Thousand Lakes City had fallen!
The news swept across the Federation like a hurricane.
Except for a handful of Card Adepts who successfully broke out, all the others became burial offerings for the ancient city. The two legions Jia Yingxia had placed such high hopes in met fierce resistance from the Desert Camp's two legions and caused Su Heiming no trouble at all. Driven into a dead end, the Card Adepts of Frostmoon Cold Isle launched a frenzied last stand and counterattack, inflicting heavy casualties on the Desert Camp. Enraged, Su Heiming ordered a massacre after taking Thousand Lakes City!
The thousand-year-old city was reduced to ruins. Neither Card Adepts nor ordinary citizens were left alive.
The entire Federation was shocked!
Those bloody images reached every corner of the Federation through the Illusion Broadcast Platform. Su Heiming's brutality immediately sparked fear and condemnation throughout the Federation.
Only then did people remember another massacre that had taken place not so long before. Unlike Su Heiming, Tang Hanpei's shining image had long been deeply rooted in people's hearts. When that old incident was dragged back into the light, his public reputation plummeted as well. Even Tang Hanpei had not anticipated this, and his expansion, previously as unstoppable as a rising tide, was checked. Under pressure from all sides, he simply stopped advancing and reorganized his forces where they were.
Riding the might of his great victory, Su Heiming swept across the entire Tiandongli District with the force of thunder. No one could halt his advance. Frostmoon Cold Isle's core forces had almost been uprooted entirely, and without anyone to direct them, its local forces crumbled before his army. His savage reputation alone was enough to rob the local powers of the courage to resist. The Desert Camp's army marched as though through