Triumphant return.
These two words seem exciting, yet behind the simple strokes lies an immense cost of blood and fire.
Following Chen Jian's orders, Shen Yue led the team to pursue the Mechanical God Sect's Church Protection Army in the direction of Xianning. After a long chase, covering over a dozen kilometers, this force was finally completely crushed.
A large amount of equipment was abandoned, and many straggling members of the Church Protection Army were reaped like a deadly toll by King Yan. Some, lost in fear, wandered into the dense forest and likely became monster fodder.
Shen Yue, of course, felt sympathy for these people. After all, well-educated soldiers could never be completely cold-blooded killers.
But he understood one principle even better:
Sympathy on the battlefield is the most dangerous thing.
Thus, his team struck without hesitation.
No surrender was accepted, no prisoners taken, and they wouldn't be deceived by believers pretending to defect.
