Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

"Kill!" The Black Armor Light Cavalry wielded their scimitars, using their horse's speed to slash fiercely! The blades tore through the vine armor, leaving a trail of blood! The Divine Wood Shadow Blade Cavalry used their horses' agility to weave in and out of the melee, firing their poisoned short crossbows at close range! The poisonous arrows, like poisonous bees, penetrated the crevices of the Black Armor Cavalry's armor! The victims instantly turned pale, their movements stiffened, and were then hacked down by the chaotic swords!

The battlefield is completely deadlocked! Every inch of land is soaked in blood! Every moment is devouring lives!

Atop the high platform, Hua Yunhong's narrow eyes coldly scanned the ferocious struggle below. He wasn't angered by the temporary halt to his three-pronged attack; instead, a hint of icy sarcasm appeared at the corner of his mouth. His gaze, like the fangs of a venomous snake, remained fixed on the canyon entrance, the heavily guarded imperial carriage—Qin Ming—and the stretcher behind him, emitting an aura of destruction!

"Qin Ming...how long can you hold on?" Hua Yunhong whispered to himself, his voice carrying a hint of bone-chilling coldness. "Is your 'container'...about to explode?"

At the canyon's entrance, Qin Ming sat upright atop his jet-black warhorse, his heavy armor gleaming coldly in the reflection of blood and fire. Beneath his visor, his bottomless eyes, like two cold abysses swallowing all light, calmly surveyed the battlefield. He took in the defense of the left wing's shield formation, the fierce clash of the heavy infantry in the center, and the desperate fight of the light cavalry on the right. His gaze finally fell back on the stretcher behind him.

After the violent energy explosion, the dark golden vortex of light on Liu Yueli's chest was rapidly dimming at a speed visible to the naked eye!

The vortex spun slower and slower, the violent energy flow at its center seeming drained of its strength, becoming sluggish and viscous! An even stronger, more pungent stench of burnt sulfur and decaying flesh and blood emanated from the depths of the wound! Her body no longer convulsed violently, but instead fell into an eerie, deadly stillness, as if it had run out of fuel! Only from the depths of the dim vortex did a faint, yet destructive, crimson light occasionally flash, like the last spark of a dying charcoal fire!

"Your Majesty! Lord Liu..." Sun Miao's withered face was filled with horror, his voice trembling with despair. "The fragments of the sacred tree's heart and the blood-attracting brand are forcibly merging... The power... The energy is dissipating out of control! It's like... a dam about to collapse! Once it completely collapses... I'm afraid... I'm afraid her body will be burned to ashes and explode! It will also... detonate the surrounding area!"

Burn your body and explode! Detonate the surroundings!

Qin Ming's gaze suddenly focused beneath his veil! Deep within his deep eyes, the frozen pond stirred violent ripples for the first time! He suddenly raised his head, his gaze piercing through the chaotic battlefield, locking onto the cold and sinister smile on Hua Yunhong's face on the high platform!

A trap! This was Hua Yunhong's true killer move! He didn't care if his three-pronged attack could break through! What he wanted was to buy time! He wanted to make the forcibly fused, extremely unstable destructive energy within Liu Yueli's body... completely lose control! Detonate... right next to Qin Ming!

"Sound the horn!" Qin Ming's cold voice was like cold iron falling to the ground, with an unquestionable determination!

"Your Majesty?!" Meng Zhi was swinging a giant axe to chop open a heavy armored man made of divine wood. Upon hearing this, he suddenly turned around, his eyes filled with bloodshot and unwillingness!

"Retreat!" Qin Ming's voice was firm and decisive. "Entire army! Retreat! Exit the canyon!"

Woo-woo-woo-woo!!!

The desolate and rapid sound of the horn instantly resounded across the battlefield! Like a drenching head in cold water!

The black-armored soldiers, engaged in a bloody battle, were stunned! Then, they erupted in a roar of confusion and unwillingness! But they didn't hesitate! Military orders were as strong as a mountain!

"Retreat! Retreat quickly!" Generals at all levels roared at the top of their lungs!

The left wing's shield formation began to retreat in an orderly fashion, their shields still resiliently holding off the sporadic attacks of the Rattan Armor Guards! The heavy infantry in the center, bearing immense pressure, their spears firmly holding off the attacks of the Shenmu Iron Wall Guards, moved backwards step by step! The light cavalry on the right wing suddenly broke away from the fray, turned their horses, and retreated like a tide!

Retreat! At this moment when we are on the verge of breaking through the defense line after suffering heavy casualties! Retreat across the board!

"Want to leave?!" On the high platform, Hua Yunhong's narrow eyes flashed with an icy cold light! He waved his hand violently!

"Helian! Fenyan! Cover the rear!"

"Here!" Helian Tieshu laughed fiercely and swung his huge hand violently!

Deep in the canyon, at the root of the stiff Rot Heart Willow mother tree, dozens of Rot Heart Willow guards who had been prepared in advance suddenly threw the lit torches in their hands at the large amount of incendiary materials mixed with sulfur, oil and rotten willow catkins that had been prepared in advance and piled up at the root of the mother tree!

boom--! ! !

The blazing flames instantly engulfed the roots of the Rot Heart Willow's mother plant! Thick black smoke, tinged with the pungent stench of sulfur and a potent paralyzing toxin, instantly rose to the sky like volcanic ash! The billowing smoke, mixed with the lingering miasma within the canyon, spread like a black curtain, obscuring the sky and the sun. It instantly enveloped the entire depths of the canyon, engulfing the retreating Black Armor Army and the pursuing Shenmu soldiers!

"Cough-cough-!"

"Ugh—!"

Violent coughs and painful howls emanated from the thick smoke! Vision was completely obscured! The pungent toxic smoke burned the respiratory tract! The paralyzing toxins rapidly eroded the nerves!

"Go! Don't look back!" Meng Zhi's roar echoed in the thick smoke!

Amidst the thick smoke and chaos, the Black Armor Army, under immense pressure, retreated with difficulty yet in an orderly manner towards the canyon entrance. Every soldier's face was filled with resentment and humiliation, but military orders were as firm as a mountain, and they could only suppress their anger deep within their hearts.

Qin Ming rode his horse and stood at the entrance of the canyon. Under his visor, his bottomless eyes were like two cold abysses that swallowed up all the light. He stared coldly at the depths of the canyon engulfed by thick smoke, and at Hua Yunhong's face on the high platform, which was looming in the smoke and had a cold and strange smile on his face.

"Hua Yunhong..." The cold voice seemed to come from the underworld, "I will remember today's gift."

He slowly turned his horse's head, and his Panlong heavy armor shone with a cold light under the bleak sky.

"withdraw!"

The black armor torrent was like the receding tide of black steel lava, carrying with it a scorching rage and a hint of cold determination, rolling over the charred corpses and frozen pools of blood, and slowly retreating from this canyon of death.

Deep in the canyon, thick smoke billowed like the breath of a giant beast. Hua Yunhong stood on the high platform, his narrow eyes piercing the smoke as he stared intently at Qin Ming's receding figure and the heavily guarded stretcher that exuded an ominous aura.

"Qin Ming..." The corners of his mouth curled up in a cold arc, "Next time, what I want... is your life!"

"Your Majesty! Why are you withdrawing?! Give me another hour! I will surely be able to..."

Meng Zhi's voice was hoarse, and with thunder-like anger and unwillingness, he knelt on one knee in front of Qin Ming's horse, splashing a bloody ice chip.