At the command, ten thousand cavalrymen accelerated as one.
Like a black torrent, they swept toward Profound Ice City.
The battlements of Profound Ice City had long since become scorched earth.
At the northeastern corner of the wall, a breach more than thirty feet wide had collapsed.
Corpses piled up on both sides of the breach.
Some belonged to the abnormal creatures, others to the human race.
The defenders stood atop mountains of corpses and seas of blood, stubbornly blocking the breach.
Whenever those in front fell, those behind immediately took their places.
No one retreated, and no one could.
Behind them lay the city and its people.
One step back meant shattered homes and slaughtered families.
Murong Xue stood in the very center of the breach, her armor already shattered, her body drenched in blood, half a bone arrow still embedded in her shoulder.
She stared fixedly at the Abnormal Army outside the city, without a trace of fear in her eyes.
The soldiers behind her grew fewer and fewer. Of the original ten thousand, fewer than five thousand could still stand.
Every one of them was wounded, yet they still gripped their weapons tightly.
High above, Great Emperor Fury hovered in the air, red-black flames blazing around him.
He watched the human defenders making their last stand, his eyes brimming with cruelty.
"A pack of ants, and you still dare to fight to the bitter end."
"Let me see how much longer you can hold out."
He slowly raised his right hand. The flames in his palm grew brighter and more terrifying.
Once this strike landed, the breach would collapse completely, and half of Profound Ice City would be blasted away.
Watching that ever-growing ball of flame, the defenders on the battlements wore looks of despair.
Many silently