On the rugged mountain road near the pass, Yin Guyue led a group of soldiers climbing in the darkness, planning to sneak into Nanming Pass under cover of night.
But within Nanming Pass's walls, pairs of eyes watched Yin Guyue and the others' movements, while gunwielder rounds were loaded.
The hunters quietly waited for their prey to walk into the trap.
"Things have come this far, Lan Yan. You don't need to tell those lies that no one will believe anymore."
Gao Jin had not changed much. He was still a young man of around twenty, but the classmates who had known him before would never recognize him now. His once-vigorous face had become lifeless, his once-carefully groomed hair was pale and disheveled, and his once-straight back had become slightly hunched.
Only the hatred in his eyes and the madness that flashed through them showed that he was not a walking corpse who had willingly thrown himself away, but Gao Jin of the White Night Walker.
Lan Yan, however, remained unhurried. "You managed to survive with great difficulty. Why not continue living well?"
"Lan Yan, I've gone mad. I can only find a trace of warmth by relying on your despair." Gao Jin spoke calmly. "There's already endless darkness all around me, so how could I not throw myself into the flames?"
"The only way to soothe the pain in my heart is revenge. I kept this life so that I could use it to defeat you."
Lan Yan shook his head and ignored Gao Jin. He said to Tong Xuanye, "General Tong, you'd better not believe even a punctuation mark of anything the White Night rebels tell you."
"General Lan, there's something you may not know." Tong Xuanye said, "I'm not particularly loyal to Radiance. Of course,