As Gan Xinrui gave several orders atop the towering wall, the chaos in the city was finally controlled and slowly recovered.

Ou Yangming stood with his hands behind his back without saying a word, but he became a magic stabilizer by doing that, by which he kept everyone calm.

Feiya City had just experienced havoc like never before, where they lost numerous people and resources. Nonetheless, no matter how great the disturbance was, the higher-ups in the city were not severely injured and had slowly begun to control the disorderly situation.

Wu Hanning and the others approached Ou Yangming. It was not clear whether it was intentional, but Ni Yinghong and Bai Shixue were both half a step behind the princess.

Although Ou Yangming had openly expressed that he only had eyes for one person, given the social system of a strict hierarchy, the princess's status would sometimes have a subtle effect.

"Brother Ou, how did you… Do it?" Wu Hanning asked.

At this point, even Gan Xinrui, who was giving instructions loudly, subconsciously lowered his voice.

None of the Supreme Great Ancestors turned to look at Ou Yangming, but they pricked up their ears at the same time.

Ou Yangming turned to look at the princess and answered, "It was because of wind and fire."

"What?" Wu Hanning was shocked.

"Wind and fire—go figure it out yourself," Ou Yangming responded.

Everyone else kept quiet when they saw how mystifying Ou Yangming was acting. Even though they were secretly gritting their teeth with hatred, due to the remaining effect from the giant fireball, which had just dispersed not long ago, nobody dared to question him further.

Nevertheless, the people began to rack their brains to figure out the relationship between wind and fire.

"Since ancient times, wind and fire have always been mentioned together. There's fire when there's wind, and there's wind when there's fire. It is said that the wind rises to be mightier when the fire blazes," Yu Hongli expressed after some time, then he looked at Ou Yangming and asked, "Young Master Ou, did you find the fusion path between wind and fire?"

Ou Yangming kept a faint smile on his face; he neither admitted it nor denied it. The young fellow simply turned around and looked into the distance.

Yu Hongli did not have the guts to probe anymore after he was indirectly given a polite refusal. As for the other people, they dared not speak at all because they could not even understand a thing.

In actuality, Ou Yangming was extremely frustrated at this moment.

'How did I do it?

'Who am I supposed to ask…'

Ou Yangming had only triggered the purple fire in his sea of consciousness. When the fire rose into the sky, he was already somewhat in a daze.

In a way, he did not know why the purple fire exploded all of a sudden and caused such a fearsome reaction.

The tornado, which frightened Multi-armed King Kong so much that it fled, turned out to be vulnerable against the purple fire. Moreover, what truly left Ou Yangming in utter disbelief was the fact that a tiny person like him could control such an enormous fireball.

Even if Ou Yangming was dumb, he could guess that the purple fire had a significant origin. He figured that it was either the Birds' ancestor or their natural enemy. If that was not the case, the purple fire could not have displayed such notable might against the Birds Formation.

When Ou Yangming carefully thought about the goshawk's stance, he vaguely sensed that there was a higher chance the purple fire was the Birds' ancestor.

Earlier on, Ou Yangming could easily eliminate the goshawk if he wanted to and could totally burn it into ashes.

Despite that, he did not do that because he sensed the goshawk's will to surrender. It was evident that the goshawk had acted instinctively because it could not have expressed its will so intensely if it was not its true intent.

In other words, without needing to make a move at all, he could have used his mind to order the goshawk to kill itself.

Faced with such a formidable spirit beast, anyone would have wanted to do it.

It was different from when Multi-armed King Kong initiated a submission to Ou Yangming; the goshawk submitted because it was captivated by the young fellow's power, making him feel prouder than before.

Therefore, Ou Yangming decided to spare the goshawk in the end because he felt it was better to control it than to get rid of it.

However, while he achieved that, if he was asked to explain how he made it possible…

Ou Yangming could not explain himself due to his pride, but it did not stop him from flashing a cool pose. 'Go ahead and guess the real reason. No matter what you say or ask, I'm just going to keep a straight face.'

At last, the mess in the city was over, but faint cries were heard.

The tangled warfare began with a massive battle between the Humans and the Birds. Though Feiya City did not lose many common folks such as the old, the weak, women, and children, there were many injured and dead soldiers. Having said that, when the Birds Formation appeared and the forceful tornado swept the city, everyone was under the same attack.

Not only were corpses sucked into the tornado through its wind-gap, but some common folks in thatched huts suffered the same fate too.

