298: C298 The Real Enemy

C298 The Real Enemy

Ma Batian looked at the man with a serious expression, "If we don't retreat, we will have to wait for our death. You know, our Ice Fire Mainland is weak. Even if everyone raises their weapons, there won't be any miracles."

"I know." The man nodded. "But they are not willing to leave."

"City Lord, Ice Fire Mainland is our home. Other than this place, there is no other place that can accommodate us."

In the beginning, the man had tried to persuade those people, but his advice was useless to them.

It was just like how he was unwilling to leave the Ice Fire Mainland even if he died. To those people, the existence of the Ice Fire Mainland had a different meaning.

The Ice Fire Mainland was their home, the only place that could accept them, the place where their dreams started.

Therefore, they would rather live and die with the Ice Fire Mainland than live the life of being hunted by others.

"But there is only hope when one is alive, isn't it?" Ma Batian still wanted to persuade them, but if they stayed, they could only wait for death.

"If the City Lord is willing to leave with us, I have the confidence to convince them to leave this place."

The man's face carried a slight smile, "Although Ice Fire Mainland is our home, the City Lord is our home. As long as the City Lord is here, we won't feel despair."

The reason why those people didn't want to leave was because they didn't want to leave the Ice Fire Mainland, and also because Ma Batian wasn't willing to leave.

"How can I leave this place?" Ma Batian felt somewhat helpless. He was the founder of Ice Fire Mainland.

He had no home since he was born. The Ice Fire Mainland he created was more like a home for others than a home.

It was better to say that the Ice Fire Mainland was the home he created for himself. Therefore, the Ice Fire Mainland was a special existence for Ma Batian.

The Ice Fire Mainland had ended his drifting for the first half of his life. In this place, he had friends, companions, and people who were willing to work hard with him to realize his dream.

Perhaps their ideas were unrealistic, or perhaps their ideas were so ridiculous to others.

However, they had never thought of giving up. That was their wish that they would fulfill even if they sacrificed their lives.

They really wanted to run freely under the sun in a country without war or opposition.

"City Lord, since you don't want to leave Ice Fire Mainland, then we have no choice but to leave."

As if he had already expected Ma Batian's answer, the man's words were very calm and firm.

If Ma Batian was willing to leave Ice Fire Mainland, then he could consider the matter of retreating.

After all, to them, Ma Batian's existence was their belief.

As long as Ma Batian was still alive, they would be able to establish a new country, a new Ice Fire Mainland.

However, if Ma Batian was gone, it would mean that their belief had collapsed.

Because they weren't Ma Batian. They didn't have the confidence to build a new Ice Fire Mainland.

They also didn't have the confidence to survive the siege of Ice Spirit Qi Mainland and Fire Spirit Qi Mainland. Therefore, Ma Batian was their pillar of support.

If Ma Batian was willing to leave Ice Fire Mainland, they would naturally be willing to follow him. If Ma Batian wasn't willing to leave, they were also willing to stay behind and die with him.

Those who stayed in Ice Fire Mainland were those who were grateful to Ma Batian.

When they were at a dead end, it was Ma Batian who took them in, giving them hope and a new life.

"Since that's the case, let's live and die together." A heroic spirit rose in Ma Batian's heart. Since it was unavoidable, he would bravely accept it.

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Wang Yan had never thought that he would meet more than ten people who would cause him trouble even though it hadn't been long since he started moving.

Wang Yan expressed his helplessness. He really didn't want to start a massacre as soon as he arrived.

He wasn't a bloodthirsty and cold-blooded person. He just wanted to stay quietly and see if he could obtain the treasures of Ice Spirit Qi Mainland and Fire Spirit Qi Mainland.

In the end, all these troubles were thrown at him like they were free.

After killing another person from Fire Spirit Qi Mainland, Wang Yan started to search his soul as usual.

Wang Yan had also searched their souls, but he didn't find any valuable clues from their memories.

Therefore, after killing this person, Wang Yan habitually did it conveniently. He didn't have any thoughts of finding any valuable clues.

But this time, Wang Yan did not do useless things like before. He really saw some surprising news from this person's memory.

From this person's memory, Wang Yan found out that Ice Spirit Qi Mainland and Fire Spirit Qi Mainland had reached an agreement privately. Both continents agreed that their current enemy wasn't each other, but Ice Fire Mainland.

In the eyes of the leaders of Ice Spirit Qi Mainland and Fire Spirit Qi Mainland, Ice Fire Mainland was simply a wolf with wild ambitions.

They actually dared to dream of destroying the peace in their family, and even threatened to resolve the grudge between their two families that had lasted for hundreds of years. This was simply wishful thinking.

Ever since Ma Batian's Ice Fire Mainland was established, the number of people who had defected from Ice Spirit Qi Mainland and Fire Spirit Qi Mainland had increased day by day.

This was something that the Ice Spirit Qi Mainland and the Fire Spirit Qi Mainland couldn't accept.

The two families had been holding grudges for a long time. Naturally, they couldn't bear to see their own people colluding with the opposite party.

Previously, once such a thing happened, the people in charge of Ice Spirit Qi Mainland and Fire Spirit Qi Mainland would use all kinds of methods to suppress them.

Their attacks were decisive and merciless. When the others saw this, they naturally wouldn't dare to have any other thoughts because of fear.

However, ever since the existence of Ice Fire Mainland, everything had changed.

Those who had betrayed their race had a place where they could be accepted. The Ice Fire Mainland had become their protective umbrella.

In the beginning, the Ice Spirit Qi Mainland and the Fire Spirit Qi Mainland didn't put the Ice Fire Mainland in their eyes.

They were very confident that with their strength, they could easily deal with the enemy.

However, things didn't go according to their wishes. They had become the biggest obstacle to each other, and their hatred had given the Ice Fire Mainland a chance to take a breather and develop their forces.

By the time Ice Spirit Qi Mainland and Fire Spirit Qi Mainland realized what was happening, Ice Fire Mainland already had their own cities and forces that could fight against them.

The leaders of Ice Spirit Qi Mainland and Fire Spirit Qi Mainland soon realized this. They knew very well that they couldn't allow Ice Fire Mainland to continue developing. They had to solve this problem completely.

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