Lin Xi’s tone and behavior naturally left the enemy feeling extremely uncomfortable, but Shentu Nian instead chuckled.

“Actually, the reason why I spoke so much with you is because I was stalling for time.”

He first looked at the smiling Lin Xi and then into the deep alleys of East Scenery City behind him, also looking at the moving weeds on the roofs, calmly and arrogantly saying, “it is because even though I brought over my entire main force, the main army is being suppressed by you all. In this alley, me, Sir Jun and the others can still be considered to have penetrated the backlines alone. You all have the Divine Wooden Flying Crane, able to transfer people over faster than us, which is why you want to stall for time to have Ceng Rou and the other cultivators deal with those Purgatory Mountain disciples on our side, thus being able to bring more people here. However, when I spoke so much with you, even the release of Sir Jun’s Vacuum Sword, the injuries he took, all of this is similarly me also stalling for time.”

When Gao Yanan and the others heard this, their expressions changed slightly. Lin Xi’s brows furrowed slightly, saying calmly, “That is why you still have something else, and this should be your last hope in this battle, or else you wouldn’t have personally come here. So, this method...