Saint Emperor Devourer of Heaven

Ross fled, leading the 340,000-strong Xilin army in a frantic retreat, looking like a homeless dog.

Upon receiving the retreat order, those heavy infantry soldiers who were originally attacking like madmen, eager to rush to the front lines to support the heavy cavalry, also wanted to retreat.

However, they no longer had the chance.

The Great Zhou border troops rushed down from the mountains on both sides, completely cutting off their retreat and trapping them like dumplings.

At this point, there was basically no suspense in this battle.

Although the heavy infantry were strong, they were simply sitting ducks when their retreat was cut off and they lacked the cooperation of other troop types.

Faced with the border troops' war spears, heavy crossbows, and catapults, they were unable to resist and fell in droves.

Although these Xilin heavy infantry were fighting back desperately, desperately trying to break through, it was to no avail.

On the contrary, the heavy cavalry, in their desperate situation, went completely mad. Seeing no hope of breaking out of Iron Origin Ridge to retreat, they rushed towards Shunyi Main City at all costs.

Although the Black Armored Army was valiant, it was difficult to stop every Xilin cavalryman, after all, it was a battlefield spanning dozens of miles.

Gradually, some cavalrymen still managed to break through.

This battle lasted until noon the next day.

The entire Iron Origin Ridge was silent.

The shadows of the Xilin army could no longer be seen on the battlefield spanning dozens of miles.

Thousands upon thousands of Lionmane Horses wandered around Iron Origin Ridge, extremely panicked.

The ground was covered with the corpses of cavalrymen, staining the entire ground blood red.

The ground was full of countless potholes, filled with congealed blood plasma, permeated with a strong smell of blood.

Near the edge of Iron Origin Ridge.

There was an extra mountain here.

A mountain made of the corpses of Xilin heavy infantry, dozens of meters high!

The border troops were cleaning up the battlefield.

They were searching the Xilin army for elixirs and supplies, while also removing their armor.

The materials of these armors were very good and could be recycled by the military workshops.

"This battle at Iron Origin Ridge was fought so beautifully, Lord Jun is the God of War of our Great Zhou!"

The generals were smiling so hard that their mouths could hardly close, and they looked at Jun Wuxie with eager and worshipful eyes.

"What God of War am I? I'm just an ordinary citizen of Great Zhou, doing my best when faced with foreign invasion."

"Lord Jun, you're too modest."

"You call this just a little bit of effort? What does that make us?"

"Of course, you're also doing your best," Jun Wuxie said with a smile. "Those with great strength should exert more, those with little strength should exert less, just do what you can."

"Lord Jun, we must treat you to a drink for this great victory!"

Some generals said with a smile, and the other generals immediately echoed.

"Drinking is unnecessary," Jun Wuxie said with a smile, shaking his head. Then, he walked to Ji Yinlan, who was preoccupied, and said, "How is Jin Lake City?"

"We've been trying to contact them," Ji Yinlan said with a solemn expression, "But there's been no response from there..."

Hearing this news, the smiles on the generals' faces froze.

"Marshal, this subordinate requests an order!" A Black Armored Army general knelt on one knee. "This subordinate is willing to lead 30,000 Black Armored Army soldiers and rush to Jin Lake City immediately!"

"When can you arrive?" Ji Yinlan asked.

"If this subordinate does not arrive at Jin Lake City by noon tomorrow, this subordinate will offer his head!"

Ji Yinlan was stunned and said, "It's two thousand miles from here to Jin Lake City, with hundreds of miles of extremely cold and harsh climate. Can you really arrive within a day?"

"This subordinate is willing to sign a military order!"

"Good! As expected of a good man of my Black Armored Army! Prepare to set off immediately! Go to the supply department to collect triple the supplies!"

"This subordinate obeys!"

That Black Armored Army general immediately retreated.

Jun Wuxie looked at his hurried departure and said, "How are the battles at the other passes?"

"The others are fine, the main thing is Jin Lake City. The environment there is too harsh, I'm worried that the soldiers are probably..."

"If you're worried, we'll go and take a look ourselves! The battles here are over. Those small groups of cavalry that broke through won't reach the main city, they'll be wiped out by the ambushing border troops outside the city."

Ji Yinlan thought for a moment and nodded.

"Then you wait for me here, I'll go back to the main city."

After Jun Wuxie finished speaking, he soared into the air.

His speed was extremely fast, and he returned to the Marshal's residence in the main city in no time.

"Wuxie Gege!"

