The earth trembled endlessly, the clouds in the sky dispersed, and a wave of thick blood-red mist, stretching over forty to fifty li, surged from afar towards the east gate of Jiuchi County City. The scarlet torrent, like a swift arrow, arrived below the city walls in an instant, spanning dozens of li.
"A blood-red cloud stretching forty to fifty li, that must be an army of five hundred thousand!"
"Where... where did such an army come from?"
"No wonder we were just notified to guard the Sifang City gates."
"It's useless, useless! We can't hold them off!"
"The blood energy of this army is so intense, their soldiers' cultivation far exceeds ours."
"Where are the mages Wu Ping and Wu Jin? Why aren't they here yet?"
"Could they... have escaped?"
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