Chapter 595: The Situation in Xicheng! Su Yang, a Spark Waiting to Ignite!

But this time, the Western Army Corps had made their stance clear: they would no longer show mercy.

For the sake of the entire western region's stability, they would crush those brazen civilians.

"None of you shall soften!" Peng Xiangming continued. "Tolerance will only embolden them. To prevent the Shoushen Sect from spreading further, sacrificing a few stubborn fools is worthwhile!"

"Understood!"

In Xicheng, along the sturdy central city wall.

The Xicheng Reclamation Corps and City Guard were all in position.

Below the wall surged a tide of people—all followers of the Shoushen Sect.

From the central city wall, they looked out over the outer district, where fires blazed in many places.

The entire outer district had descended into chaos.

Whenever this happened, rioters always seized the chance to stir trouble.

Others were naturally Shoushen Sect followers.

"City Guard, get out of Xicheng!"

"You soldiers, get out of Xicheng!"

"Xicheng is land blessed by the gods—only when you leave will we gain the protection of the Beast God!"

"…"

The Shoushen Sect followers cursed the City Guard and Reclamation troops while hurling stones and Molotov cocktails at the wall.

Without orders, neither the City Guard nor the Reclamation Corps dared to act.

They could only rush to put out the fires.

A young officer of the Reclamation Corps shouted loudly: "If we leave, who will defend Xicheng!"

"Who needs you? Get out of Xicheng—we have the Beast God's protection!"

"Yes, get out! You people only know to suck our blood…"

"…"

Sometimes, hurting a person is simple.

Just one sentence.

These words turned the young officer's face pale.

Even other soldiers' expressions darkened.

Especially the military beastmasters.

They were deeply disheartened.

With their strength, they could leave the military and thrive anywhere.

Any faction would gladly feed and shelter them.

The danger would be far less than in the military.

"Captain, let's just withdraw!" the young officer suggested. "We have our own Beast God now—they don't need us. Let their Beast God protect them!"

"Exactly, let's just leave and let them play on their own!"

"If they trust the Shoushen Sect more, let them follow it!"

"…"

Many young, hot-headed military beastmasters directly proposed evacuation.

The major sighed: "We wait for the city governor's order—if he orders us to leave… we leave too."

With a boom, the central city wall shuddered.

Someone had used homemade explosives to try to blast open the central city wall.

The wall didn't collapse, but three low-rank beastmasters standing on it were shaken off and smashed onto the hard cement ground.

Two of them carried defensive-type beasts; they fell but suffered only minor injuries.

They quickly rose from the ground.

One beastmaster, unlucky, likely didn't have a defensive-type beast.

His head struck a cement chunk—his brains spilled out.

"Kill them!"

"Yes, kill them!"

"…"

A mob of Shoushen Sect followers surged forward, wielding kitchen knives, axes, and iron rods.

The two beastmasters barely hesitated—they prepared to summon their beasts.

But at that moment, a gale swept through, scattering the civilians.

A flying-type beast swooped down, snatched up the two beastmasters, and carried them back onto the wall.

The two young beastmasters had barely steadied themselves on the wall when they saw many beastmasters in Western Army Corps Emergency Unit uniforms suddenly appear atop the wall.

The Emergency Unit had arrived?

Both of them exhaled in relief.

On the wall, other soldiers also felt slightly reassured.

But their attention was quickly drawn to a beastmaster wrapped entirely in white bandages.

Not only because of his strange attire, but because a coldly beautiful woman stood atop his shoulders.

Below the wall, a young Shoushen Sect follower raised a kitchen knife, severed the beastmaster's head, found a steel rod, impaled the skull on it, and flaunted it triumphantly toward those on the wall.