Heaven-Suppressing Pass, within Shangyu.
The hundred-thousand-strong left army of the northern expedition, commanded by the Southern Border's First Prince, began its siege after noon that day.
Dozens of Fourth Grade Supernatural Ability Users led the way, supported by three hundred Third Grade Supernatural Ability Users, taking turns bombarding the pass's defensive Grand Formation. Close behind, massive siege engines advanced against the walls, and a hundred thousand armored troops attacked recklessly from three directions.
After two hours of fierce fighting, the city fell.
The First Prince personally led his army inside, killing everyone they saw and making no effort to stop his soldiers from looting.
This was a fortified pass with no civilian residents, only eight thousand defenders.
For half an hour, the killing continued, and every defender was massacred within the walls. Mountains of corpses and seas of blood, mutilated bodies strewn everywhere-this was precisely such a scene.
In war between two countries, morality had no place. Eager to advance north, the First Prince naturally could not take prisoners, which would burden his march and increase its risks. Killing was therefore his only choice.
Inside the fortified city.
Clad in golden armor and mounted on a tall horse, the First Prince accepted a letter presented by a messenger.
Beside him, Rat Lord surveyed the surroundings and could not help sighing. "When Great Qian's troops entered the Southern Border back then, my hometown looked just as wretched. Now our positions have reversed, and I feel comfortable all over, every last breath of foul air expelled from my chest. How satisfying! How satisfying!"
From the start of the campaign, Rat Lord had accompanied the First Prince's left army with over a thousand Golden Scale Owl Guards. Though he held no defined post and had no need to command, all the generals under