An intense battle took place in the fortress of the Heavenly Eagle Kingdom. Rivers of blood had already formed on the walls as corpses littered the ground. The silver-white armor of quite a few soldiers of the Eastern Swordsman Legion had already been dyed red with blood. Their armor was riddled with holes. If it were not for their powerful armor, some of them definitely would not have survived until now.
After all, not everyone in the camp of the Heavenly Eagle Kingdom was weak. They would come across a few experts from time to time, or a single person would be attacked from all directions by over a dozen soldiers at the same time. All of these could injure them.
Jianchen did not participate. He slowly retreated to the back on his magical beast and arrived beside princess You Yue.
Noticing princess You Yue's slightly pale face, Jianchen knew that this was the first time she had seen such a bloody scene. She was not used to it, so he could not help but ask in concern, "Princess You Yue, are you alright? If you really can't bear to watch any longer, just close your eyes."
Princess You Yue could not bear to watch the scene in front of her. She gently shook her head and muttered in a low voice, "Just how many people are going to die? War is just too cruel."
Jianchen gently sighed, "There's nothing I can do about it. That's how war is. This scene basically plays out every day on the Tian Yuan Continent. The strong prey on the weak. This is the law of survival in the world. It's impossible to avoid war unless you can reach the level of the three great empires. Only with enough strength will no one provoke you."
"Changyang Shōten, persuade them to surrender. Don't kill them anymore. These soldiers have wives and children." Princess You Yue could not bear to watch any longer as she pleaded. Although she knew that war was cruel and unavoidable, she still found it difficult to bear when she truly saw such a bloody scene.
Jianchen stared at the beautiful princess with shining eyes and said, "Princess You Yue, before you say that, I hope you can remember how the Heavenly Eagle Kingdom treated your father. Not only did they destroy a large portion of the Kingdom of Gesun's imperial palace, they even captured your father. In the end, if it weren't for the five Imperial Advisors of my Changyang Prefecture stopping the experts of the Heavenly Eagle Kingdom, it probably wouldn't just be your father. Even you would have been captured by the experts of the Heavenly Eagle Kingdom and become their prisoner."
Princess You Yue remained silent. She couldn't find any excuse to make a mistake.
Jianchen continued, "Princess You Yue, since you were born into this world, you don't need to feel pity. The path is under your own feet, it just depends on how you walk it. I already gave them a chance just now, but they didn't cherish it. In this world, there is no such thing as cruelty. Everything is based on strength. Only with enough strength can you survive."
"Do you know how many people's blood I've stained my hands in order to survive these past few years? Let me tell you, at most tens of thousands, at least a few thousand. "
"Yue 'er, Changyang Shōten's words are very reasonable. If it weren't for the Qin Empire's assistance, we definitely wouldn't have been able to resist the allied forces of the four empires. And this scene in front of us didn't happen in the Heavenly Eagle Kingdom, but directly in the imperial palace of our Kingdom of Gesun. The attackers were the allied forces of the four empires." Kargath Institute's principal, Kafir, also interjected.
Princess You Yue didn't say anything. She understood the logic of the two people's words very well. She rarely saw a scene of slaughter, but it was the first time she saw a life fall so easily. It was a very strong impact on her heart.
After all, this wasn't as simple as a few dozen lives, but more than a million lives. The scene of blood flowing like a river and death everywhere was so shocking that any girl who saw it for the first time wouldn't be able to bear it. Not to mention girls, even some men who hadn't experienced such a scene would find it hard to bear.
The death toll of the Heavenly Eagle Kingdom's soldiers rose rapidly. The battle had lasted for half a day, and more than 1.5 million soldiers from the Heavenly Eagle Kingdom had lost their lives. The Qin Empire's Eastern Deity Sword Legion had also paid a price, but compared to the Heavenly Eagle Kingdom's casualties, it was negligible. Only a few dozen people had died in battle, and more than ten thousand people had suffered injuries of varying degrees.
Looking at the battle situation around him, the old general in charge of commanding the troops had an unprecedentedly serious expression. The strength of the Qin Empire's elite troops was much more powerful than he had imagined. A five million strong army couldn't even stop a mere five hundred thousand people.
"Retreat!" As expected, the old general gave the order to retreat. If this continued, even if the entire army was annihilated, it would absolutely not be able to cause too much damage to the elite troops of the Qin Empire.
Following the sound of retreat, the great army of the Heavenly Eagle Kingdom below immediately retreated like a tide. Many people even began to throw away their helmets and armor as they fled in a sorry state. Facing the Eastern Deity Sword Legion that was like a ferocious beast, these ordinary soldiers had long been scared out of their wits.
Because in their eyes, this group of silver-white armored soldiers was like a cockroach that couldn't be killed. Their Saint Weapons were very difficult to pierce through that layer of silver-white armor and injure them. More than a dozen people surrounded one person, and more than once the encirclement was broken by the opponent's intrepid aura and powerful battle strength.
The soldiers of the Eastern Deity Sword Legion immediately chased after them on their magical beast mounts. With the speed of the magical beast mounts, they quickly blocked the front of the army, blocking the path of the army, leaving the millions of soldiers with no way to escape.
"Those who surrender will not be killed!" A loud shout came from the sky. The Eastern Deity Sword Legion's deputy commander, Qin Wuming, loudly said. His loud and long voice continuously reverberated in the horizon.
"I surrender!"
"I surrender, don't kill me!"
Finally, a few people with weak minds declared their surrender. With someone taking the lead, the other people's final line of defense collapsed, causing more and more people to join the camp of surrendering. For a moment, sounds of surrender rang out everywhere.
The moment the army surrendered, the eleven Heaven Saint Masters of the Heavenly Eagle Kingdom looked at each other, then silently turned around and flew away. They had not come here to fight the experts of the Qin Empire, but to become the spiritual pillar of the five million strong army. Now that the army's morale had completely fallen, there was no need for them to continue staying here.
The ten Imperial Advisors of the Qin Empire did not wait for Jianchen's orders and took the initiative to chase after them. Both parties quickly disappeared into the horizon.
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