Bai Cheng pointed her Scythe diagonally, her tone carrying a perfectly measured hint of mockery and realization.

"This was a trap to catch a tiger in a cage... a plan we agreed upon with this Werewolf King!"

"He sacrificed the flesh and blood of slaves to summon you here, promising offerings and spoils of war, only to lure your elite force in... so he could wipe you all out and eliminate future troubles forever!"

These words were no different from lighting a powder keg.

"A trap?!"

"To exterminate us?!"

"A mere half-breed? How dare he betray us!"

The King-level Minotaurs were already filled with shock and rage because their retreat had been cut off. Hearing this "perfectly logical" "explanation" now,

combined with their inherent wariness of the Werewolf Leader as a different species and the subtle frictions during their previous cooperation, all their fury and fear instantly found an outlet.

"Kill!!!"

The eyes of the Minotaur Great Chieftain wearing a metal nose ring instantly turned blood-red, his roar shaking the heavens.

"Death to the betrayer! All living things are enemies! For the glory of the tribe, crush them—!!!"

Contracts? Sacrifices? In the face of a desperate situation with no way back and "blatant betrayal," none of it mattered!

The Minotaur army's hatred targets were instantly reset, transforming into the most primitive and violent will for indiscriminate slaughter.

Whether it was the cunning werewolf or Bai Cheng's side who "set the trap," they all deserved to die!

"Roar—!!!" Several King-level Minotaur Chieftains and Shamans erupted almost simultaneously.

Unlike their previous individual charges, this time, the violent blood energy, the earthy-yellow Power of the Earth, and the faint aura of Bloodthirsty War Songs surging within them actually produced a strange resonance!

Their domains did not repel each other; instead, under some ancient bloodline connection, they overlapped and reinforced one another, forming a suffocating ◆ Nоvеlіgһt ◆ (Only on Nоvеlіgһt) force field that made the air thick and heavy.

Their primary target was locked onto the Werewolf Leader, who had the strongest aura, posed the greatest threat, and was the "traitor," without any hesitation!

"You idiots! You've fallen for a wedge strategy!!"

The Werewolf Leader was so angry his fur stood on end, the remnants of reason in his blood-colored eyes swallowed by violent rage.

As a peak King-level being, to be cursed at to his face by this group of brainless Minotaurs and treated as their primary target was an unbearable humiliation.

Coupled with the frustration of the teleportation array being mysteriously locked and his entire plan being thrown into chaos... "You want to kill me?! With just you unrefined wild bulls?! You're simply looking for death!"

The terrifying pressure of a peak King-level being erupted without reservation.

The Werewolf Leader howled at the sky, his body expanding once more as his claws tore through the air, boldly meeting the several King-level Minotaurs whose strength had soared through domain resonance!

"Boom—!!!"

The collision of pure strength and savage domains could be described as earth-shaking.

The Werewolf Leader's speed, eeriness, and vitality were incredibly powerful, while the combined strength, defense, and heavy pressure of the several King-level Minotaurs' domains reached a horrifying level.

The confrontation between the two sides immediately turned white-hot. The area around the altar instantly became the center of a terrifying storm of destruction, with sand and stones flying and energy turbulence shooting in all directions.

A cold light flashed in Bai Cheng's eyes as she shouted softly, "Retreat!"

Without needing further words, Red Flame, Blue Bird, Yu Nian, Leng Ningxue, Lan Xiaoyu, and Lvdou—all seven of them—retreated simultaneously with great tacit understanding, leaving the core collision zone of the battlefield.

They maintained a defensive formation, staying alert for the ordinary Minotaur warriors on the periphery who were momentarily dazed by the chaotic battle between their leaders.

But their main energy was focused on that suddenly erupted and incredibly intense internal war.

When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman gets the benefit.

Bai Cheng gripped her Scythe tightly, her gaze calmly sweeping over the two powerful enemies fighting each other, then glancing at the altar which was completely silent yet still a critical node.

Finally, she looked toward the deeper darkness of Infinite City.

Why was the altar suddenly locked?

Where did that unknown interference come from?

While the current situation of using one's enemy's strength against another was favorable, the true crisis and the answer to the mystery might have only just begun to emerge.

She whispered to her companions, "Stay alert and recover your strength. When they are both exhausted... we will clean up the mess and find the source of the altar's lockdown."

The group nodded silently, like patient hunters, quietly waiting for the best moment to strike amidst the earth-shaking slaughter and roars.

This altar was a teleportation array constructed by absorbing the flesh and blood energy of nearly the entire city.

Bai Cheng really couldn't understand what kind of existence could suddenly force it to interrupt.

As for something being wrong with the formation itself... that was just too far-fetched, wasn't it?

How could her luck be that good? She wasn't the protagonist!

However, the actual result would have shocked Bai Cheng even more.

Far away beneath the high walls and barriers, Purple Iris and Huang Yu were boredly guarding the safety of the train.

Although there was a high probability they wouldn't encounter any emergencies, they feared the 'what if'.

But this kind of mission was simply too easy for the two of them.

Huang Yu was busy researching ingredients in the kitchen, while Purple Iris leaned against the door, boredly twirling her knife.

Suddenly, she noticed a flash of light from the space within the driver's cabin behind her.

She knew exactly what it was—a system message had popped up.

Purple Iris curiously stood up to check, and the screen displayed only two lines of text.

【Detected that the Infinite Realm barrier has been forcibly broken; sealing in progress...】

【Sealing complete!】

"Eh?" Purple Iris scratched her head. "What does this mean?"

But a moment later, another message popped up.

【Suppression initiating...】

...The power of the Minotaurs' domain resonance far exceeded Bai Cheng's imagination.

The bloodline powers of several King-level Chieftains and Shamans overlapped and reinforced each other, creating a heavy force field that even the peak King-level Werewolf Leader found suffocating.

Though the Werewolf Leader's claws and speed were still terrifying, under the suppression of that resonant earthy-yellow earth power and violent blood energy, he felt as if he had fallen into a mire.

Every time they clashed, he was shaken until his blood surged, and the dark energy protecting his body was constantly eroded and worn away.

In just a short while, several deep wounds that exposed bone had appeared on the Werewolf Leader's body. Dark red blood flowed out, and his aura clearly withered.

The initial madness in his eyes was replaced by shock, and the arrogance belonging to a predator quickly faded in the face of absolute power suppression.

Not far away, Bai Cheng, who was observing everything, furrowed her brows as alarm bells rang in her heart.

The strength of these Minotaurs after joining forces was such that even if the seven of them joined the fray with all their might alongside the Werewolf Leader, they might not necessarily come out on top.

This was no longer a fight between a snipe and a clam, but a life-and-death struggle between a tiger and a pack of wolves, and their original plan to benefit as the fisherman looked like it was about to fail.

The Werewolf Leader clearly realized this as well.

Under his heavy injuries, the madness in his blood-colored eyes receded, replaced by the shrewdness of a beast's survival instinct.

He made a feint, parrying a heavy strike from the Minotaur Great Chieftain, and used the force to retreat rapidly. His eyes flickered as he began looking for a gap to break through.

Glory and anger meant nothing in the face of life and death; at this moment, he only wanted to escape this deadly resonance field.