By the time the Sea God Pavilion elders arrived at the various City Defense Army garrisons, intending to question the city defense commander about why he had launched an attack without authorization, a thick, almost tangible stench of blood assaulted them, making them nauseous.
The once orderly camps had now become a living hell.
Corpses lay piled haphazardly throughout the camps. Blood had gathered into dark red streams that wound across the ground.
Some soldiers had died with their eyes wide open, seemingly still carrying fear and confusion over death; others had been dismembered, severed arms and limbs scattered everywhere.
Inside the vast command center, only the cold Soul Guidance screens still flashed with piercing blue light. The orders reading "Launch a full-scale attack on the Federation Military" now seemed like death warrants, mercilessly announcing the arrival of this disaster.
The elders frowned as they looked over the scene, their hearts filled with doubt and fury.
They knew this could not have been the City Defense Army commander's intention. Someone must have deliberately stolen the authority. Perhaps it was a scheme by Evil Soul Masters, or perhaps the Spirit Pagoda was pulling strings behind the scenes.
They began carefully inspecting every detail of the command center, hoping to find clues and uncover the truth behind this conspiracy.
Yet the City Defense Army soldiers guarding the city knew nothing of any of this. Although they had been stunned by the attack order, they had no choice but to obey their superiors and act at once.
They skillfully operated their Soul Guidance Weapons, activating Soul Guidance Shell after Soul Guidance Shell and sending them screaming toward the Federal Military Camp.
The shells streaked through the sky in brilliant arcs, rushing toward the Federation Military's camp amid deafening explosions. Although the camp's large