Lin Feng stood with his sword sheathed, his face as pale as paper and his aura weakened to the extreme.
This battle had taken far too much out of him.
Dong Xuan flew over and supported him. "Husband!"
Lin Feng shook his head. "I'm fine. I just exhausted too much of my strength. Hurry, tend to the wounded."
Everyone sprang into action.
The casualty count left everyone feeling as though knives were twisting in their hearts.
Of the five thousand Shocking Star Guards, more than twenty-three hundred had fallen, over twelve hundred were severely wounded, and over a thousand had suffered minor injuries. Almost none of the survivors had escaped unscathed.
The fallen soldiers were carried over one by one and laid in orderly rows on the training grounds. Their faces still bore the expressions they had worn in battle.
Some were fierce, some tragically resolute, and some serene.
Lin Chen knelt before their bodies, tears sliding silently down his cheeks. These were soldiers he had personally trained. They were all his brothers!
"Brothers... I failed you..." His voice choked.
Lin Man came over and gently patted his shoulder. "Chen, restrain your grief. They were all heroes."
Lin Chen nodded, but remained on his knees, unwilling to rise.
Fire Dragon had suffered the worst injuries. Most of his scales had shattered, and he had lost an immense amount of dragon blood. By the time he was carried back to the Dragon Hall, he was unconscious. Azure Water Golden Toad stayed beside him, continuously channeling spatial power into him to stabilize his injuries.
"Lazy dragon, you can't die," Azure Water Golden Toad murmured. "If you die, who's going to bicker with me?"
Ding Yun's Karmic Sword had snapped in two, and he, too, remained unconscious. He had exhausted too much of