Son-in-law Heaven Emperor Xiao Yi

Tianqing Kingdom's border.

Si Shui Pass, this was one of the three cities that had previously fallen to the Tianlan Kingdom.

Xiao Yi led fifty thousand Imperial Guards, along with fifty thousand elite troops from Heiya City, and with Zhang Baisheng and Zheng Le pushed forward directly towards the Tianlan Kingdom.

As for Hou Sailei, he was assigned to stay and defend Heiya City.

This arrangement nearly brought the seven-foot man to tears!

"Your Highness, Si Shui Pass is just ahead…" Zheng Le said in a deep voice.

Zhang Baisheng looked distantly at Si Shui Pass that lay stretched across the land, his expression somewhat sorrowful, "The original commander of Si Shui Pass was an officer under my command— an honest man, brave in battle. Unfortunately, he was killed by a rain of arrows while covering the retreat of the civilians when Geng Jie and others broke through Si Shui Pass…"

"Rest assured, General, their sacrifices will not be in vain!" Xiao Yi declared solemnly.

"Hmm!"

Zhang Baisheng nodded his head.

If Xiao Yi had said this a few days ago, he would have just smiled and dismissed it.

But now…

After the battle at Heiya City, Xiao Yi had completely earned their respect.

"Report…"

Suddenly, a scout hurried back from the front, his face filled with urgency, "Cavalry General, fifty li ahead, a village has been discovered, but… but…"

"But what?" Zhang Baisheng asked, frowning.

The scout's eyes reddened, his teeth clenched as he relayed, "But all the villagers in that village have been slaughtered."

"What?"

"Lead us there quickly!"

Everyone followed the scout.

A moment later.

They arrived at the village, which was not a small one, containing a hundred households.

Only…

The village before them was in complete disarray, with signs of burning everywhere, and bodies strewn about in all positions.

Men, women, the elderly, and children, all were mercilessly killed, not a single survivor!

"Those Tianlan Kingdom bastards, how could they... they even slaughter innocent civilians?"

"Your Highness, look over there…"

Zheng Le suddenly pointed ahead.

Xiao Yi followed his gaze, and his pupils constricted sharply, as if the temperature around him dropped dozens of degrees instantly.

Everyone felt a bone-chilling coldness.

It was a mill with a large stone mill covered in uneven bloodstains.

What truly enraged Xiao Yi were the severed hands and feet still lying on that stone mill. These limbs were small; the largest were merely those of a two or three-year-old child, and the smallest even of a newborn— they had been ground into pulp by the millstone, now scattered on the ground…

Ugh…

Some of the soldiers who couldn't bear the sight covered their mouths, violently retching.

Xiao Yi, Zhang Baisheng, and Zheng Le, however, shivered with rage!

Fury!

Fury that reached its peak!

Kill!

The will to kill soared to the skies!

"How could these animals… how could they bring themselves to do such a thing?" Zheng Le gritted his teeth, feeling as if a raging fire was burning within his chest, wishing it could burst forth at any moment.

Zhang Baisheng's face was ashen, his fists clenched tightly, crackling with tension.

His nails dug into his flesh, with blood streaming down through his fingers, yet he seemed totally unaware.

Looking at the half-meter-high pile of minced flesh surrounding the stone mill, with broken bodies on top.
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They could almost see the infants still in swaddling clothes, or toddlers just beginning to speak, being brutally thrown by Tianlan Kingdom soldiers onto the stone mill, ground into flesh and blood by the grinding stones. Some of these children couldn't even talk yet, some had not even opened their eyes before being reduced to pulp between those massive stones!

Gritting sounds…

Xiao Yi clenched his fists, his jaw clenched tight, his eyes bloodshot as he looked towards Zhang Baisheng and Zheng Le, "Do you still think my massacre of those four hundred thousand prisoners was too cruel?"

"It was too merciful; they should have been cut into a thousand pieces!"

"These beasts…"

Zheng Le and Zhang Baisheng had eyes red with anger.

Whoosh!

Xiao Yi took a deep breath, squatting on the ground, and looking at the scattered flesh around him, he clenched his teeth and said, word by word, "I, Xiao Yi, swear here that I will definitely crush Tianlan Kingdom and avenge you all!"

Indistinctly.

It seemed to Xiao Yi and the others that in the midst of the shredded flesh, the color-drained shackles fell away from the smiling children, and they ascended to heaven.

They were freed!

"Settle the remains of our fellow villagers properly!" Xiao Yi instructed.

The crowd set to work, clearing the remains within the village.

After the cleanup was done.

It was already sunset.

Xiao Yi gathered his army of one hundred thousand, his face covered with frost, his sharp gaze sweeping over his men.

The army seemed unusually suppressed.

Gone was the joy of a great victory that had come with the start of the campaign.

Clearly, everything that had happened in this village had become a huge stone, weighing on everyone's heart.

"Non-kin, their hearts must differ!"

Xiao Yi's sudden voice drew everyone's attention, and they all looked up at him, "You've also seen what happened, this is war. If we fail, the Tianlan Kingdom's army will invade, and countless citizens of Tianqing Kingdom behind us will suffer this same fate. Our relatives, our friends, our loved ones… no one will be spared!"

The crowd was tense, gritting their teeth.

Xiao Yi raised his voice, "Do you want to see such scenes again?"

"No!"

The crowd shouted loudly.

Xiao Yi's voice grew louder, echoing among the hundred thousand soldiers, "Then what should we do?"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

A hundred thousand men, their killing intent soaring into the sky.

Whoosh!

Xiao Yi abruptly drew the Fire Qilin Sword, the blade cleaving the air, and with one stroke, he cut off a piece of his garment, declaring loudly, "I, Xiao Yi, hereby swear that wherever our weapons point, we must break through Tianlan! Should I break this oath, may I be like this garment!"

Zhang Baisheng raised his longsword likewise, cutting off a piece of his garment, "Wherever our weapons point, we must break through Tianlan!"

Zheng Le followed suit, "Should I break this oath, may I be like this garment!"

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

The action of the hundred thousand was uniform.

Raise arms.

Cut garments!

"Wherever our weapons point, we must break through Tianlan!"

"Should I break this oath, may I be like this garment!"

The roar of a hundred thousand men shattered the skies, their murderous intent and battle spirit coalescing into a blood-red cloud that hovered over their heads.

Xiao Yi pointed forward with his longsword, "Advance!"

The sound of the hundred thousand-strong army rolled like a tide of iron, moving forward.

Along the way.

The hundred thousand-strong army led by Xiao Yi was unstoppable wherever they went.

The several thousand Tianlan Kingdom soldiers stationed at Si Shui Pass had already fled at the sight of them, leaving behind a burning ghost town. The roaring flames reached for the sky, but as Xiao Yi's army passed by, heavy clouds gathered above, chill winds howled, and torrential rains fell, extinguishing the flames until the sky cleared after the storm!

Following that, Huai Shui City, Liu Yin City…

Without much effort, these two cities were also reclaimed by Xiao Yi and his men.

The three cities lost to the Tianlan Kingdom were all returned to the hands of the Qing Tian Kingdom.

It was only at this point...

that Xiao Yi and his entourage finally set foot on the territory of the Tianlan Kingdom.

A grand feast of slaughter hence began to unfold…