Chapter 1 The Tipping Balance

As more and more cultivators from Guannan Commandery joined the fray, the balance of power in the battle began to shift.

Guannan Commandery had gained an absolute advantage. At this point, the resistance from Qishan Commandery was becoming increasingly strained, and casualties had even begun to occur.

Wan Lei frowned deeply as he watched, the situation far removed from his expectations.

His original plan was to fight for a while after entering, then feign injury and defeat, using the chaos to escape with the other three.

But in the current situation, Guannan Commandery had nearly seventy or eighty people, while Qishan Commandery had only a dozen, surrounded in layers. Even if he wanted to break through, he couldn't.

No, he had to disrupt the battle and create a free-for-all. Only then would there be hope of escaping amidst the chaos.

But how to disrupt the battle?

Wan Lei scanned the field, his brow furrowed, at a loss as he looked at the bloodthirsty and excited Guannan Commandery cultivators with their red eyes.

Suddenly, his gaze fell upon Huang Rifeng, Ze Kouyong, and the other three who were fighting Qi Xiu.

If he could defeat one of them with lightning speed, and then concentrate their power to deal with another, joining forces with Qi Xiu, the two of them could definitely suppress the other two.

At that time, those people would certainly divert a large number of people to besiege them, which would throw the battle into chaos. Then he could let Qi Manyao and the others quickly take advantage of the chaos to escape, and he would find an opportunity to use Lightning Escape to flee.

Yes, that's how to do it.

Once Wan Lei made up his mind, he left the battlefield and was about to rush towards Qi Xiu's battlefield.

"Ah!!!"

Just as Wan Lei was about to move, a scream caught his attention.

Wan Lei quickly turned his head and saw that Ba'ernu, who had been fighting fiercely, had suddenly fallen into a disadvantage for some reason, and was being bound by Qingyuan Xiaobei with her long ribbon.

Ba'ernu was heavily slammed against the wall of the cave by Qingyuan Xiaobei, and the scream came from this moment.

Damn it, if Ba'ernu is defeated and Qingyuan Xiaobei frees her hand, then Qi Xiu and I will still face a great disadvantage.

Wait... Ba'ernu's combat power is not weak, but she is just being restrained by Qingyuan Xiaobei. Against others, her flames are still fierce and will not be restrained.

If he could rescue her and defeat Qingyuan Xiaobei, her combat power could be used to greater effect.

That Qingyuan Xiaobei's wind attribute can restrain Ba'ernu, but it can't restrain me.

With this thought, Wan Lei lightly touched the Thor's Hammer with his finger, lit up two rune imprints, and summoned thunderclouds.

...

"Little sister, you've finally fallen into my hands. Look at this stubborn little face, oh dear, it breaks my heart.

When we have fun together later, I want you to have this expression too. That's what a wild horse should be like, more interesting to tame.

But don't ever show a submissive expression. I like to use force, I like those who resist, oh hehehehe..."

Qingyuan Xiaobei squatted on the ground, pinching Ba'ernu's smooth little face, and let out a silvery triumphant laugh.

Ba'ernu was unable to break free from the restraints, her cultivation suppressed, and she could only stare at Qingyuan Xiaobei, suffering humiliation under her "devil's claws."

Unwilling, yet helpless.

But to say that she would surrender at this point, and submit to Qingyuan Xiaobei in order to survive, that was absolutely impossible for her to do.

The countless hardships of her childhood forged her tenacious character.

But the current situation was not something that could be solved by her tenacity.

Qishan Commandery had fallen into a disadvantage, Qi Xiu was entangled by the three great prodigies and was in danger, and she was being suppressed by Qingyuan Xiaobei, unable to fight back.

In this situation, unless a miracle happened.

A miracle really happened.

That figure stepping on the sky full of lightning and holding a divine hammer descended from the sky.

At that moment, the world in front of Ba'ernu's eyes lit up.

She stared blankly, looking up at the roaring figure, and a feeling suddenly arose in her heart...

A feeling of reassurance.

Who is he?

Qingyuan Xiaobei heard the sound of thunder coming from behind, and immediately turned her head to look intently. When she realized that the other party was just a Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivator, a sneer couldn't help but appear on the corner of her mouth...

"It's the kid with that pretty girl, seeking death!"

Qingyuan Xiaobei grabbed one end of the long ribbon with one hand, continuing to bind Ba'ernu, and condensed wind power with the other, sending it towards Wan Lei.

According to her calculations, even if she couldn't kill the kid on the spot with this blow, she could knock him away and seriously injure him.

However, when the hammer hit her hand, she realized how stupid a mistake she had made.

"Ah!!!"

A scream came from Qingyuan Xiaobei's mouth, and she flew backward, heavily slamming into the wall of the cave.

Looking at her again, her right hand was bent in an unnatural shape, obviously broken.

"Ah! You're looking for death!"

Qingyuan Xiaobei roared at Wan Lei, not bothering to wipe the blood from the corner of her mouth.

But Wan Lei's attack was enough to cause her cultivation to shake, and she had no combat power for a short time.

Wan Lei snorted coldly and guided another bolt of lightning to strike Qingyuan Xiaobei head-on.

Qingyuan Xiaobei screamed and was knocked unconscious on the spot, and even the walls of the cave around her collapsed, burying her underneath.

"Who are you? Why did you save me?"

Ba'ernu asked Wan Lei as she untied the long ribbon wrapped around her body.

"Let's go, come with me to help Qi Xiu!"

As Wan Lei spoke, he immediately rushed towards Qi Xiu.

Ba'ernu looked at Wan Lei's back and the hammer in his hand with a complicated expression, as if she wanted to remember this figure firmly.

With the addition of Wan Lei and Ba'ernu, the pressure on Qi Xiu was greatly reduced. The three of them fought the three of them, and the situation immediately reversed.

Wan Lei's opponent was the fire-attribute Huang Ri, who was directly beaten so badly that he could only parry, without any power to fight back.

Qi Xiu looked at the hammer in Wan Lei's hand, his heart filled with doubt. This young man was actually suppressing Huang Ri, the number one prodigy of the Huang family in the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, with his Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivation. He must not be an unknown person, but why had he never heard of such a person in Qishan Commandery?

Lightning attribute, young prodigy, holding a hammer, Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivation, could it be that he is...

Thinking of this, Qi Xiu couldn't help but glance at Ba'ernu, but saw that Ba'ernu was also looking at him with a puzzled expression.

Did she also discover it? But that's not right, the appearance doesn't match. Forget it, now is not a good time to ask, he will ask properly after the fight is over.

Wan Lei and the other three fought fiercely with the other three. The three of them were not weak in combat power, and they were all extremely good at attacking attributes.

It can be said that Wan Lei, one of the four great prodigies of Qishan Commandery, replaced Wan Liuchuan's position. Except for Duanmu Ao, none of them were weak.