Xiao Jue gritted his teeth, channeled the last of his inner strength, and shouted loudly forward: "The King of Sumeru has returned! Those who invade my land will be killed without mercy, and those who surrender will be spared! You worthless bastards, why don't you surrender now!" His voice was like thunder, resounding through the sky and echoing throughout the entire battlefield.

The next second, the soldiers of Sumeru repeated this sentence.

Xu Ci died, and Jiang De and Ming Siqing were captured alive by the King of Sumeru. The enemy army was in disarray and collapsed.

Some surrendered, while others fought to the death. The soldiers of Sumeru did not attack those who surrendered, but instead searched them and brought them into their protective circle. Those who fought to the death and refused to surrender were killed without giving them any chance to repent.

Gradually, the Sumeru Army gained the upper hand, and once the enemy realized this, fewer and fewer of them stubbornly resisted.

The atmosphere inside the Sumeru army camp was tense and busy.

Xiao Jue hurried back to his tent, and as soon as he entered, he heard someone say anxiously, "You're finally back! Why didn't you let us know beforehand? We were all so worried."

Xiao Jue was covered in dust and had several wounds on his body, looking quite disheveled.

At this moment, Xiao Jue was sitting in his tent, with Yun Ju carefully tending to his wounds.

Every time the medicine was applied, Xiao Jue couldn't help but cry out in pain: "It hurts, it hurts, Grandma, be gentle, be gentle!"

However, Yun Ju sneered without any mercy: "Hmph, serves you right. Who told you to be so stubborn? As the commander of an army, instead of staying in the rear to direct the battle, you insisted on rushing to the front line yourself. Isn't that just causing trouble? Don't you know that without the commander-in-chief, the morale of the army will definitely be in chaos? Don't you even understand this simple principle?"

Faced with Yun Ju's reproach, Xiao Jue dared not refute in the slightest and hurriedly nodded to admit his mistake, saying, "Yes, yes, I know I was wrong. I will never make such a mistake again. Please, could you be a little gentler? It really hurts too much."

His attitude in admitting his mistake was exceptionally sincere. After all, the wound was now in Yun Ju's hands, and he didn't want to continue suffering from this pain.

Just then, Mo Beichen and Yun Qingluo, who had been sitting on the other side of the chair, saw Xiao Jue's pitiful appearance and couldn't help but smile at each other.

Xiao Jue noticed Yun Qingluo snickering and immediately glared at her, saying irritably, "Don't laugh. This general hasn't been injured for many years, and it's really hard for me to adapt to this situation all of a sudden."

But he was happy inside.

He had thought the man hadn't returned, but it turned out he was with the disciples of the Divine Doctor Valley. He was genuinely startled that the man hadn't appeared on the battlefield.

"Hey, you're finally back! You didn't dare utter a single word on the battlefield. Honestly, why didn't you go back to the capital first? Instead, you came straight to this Land of Sunset. Tell me, was your journey smooth? And those Ghost Continent and Void Continent, they're like mad dogs, launching an attack on our Sumeru Continent without any warning. What's going on?" Xiao Jue asked anxiously, firing off a barrage of questions.

Looking at the anxious Xiao Jue, Yun Qingluo couldn't help but chuckle: "Oh dear, you've asked so many questions at once, I don't even know which one to answer first."

Her smile was so sweet and charming, her eyes crinkling like peach blossoms in spring.

Seeing this, Xiao Jue laughed along, but he wouldn't relax his guard: "I've been on tenterhooks here the whole time, afraid that you might encounter some danger. Stop keeping me in suspense and tell me everything in detail."

At this moment, Mo Beichen, who had been silent, spoke up: "We did not return to the capital, but came directly to Luoxia Land. Last night, we saw flames shooting into the sky from afar, so we landed here." He emphasized the word "landed".

Upon hearing this, Xiao Jue immediately raised his eyebrows, keenly catching this crucial information, and asked, "Landing? What does that mean? Didn't you come here using the conventional methods?"

Mo Beichen gave him a deep look, seemingly hesitant about whether to explain now, but ultimately decided to keep it a secret for the time being: "I'll tell you about this in detail when I have the chance later."

After saying that, he ignored Xiao Jue, who was looking at him with curiosity.

Xiao Jue stomped his feet in anger, muttering, "Hmph, they're all so mysterious, they've piqued my curiosity, but they won't tell me what's going on."

Despite his complaints, he knew in his heart that Mo Beichen must have his reasons for saying that.

So he stopped asking questions and instead urged Mo Beichen to continue recounting the various things they experienced after they left the Xuancang Continent.

After hearing this, Xiao Jue took a deep breath. "You've worked hard. No wonder the Void Continent and the Ghost Continent launched an attack on us. It turns out they wanted to use the military strength of Sumeru to deal with the Holy Sky Continent and the Xuan Cang Continent."

“Well, the Ninth Continent, the Netherworld Continent, was probably just something they pulled in temporarily to make up the numbers, but we can’t just let them get away with it,” Yun Qingluo said.

Xiao Jue nodded in agreement.

"What should be done with the soldiers who surrendered from these three continents?" Xiao Jue turned to look at Mo Beichen with a puzzled expression, waiting for him to give a clear answer.

However, Mo Beichen merely glanced at Xiao Jue indifferently, his eyes revealing a hint of coldness and authority that was difficult to detect.

Sweeping across him with that gaze, Xiao Jue felt a pang of guilt and instinctively looked away, not daring to meet his eyes.

Seeing Xiao Jue's reaction, Mo Beichen slowly spoke up, "Stop trying to shift the blame to others. Think of a solution yourself. This is a problem that you, as the commander, should seriously consider and properly resolve."

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