It was worth noting that this was the outcome only because Ou Yangming released his fire to set the tornado on fire. Had the tornado continued to wreck the city, the city would have been gone by now.

That said, Ou Yangming did his best but was left with no choice after he burned the tornado. Even if there were survivors inside, they ended up dying because of the fire.

At the end of the day, the war caused substantial casualties in the city. Once it was over, numerous people began to grieve.

The people were overwhelmed with sorrow because they either lost close ones or could not bear the fact that many people in the city went missing.

Ou Yangming turned gloomy after he scanned the city.

Ni Yinghong suddenly approached him and held his hand, then she noted softly, "Lil' Ming, it wasn't your fault."

Wu Hanning and the others were stunned. 'What does she mean?'

Even so, Ou Yangming smiled bitterly and responded, "Elder Sister Ying, if I was more powerful, perhaps I could've saved more lives."

"You did your best." Ni Yinghong smiled and rested her forehead against his. "Don't overthink it. As long as you gave your all, you don't need to regret it."

Ou Yangming nodded after some thought. "Thanks, Elder Sister Ying."

Wu Hanning and Bai Shixue exchanged glances after seeing how Ou Yangming and Ni Yinghong looked at each other.

The princess and the young pavilion master were gifted ladies with different strengths. While Ni Yinghong came from an inherited aristocratic family too, they thought they were superior to her. In fact, even when it seemed like Bai Shixue had become closer to Ni Yinghong, it was only because she somewhat wanted to join hands with the Ni family's young lady to go against their rival in love.

After all, Wu Hanning's identity as the princess was too much pressure for the proud Bai Shixue to handle.

When the two smart ladies saw Ou Yangming and Ni Yinghong embracing each other, they sensed something unordinary.

Perhaps Ni Yinghong's biggest advantage was not the time she and Ou Yangming had known each other for, but the irreplaceable connection between them.

Later on, Yu Hongli and Gan Xinrui approached Ou Yangming and saluted him. They expressed their gratitude at the same time, "Young Master Ou, thank you."

The city had begun to settle down after the first phase of reorganization. The recovery could not be completed in a day, but they knew the disaster in Feiya and Xuanchen was probably over.

Ou Yangming waved his hand and responded, "You don't need to be so polite."

Yu Hongli sighed. "Unfortunately, that fella escaped in the end. In any case, I'm sure it learned its lesson and won't attack us again even if it recovers. Hehe… Besides, if a spirit beast is seriously injured in our world, it might not be able to survive even if we don't kill it." A look of hatred could be seen in his eyes.

"Is that so?" Ou Yangming was surprised.

"Indeed." Wu Hanning interrupted their conversation. "Spirit beasts come from another world. Their existence here is a mistake because they require abundant energy to survive. Furthermore, once they're injured, they'll need to replenish more energy to recover, but our world might not be able to provide them with what they need."

Ou Yangming nodded, but he thought to himself when he looked at Yu Hongli and the others, 'I'm sorry, but I'll have to let you down.'

Since he decided to subdue the goshawk, he held back when he attacked it.

It appeared as though the goshawk was burnt when it broke through and left with black smoke around it.

However, the goshawk merely suffered superficial wounds, by which its organs were not damaged at all. The lower realm lacked spiritual power, but Ou Yangming believed that it could recover in no time.

Gan Xinrui hesitated for a while before he asked, "Master Ou, can you find that brute?"

Ou Yangming was slightly dumbfounded. "Why should I find it? Are you planning to uproot it?"

"That's the ideal case, but four other counties are still being threatened by spirit beasts, especially the Insects, which are the Beasts' enemies. If you're able to conquer the goshawk, the Humans will triumph in this disaster for sure."

Yu Hongli was struck dumb. He was hesitant, but he finally sighed and kept quiet.

Gan Xinrui later explained in a deep voice, "Master Ou, please forgive Elder Yu. He only realized after the war that he lost one of his dearest grandsons."

"Ah," Ou Yangming uttered, then he cupped his hands at Yu Hongli. "Elder Yu, I'm sorry for your loss."

"It was fated…" Yu Hongli shook his head and returned the salutation. He expressed after a short pause, "Governor Gan's suggestion is worth considering. If you have the opportunity, suppress it for the Humans."

Ou Yangming turned to look, whereas the other people looked at him eagerly.

He furrowed his eyebrows and stated, "Okay, I'll try if I get the chance to…"