Dou Jingshan, who was using the Dharma Eye to observe the situation of the encircled troops, immediately stretched out his hand to block them, "It's not over, where are you going?"
He saw that Li Hongjiu and the treasure sword were still being guarded by the encircled forces. The task assigned from above wasn't completed. How could he let Shi Chun and the others get away? At the very least, he had to execute the plan from above to kill Shi Chun.
Shi Chun immediately cursed in a low voice, "Idiot! We've got it, are you afraid others won't find out? Withdraw quietly."
Dou Jingshan glanced at the person tucked at Shi Chun's waist, unable to see their face, suddenly realizing something and finally understanding how the other party planned to escape. This was much better than fighting and killing their way out. Sullen but without temper, he quickly let them pass.
He followed Shi Chun's group, taking flight, both to lead the way and to supervise.
Not daring to bring too many people, for fear that making a big move would arouse suspicion.
Feeling a bit frustrated internally, as this way, he wouldn't have the chance to personally eliminate Shi Chun.
The reason is simple, while the others hadn't suspected anything yet, he couldn't make noise on his own to arouse suspicion. If he really did that, the Commander would tear him apart.
After handing over to the responding troops, Shi Chun's fate was their concern, not his to deal with.
And this was already within Shi Chun's expectation. Shi Chun knew that as long as the initial stage of the plan went smoothly, escaping from Wei Mo's forces wouldn't be difficult because the opponent's forces would be pressed by the situation.
Seeing the surrounding hidden troops remain silent and allow them to take the person away without interference, Wu Jinliang and his associates were secretly excited, thinking it might not be that difficult after all.
The various Command Centers focused on the changing mirror image of Niu Qian and Lan She, and instinctively suspected issues when they saw Shi Chun and the other three emerge from the white mist and escape, as the circumstances obscured by the white mist allowed for trickery.
Just as the white mist was scattered, the besieged reappeared, and the two Commanders immediately ordered a targeted magnification of the mirror image.
Resulting in discovering that Gao Lian already held the quasi-Sixth Grade treasure sword, vigilant of the surroundings, while a battered Li Hongjiu still had his finger jutting forward, eyes closed like a stone statue.
Manxi and Mulan Jin exchanged glances, along with Wei Mo and Tao Zhi.
Ming Chaofeng tightened his cheeks, estimating the success or failure of the operation based on Gao Lian's reaction.
Niu Qian and Lan She frowned, yet were not confused by the eye-blocking skill before them, as they were already suspicious. Faced with so many doubts, they could only dispel their uncertainty by confirming the facts on the spot.
Both decisively ordered the interception of Shi Chun's group.
For Shi Chun, he had long known it was inevitable to be detected, it was only a matter of time, but he was seizing the time during this brief interlude.
He had clearly understood the situation from Ming Chaofeng and Mulan Jin, knowing that the forces from all sides had reached a consensus to jointly encircle. As long as they saw that the Magical Treasure and Li Hongjiu hadn't been lost and were still besieged, no one on site dared to rashly attack another to break the alliance's consensus, because that wasn't something the subordinates could decide.
By the time an order came from above, each side would respond, and during this process… he was seizing that interval!
This was enough for them to run far within the encirclement area, which greatly eased the breakout scope once action commenced.
Of course, he also hoped the Command Centers would react as slowly as possible, ideally allowing him to leave the encirclement calmly and smoothly.
But he didn't let reality lull him into complacency, and once they left the forefront of the encirclement, surveying the situation, he assuredly noted that the forefront forces wouldn't obstruct, nor would those behind them, deciding to seize the opportunity and quickly detach before anything else.
He was unwilling to circle around like how they entered, as opportunity waits for no one, suddenly deciding, "Don't circle, fly straight out at full speed, hurry!"
He swiftly darted out, leading the charge in a race against time.
Leading the way, while trying to keep the others away from the enemy's head, Dou Jingshan turned sharply upon hearing this, seeing Shi Chun already leading the group at full speed straight out, he paused, quickly gathering his men and chasing swiftly after.