When Jing Liu arrived on the battlefield, to prevent accidental harm to allies, she instantly weaved through the battlefield, found Ranga and Gobuta, and immediately commanded them:
"Ranga! Immediately inform everyone in the alliance to retreat one thousand meters away from the battlefield! Those who disobey will be executed without mercy!"
"Apologies, Gu Jie-sama! I have not received notification from my master, so I'm afraid I cannot execute this command!"
"That's right! Gu Jie-sama! If we retreat, what about Rimuru-sama?" Gobuta asked, confused.
"You either retreat with the allied army now, or I'll go all out in a moment and you'll all be buried with them!"
At this moment, Ranga had already contacted Rimuru through telepathy. Rimuru, who was currently in a stalemate with the Pighead Emperor, learned that Gu Jie wanted everyone to retreat a thousand meters away from the battlefield. Although he didn't know what Gu Jie intended to do, out of trust, Rimuru still ordered Ranga to follow Gu Jie's command.
"You have one minute. Retreat a thousand meters away at the fastest speed within one minute."
Following this, Ranga began to issue orders to retreat one thousand meters away from the battlefield.
Then, the entire allied army began to retreat at their fastest speed.
Just as the Pighead Clan was about to give chase,
"Secret Art — Ancient Mirror Illuminates the Gods."
Instantly, a domain centered around Jing Liu enveloped the entire battlefield. A giant full moon rose behind Jing Liu and hung in the sky. At this moment, a terrifying amount of magicules erupted from Jing Liu.
The instant this surge of magicules erupted, all the Pighead Clan soldiers within the entire domain instantly turned into ice sculptures.
The allied army, watching from a distance, gasped in unison, because Gu Jie had frozen no less than forty thousand Pighead Clan soldiers. The most shocked at this moment were the high-ranking members of the alliance: the Dwarf King, the Lizardman Chief, the Forest Dryad, and Ranga, among others, as this was the first time Gu Jie had displayed her power in front of everyone.
"Explode!"
Instantly, all the ice sculptures on the battlefield exploded into countless shards of ice.
At this moment, Gu Jie had removed her eye patch and entered Transformed Soul state.
"Ephemeral blossoms and fading dreams, the Milky Way's flowing dream, let this moonlight illuminate all rivers!!!"
Gu Jie, now in Transformed Soul state, leaped into the sky, then performed a backflip before diving down, unleashing a powerful sword strike. Instantly, countless sword energies surged towards the Pighead Clan army, reducing the two hundred thousand Pighead Clan members by half.
The moment Gu Jie landed, large ice spikes, 10 meters long and 5 meters wide, suddenly erupted from the ground, impaling the Pighead Clan members who had survived the sword energies, chilling them to the core. At this point, the Pighead Clan had been reduced to the last fifty thousand.
Gu Jie then ignored the remaining fifty thousand Pighead Clan members and rushed towards Rimuru, who was in the rear of the army, both of them in the midst of mutual devouring.
"Space-Time Lock!"
Looking at the two evenly matched opponents, Gu Jie decided to try out the active skill she had acquired from a previous sign-in.
Instantly, the space around the Pighead Emperor shattered, and five spatial wormholes appeared. The next second, five chains surged out from them, binding the Pighead Emperor's four limbs.
Seeing the Pighead Emperor restrained by Gu Jie, Rimuru immediately activated Predator, enveloping the Pighead Emperor's entire body.
After five minutes, the Pighead Emperor, who had initially been struggling and resisting, seemed to have reached some agreement with Rimuru, as he willingly allowed himself to be devoured by Rimuru.
Recalling the plot, it seemed Rimuru had promised to take in the Pighead Clan and treat them well. Gu Jie recalled this now.
"Congratulations, Host, on completing the mission to defeat the Pighead Emperor! Reward: Active Skill 【Demon Lord】."
"When skill 【Demon Lord】 is activated, it will release a suppressive aura. Enemies weaker than oneself will lose the will to fight. Those stronger than oneself will have their defense weakened by five percent. Those of similar strength to oneself will have all their attributes reduced by ten percent, while one's own attributes will increase by twenty percent."
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