"Report!"
At this moment, a scout galloped to Liao Hua's side: "Reporting to the general, Wudu has been occupied by a group of bandits, and they—"
"And what?"
Liao Hua saw the scout's trembling hands and open mouth, unable to speak, and immediately shouted!
"And—"
The trembling soldier said with bated breath.
"They carried out a day-long massacre. After the bandits occupied Wudu, they entered the city without disarming. They killed from dawn till dusk, and less than three out of ten civilians survived!"
The scout said, trembling, tears welling up: "General, Wudu is a river of blood, and piles of civilian corpses reach the sky, the stench of death fills the air, and starvation is rampant!!!"
*Clang!*
The three-pointed halberd emitted a humming sound. Liao Hua's arm, gripping the three-pointed halberd, bulged with veins, trembling slightly!
These bandits were audacious, committing all sorts of atrocities, burning, killing, and looting. Unfortunately, he arrived too late. These bandits, under broad daylight and in the clear sky, had committed such heinous acts.
How bold!
Liao Hua raised his right hand high, and the blade of the three-pointed halberd shone with radiant light!
"All generals, listen to my command! Rest here for now, and at midnight, we shall ride into Wudu!"
Not long after.
A full moon cast a faint, soft light. Looking out by the moonlight, Wudu, once brightly lit, was now utterly silent and dead.
The vast prefectural city had completely vanished into the darkness.
Beneath the city walls, monstrous beasts roamed, the stench of death filled the air and permeated the void, and low growls broke the silence of the night sky.
In the valley.
Liao Hua, facing numerous soldiers, his eyes blazing with ferocity, said cruelly: "When we storm into Wudu later, show no mercy to any bandit, kill them all without exception!"
"Chop off their heads, incinerate them with flames, and display them on the walls of Wudu. I want them to atone and repent to the dead civilians of Wudu forever!"
Liao Hua's eyes were bloodshot, his killing intent soaring!
*Clang!*
His long sword slipped, and a bloody gash appeared on Liao Hua's palm, blood seeping out!
"We obey your command!"
Ten thousand soldiers prostrated themselves in unison, drawing their swords, all as one. They cut their right hands: "We swear here today that we will eradicate these bandits and tear them to pieces!"
Ten thousand soldiers, their eyes bloodshot, veins bulging.
"Good, follow me and kill!"
As soon as the words fell, Liao Hua took the lead, with the soldiers closely following, an army of ten thousand like thunder, magnificent in their momentum!
A humming sound shook the earth for a thousand miles, startling the beasts below the city walls to flee afar.
Soon, led by Liao Hua, the army of ten thousand arrived at the foot of Wudu prefectural city. Seeing the gruesome scene of scattered corpses paving the road and blood flowing like a river, Liao Hua's rage burned!
His innate five-layered Yuan Li erupted, his inner rage transforming into surging flames that climbed onto the three-pointed halberd.
The scarlet flames illuminated the city walls, instantly slicing through the vast expanse of the sky.
"Enemy forces are attacking the city! Quickly report to the Great Leader."
Initially thinking it was a beast stampede, the bandits paid little heed. But suddenly, red light filled the sky, and waves of heat billowed.
The bandits enveloped by the scarlet flames immediately came to their senses. They saw the army of ten thousand arrayed below the city walls and immediately shouted loudly.
Liao Hua's chilling killing intent fixed directly on the bandits on the city wall. With a horizontal slash, his furious rage was unleashed, and a brilliant blade light swept across the dark night sky.
The scorching flames made the air steam, covering the entire gate tower, as if the sun god had descended, and waves of heat assaulted.
The blade light was as fast as thunder, cutting through the sky!
*Swish!*
The blade light was scorching, and the bandits' bodies disintegrated, a large amount of blood spraying out, leaving behind a ground littered with broken corpses.
*Sizzle sizzle!*
Before the sprayed blood could even hit the ground, it was completely burned away by the intense flames.
