In less than ten minutes!

The entire Holy Mansion base was already littered with corpses!

The smoke had just risen, and the outcome was already decided!!

It was somewhat unexpected, yet seemingly all within expectations!

Firstly, the prowess of Purgatory on the battlefield is well known when they are uninjured. It’s not an exaggeration to say they are the only invincible legion in the world today. Even though the Holy Mansion had a numerical advantage, their overall strength was top-tier globally, but they were still far behind Purgatory in group combat.

Secondly!

This time, Purgatory adopted a surprise attack strategy, launching the war without warning, leaving the Holy Mansion unable to defend.

It’s important to note that this organization, unlike Purgatory, has almost never faced a surprise attack since its establishment, thanks to their mysterious nature. Their vigilance could never reach a truly high level.

Thus, the sudden war was bound to catch them off guard, and their overall strength was undoubtedly greatly reduced.

With multiple weaknesses, tonight’s Holy Mansion was like ants before Purgatory, and no matter how hard they fought back, they could only manage a small bite...

On this long, long night!

The strong smell of gunpowder filled every corner of the Holy Mansion, accompanied by an exhilarating scent of blood.

Five Purgatory squads emerged from all directions from the Holy Mansion divisions and finally surrounded the central control division.

This was the last remaining division of the Holy Mansion.

Completely surrounded, not a drop can leak!

Chi Lian, temporarily leading the group battle, gazed at the tightly closed door of the central control division, her brows slightly furrowed: "Their division is especially well-structured. It might take a while to breach it, so everyone be careful!"

"Kill!!"

With the shout, hundreds of Purgatory Divine Weapon soldiers, led by five individuals, rushed towards the last division like ravenous wolves and fierce tigers.

The battlefield, which had only been silent for a moment, was reignited!

...

At this moment, inside the central control division, the situation was at its most critical!

Nearly three hundred Holy Mansion elites gathered in the hall, standing back to back to protect Zhao Zongsheng, overwhelmed and unable to cope!

The intense smell of blood had long filled the hall.

Corpses everywhere!

These corpses included various venomous snakes and Holy Mansion elites bitten to death by the snakes!

The Purgatory army hadn’t even arrived, and they were already losing ground!

"Damn it, damn it!"

Watching the venomous snakes still appearing, the protected Zhao Zongsheng was enraged, cursing furiously: "What the hell is wrong with your Holy Mansion? Ye Xuan is riding roughshod over you, and you’re just trembling in this palace?

Where’s your mysteriousness? Why did he find your headquarters?"

Zhao Zongsheng was really angry.

The members of the Holy Mansion were also angry, and after hearing Zhao Zongsheng’s rant, they became even angrier, but considering that the Holy Mansion had already fallen and that reviving it would require Zhao’s support, they could only suppress their anger.

"Calm down, young master!"

The Holy Mansion Leader said in a deep voice: "The Black Emperor came prepared for this attack, and we were caught off guard. The urgent matter now is not to dwell on that. We must leave here as soon as possible!"

"How to leave?" Zhao Zongsheng roared furiously: "We’re surrounded on all sides. How do we get out?"

The Holy Mansion Leader face turned serious, gritting his teeth as he said: "There is a secret passage in this palace. It will take them some time to breach, and we can use it to escape!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Zongsheng was stunned, then his face twisted: "You bastard, why didn’t you say there was a passage sooner?"

The Holy Mansion Leader’s expression was grim. This passage was a secret of the Holy Mansion, and he had never truly trusted the Zhao Family. It wasn’t until the situation became desperate that he revealed it.

"Let’s go!"

The Holy Mansion Leader waved his hand, immediately finding the hidden switch under the main seat, and soon a loud noise echoed in the center of the palace, revealing a secret passage big enough for four or five people to pass through.

"After you, young master!" The Holy Mansion Leader led Zhao Zongsheng into the passage first.

Following closely behind, the more than two hundred elites still alive in the palace swarmed into the passage. Even with venomous snakes pursuing them, the closing of the passage exit left the snakes helpless.

This passage led deep into the mountains!

After about two hours of running away, Zhao Zongsheng and the others from the Holy Mansion finally emerged from the passage.

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What unfolded before them was an expansive scene.

The endless sky, mountains ranged.

Green hills and clear waters, peaceful and serene!

In the distance, the outline of the Holy Mansion base, a few miles away, still flickering with the flames of battle, filled them with intense grief and fury.

Years of hard work by the Holy Mansion, all gone in one battle!

One thought to heaven, another to hell!

No one had expected that the immensely mysterious and powerful Holy Mansion, which had acted with impunity from the shadows, would suddenly see all its past glory collapse in an instant!

The Holy Mansion, which had gathered elite masters from around the world, had been so easily destroyed by Purgatory that despite the evidence before their eyes, it was still hard to believe.

The Holy Mansion Leader closed his eyes in pain.

Sure, they had escaped, but how much time and resources would be needed to restore the Holy Mansion to its former glory?

Perhaps it would never again be possible!

"Phew——"

The Holy Mansion Leader exhaled heavily, forcing himself to accept reality, then sighed: "Let’s go. They will soon pursue us. We can’t stay here long!"

Hundreds of devastated and miserable people embarked on the road to escape.

They hadn’t gone far.

Zhao Zongsheng suddenly stopped in his tracks, his eyebrows knitted tightly: "Someone’s there!"

Immediately, the entire army was on guard!

The previously loose and melancholy atmosphere became extremely tense and anxious once more, as no one dared to be careless. They could no longer afford any losses.

Beneath the night sky, all eyes focused with tension, then relaxed once more.

For there was only one person.

A short distance ahead, there was only one man!

He sat atop a rock in the dark night, with a heavy Dragon Pattern Longsword stabbed into the ground beside him, holding a jug of strong liquor, drinking freely under the moonlight like a drunken man.

He seemed to pose no threat at all!

Only Zhao Zongsheng and the Holy Mansion Leader turned serious upon seeing this lone figure with a sword and a jug.

Zhao Zongsheng needed no explanation because he recognized the man before them.

Ye Xuan!!

The Holy Mansion Leader, on the other hand, could keenly sense from this seemingly drunken man an intense aura of danger he had never felt before!

One sword, one jug of wine!

"Prepare to feast on lamb and beef, and drink three hundred cups at once!!

How arrogant and self-confident must this person be? How can he ignore us, hundreds of people?

He hadn’t even spoken, nor glanced in their direction, yet already made the Holy Mansion Leader feel immense disdain and scorn!