Time flew by, and seven years passed in the blink of an eye.
In the year 778, the Demons army stirred once more and marched on Walen.
Ge Yingxing assembled a great army and headed to the Eternal River battlefield to meet the enemy. The Fifth Battle of Eternal River had begun.
On the eastern stretch of the Eternal River battlefield, an endless stream of Demons troops continued advancing.
Zichuan Xiu had long since concealed himself among a cluster of rocks on the ground within the Demons army.
Zichuan Xiu revealed a pair of red-glowing eyes and stared intently at the advancing Demons army.
When the Demons army's central column passed by, Zichuan Xiu decisively sprang up and shed his disguise.
After swiftly killing a Demons cavalryman and taking his fast horse, he charged straight at Ge Sha, the commander of the Demons army.
Ge Sha reacted quickly and immediately swung up his spiked mace to block.
But a tremendous force surged from the long blade in Zichuan Xiu's hand, sending Ge Sha's weapon flying.
Before he could react, a sharp flash of blade light sliced through his throat.
Ge Sha only felt his consciousness rapidly fading. Then his vision went dark, and he toppled to the ground, devoid of life.
Seeing this, the surrounding Demons soldiers immediately cried out in terror, "General Ge Sha is dead! There's an assassin! Kill the assassin!"
The Demons soldiers nearby quickly came to their senses and charged at the masked Zichuan Xiu on horseback.
Zichuan Xiu gave a cold smile and unleashed Shadow Step, repeatedly blinking through the crowd. With every movement, another living life was extinguished.
More than a dozen Demons soldiers hurled their spears with all their strength toward the area where Zichuan Xiu stood.
As the forest of spears was