The desperate cries and terrified screams before death echoed through the entire night sky.
...
By the time everything calmed down, it was nearly dawn.
Shang Ruyi had been standing on the city wall, motionless, watching the gruesome scene ahead. Even though the night was deep and the darkness swallowed everything, she could still clearly see the distant Little Forest River gradually being stained red.
The red had also seeped into her eyes.
Until the east gradually revealed a pale white, and the once-hot land beneath the city wall finally cooled down, the soldiers who pursued the victory also slowly returned outside the city gates.
Each of them was covered in blood and had quite a few injuries, but the excitement on their faces and the satisfaction in their hearts couldn't be erased by pain or fatigue. When they looked up again, the sun was already rising, and all the light seemed to focus at that moment on that slender figure on the city wall.