"Gongzi!"

Yue Yao and Ling Fei greeted him.

"Ling Fei, quickly heal me!"

Jun Wuxie's aura weakened, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

His body visibly withered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

His originally full muscles all disappeared, and he was so thin that only skin and bones remained. His eye sockets and cheeks were sunken, making him look very scary.

Yue Yao's heart tightened, and she tightly pinched the corners of her clothes with both hands.

Ling Fei was also taken aback.

She had never seen Jun Wuxie like this before, his flesh and blood had been burned and disintegrated!

So she quickly used the Great Healing Technique to continuously provide him with the power of life, nourishing his body and repairing the terrible damage inside.

"Yao'er, don't worry, I'm fine, I'll recover soon," Jun Wuxie said weakly to Yue Yao, reaching out his hand to her.

Yue Yao quickly stepped forward, held his hand, looked at him with incomparable heartache, and her eyes were filled with mist.

The Great Healing Technique not only nourished and repaired his body, but also stimulated his own source of life.

His withered body recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the disappeared muscles were rapidly regenerating.

In just one hour.

His body recovered to its normal state, and his energy, spirit, and energy had almost recovered to their peak state.

"Gongzi, your source of life is too strong. This recovery ability is truly incredible," Ling Fei exclaimed. As a former Supreme in a realm, she had seen too many amazingly talented people over the long years, but no one at this realm possessed such a perverted recovery ability.

"I have to leave, to Jin Lake City, I'll be back in two days at most."

After he finished speaking, he kissed Yue Yao on the forehead, and with a lunge, he disappeared from sight.

......

He and Ji Yinlan only took a quarter of an hour to reach the Jin Lake City area and arrive at the blocking position.

They were deeply shocked by the scene before them.

Nearly all of the more than 30,000 soldiers of the border troops and the Black Armored Army here had sacrificed themselves.

Less than a few hundred people were still alive!

These hundreds of people were close together, their backs against the ice wall, their bodies covered in cuts.

Their flesh was cracked, pale, and without any color of blood.

Their eyeballs were almost frozen, and they could hardly move.

Outside the position, the border troops and the Black Armored Army were lying down, crouching, standing, in various postures.

They were like statues, frozen there forever.

There were no corpses of enemies around them, not even traces of battle.

"Marshal..." A Black Armored Army captain opened his mouth with difficulty, making a dry voice, and said, "We didn't complete the mission, in just over a day, we're all gone..."

Ji Yinlan gently shook her head, tears blurring her vision.

"The soldiers wanted to kill the enemy, but they really couldn't move. As soon as they rushed out, they had no strength left and froze to death, froze to death..."

As he spoke, tears instantly welled up in his eyes.

In an instant, the tears in his eyes quickly condensed into ice crystals, freezing his entire eyeball.

Seeing this, Jun Wuxie quickly took action, using his blood energy to protect his eyeballs, and using the temperature of his blood energy to melt the ice crystals, thus preserving his eyes.

"Stop talking, you are all heroes of Great Zhou, brave men of Great Zhou, I, Ji Yinlan, admire you and am proud of you!"

Ji Yinlan choked with sobs. Only after arriving here did she truly understand how harsh the environment here was for the soldiers, whose realm was generally only at the Acquired and Innate levels!

"Enemy, enemy..." The soldier looked at the sky and suddenly scrambled up: "The enemy should be attacking again!"

"Rest well, you don't have to worry about what happens next," Jun Wuxie pressed him down and then gave Ji Yinlan a look.

Ji Yinlan immediately walked towards the mouth of the canyon.

He released his golden blood energy, covering all the living soldiers, using the warmth of his blood energy to drive away the cold for them, while releasing the essence of life to heal them.

The ice on the soldiers' bodies melted, and on the broken black armor, the hideous wounds were shocking.

Jun Wuxie's eyes twitched as he looked.

These soldiers were just ordinary Innate Realm warriors, without the powerful physique he had when he was in the Innate Realm.

In this jealous and harsh environment, seriously injured, they were still able to fight. What kind of will was needed to do that?

Their physical functions were probably long gone, relying only on a firm will to support them, allowing them to complete one impossible blocking action after another!

He felt very uncomfortable.

Coming here had a great impact on his heart.

He used to think he was tough enough.

But now, seeing these soldiers, everyone here had a will no weaker than his!

They didn't have his powerful physique, but they had an unimaginable will!

Black Armored Army!

He once again re-recognized the Black Armored Army!

This was an army with an iron will!