The Blood Clan army withdrew, but the Great Huan troops outside did not enter the city. Instead, they swiftly seized the gates on all four sides, sealing off the Western Capital Megacity. They then let the Golden Behemoth Demonless lead a hundred thousand troops of the Hero and Behemoth Legions in ravaging the city, while the Constellation Angel Godless led the Angel Legion into the air to cast Light Purification over the entire Western Capital Megacity from above, dispersing and expelling the dark power and Blood Clan Bloodfolk within.
The left army led by Huan Emperor Xiao Ying had originally advanced the fastest, and its speed in taking the Western Capital Megacity had been equally astonishing. Yet dispelling the dark power throughout the city took an entire day, twice as long as capturing it. By then, the Western Capital Megacity, with its population of over forty million, had fallen utterly silent. Only corpses remained, strewn everywhere in layer upon layer. Not a single inhabitant or other living creature had survived. It had become an empty city, a dead city through and through.
The Yingzhou army arrived afterward and took over the entire city. Huan Emperor Xiao Ying continued north with the Great Huan Forbidden Guard and the four Hero Legions, but their pace slowed considerably, no longer matching their earlier forced march.
"Fortunately, Your Majesty showed brilliant judgment and wisdom reaching to the heavens this time, discovering the enemy's scheme early. Otherwise, had we rashly entered the city, we would surely have suffered grievous losses even if we ultimately won."
Xiao Ying and the others stood beside the city gate, watching the Great Huan Forbidden Guard and the four Hero Legions depart northward. Still shaken, Marquis of Strategic Wisdom Zhang Liang repeatedly voiced his praise, drawing nods of agreement from