My strength increases by one percent every day; I can destroy stars with my bare hands.

Li Xuancang galloped all the way to the barbarian camp outside the border.

Deeply venturing into the barbarian camp with a lone army was extremely risky, but Li Xuancang had no other choice.

Shen Qingshan had done him a favor, and it was because of his request that he was captured by the Xuan Yin Elder. He couldn't just stand by and watch him die, both morally and logically.

At the same time, the three-eyed demon and his companions, who had failed to catch Li Xuancang, were burning with rage and had nowhere to vent their anger.

"With Elder Xuanyin captured, Li Xuancang will surely force Shen Qingshan to reveal his whereabouts. We can return to the camp and wait for him to come to us."

Upon hearing the faceless demon's words, everyone's eyes lit up, and they suddenly understood.

"That's right. The Old Man Xuan Yin is afraid of death. In order to save his life, he will definitely reveal Shen Qingshan's whereabouts. This is our chance."

A barbarian general urged, "Then what are we waiting for? Return to the camp immediately and wait for them to come to us."

The men ordered the main army to return on their own, while they left first.

Li Xuancang had amazing stamina and seemed tireless. He ran all the way and soon revisited the place, arriving at the lakeside post station.

At this time, the lakeside post station had been occupied by the barbarian army, with camps stretching as far as the eye could see, and at least tens of thousands of barbarian soldiers stationed there.

"How can we find Fellow Daoist Shen?"

Li Xuancang frowned, immediately sensing a predicament.

With so many camps, it will take a lot of time to find Shen Qingshan.

But he had no time to waste.

If they can't catch up with him, the barbarian strongmen and the three-eyed demon will definitely return to the camp. If he can't rescue Shen Qingshan before they return, he will be in danger.

"We can only take it one step at a time."

Having exhausted all other options, Li Xuancang could only infiltrate the military camp to gather intelligence.

Li Xuancang moved back and forth in the military camp, carefully examining every tent that might be holding Shen Qingshan.

At the same time, they eavesdropped on the conversations of the barbarian soldiers, hoping to obtain useful information.

"We suffered heavy losses in Xuan Yang County last time, why are we in such a hurry to go back?"

Some soldiers were war-weary.

Many people are very dissatisfied that they are about to launch another major war before they have even recovered from the last major defeat.

"I heard that the human race took the initiative to contact us, asking us to attack from both sides and divide Anzhou equally."

Li Xuancang, who overheard this in secret, was shocked to receive such astonishing news.

Someone has allied with barbarians; it's obvious they are evil cultivators.

The barbarians and the humans will attack from both sides to divide Anzhou, and the other army will inevitably be the Yunzhou army stationed on the border.

It seems that Prince Fu has colluded with the barbarians and is determined to take Anzhou.

"This news is crucial."

This news is too important; it concerns the life and death of Anzhou. Li Xuancang must bring it back as soon as possible.

"With this alliance with the demon race, we will definitely be able to invade the human race and take whatever we want."

"Human women are so tender and beautiful, I want to take them all away, the more the merrier."

"Human people are the best slaves. Don't kill them all this time; bring them back as much as possible."

"..."

Some barbarians are already fantasizing about defeating the human race and doing whatever they want.

Li Xuancang heard no news about Shen Qingshan and could only keep searching.

He dared not arrest anyone for questioning, lest he alert the enemy.

After searching for several hours and checking most of the military camp, they still couldn't find where Shen Qingshan was being held.

"Could it be that the Old Man Xuanyin is lying to me?"

Li Xuancang suspected that this was a deception by the old man Xuanyin to save his life, but now that things had come to this, he could not give up halfway and planned to check all the remaining tents.

"Several hours have passed. The Three-Eyed Demon and the others should have returned to the military camp by now. I need to be extra careful, especially with the Faceless Demon who can transform into Fellow Daoist Shen."

Cangyun Ridge is not far from the lakeside post station; a few hours is enough for a Qi Refining Realm expert to return.

Li Xuancang remained vigilant, not daring to let his guard down in the slightest.

Especially the Faceless Demon; although he is not the strongest, he is still incredibly difficult to defend against.

Half an hour later, Li Xuancang arrived at a camp. There were significantly more soldiers patrolling outside than in other places, and the camp was guarded by barbarian soldiers in full armor.

"We've searched everywhere else. If we can't find Fellow Daoist Shen here either, then he may have already perished."

Li Xuancang felt uneasy, not out of fear of the barbarians, but because he didn't want to see his hopes dashed.

He hoped that Shen Qingshan was in the camp, even if it would be a burden to him, he still hoped to see Shen Qingshan.

"Bang!"

Li Xuancang no longer concealed himself and rushed out quickly. Before the soldiers guarding the tent could react, they were sent flying and their bodies were torn to pieces.

"Who is it?"

Seeing this, the other soldiers screamed in terror, alerting the surrounding soldiers.

"Someone has infiltrated! Surround him immediately!"

The surrounding soldiers quickly surrounded the tent, intending to kill the infiltrator.

"They've arrived as expected."

Outside the tent, Wu Xiaotian and the others were overjoyed; Li Xuancang had indeed come to rescue Shen Qingshan.

"Let him never return."

Two powerful barbarian warriors at the Qi Condensation Realm, one powerful demon at the Qi Condensation Realm, a three-eyed demon, and four Qi Condensation Realm experts—this lineup was roughly the same as the force that had previously surrounded and killed Li Xuancang at Cangyun Ridge, but everyone was full of confidence.

Li Xuancang was seriously injured in the battle of Cangyun Ridge and could not recover to his original state, which has affected his combat strength.

This is a barbarian camp, with tens of thousands of troops stationed here. Li Xuancang has no chance of escaping alive.

Upon entering the tent, Li Xuancang saw Shen Qingshan, covered in blood and wounds, who had already fainted.

"Fellow Daoist Shen."

Li Xuancang was overjoyed and quickly came to Shen Qingshan's side.

"Snap!"

With a casual squeeze, he crushed the iron chains binding Shen Qingshan and freed him.

Suddenly, Shen Qingshan, who had been unconscious, opened his eyes and thrust the dagger in his hand into Li Xuancang's heart.

"It really was you."

Unexpectedly, Li Xuancang was prepared for this.

Having suffered a great loss at Cangyun Ridge, a lesson etched in his memory, Li Xuancang would never repeat the same mistake.

He dodged to the side and punched "Shen Qingshan" in the face.

Shen Qingshan didn't expect Li Xuancang to be on guard. Not only did he fail to launch a sneak attack, but he was also blasted away by a punch.

"Hurry up and make your move."

Seeing that their plan had failed, Wu Xiaotian and his men, who had been waiting outside, quickly rushed out and surrounded Li Xuancang.

After sending Shen Qingshan flying with a single punch, Li Xuancang rushed in front of him without hesitation, his large hand grabbing at Shen's neck like an iron clamp.

"Get out of here."

Seeing this, Shen Qingshan fought back fiercely, desperately attacking Li Xuancang's large hand.

"Pfft..."

After being attacked by "Shen Qingshan", Li Xuancang's arm was covered in blood and had many wounds.

But he didn't withdraw his large hand. Despite all of Shen Qingshan's attacks, he grabbed Shen Qingshan by the throat and pulled him in front of him.

The faceless demon had the most bizarre methods, but was the weakest and had no power to resist. It was captured alive by Li Xuancang.