The fire spread quickly, starting as small flickers before rapidly connecting into a patch. With the gusting winds, the flames soared, even igniting the damp trees.
Chen Ping and his peers stood midway up the mountain; although the fire was still distant and posed no immediate threat, it was only a matter of time before they would be cornered.
Either get consumed along with the Primordial Sect and this mountain range,
or charge down the mountain and fight a life-and-death battle against Jiang Wuji and his three thousand elite cavalry below.
It's not that Chen Ping belittles the "experts" of the Primordial Sect; once things hit that point, survival would be slim, and escaping even a few would be a problem.
At least for the disciples below the Innate Level, there's fundamentally little hope of forging a path to escape.
In Chen Ping's plan,
the Primordial Sect was actually crucial.
