Indeed, at this moment, Ba'ernu's long saber was covered in flames. With each swing, the raging fire assaulted Qingyuan Xiaobei.

However, Qingyuan Xiaobei was surrounded by an invisible wind barrier. Each time Ba'ernu's flames approached, Qingyuan Xiaobei would unleash a whirlwind, blowing the fire away.

It could be said that the wind element didn't have such an advantage against metal, wood, water, earth, or lightning. Those five could gather power to forcefully break through the wind barrier and attack Qingyuan Xiaobei.

But it was only against the equally formless fire element that it held such an advantage.

Similarly, the fire element had an advantage against metal, wood, fire, earth, and lightning. It was invisible and intangible, making it difficult to defend against. Only the water element could restrain it somewhat, but that depended on cultivation level.

It was only when facing the wind element that it was thoroughly suppressed.

On the other side, Qi Xiu wielded his divine sword, his entire being filled with imposing sword energy, as if he had transformed into a sharp blade. He alone battled against the three great prodigies on the opposite side. Although he was at a disadvantage, his aura didn't lose out to them in the slightest.

The guards and rogue cultivators also clashed. The Qishan prefecture was already outnumbered, and now that even the prodigies were falling behind, they were even more isolated and helpless. Surrounded by the Guannan prefecture, they were constantly getting injured.

"At this rate, the Qishan prefecture will be defeated very soon."

Qi Manyao frowned, worried.

After all, she was from the Qishan prefecture, and of course, didn't want to see the people of her prefecture killed by others.

"Whoever loses has nothing to do with us. What we need to do is figure out how to get through them."

Wan Lei said expressionlessly, not caring about the lives of the Qishan prefecture people at all.

In his opinion, as long as they weren't family and partners he cared about, the lives of others had nothing to do with him.

"Isn't that simple? We'll just wait for them to finish fighting and disperse, then we can pass through."

Sui Xiaohang said confidently.

Wan Lei shook his head, "No, so many people fighting won't be over in a short time. Although the Qishan prefecture is at a disadvantage, it won't be easy for the Guannan prefecture to completely annihilate them.

The longer the time drags on, the more reinforcements will arrive from all sides, and there may even be Jindan (Golden Core) experts.

By then, there will be more and more people, and the less likely we will be to muddle through. The scene will be too chaotic, and a random attack from any Jindan expert could kill us all.

Right now, there aren't many people fighting and the strength isn't too strong. It's the best time for us to pass through."

"Young Master Lei is right, we must pass through now. However, we need to discuss which side to help."

Tian Suanzi said.

Wan Lei nodded, pondering for a moment, "Yes, we definitely can't help neither side, otherwise both sides will attack us. And we can't help the Guannan prefecture side either.

They are strong right now, and helping them would just be icing on the cake. Besides, even if we want to leave, they probably won't let us.

It's better to help the Qishan prefecture. We'll resist for a while, then pretend to be injured and unable to hold on, and quickly escape. As long as we escape fast enough, the Guannan prefecture shouldn't send a large number of people to chase us.

After all, compared to a few seriously injured Foundation Establishment rogue cultivators, it's more worthwhile to concentrate their firepower on Qi Xiu, Ba'ernu, and the large group of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

If they chase us, they might give the battlefield here an opportunity to exploit."

"Young Master Lei is indeed intelligent, we'll act now."

Tian Suanzi chuckled.

Qi Manyao felt relieved to hear that they were going to help the Qishan prefecture. This kind-hearted girl always couldn't bear to see anyone being bullied, even strangers.

"It's the same as before, when we fight, I'll be the main attacker, and you two just play support. Be careful to protect yourselves, especially Sui Xiaohang, he's only at the initial force realm."

Wan Lei said seriously.

"Young Master Lei..."

Sui Xiaohang was moved to tears.

"But it's okay if he gets hit a few times, he has a protective treasure from his father that can withstand Foundation Establishment attacks."

"Damn..."

The four of them no longer hid and charged towards the two groups of people who were fighting.

Their actions naturally attracted the attention of the two groups. Qingyuan Xiaobei, Ba'ernu, and other prodigies only glanced at them briefly and, after sensing their cultivation levels, no longer cared.

With such a low cultivation level, it wouldn't make much of a difference to either side.

However, Qingyuan Xiaobei's eyes lit up when he saw Qi Manyao.

They didn't care, but someone else did.

"Hey, you there, stop! Are you from Guannan prefecture or Qishan prefecture? We're on the Guannan prefecture side. If you are too, join us in dealing with these Qishan prefecture dogs."

A rogue cultivator from Guannan prefecture asked.

Wan Lei naturally wouldn't pay attention to him, he took the lead and rushed over, smashing his hammer towards the cultivator.

"Hmph, as expected, you're a Qishan prefecture dog, then die here with them."

The rogue cultivator snorted coldly and went to meet Wan Lei.

The surrounded Qishan prefecture people were overjoyed. Although the other side only had four people, they at least had a Foundation Establishment upper-stage expert.

For their weak side of only a dozen people, it was considered a fresh reinforcement.

After Wan Lei smashed away the Guannan prefecture rogue cultivator with one hammer, he heard a Qishan prefecture rogue cultivator shouting loudly at him from the crowd.

"Fellow Daoists, come quickly, let's Qishan prefecture people work together to resist these Guannan prefecture villains."

Hearing this, Wan Lei smiled heartily.

"Coming."

Under the opening in the encirclement created by Wan Lei, the four quickly entered the encirclement.

The addition of Wan Lei and the others, although not increasing much in combat power, greatly boosted the morale of the Qishan prefecture people.

After all, the arrival of their own people meant that there might be more reinforcements coming later, which also gave them great hope of escaping...

Even... defeating the enemy.

After Wan Lei and the others joined the battle, they didn't show much combat power, but simply exerted ordinary power according to their cultivation level.

Wan Lei didn't want to be too high-profile. If he attracted prodigies like Huang Ri, it would be difficult to escape by then.

The battle was very fierce, and everyone was trying their best to defeat the enemy, except for Wan Lei and the others who were slacking off.

As their first wave of reinforcements arrived, cultivators gradually discovered that there was a battle here.

These people were from Guannan prefecture and Qishan prefecture.

When those Guannan prefecture rogue cultivators saw familiar cultivators arriving, they immediately called those people to join the battle.

On the Qishan prefecture side, although some rogue cultivators also arrived, there were also people who knew those who were fighting.

However, when those people saw that the Qishan prefecture was at a disadvantage and was being surrounded, they all hesitated.

Very few people actually came to help them, most people took a look and then turned away.

This also brought a scolding from those Qishan prefecture people.