Great Emperor Fury froze for a moment.
He had already braced himself for a fight to the death.
He had never expected Su Ming to simply let him go.
He gave Su Ming a long, searching look.
Shock and doubt churned in his heart.
The young man before him.
Not only possessed uncanny strength.
His thoughts were also unfathomable.
"Retreat!"
Great Emperor Fury hesitated no longer.
He swept his hand sharply.
And ordered his army to withdraw.
A piercing horn blast.
Rang out across the battlefield.
The abnormal soldiers who had still been attacking.
Fell back like an ebbing tide.
They had arrived in a vast, imposing host.
But retreated in utter disarray.
Leaving corpses and siege engines strewn across the ground.
Before long.
The thirty-thousand-strong Abnormal Army.
Had withdrawn from the vicinity of Gale Rift City.
And retreated toward the northeast.
No one pursued them.
The Alliance had too few troops, and the Demon Race defenders were already utterly exhausted.
Holding the city was a tremendous victory in itself.
Across the battlefield.
Silence gradually settled.
Only the wind remained, moaning through the ruined city walls.
Along with the thick stench of blood that hung in the air.
"We won... we won!"
No one knew who first murmured those words.
The next moment.
Earth-shaking cheers.
Erupted atop the walls.
"We won! We held Gale Rift City!"
"Thank you, Alliance Leader Su! Thank you, Alliance reinforcements!"
"All hail Alliance Leader Su's might!"
The Demon Race soldiers raised their arms and cheered.
Their voices surged higher with every wave.
Every face.
Was filled with the wild joy of escaping death, and gratitude.
Had Su Ming not arrived with reinforcements in time.
Gale Rift City.
Would probably have become hell on earth.
Su Ming slowly descended onto the battlements.
His expression was calm,