In the dark night, wisps of blood-red light permeated.
*Boom!*
Flying stones and dust rose into the air.
A chasm several zhang deep, seemingly bottomless, appeared on the city wall, emitting rumbling sounds, like a giant dragon coiled upon the wall.
Liao Hua raised his three-pointed halberd high above his head and roared: "Kill!"
His voice was like a dragon, echoing through the nine heavens.
*Swish!*
"Shoot!"
*Clang clang!*
A volley of ten thousand arrows flew, obscuring the faint moonlight, like a cascade of the Milky Way, creating sparks, and dense arrows pierced the void.
*Clang!*
After a volley of arrows swept past, the bandits on the city wall were mostly killed, pierced through the heart by myriad arrows.
The air warred, and the night rain scattered!
"Kill!"
After the arrow rain, the army rushed to the foot of the city wall.
Ascension ladders were erected on the city walls.
Five thousand Shu Han soldiers were the first to charge, quickly climbing the ascension ladders, wielding long spears, radiating cold light.
Spear shadows filled the air, and killing intent shone brightly.
*Crack!*
Glints of cold swords flashed, and headless corpses littered the entire city wall.
"Presumptuous!"
A furious roar, and a powerful figure, sped over, wielding a wolf-tooth club that swirled like the wind. Behind him, a group of bandits galloped across the rooftops within the city, rushing towards the city wall!
The ten thousand soldiers, led by the Jingzhou troops, were like a giant meat grinder, fiercely tearing into the city wall.
*Bang! Bang bang!*
*Boom!*
The city gate collapsed, and the army, like starved tigers from a cage, opened their bloodthirsty mouths, their blades flashing silver, their cold light shooting in all directions!
Liao Hua looked at the charging, powerful man, raised his three-pointed halberd, and stepped forward. Hundreds of Yuan Qi transformed into a hundred-zhang-long saber.
The powerful Yuan Li erupted, shaking loose stones, and the formidable blade light frantically tore open the city wall, leaving behind deep gouges.
"Kill!"
He swung the long saber, carrying a blade light that tore through the void, like a divine punishment, a heavenly saber descending, and chopped down with a roar!
The surging blood energy caused the city wall to tremble, and the collapsed city gate was mangled beyond recognition.
The bandit leader's face contorted, and he tightened his grip on his wolf-tooth club.
A saber, like a great mountain, pressed down on the bandit leader's wolf-tooth club, sparks flying, and blade light raging.
It tore through the bandit leader's skin, revealing bone.
*Clang!*
The sharp edge of the saber pierced his heart, clean and swift, leaving him no chance to retaliate!
The great bandit leader looked at the approaching hundred-zhang-long saber, his wolf-tooth club involuntarily falling from his grasp: "This—impossible."
His strength had reached the innate four-layered realm, and in this Wudu prefecture, he had few equals. Even if he charged into the Liangzhou prefectural capital, he could come and go without fear!
But facing the man before him, he had no power to fight back, like a lamb to be slaughtered, his struggles futile!
Where did such a powerful army and such a strong individual come from within a radius of several li?
*Swish!*
The sharp blade light descended from the bandit leader's heavenly spirit cap, cleaving him in two.
*Boom!*
The hundred-zhang-long saber pierced through the bandit leader and smashed heavily onto the ground. The immense impact blew the bandit leader's corpse into pieces.
Fragments scattered everywhere!
"Leave no bandit alive in the city, kill!"
Liao Hua roared at the sky.
"Kill!"
The Jingzhou soldiers wielded their long spears, leading the vanguard. The Yuan Li of five thousand Nascent Yuan first-layered soldiers converged into a silver long spear.
With the convergence of a thousand soldiers' Yuan Li, the army took shape, its momentum formidable. The thousand soldiers stepped forward in unison, houses collapsed, the earth sank, and they charged fiercely towards a strong warrior of the Houtian ninth-layered realm!