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Chapter 76 Knowing When to Retreat

He wasn't even afraid of being laughed at, but this was the first time in his life that Xu Long had encountered a beast king-level spirit beast. Even if he was a martial general and incredibly brave, it didn't mean he would just charge in blindly. He could at least clearly see the difference in strength between the two sides.

Seeing that Xu Long was also like this, Steward Zhou simply stopped being formal and directly bowed and clasped his hands towards the Western Mastiff King and the even more powerful force behind it, saying respectfully:

"This junior was blind to your greatness and has offended you greatly. I hope you will forgive me."

Having said that, he quietly nudged Xu Long, then carefully flew backward, neither too fast nor too slow, until he rejoined Zhou Bo and the others behind him. Seeing that the Western Mastiff King did not react, he sighed deeply, a sense of defeat washing over him.

"Let's go."

These two simple words contain everything.

Manager Zhou looked dejected, and then led everyone to fly towards Yundu.

However, they hadn't flown far when that grand voice rang out again:

"Make sure the human spies leave, or I'll take them with me."

Steward Zhou was taken aback for a moment, but quickly realized that the other party was referring to Old Liu—the secret guard that the City Lord of Yundu had arranged for Zhou Shimei to be by her side.

Previously, in order to track Xu Lun, Lao Liu had actually been staying nearby. Moreover, as a bodyguard, he would never show himself unless Zhou Shimei's life was in danger.

Unexpectedly, even with the secret guards' superb skills in concealing their movements, they still couldn't escape the "eagle eye" of that mysterious voice and were still detected.

This made Steward Zhou feel even more frightened. However, since the others were unaware of the existence of the secret guards, they did not know who the voice referred to.

Then, Steward Zhou took out a jade pendant and contacted Old Liu, telling him to retreat immediately.

Silence fell upon them, and a sense of dejection quickly enveloped them. They had suffered a complete defeat. First, Zhou Ziheng, the prodigy of Yundu Academy, lost to Xu Lun. Then, they were caught off guard by the Western Mastiff King, greatly reducing their fighting strength. Finally, that mysterious voice delivered the final blow, killing all suspense—

We are truly blessed to have escaped and survived; we are incredibly lucky.

As Steward Zhou and his group flew further away, Xu Lun breathed a sigh of relief; the battle was finally over.

Luca walked over from a short distance away, looked up at Xu Lun, and blinked his eyes, which were clearly full of wisdom.

That expression seemed to say, "Brother, look what you've done! What are we going to do now?"

Xu Lun shrugged. How would I know what to do?

Just then, the voice of the Western Mastiff King rang out:

"Hey kid, come over here."

Its attitude remained domineering, but the hostility in its tone was gone.

After all, Xu Lun at least knew to address himself as "King of the Western Mackerel," which was far more polite than Chief Steward Zhou's outbursts from the start.

Xu Lun listened and didn't press the issue any further. He decided to let bygones be bygones, as his previous performance should have been enough to impress the King of the Western Mastiff.

He then gave Luca a look and walked toward the Western Lion King. Luca didn't say anything and silently followed behind him.

Upon arriving before the King of the Western Mastiff, the king turned around. No longer glancing sideways at him as before, he faced Xu Lun directly, scrutinized him with a critical eye, and asked:

"That two-legged beast just now said you're a traitor to humanity?"

Xu Lun immediately waved his hand:

"I have absolutely nothing to do with those idiots. I just ran into them in a human village before and we had a little conflict. Those guys have been holding a grudge ever since and want to cause me trouble."

The Western Mastiff King pondered for a moment, seemingly analyzing the truth or falsehood of the words, when Luka stepped forward and explained:

"Sir, this is the man I told you about. He saved my life and is a good man."

"Um?"

Upon hearing this, the King of the Western Mastiff immediately cast a scrutinizing glance at Xu Lun again, looking him up and down repeatedly, but he didn't know where to begin his question.

Just then, that grand voice rang out again, echoing in their ears:

"Alright, Xiyou, bring them straight here."

After saying that, the voice disappeared again, but the echo lingered, leaving Xu Lun and Luka both full of question marks as they pondered those words.

Come straight here? Where are you taking us?

The Western Mastiff King didn't offer much explanation, but instead took immediate action, turning and heading towards the forest.

"Come with me..."

However, the next second, it added one more thing:

"You two are quite interesting. You're lucky, kid. [Snow Mountain Wings] - the Azure King actually wants to see you in person."

Upon hearing this, Xu Lun immediately glanced at Luka, who in turn looked up at him—the two stared at each other, completely clueless.

Snow Mountain Soaring Wings?

The Azure King?

And who is this person?

...

at the same time.

Inside the observation station of Universe 661.

Bai Ye leaned lazily against the bar, propping his head up with one hand, staring at the TV, and couldn't help but yawn.

The time at the Administration Bureau is slightly different from the time in Universe 661; it's currently early morning here.

Bai Ye was sleeping in his room when Station Master Huang suddenly called him to come and watch the commotion. After watching the commotion, he was sleepy and just wanted to go back to sleep.

Just then, Station Master Huang took a mug, placed it on the bar, and slowly pushed it towards Bai Ye.

Bai Ye glanced sideways at the liquid in the glass, and immediately raised his eyebrows:

"Old Huang, are you crazy? Why are you giving me a cup of coffee?"

Station Master Huang shrugged and said dismissively:

"I just noticed you were yawning and looking sleepy, so I thought I'd give you a little wake-up call."

Upon hearing this, Bai Ye immediately became anxious:

"What am I talking about? You called me over in the middle of the night, and I'm late. I didn't see anything, and I didn't get any sleep. I was just thinking of going back to catch up on my sleep, and you bring me a cup of coffee?"

Station Master Huang spread his hands, smiled helplessly, and said:

"It's not my fault... I called you right away, but who knew you'd be so slow..."

"you..."

Seeing that Bai Ye was getting anxious again, even taking off his glasses and looking like he was about to fight him, Station Master Huang quickly tried to smooth things over:

"...I didn't expect the fight to go so fast; it was over in no time. What can I do..."

Upon hearing this, Bai Ye put his glasses back on and, as was his habit, reached for the cup. He stopped halfway through, looked down to check, and then picked up the glass of water and took a sip.

Seeing the opportunity, Station Master Huang quickly changed the subject and started talking about the bracelet:

"However, this time when Xu Lun triggered the bracelet's function, the energy fluctuations didn't travel all the way from the multiverse to the Administration Bureau like before..."

As you just saw, he triggered it again, but even here, we can't sense any abnormal fluctuations; it's completely different from before...

What's your opinion on this?