Chapter 315: Blood flowed like rivers, stepping into disaster

Doubt rose in his heart.

But just as he had reacted.

A chill had already entered his body.

Gu Lie was shocked.

When his vision refocused.

He was greeted with that horrifying scene.

They had come to the right side.

That place where over five thousand troops were stationed.

Here three thousand had died, and the remaining two thousand were unknown whether alive or dead.

Speaking only of these three thousand.

Corpses lay everywhere.

Blood soaked the ground where they were.

Heads were hung on each sword hilt.

The sword hilts were erected upright.

With the wind blowing, they swayed continuously.

Some were even worse, their entrails hollowed out, countless blood flowed from the ground, covering half the ground.

Gu Lie fell silent.

No wonder Qin Gu and the soldiers hesitated, unable to explain why.

No wonder...

This place was already a hell on earth.

Especially after being attacked by the Little Cherry Blossom, this place became utterly chaotic.

No life remained.

Their limbs were severed, and some female soldiers even had their armor forcibly ripped off.

Revealing their white clothing underneath.

They struggled, and even before death they were still humiliated.

Gu Lie...

This scene of carnage is too horrific.

"Captain, there are survivors here!"

The soldiers sent out shouted.

Upon hearing, Gu Lie hurried over, and what came into view was.

But a dying woman.

The woman's lower body was blurred, blood flowing everywhere.

Even that part of her body had been cut off.

Even her ears and nose were not spared.

Despite such pain, she gritted her teeth, waiting for their return!

"Sir..."

The woman stuttered, her voice extremely weak.

She only had incoming breath, no outgoing breath.

Seeing this, Gu Lie felt a pang of pain in his heart.

He reached out, wanting to transfer his cultivation to her.

He forcibly gave her qi.

The woman quickly moved to stop his action.

"Sir... you... listen to me..."

"I... can't survive... please help me take me to my country..."

"Tell them... our 45th soldiers... perfectly completed the mission!"

Gu Lie nodded, two lines of tears falling at the corners of his eyes.

He could not bear to see heroes perish before his eyes.

Still, a warrior whose body was shattered, solely to bring out the news.

"Don't speak; I will give you qi to help repair your body, at least to preserve your life."

Upon hearing, the woman shook her head: "Sir... no need... I... am dying soon..."

"You... listen... to me..."

The woman still stuttered.

In short, it is.

After they were slaughtered, those Little Cherry Blossom went to the left.

They likely went to the left to harvest lives.

Let them be sure to report to the Crown Prince to save her sisters.

She is a sister of the 40th Regiment.

It is a female unit established by the Great Qin Dynasty.

Their unit followed another regiment in carrying out an ambush.

Who would have thought the ambush never came, and instead their lives were in grave danger.

They were completely targeted.

These Cherry Blossom People came straight for them.

Not giving them a chance to resist.

She suspected that there must be a contact person for this.

The reason their people kept suffering defeats was entirely because of this person.

Moreover, this person's identity is extremely extraordinary.

She was the one who, clinging to a breath, came to deliver this news.

After the woman finished speaking, her life grew even more perilous.

Her breath only had air going in, none coming out.

"Don't die!"

"I have a way to save you!"

Gu Lie hurriedly shouted loudly.

The woman shook her head: "It's fine… I was never going to live anyway…"

"You guys hurry up and go… if you're late, they'll really…"

The woman hadn't finished speaking when her eyes began to lose focus, and a glimmer of tears flickered in their depths.

Her voice grew firm, and her gaze, shifting from Gu Lie, gradually turned toward the sky.

The sky was no longer blood‑dark; the sun broke through the clouds and gradually shone upon her.

The woman reached out her hand, wanting to grasp that light.

But how could that light possibly be caught?

All that remained in her hand was helplessness and sigh.

The woman's voice was no longer weak; on the contrary, it grew stronger.

It was like a brief flare before death.

"Father, Mother! Daughter is unfilial! I can no longer care for you!"

"I hope you can forgive me!"

Speaking, a tear fell from the corner of her eye.

It merged with the blood water.

Then she vanished.

Gu Lie witnessed this scene.

His heart was filled with immense pain.

As the younger brother of the Imperial Uncle of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he was actually unable to save this dying woman.

He could only watch helplessly as she left.

Gu Lie took off his coat and draped it over the woman.

The woman, at the instant her arm straightened, instantly lost her breath.

Her fingers fell to the ground, heavily striking the pile of corpses.

The woman's eyes widened.

Even as she died, tears kept streaming down.

As if she were reluctant to leave this mortal world.

She had attachments.

She harbored ambitious aspirations.

She possessed a breadth of spirit not inferior to any man's.

But now?

She had nothing left; even at death, her body was incomplete.

It doesn't matter… this is just a mortal thing.

She will continue to endure these endless days in her next life.

A gentle breeze rose, as if it were blowing away the woman's soul.

It also seemed to be voicing her resentment and pain.

The blood water, together with the wind, began to churn into waves.

Everything then returned to calm once more.

No matter how they searched, they found no living person.

Indeed… everything was filled with helplessness.

"Captain Gu Lie, we think there's something strange."

A soldier ran up; his name was Li Changming, one of the persons in charge of the Third Team.

And Gu Lie was the Chief Captain.

"What place?"

Gu Lie asked.

That person pondered for a moment, seeming to consider how to explain.

After a long while, he finally spoke: "I always feel this matter is a bit suspicious."

"You see, they are all people of the Great Qin Dynasty; not a single one is the corpse of Little Cherry Blossom."

"Huh?"

Gu Lie's eyes instantly turned icy upon hearing that.

Yeah, even if the battle goes smoothly.

Also impossible, not a single injury?

This is a battle, not a picnic.

You point where, you strike where—still okay?

Moreover, all the places you struck have no damage?

Impossible, there must be deaths.

But what about those who died?

Even if the corpses are dragged away, there should still be something else left.

For example, weapons, parts and such.

"Are those weapon parts any different?"

That person shook his head: "We've looked, none, we didn't find any."

"Huh?"

Gu Lie???

Sorrow entwined his heart, yet he showed no unusual doubt.

On the contrary, his surface showed emotional fluctuations.

But his inner force was exceptionally calm.

"Let's go, I need to see what that little cherry blossom she mentioned looks like."

"Why does nobody stay behind, as if they're afraid we'll find out?"

Everyone nodded, following Gu Lie as they continued forward.

Gu Lie left for a moment, and clumps of black gas emerged from all around.

They were completely black.

Their faces and eyes couldn't be made out.

Like monsters merging into the shadows.

It sent chills up people's spines.

The chill Gu Lie first felt came from them. (End of chapter)