Puff!
The blade pierced into the man's throat as blood gushed out. The cultivator gagged, eyes wide with shock.
Yun Lintian whispered, "Even a mortal can kill... if he strikes first."
The man collapsed with a thud.
Yun Lintian pulled the dagger out and scanned the surroundings vigilantly.
He began to move cautiously along the ruined city's outskirts, keeping to the shadows as the battle raged in the skies above.
The golden-armored general clashed with the city's defenders, their divine power shaking the heavens.
But the true horror unfolded on the ground.
Yun Lintian witnessed the raw nature of desperation—humans and cultivators alike turning on each other. Some robbed, some killed, some simply tried to survive. A guard stabbed his master for a pouch of spirit stones. A mother shielded her child while another woman clawed at her for supplies.
This... is the truth of survival.
