Conflict

Blackstone Pass was the foremost stronghold of the Great Chu Dynasty against the Great Luo Dynasty.

It was famed for the saying: one man guards the pass, and ten thousand cannot force it open.

It meant that so long as someone was stationed at Blackstone Pass, even if the Great Luo Dynasty sent hundreds of thousands of troops, they would be unable to harm it in the slightest.

Clear River Commandery City was roughly five hundred li from Blackstone Pass.

It took about a day to travel from Clear River Commandery City to Blackstone Pass.

Beneath a sky full of stars and the pale moonlight, Ye Yun raced all the way along the official road leading to Blackstone Pass.

His figure flickered as he moved, ghostlike and elusive.

If an ordinary person had witnessed this in the pitch-black night, they would likely have been frightened out of their wits.

And so, as Ye Yun continued onward, time slowly slipped away.

When the sun slowly rose over the horizon and golden sunlight illuminated the world,

after charging through the night, Ye Yun finally arrived near Blackstone Pass.

From several hundred meters away, he could see a majestic pass stretching between two mountain ranges.

It firmly guarded the only official road between the mountains that led into the Great Chu Dynasty.

As Ye Yun continuously drew closer to Blackstone Pass, its appearance gradually became clear before his eyes.

It was a jet-black, gleaming fortress. Every brick in its black walls bore mottled dark-red bloodstains.

These were the marks left behind only after being tempered by countless wars.

The entire fortress radiated an iron-blooded, imposing aura.

It made all who came here feel a trace of reverence in their hearts, not daring to make too much noise.

At this moment, a long line