floors.

For Bai Sun Commandery, every piece of metal was a rare resource. After taking everything they could carry, the group left the "wasp nest" and returned to Bai Taodao.

Seeing the five women carrying shells, the Spirit White Peach asked: "What is their background?"

Li Li Banfeng wanted to tell the truth, but Luo Su Lijun was right—once the news that the five Luo sisters had been captured spread, the Inner Continent would inevitably be on guard, and there would be many things he wouldn't be able to proceed with.

"These five are my puppets. They are carrying the corpses of the enemy on their backs, and I plan to take them back for some research."

The Spirit White Peach nodded: "How do you plan to go back? I can see you off."

Li Li Banfeng said: "How will you see me off? Do you have a way to pass through the boundary line?"

The Spirit White Peach shook its head: "I can't cross the boundary line, but Bai Sun Commandery is the territory of the Puluo Continent, so naturally there is a path that bypasses the boundary line."

Li Li Banfeng was stunned: "Are you talking about the New Land?"

The Spirit White Peach thought about the wording: "New Land might not be accurate; it should be called the New Sea, a very dangerous sea area, right above us."

Li Li Banfeng looked up at the fish swimming in mid-air, then looked at the wasp nest floating among the school of fish.

"When I went up just now, I didn't touch any seawater."

The Spirit White Peach pointed deep into the peach forest: "Although this wasp nest can create whirlpools, it doesn't touch the seawater. If you want to touch the seawater of the New Sea, you must climb that peach tree with the mark, stand at the top of the canopy, and slowly enter the sea current.

If you keep walking in the right direction in the New Sea, you can find the coast of the Puluo Continent and step onto the land of the Puluo Continent."

Li Li Banfeng looked in the direction the Spirit White Peach pointed and asked: "What kind of mark does that peach tree have?"

"There are scars on the tree. It was transformed from the previous island master of Bai Taodao. Before he transformed into a peach tree, he left over a hundred scars on his body."

Li Li Banfeng looked at the dense peach forest again: "Have you never let any Inner Continent people climb that peach tree?"

The Spirit White Peach nodded: "If we can hold on, we will hold on. Even if we can't win, another friend from a foreign land will definitely come to help us."

Li Li Banfeng stared at that peach forest for a long time: "No wonder there are so many peach trees around that one."

The Spirit White Peach said: "Do you want me to take you there, friend?"

Li Li Banfeng shook his head. He couldn't let Inner Continent people set foot in the New Sea, and he couldn't let Inner Continent people climb that peach tree.

"How long have you been fighting here?"

"I can't remember. We have been in Bai Sun Commandery for generations."

"Have you never thought about leaving?" Li Li Banfeng looked at the ocean above his head. The Spirit White Peach knew the way to leave Bai Sun Commandery, and others knew it too.

The Spirit White Peach stroked the branches and leaves of a peach tree, on which peaches had just grown. "The White Peach Assembly is about to begin. Are you willing to dance with us?"

Li Li Banfeng picked up a basket of peaches to see off the bravest warriors of the Puluo Continent.

PS: Lord of Puluo, the circle-breaking index has reached lv4.

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