While the Upper Class and lower-class people in Profound Candle Prefecture were fighting side by side, Autumn Melon Floating Town, a day's journey away, was just as lively.
Bang, bang, bang!
After several consecutive gunshots, the last soldier fell with a thud.
A group of attackers dressed as merchants surveyed the battlefield. By then, Autumn Melon Floating Town was littered with corpses and flowing with blood. Several hundred soldiers of the Coastal Army had been wiped out completely. The burning campfires illuminated their unwilling faces, while the charred flatbread and rations beside the flames showed that they had been attacked while eating.
The several enormous craters in the ground and the still-burning ruins of the houses seemed to prove just how useful Blazing Radiant Gunpowder was.
Most of their injuries had been caused by sharp weapons, with only a few suffering gunshot wounds. The merchants picked up their swords and knives to finish off the corpses, while several wagons loaded with gold, silver, and treasures accumulated in Profound Candle Prefecture over hundreds of years were driven away from Autumn Melon Floating Town.
Snap.
As the blade pierced the body, the merchant felt an unusual feedback travel through the sword. He looked down and saw that he had struck an artery. Blood spurted out.
However, to be safe, he stabbed once more. Only after confirming that the corpse did not move and was truly a good corpse did he continue his work of finishing it off.
No one knew how much time had passed. By the time the group of merchants had put on their Swift Blade Boots and left Autumn Melon Floating Town, even the sound of the horse carts had faded into the distance. Then the corpse that had been stabbed twice suddenly twitched.
It was Wan Xisha.
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