King Chu of Great Yu!

A cavalry unit clad in crimson armor, a full hundred men strong, slowly entered the city. Though there were only a hundred of them, their oppressive presence was no weaker than that of an army of thousands.

Sunlight struck their armor and reflected onto the faces of the people.

It was cold as blood.

The burly man at the head rode a mighty blood-colored tiger, looking down upon one terrified face after another.

The city had fallen.

Even the prefectural governor had died in battle.

Si Nankui spoke blandly to the deputy general beside him. "Pass down the order. Rest for one day. We depart tomorrow."

At those words,

the deputy general's eyes immediately lit up.

To his ears, Si Nankui's words meant only two words—slaughter the city.

What people imagined as slaughtering a city was killing every last person within it.

But true city slaughter meant letting the soldiers loose to pillage. And with only one day, they would be all the more unrestrained. After a night of ravaging, the city's treasures would be plundered clean, and no woman with even a hint of beauty could possibly escape.

Jade Dragon City was not even territory of the Fenxin Immortal Dynasty. How could these soldiers, long ravenous as wolves and tigers, show any mercy?

Very soon,

wails of misery rose throughout the city, painting a scene of utter desolation.

Si Nankui did not join in. Instead, he gazed in one direction, a cold smile curling across his lips. "Interesting."

There had been a fierce battle in the city last night.

A female cultivator wielding a spear had fought him bitterly before ultimately fleeing in defeat.

Yet,

he was at the peak of the middle Celestial Realm, while that female cultivator was merely at the early Celestial Realm.

To have actually