Are there distinctions of high and low, noble and lowly among human lives?

Universal values ​​will tell us no.

However... one thing is undeniable: the value generated by individual lives is vastly different.

On a broader level, protecting women is protecting reproduction, protecting children is protecting the future, and protecting geniuses... is protecting hope.

On the battlefield, this is the unspoken rule for all martial artists.

No one will feel compassion for humanity, nor will anyone act impulsively.

The ten people present were all unparalleled geniuses.

But in everyone's heart, there is naturally a scale, a scale to determine who should live to the end.

Cao Yi, who was the first to be targeted, smiled nonchalantly and launched his charge without hesitation, followed by Sha Bi, Bai Fei...

Shen Qian didn't know what they were thinking when they rushed into the sea of ​​fire, but he knew that whatever grudges he had against the three of them in the past had been reduced to ashes in the dark flames that filled the sky.

"Gentlemen, I'll go first."

The four exchanged glances. Fang Fan, who hadn't said much, waved his hand and disappeared into the sea of ​​fire in the next moment.

Another meteor streaked across the sea of ​​fire, but its light quickly faded.

The successive attacks of the four people made the sea of ​​fire that filled the world even more precarious.

Unfortunately, despite the slight frowns in the eyes of the three, the great formation never completely collapsed.

"Five revolutions level the heavens!"

"Six cycles to the ends of the earth!"

The voice of the Great Protector of the Spirit Witch Clan became hysterical, his face was almost withered, but two dark stars still rose from the flames one after another.

"It's a pity that it sank."

Qu Bai suddenly spoke up, "In the end, you and I still couldn't fight."

"Senior..."

Shen Qian's heart tightened, and he was about to speak when Qu Bai strode out.

There were no grand farewells, no spectacular scenes; Qu Bai, dressed in a black military uniform, simply walked away with his hands behind his back.

Just like Cao Yi and Bai Fei before them, they regarded it as a mission they should take for granted and went for it without hesitation.

Just before Qu Bai was engulfed by the green flames, he suddenly turned back to look at Chen Qian, and then solemnly saluted Chen Qian.

He could only swallow back the thousand words he wanted to say before he fell silent, and he stopped and returned a perfectly standard military salute.

As Qu Bai strode forward, a clear and melodious singing voice floated from his lips.

"How can you say we have no clothes? We share the same robes with you."

"The king is raising an army; let us prepare our spears and shields."

"We stand together against this common enemy!"

"..."

This is the war song of military warriors, adapted from the ancient Chinese poem "Qin Feng: No Clothes".

Shen Qian vaguely remembered that the first time he heard this ancient ballad was when he had just finished the college entrance examination and returned to Jingcheng from Mingcheng, and happened to encounter Song Ben's funeral.

Strictly speaking, Qu Bai, who is handsome, doesn't actually sing very well.

But at this moment, the faint ballad made Shen Qian's eyes sting a little.

Rumble!

As Qu Bai walked forward, the projection of the avenue above his head was fully revealed.

With just one glance, Shen Qian's feelings became extremely complicated.

Five Dao lines!

Eleven zhang tall!

Lin Sanmo was known for suppressing his contemporaries, but Shen Qian never expected that Qu Bai's realm was actually the highest.

The Five Heavens of Mountains and Seas.

Judging solely from the level of artistry, Qu Bai was the true master among them.

Not to mention that even if we only compare Dao Gao, Qu Bai is only slightly inferior to Lin Sanmo.

Shen Qian suddenly understood even more clearly what kind of psychological torment Qu Bai had endured in the Sixth Heaven Rift Valley, so that even though he was 99% certain he could kill Ning Zhaoyi instantly, he still chose to endure.

Shen Qian was certain that he couldn't do it, and that no one on the Nine Heavens Ranking could.

Even Qu Bai's "Dao" was covered with human totems. Before sinking, he saw the Great Wall of China, the Yellow River's waves, and the wild grass beyond the Great Wall.

"Lying awake at night, I hear the wind and rain; in my dreams, I see iron horses and icy rivers."

He murmured before sinking in.

He suddenly understood the story Qu Bai had told him.

They could have shone brightly, yet they concealed all their secrets within, simply because they held a higher belief in their hearts.

Compared to Shen Qian, and even compared to most people, Qu Bai is more like a true military man.

“I was born a commoner, yet I am bound by schemes… Today I can finally cast aside everything and teach you a lesson in the wrath of a commoner!”

Qu Bai laughed loudly, and the projection of the Great Dao merged into his body.

At this moment, the world was quiet.

After a brief pause, Qu Bai's figure, carrying the force to shatter mountains and rivers, hurtled towards the direction where the Great Protector was located.

Along the way, the winds and clouds swirled, and ashes filled the sky.

For every hundred meters he walked, the flames in the world were suppressed by one foot. The refining array based on the entire Spirit Witch World, after being subjected to one impact after another, was now being paved a broad road by Qu Bai.

In a daze, Shen Qian could sense that Qu Bai, in that instant of unity of spirit and energy, seemed to have touched upon some higher level.

Unfortunately, the price he paid was his life.

"Now."

While Shen Qian was still in a daze, Lin Sanmo's voice rang in his ears.

Shen Qian snapped out of his daze, hiding all his emotions behind his blade. With a roar, his body suddenly swelled to three meters tall. He and Lin Sanmo, one in front and one behind, sped along the path opened by Qu Bai toward the Great Protector at the end.

"Seven revolutions...seven revolutions..."

The Great Protector tried his best to maintain the great formation, but he couldn't bring himself to utter the last three words.

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