Even if they weren't particularly close, they could recognize that the two men opposite them were both True Kings of the Ning faction.
Their positions made it clear to everyone what was happening.
"Well, well, well, you guys. The Ning faction treated you well, didn't they? Traitors."
"People strive for higher positions, and water flows downwards. Your Ning faction is struggling to take care of itself right now. If they don't leave, are they supposed to wait and perish with you?"
The two True Kings were clearly a bit embarrassed and silently looked at Ning Tianman. Instead, the man in black replied to Ning Tianman's words first.
"Old man, come with us. Bao-ge doesn't want to do anything to you. He just wants you to enjoy your later years in peace. He's even found a good place for you."
Ning Tianman sneered.
"Stop trying to pull that crap with me. I crawled out of piles of dead bodies on the battlefield. You're still a bit short if you want to play these games with me!"
"Isn't Wang Xiaobao just trying to make my death less sensational? Even if it costs me my old life today, I'll drag you two traitors down with me!"
As he spoke, Ning Tianman's body twisted. He turned his head and said to Zheng Xin: "Old Zheng, take Xiao Nong and leave first!"
Like his appearance, his voice no longer sounded human, like a monster.
Zheng Xin's expression was solemn, and he nodded. After all, Zhou Nong was a mortal without the strength to truss a chicken. He decisively released his own Beast and grabbed Zhou Nong to run.
They hadn't run far before realizing that no one was stopping them. Zheng Xin looked at Zhou Nong: "There won't be any combat affecting you. Can you escape on your own, no problem?"
Zhou Nong nodded, extremely anxious: "I'm fine, Old Zheng. Hurry back and save my teacher!"
Zheng Xin strode back to the battlefield. The several Beasts present were already fighting fiercely.
Clearly, the other side deliberately waited until they reached the suburbs to attack. This desolate wilderness, even if the sky were to collapse, few would notice.
This was also the first time Zheng Xin had seen Ning Tianman fight. His body was covered in chunks of flesh, holding him high in the air. Almost only half of his face was exposed, and the other half was blurred flesh.
"Boom!"
Ning Tianman's huge fist struck the opponent's Skeleton King Beast Body. The latter resisted with a horizontal blade, but was still knocked far away on the ground by the immense force, leaving a deep mark.
Originally, Zheng Xin's Beast was somewhat weak on the scene, but after he returned to the scene, with his command, the situation instantly improved a lot.
"You shouldn't have come back."
A man's voice sounded behind Zheng Xin. He turned his head somewhat angrily.
The man's voice was very calm. He offered Zheng Xin a cigarette, and wasn't at all bothered by being rejected. He put it in his own mouth and lit it.
"You shouldn't participate in political struggles. If you do this, it will make things difficult for your student, and it will also make things difficult for us."
"On the surface, you seem like a small character, but the Qian Er behind you is already unimaginably big."
"I admit, we can't afford to offend Qian Er, and we can't afford to offend you, but you can't destroy our ecological environment."
"I'm destroying your ecological environment?"
Zheng Xin chuckled: "Could you be any more shameless?"
"Your participation in this kind of thing will break all balance. With Qian Er around, as long as we fight you, there's no way to win."
"On the surface, you think the Ning faction created you, right? Have you ever thought that they are actually using you? You have such strong backing, the One-Word Parallel King, being on equal footing with the Emperor is no joke."
"Ning Tianman may not mean this, but think about how Old Liu and Old Hai have treated you. At this critical moment, don't you think they still want to keep you firmly in the Ning faction?"
"…"
Zheng Xin fell silent, because what the man said was the truth.
Ning Tianman had just been advising him to leave the Ning faction, not wanting him to become a pawn. But the other two people, Old Liu and Old Hai, had recently been very close to him.
The resources alone, he didn't know how much they had sent him.
Ning Tianman's original intention was likely to let him get a True King position and then run away. He was already a bit disappointed with Old Hai and Old Liu.
"See, Professor Zheng, you're very smart. Do you think there's still a need for you to protect the Ning faction so much?"
Obviously, the other side didn't dare to do anything to Zheng Xin. Even if they had the courage of a bear, they wouldn't dare to attack Qian Er's people.
"The Ning faction, you can do whatever you want. But Ning Tianman, you can't touch this person."
Zheng Xin was silent for a long time, then said quietly.
"Professor Zheng, you are also a cultured person. This is a bit unreasonable."
"Reason? Am I supposed to reason with you bastards?"
Zheng Xin slapped the man in the face. The feedback from a True King was extraordinary. The man felt like the ground beneath his feet had lightened.
He staggered for a while before giving Zheng Xin a thumbs up.
"Okay, you're ruthless. I'll just treat it like being bitten by a dog."
The next second, the man's body flew out.
"After all that, you're not even a Beast Master? What are you pretending for?"
Zheng Xin ran towards the fallen man. The man quickly got up from the ground and turned to run.
Zheng Xin took two steps, then looked back in shock, only to see Ning Tianman already being stepped on by a Flesh Demon.
"Old Ning!"
Zheng Xin roared.
"Alright, Old Ning, come with us. We don't want to do anything to you. It's just that you're too cunning. We're afraid if we don't keep an eye on you."
"Also, Professor Zheng, I don't dare to touch you, but it's not certain about Old Man Ning. If you hit me again, be careful his old life won't be spared."
Ning Tianman looked up at the starry sky, a helpless smile on his face.
"Ah, I'm old… I even get sick during a fight. I'm really useless."
The other two True Kings, at least, still had a bit of humanity. The Flesh Demon didn't stomp down with full force, otherwise Ning Tianman would probably have died on the spot.
"Go with you? Then you might as well kill me. No need to humiliate me like this. I admit defeat, but don't think you'll have it easy."
"Don't worry, they won't take you away today."
A shadow suddenly rose slowly, standing beside Ning Tianman.
The next second, the Flesh Demon took a few steps back, letting out a miserable scream.
"Old Yong!"
Yong Xuehai had a confident smile on his face, looking at the man in black, which made the latter's heart skip a beat. That smile was very similar to another person.
"Go back. Tell Wang Xiaobao that your plan has failed."
With another True King present, this situation was clearly not easy to resolve.
"Professor Yong Xuehai, why do you have to wade into this mess as well?"
The man in black shook his head somewhat helplessly: "Do you think your arrival can change Bao-ge's plan?"
