Jiang Weiqi's eyes blazed with fury.
Shi Tailang and Tang Hu stood nearby.
Although they hadn't witnessed exactly what happened, they later heard that those Church members had all been beheaded.
Wasn't that literally 'splitting up'?
Shi Tailang glanced at Fang Xin, suppressing a smile, but seeing how angry Director Jiang of the Church was, he didn't dare to laugh out loud.
Jiang Weiqi looked at Fang Xin's sincere face, his jaw muscles twitching.
He turned his head to the other captives, "Do any of you know where the other Church members went?"
One of them spoke up, "All the captured Church members were beheaded!"
Hearing this, Jiang Weiqi was stunned for a moment, then his rage erupted, and he immediately understood what Fang Xin meant by 'splitting up'.
His golden eyes fixed on Fang Xin, he was about to grab Fang Xin's collar and slap him twice, almost zero-frame.
Shang Tianque quickly stepped between them, "Director Jiang, you're an adult, why are you arguing with a child? Didn't you just hear him say that your Church members were the first to trip him up? Tripping up a teammate during a mission is no small offense. What, Director Jiang, are you trying to shield such a person, or does this person's actions have your authorization?"
Jiang Weiqi's body stiffened, and he immediately glared at Shang Tianque, "Palace Master Shang, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want!"
Shang Tianque shrugged.
Jiang Weiqi gave Fang Xin a fierce look, then stared at Shang Tianque, saying with a fake smile, "Palace Master Shang, come with me. Governor Xiao wants to see you!"
Shang Tianque sneered and walked towards the Church's combat command center.
Fang Xin watched Shang Tianque leave. Tang Hu stood to one side, "There's no need to think. Just now, Palace Master Shang used his methods to make the beast tide retreat to save us. The Church will definitely make Palace Master Shang responsible for this. If he does well, it will be credited to the Governor of the Church for his proper command. If he doesn't do well, Palace Master Shang will have to take all the blame."
Everyone present who had just been saved by Shang Tianque helped him curse the Church.
Fang Xin looked at Jiang Weiqi's back. The scene of Jiang Weiqi dying by his hand in the Rewind Treasure Mirror was still vivid in his memory.
Su Ben quickly approached, a smile appearing on his face when he saw that Fang Xin and the others were unharmed.
"Hurry back and rest!"
Fang Xin and the others returned to the camp.
After resting for a short while, a dazzling golden light erupted from the Church's combat command center.
Many people looked over there.
"What's happening?"
Someone responded, "It seems the Church members are demanding that Palace Master Shang hand over the bone flute he blew during the beast tide! Palace Master Shang didn't agree, so the Church members tried to snatch it!"
Many people rushed towards that direction.
When they arrived, they saw Shang Tianque with blood on the corner of his mouth, the wall having collapsed. Shang Tianque sat amidst a pile of bricks and stones, revealing a ruthless smile, and raised his hand to wipe away the blood from his lips.
"Interesting, I didn't die at the hands of the Eternal Night Army, but I almost died at the hands of the Church!"
Governor Xiao of the Church, named Xiao Rui, looked at Shang Tianque with cold eyes.
"Palace Master Shang, at this critical moment, all of us should advance and retreat together. Since you possess a treasure that can repel the beast tide, why hide it? Why not hand it over? As the Palace Master of the Ten Thousand Beasts Palace, why do you lack any sense of shared honor and disgrace, of advancing and retreating together? If everyone were as disunited as you, how could we win? If your selfishness leads to problems in this city defense battle, can you bear the responsibility?"
Shang Tianque stood up, casually dusting off his clothes, "Shared honor and disgrace? Advancing and retreating together? And calling me selfish? That's truly adding insult to injury!"
Jiang Weiqi angrily said, "Palace Master Shang, which word of Governor Xiao's assessment of you was wrong? At this critical moment, since you have a treasure that can repel the beast tide, you should hand it over!"
Shang Tianque spat out a thick, blood-streaked phlegm, "I just said, first, this is the Ten Thousand Beasts Palace's most treasured artifact! Second, this item is also a token of successive Palace Masters of the Ten Thousand Beasts Palace, and only the Palace Master can use it. Even if I handed it over, none of you others could use it!"
Jiang Weiqi pointed at Shang Tianque, using public office for private revenge, "You haven't even handed it over, so how do you know others can't use it? In the end, aren't you still being selfish? Now the army is besieging the city, the enemy is at our gates, and the Eternal Night Army's second wave of beast tide attacks could come at any moment. The entire Yun Cang City is in peril, yet you hold a vital treasure to solve the problem and hide it away. Turn around and look at your surroundings, so many comrades fighting side-by-side, can you bear to watch them be devoured by the beast tide?"
Shang Tianque grinned, "Earlier, those dozens of people outside the city were returning, but you ordered them to be blocked outside the city. What, could you bear to watch those comrades fighting side-by-side be killed?"
"Don't quibble! They were merely dozens of lives, but now we are talking about tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of lives!"
"Are dozens of lives not lives?"
The Church Governor Xiao Rui's golden eyes stared at Shang Tianque, "I'm giving you one last chance, hand over the item!"
"I won't!"
Xiao Rui sneered, "You refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit!"
Golden light burst forth, directly enveloping Shang Tianque. Several other Church figures surrounded Shang Tianque, and with several people applying pressure together, Shang Tianque was tied up, and the bone flute was forcibly snatched away.
Shang Tianque was held down on the ground by several people.
Xiao Rui toyed with the bone flute, then threw it to a Church member standing beside him, "Sun Jingwei, do you have confidence?"
The man played with the bone flute, "This subordinate also possesses Beast Taming Talent. What Palace Master Shang can do, this subordinate can also do."
Xiao Rui grunted, "Next time the beast tide attacks, whether you can achieve great merit depends on you!"
Sun Jingwei's eyes glowed with fanaticism, "Thank you for your guidance, Governor!"
Shang Tianque let out a cold laugh.
Earlier, the beast tide's retreat from him was partly due to Fang Xin. Even if the bone flute was snatched away, if Fang Xin wasn't there, it wouldn't have such a good effect.
Many onlookers watched, filled with righteous indignation.
Fang Xin, mixed in the crowd, felt a surge of anger rise in his heart at this sight.
These fools still thought that Shang Tianque's ability to make the beast tide retreat was due to that bone flute.
Even if you snatch the bone flute, without me, you still won't be able to stop them.
Suddenly, the sound of drums and horns came from outside the city.
The Eternal Night Army began its attack on the city once again.
This time, they immediately brought in the beast tide.
A dense, endless beast tide once again surged towards Yun Cang City.
With a glance from Xiao Rui, Sun Jingwei immediately clutched the stolen bone flute, beckoned, his eyes burning with a desire for military Achievements, "Everyone, follow me!"
A group of guards followed behind Sun Jingwei, rushing towards the city wall.
Seeing the beast tide gradually approaching.
Xiao Rui leaned on his axe with both hands, watching Sun Jingwei's actions.
When the beast tide was less than fifty meters from the city wall's base.
Sun Jingwei held the bone flute, pouted, and began to play.
The sound of the bone flute spread out.
The charging beast tide was indeed affected by the sound and paused for a few seconds.
But after a few seconds.
