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Chapter 1136: 559 Chapter 3

If it truly reaches the point of a “complete rout,” I’m afraid no one would survive.

The retreat must be carried out in an orderly manner.

Upon Mei Zheng’s signal to “follow Retreat Plan Three” sent through the public communication channel, many regular Rebel Army warriors suddenly emerged, unleashing intense fire against the Divine Bird Group Security Department soldiers.

This was a predetermined course of action.

While they performed fire suppression, another group of warriors had already begun retreating.

As for those warriors, after emptying their magazines, throwing nearly all their grenades and heavy firepower like launchers, and expelling all their charged spells such as the Xuanhuo Curse, they also started a gradual withdrawal.

During this process, some were hit by bullets, some injured, and others even killed on the spot.

This is war—sacrifice and death are unavoidable.

Ye Lixiao and Mei Zheng hadn’t left yet.

When Yao Xiaomu began her retreat, the two of them relentlessly launched attacks on the two female Valkyries, their primary goal being to cover Yao Xiaomu’s withdrawal.

It was effective to some degree.

Neither Xie Lian nor the Valkyries could completely ignore the long-range attacks of the two women. Especially Mei Zheng—the rapid-fire bursts of her fiery-red rifle posed real harm to the Valkyries, as long as the shots avoided their wings.

Their firepower enabled Xiao Mu to execute a fighting retreat.

However, the Valkyries were not about to let them go so easily.

“Trying to escape? Not so fast!”

The two female war gods, with steel wings sprouting from their backs, gave relentless chase in mid-air. For Xiao Mu, escaping was far from easy.

The situation took a turn for the worse—the Dark Power manipulated by Xiao Mu on the battlefield was growing increasingly thin.

On multiple occasions, the Valkyries nearly closed in on Xiao Mu, threatening her fragile body. Even the core of her controlled Dark Power, the Black Mist Throne, was becoming more and more diffuse, no longer as vast and dense as it had been initially.

All three women broke into cold sweat.

Though they had done their utmost to estimate Xie Lian’s capabilities when formulating their battle plan, they had prepared for the possibility of needing to retreat immediately upon her appearance, exercising the highest degree of caution.

But in hindsight, they had still underestimated the Valkyries’ power.

And overestimated themselves.

Even with Yao Xiaomu controlling the “Dark Side of Sky Net” to assist, they still had no effective strategy to deal with Xie Lian.

Victory over the opponent had never been part of the plan. The horrifying reality now was that even escaping intact seemed nearly impossible.

The situation appeared desperate, yet they did not show overt panic. Panic would serve no purpose, only making them more likely to falter and sealing their fate.

Xiao Mu was unaffected; she had always been this way. Mei Zheng and Ye Lixiao, however, continued to desperately search for a glimmer of hope.

But some things simply cannot be changed through effort alone.

The enormous gulf in abilities was an unbridgeable chasm of reality.

With just a little more time, Xie Lian could easily escalate her assault on Yao Xiaomu or shift her focus—either herself or through the Valkyries—to target Mei Zheng and Ye Lixiao. Any choice would guarantee success.

Put bluntly, if Xie Lian got serious, one of them would die.

Or all of them.

However, the turning point came far faster than anyone had imagined.

The two Valkyries, who had been ferociously attacking, suddenly halted. The three women, who had been fighting for their lives, were finally able to catch their breath.

“A feint to strike elsewhere?” They heard one of the Valkyries speak.

It wasn’t directed at them but sounded more like talking to herself.

Mei Zheng understood—this likely meant that Li Ang had made his move, and the news had already reached Xie Lian’s ears.

Judging by the timing, whether Li Ang had acted voluntarily or been forced to reveal himself, it likely no longer mattered. At this moment, he should have succeeded. Especially now, with Xie Lian’s complete attention drawn away, there should be no one inside the Divine Bird Building capable of stopping Li Ang. Securing the target item should be remarkably easy for him.

Realizing this, Mei Zheng let out a massive sigh of relief.

If Li Ang truly accomplished his task, then even if all of them perished here, the final outcome would still be acceptable.

At the very least, the objective of this operation had been achieved.

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