Yanyuntai.
The barracks.
"Elder Gu, Elder Yu, why didn't you tell me sooner that you were so badly wounded?"
Xu Taiping looked at Gu Huai and Yu Lang lying on their beds, his eyes filled with sorrow.
He had just examined Gu Huai's and Yu Lang's injuries. Though both were gravely wounded, if he had intervened when they were first injured, the Edict Power of Withered Wood Returning to Spring that Xu Taiping possessed could still have saved them.
But now, Demon Seed Power had long since corroded their divine souls. Only a thread of life sustained them, and even Xu Taiping could do nothing.
Yu Lang looked at Xu Taiping with a smile, shook his head, and said:
"Taiping Commander-in-Chief, it was a critical moment in your battle with Demonic General Chongming. How could we have let this worthless old life of mine hold up the battle?"
Gu Huai also spoke then:
"Taiping Commander-in-Chief, though Elder Yu and I have only known you a short while, we are, after all, merely ordinary armored soldiers of the Demon-Slaying Army."
"Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and officers were killed or wounded in this battle. How could you possibly save them all?"
For a moment, Xu Taiping's feelings were complicated.
As a matter of feeling, as long as there was a chance, he would do everything he could to save them both.
As a matter of reason, on the battlefield, he truly could not favor any one person.
A smile suddenly appeared on Gu Huai's somewhat pale face:
"Taiping Divine General, having lived to see today's battle, I am already wholly content."
Yu Lang's eyes also shone brightly as he said:
"In this battle, I slew at least three hundred demons! It was worth it!"
Gu Huai suddenly spoke again, filled with