Right at this moment, the panicked cultivators who had fled to the inner city all looked outside the city with joy.
"City Lord, Bi Shihu and the others... they have withdrawn!"
"No, Bi Shihu has appeared behind the Wu tribesmen. They have raised the banners of our human race!"
"Bi Shihu's three armies have sent a message. They want to launch a pincer attack on the Wu tribe with us. He is our savior!"
"..."
This sudden change also stunned Feng Tu. He saw that the survivors of Highsun City were all wild with joy.
When they looked at the deserters of Bi Shihu's three armies now, it was like looking at saviors.
Sure enough, the ten thousand men of Bi Shihu's three armies had all appeared behind the Wu tribe.
A subordinate beside him said with great joy,
"City Lord, let's charge out! This is the best moment to eradicate the Wu tribe.
With a pincer attack from us and Bi Shihu, the Wu tribe will surely be destroyed!
Furthermore, the two sides combined have eleven Void Refinement cultivators.
We just need to send people to stall the Wu tribe's Void Refinement cultivators. Just two cultivators would be enough to completely turn the tide of the battle!"
"..."
However, there was no joy on Feng Tu's face.
How could he not see the true state of Bi Shihu's grand army?
Although Bi Shihu had appeared in the Wu tribe's rear, that bastard was not launching a massive attack.
He was merely blocking them for the sake of blocking them; Bi Shihu's grand army would only act if the Wu tribesmen attempted to flee.
And as deserters, what combat power did they really have?
In an instant, Feng Tu understood Bi Shihu's calculation, and his face turned even paler.
"He wants to frighten the Wu tribesmen and scatter their morale.
Meanwhile, our military and civilians in Highsun City, thinking Bi Shihu has turned over a new leaf, will be filled with righteous indignation and charge at the Wu tribe with no regard for their lives.
But Bi Shihu... he wants to pick up a cheap victory. When all our people are dead, will this victory belong to us, or to Bi Shihu?"
Feng Tu gazed from afar at Bi Shihu riding his flying tiger.
Bi Shihu looked incredibly majestic, and his three armies resembled divine soldiers descending from heaven, looking exactly like saviors.
Yet, Feng Tu only saw Bi Shihu's filthiness. Even though a sliver of hope had arrived, Feng Tu only felt like vomiting.
"City Lord, let's charge out! This is our great opportunity!"
Someone beside him roared with joy.
Feng Tu still remained speechless.
Looking at the joyful expressions of his soldiers and the panicked looks of the Wu tribesmen, he only felt a profound sorrow, as if he were mourning his parents.
"Motherfucker, motherfucker! Born as a human, how the fuck can you be this disgusting?!!"
Feng Tu had no choice!
In the distance, Bi Shihu smiled at him.
It was a kind smile, as if Bi Shihu truly was their great hero coming to save their lives.
But Feng Tu knew that such a smile was more disgusting than any threat; Bi Shihu had driven him into a corner.
If he led his people to charge out, from then on, Bi Shihu would be the great hero in the eyes of the world.
It would be a blessing from the heavens if even ten percent of Highsun City's military and civilians survived.
The things Bi Shihu had done in the past would be wiped clean with a single stroke, and all of Deston Prefecture would remember his grace.
Meanwhile, the military and civilians of Highsun City would die in ignorant gratitude, their corpses piling up to form the staircase for Bi Shihu's ascent to the pinnacle.
Yet Feng Tu had no choice but to do this. If they didn't charge and fight, Highsun City would be destroyed, and Deston Prefecture would be in peril.
He was like a toy being played with in Bi Shihu's hands.
"I have to admit, Bi Shihu is formidable."
At this moment, a calm voice pulled Feng Tu out of the abyss of despair.
Li Changsheng looked mockingly at the despicable fleeing general in the distance.
"He must have waited a long time for this day. Only in this way can he once again openly and legitimately become the Marshal of his tiger-wolf army."
"A person who has fallen into the mud wants to wash himself clean.
From now on, he will sit high above the rest, and the world will only remember his good deeds.
City Lord Feng, look at the military and civilians in our city."
Feng Tu looked around.
Sometimes people were simply foolish; even when being played with like toys, they would still revere the other party as a god.
Cheers rang out everywhere, and morale had reached its peak.
But at the same time, hope kindled on Feng Tu's face.
He knew exactly what kind of person Li Changsheng was.
This was a coward to the extreme.
During the years Li Changsheng stayed in Highsun City, whenever a Golden Core realm cultivator passed by the Li Clan's Chamber of Commerce, Li Changsheng would poke his head out and scrutinize the other party for a long time, suspecting them to be an assassin.
One day, Li Changsheng even grabbed Feng Tu's face. When asked about it, it turned out Li Changsheng suspected he was an impostor wearing a human-skin mask.
Yet, it was such a person who, at this very moment, showed not a single trace of panic, and even had the leisure to evaluate Bi Shihu!
"The world says that every cause must have an effect, but that is not actually true.
Sometimes, we don't even know what kind of beast with a human face lies behind someone's glamorous exterior.
By using a deliberate act of kindness to cover up monstrous evil, he will become a great man."
Li Changsheng, sitting in his wheelchair, looked at Feng Tu.
At this moment, Li Changsheng's eyes seemed to hold a Spiritual power as he asked faintly,
"City Lord Feng, do you want Bi Shihu to use the lives of the people of Highsun City to become a great man?"
"Like hell I want that! Screw his ancestors to the eighth generation!" Feng Tu gritted his teeth.
He had thought of over a hundred methods in his mind, but there was absolutely no way to break this stalemate. "But what can I do now?"
At this moment.
Li Changyao grinned.
"City Lord Feng, you know my brother. For these past decades in Highsun City, he hasn't done anything else but study one single thing."
"What?" Feng Tu was stunned for a moment.
"Running away."
Li Changyao patted Li Changsheng's shoulder and proudly lifted her head.
"When it comes to running away in this world, I've truly never seen anyone more formidable than my brother.
Even if you combined ten Bi Shihus, their running speed wouldn't be as fast as his."
"City Lord Feng, you and the people in the city are blessed to be able to run away with my brother, hehe."
"..."
The corners of Feng Tu's mouth twitched, yet his heart was already at ease.
Looking back at Bi Shihu, who sat high above as if he were about to receive the admiring gazes of others in the very next second, he gritted his teeth. "Let's do it!"
"Li Changsheng, I leave the great mission of our entire city's military and civilians running away in your hands!"
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