"Reporting to the Legion Commander! We have completed the Marshal's mission. Not a soul remains alive along the entire border trench!"
An adjutant flicked the blood from the Terror Claw Soul Tool in his hand and reported excitedly to the commander of the Terror Claw Soul Engineer Legion.
His face and clothes were covered in bloodstains. During the earlier mission to wipe out the remaining soldiers, he alone had killed more than five soldiers who fought on like cornered beasts. Now, the thick stench of blood clung to him.
"Well done. Form up and advance. For the next seventy-two hours, we will fight without sleep or rest and strive to take all ten major cities along our route!"
The Legion Commander of the Terror Claw Soul Engineer Legion nodded in satisfaction, then waved his hand, signaling the continued advance.
But the instant he made that gesture, countless points of light suddenly lit up across the ground.
"Watch out! There's an amb-" Before the Legion Commander could finish his warning, white light swallowed the entire world.
Vina pressed the detonator.
Hundreds of tons of Soul Cannon Shells buried dozens of meters beneath the border exploded simultaneously. The resulting shock wave instantly tore up the entire surface within a radius of five li.
The flash of the explosion lit the night like day. An enormous fireball rose into the sky, followed by a deafening roar that could be heard clearly even a hundred li away.
The Terror Claw Soul Engineer Legion was directly above the center of the explosion. Its five hundred elite Soul Masters did not even have time to scream before they were torn apart by the tremendous blast, like a meteor of heavenly fire crashing down.
This elite force of Beast Martial Soul Masters had been renowned for their