Without hesitation, the monk Huiyin let go of his foot and fell into the river along with Ganlang.

Heng Wenhao quickly rushed over and pushed both of them down into the river.

Ganlang moved freely in the water, rapidly spinning its double whips.

Braving the winds and waves, the double whips are like oars!

Back in the sea, even Heng Wenhao was no match for Gan Lang. It was only because Gan Lang was weaker on land that he was paired with Yu Jinhe, the third brother. Although he was weaker than Heng Wenhao and Zhao Wu, he was still a top-tier expert and could easily handle the three first-rate experts from the Tu, Lu, and Xue families.

After helping Yu Jin and He Laosan deal with the top-tier experts, Gan Lang observed the situation and saw that Zhao Yan and Zhao Wu were fine, but Heng Wenhao was at a disadvantage, so he rushed over to help immediately.

After receiving his signal, Heng Wenhao led the monk Huiyin to the riverbank.

The old monk was indeed tricked and fell into the water!

Once you fall into the water and are trapped by Gan Lang and Heng Wenhao, you will have no chance.

Despite it being late at night and with heavy rain washing over the river, Zhao Cheng could still see the color on the surface of the river deepening in patches.

That was blood.

Zhao Cheng was certain that it was the blood of the monk Huiyin.

He believes in the water skills of Ganlang!

A breath passed.

Three breaths passed.

Ten breaths passed.

He could only see the river surface growing darker and darker, but he couldn't see what was happening underwater. This agonizing moment made Zhao Cheng start to worry.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!

The heavy rain continued to fall, and Zhao Cheng rubbed his fingers as he paced back and forth.

Finally, a head popped up; it was Gan Lang.

Zhao Cheng remained tense, looking around at Gan Lang.

Heng Wenhao's head also popped out.

Next came the floating corpse of the monk Huiyin.

"Phew..." Zhao Cheng let out a long sigh of relief, plopped down on the ground, and then laughed.

At the same time, Wu Bu also died in battle as he had hoped, under Zhao Wu's broken blade.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Lu Yuan and Xue Gai finally gave up and, without bothering to call on the others to retreat, secretly ran back.

Yu Jin and He Laosan flew over their heads, blocking their way.

Zhao Cheng and Zhao Wu came up from behind.

Xue Gai immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Zhao Cheng, saying, "Young Prime Minister, spare my life!"

Lu Yuan glared at Xue Gai with disgust and said angrily, "The worst that can happen is death, why are you begging for mercy?!"

Zhao Cheng snorted coldly and said, "Don't pretend to be a warrior. If you're not afraid of death, why did you run away?"

Lu Yuan said, "Even ants try to survive, so it is only natural for me to flee for my life."

"Look at your pretentious act! I'm only now realizing that you're truly no match for Lu Chen. With him leading the Lu family, your descendants will thank me. Besides, where can you run off to? Become a monk like your uncle?"

Zhao Cheng looked around behind him and called out, "Yuan Fei!"

"Here!" Yuan Fei quickly ran over.

"What was the outcome of the battle?"

"The enemy has only a dozen or so seriously wounded left; they are almost completely wiped out. On our side... the Prefect's elite troops suffered thirty-one deaths and six wounded. The young Marquis's guards suffered two deaths and five wounded..."

Zhao Cheng's expression darkened as he looked at Lu Yuan and said, "Look at the sins you've committed, how many people have you killed? I'm not a saint. I don't care how many people die on your side, but on my side, I will hold every single life you lose accountable. You want to run away? Even if you run into a temple and become a monk, which temple would dare to accept you? I'll burn down every temple that does!"

"Yu Jin, He Laosan!"

"exist!!"

"Take Lu Yuan back with me and keep a close eye on him. Don't let him die like this!"

"yes!!"

Lu Yuan pointed at Zhao Cheng, his face filled with fear, and said, "Zhao Cheng, if you have the guts, kill me right now!"

Zhao Cheng leaned closer to Lu Yuan and said coldly, "Kill you now? You're ugly, but you've got some pretty good ideas. When we get back, I'll report to Lord Deng. Torn apart by five horses is too lenient; you should at least be executed by slow slicing!"

"You! You!! You..."

"take away!"

After arranging for Lu Yuan, Zhao Cheng turned to look at Xue Gai, who was still lying on the ground, trembling with fear.

"Young Prime Minister, spare me! Young Prime Minister, spare me!"

Zhao Cheng squatted down in front of Xue Gai, patted him on the back, and said, "I won't kill you, but you have to tell me the truth: was it Wang Ren's idea to kill me, or Wen Hu's?"

Xue Gai shook his head and said, "No, it's not that! I want to take this opportunity to avenge the death of my son!"

Zhao Cheng sighed and said, "Zhao Wu, just kill him."

Zhao Wu stepped forward.

Xue Gai quickly grabbed Zhao Cheng's foot and shouted, "Young Prime Minister!!"

Zhao Cheng said, "You people just like to think you're so clever. If you had only brought these small fry, I could believe you were here to avenge your son's death. But you also brought a very powerful female assassin, and she happens to be from the Maoshan Sect."

"Are you stupid?"

Zhao Cheng suddenly shouted angrily, "Am I the stupid one?!"

Xue Gai was so frightened that his face pressed against the ground, and he said, "I'm stupid! I'm stupid!! I'll tell the truth, I'll tell the truth!!"

"explain!"

"It's Lord Shaxian! Lord Shaxian sent Yang Huanyun to find me!"

Zhao Cheng patted Xue Gai on the shoulder again before standing up and saying, "Take him away."

Zhao Wu asked, "Aren't you going to cut them down?"

"Hand him over to Lord Deng; he might still be useful."

As he spoke, Zhao Cheng walked back, as Zhao Yan still had matters to attend to.

Yang Huanyun had been defeated, and her spear was trampled under Zhao Yan's feet. Zhao Yan did not send anyone to tie her up, but simply forced her to the riverbank.

Yang Huanyun had already seen the corpses of Huiyin Monk and Wu Bu, and knew that he had no chance of winning against this group of people, and didn't even have a chance to escape.

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