C667 Nothing is more lamentable than the death of one's heart

Vermillion Bird City, the gate to the southern region of the Human Clan, was built against an endless stretch of mountains. The high walls were at least a few hundred feet tall.

From afar, it looked like there was a Giant dragon lying on the mountain range.

The demon army had first broken through the surrounding walls and besieged the Vermillion Bird City. Only then did the Demon Crown Prince lead the million strong army straight into the south.

The remaining four million strong army s trapped the Vermillion Bird City s, and all the reinforcements s that came from different parts of the southern territory were stopped hundreds of kilometers away.

In less than a few months after the Vermillion Bird came to this place, two expert s who had transcended the realm of immortals took action. Only then did they manage to kill their way into the Vermillion Bird City.

By the time they had arrived at Vermillion Bird City, with a million Vermillion Bird Legion s, there were only less than five hundred thousand left.

There were also countless severely injured cultivator who did not have any pill s to treat them.

After almost four months of battle, even though the return of the Vermillion Bird had greatly encouraged the entire army, the Demon Clan outside had still rushed in like an avalanche, and they were slowly being nibbled away at.

The military stores could not be transported to the battlefield in time. There were An army of a million demi-humans s who stopped the Jubao House s as well as the s of the major powers in the southern region.

The terrifying immortal apparatus grade energy cylinder could turn any looking flying shuttle that flew past demon army into smithereens!

Even with a strong will, it was impossible to hold on. This was because war wasn't something that could be won by relying on one's will. One still had to have enough military supplies.

The stronger the cultivator was, the more spiritual energy it would consume. In the past, they could rely on these mountain range spirit beast to satisfy their hunger, but now they were surrounded.

Everything in the city that could be eaten had already been eaten dry. Even the corpse of the Demon Clan had been secretly brought into the city, becoming the food of the army.

The cruelty of war caused all forms of etiquette and civilization to be worn out. If it were not for Vermillion Bird, Dugu Tianyu and the other two expert who had exceeded the realm of immortality, they would have completely suppressed them.

Standing at the top of the city wall, he looked at the corpses that stank like a mountain. Vermillion Bird's eyes were filled with confusion.

Ever since they had returned to the Vermillion Bird Legion, she had gone to seek revenge on the people of the various great powers. In her eyes, saving her own army was the most important thing.

If they lost the Vermillion Bird Legion, the Southern Domain would be opened wide, and the Demon Clan would be able to invade South Sky City, allowing them to rob the Southern Domain at any time.

When they had the Vermillion Bird City, no one felt that South Sky City was important. In their eyes, it was just a wasteland.

But after losing the Vermillion Bird City, South Sky City had become a strategic location. Even if the Human Clan obtained it, they would still be at a disadvantage.

Until now, the Vermillion Bird no longer had any thoughts of fighting anymore, there were only less than 200,000 people left in the city, and all of them were injured.

The only thing that comforted Vermillion Bird was that no warrior had ever told him to leave this place and throw the Vermillion Bird Legion away.

Even if their stomachs were growling due to hunger and the Spiritual Energy had long since dried up, their eyes were still filled with fighting spirit. This was because they did not want to be the eternal Sinner, and did not want the Vermillion Bird City to be left in their hands.

And it was precisely because of this that Vermillion Bird felt guilty in her heart. As a soldier of the Master General, she knew that continuing to persevere would be useless.

"Someone, come!" Vermillion Bird shouted.

"What orders do you have, milord?" Qi Shengyu walked up, his entire body was covered in blood, the battle armor had long been broken to pieces.

There were countless wounds on his body, all of which were already closed. However, due to the excessive movement, some parts of his body were torn apart and started bleeding again.

On that resolute face, there was no hint of pain. Those eyes were still full of fighting spirit!

"Send my order, all troops gather at the Black Turtle Sect, prepare to break through!" The Vermillion Bird said.

Qi Shengyu was startled, even the high-ranking officer beside him thought that he had heard wrongly, because Lord Vermillion Bird had never lost, let alone breaking out of the encirclement and retreating.

Where to? To the south, or to the reinforcements that was blocked outside? Or perhaps, he could just leave the city and fight to the death with the Demon Clan, dying on the battlefield.

"Didn't you hear?" Vermillion Bird said coldly, "Pass my order, the entire army is to gather at the Black Tortoise Sect and prepare to break out of the encirclement!"

The faces of the high-ranking officer s instantly turned ashen, and the fighting spirit ignited in their eyes, extinguishing in an instant.

"Plop!"

Qi Shengyu knelt on the ground, following that all the high-ranking officer s immediately knelt down, they looked at Vermillion Bird and said: "Master, we... You can still fight... We... I will not be a general who abandons a city, we … "No deserters!"

Vermillion Bird's heart was filled with grief. There was an ancient saying, "The greatest sorrow is the death of one's heart, and the death of a person comes second."

But Vermillion Bird felt that even death in her heart didn't count for much. Her sorrow was that she had given the order to retreat, but the high-ranking officer and the warriors under her were going to fight to the death.

Looking at all the ordinary faces, Vermillion Bird did not know what to say, but she knew that was why she had encountered such injustice, almost dying at the hands of her own people, and yet still came to Vermillion Bird Legion without any complaints to take charge of the situation.

Because there were warriors here who were like her brothers.

After being silent for a long time, the Vermillion Bird helped Qi Shengyu up, and said: "They have already endured what they should do, and we have already lost the blood that we should have lost. She had to retreat. This wasn't being a deserter, it was just that … Save some fuel for the Vermillion Bird Legion, if we continue fighting, it will be futile! "

The pairs of eyes became lifeless, because the faith in their hearts collapsed at this moment!

Qi Shengyu turned around without saying a word, and said: "Pass down the order, the entire army is to gather at the Black Tortoise Sect … We... Break out! "

As an old general, he clearly understood the importance of Master General's orders. He could object, but he would obey.

This was also the reason why the Vermillion Bird Legion could bring down some of their warriors when they were facing off against the Demon Clan.

They ordered it forbidden, especially the orders from the Vermillion Bird.

Looking at their figures, Vermillion Bird felt sorrow in her heart. She knew that at that moment, even if she had to kill these warriors, they wouldn't wrinkle their brows.

However, breaking out of the encirclement and retreating was even more painful than killing them.

However, as the Master General, she had to make her own decisions. She could not allow this army to be completely swallowed by the Demon Clan just like that, she had to preserve some of her salary. This was the Southern region human race, the last person who was willing to fight in front of the Demon Clan.

If not for the fact that she was far away and that the teenager's promise was not life and death alike, she would definitely be willing to stay and fight to the death.

Dugu Tianyu and Tang Yuan had rushed over at the first moment. They were stationed in three different directions, facing any possible attacks from the defensive magister.

They did not question Vermillion Bird's orders. As the most powerful expert in the city, they knew what they had to pay.

"Breaking out of the encirclement isn't that easy …" Dugu Tianyu said, "I'm afraid that the old magister has already set a trap for us, and is waiting for us to sneak in!"

"I don't think the magister would think that I will break out of the encirclement. On the contrary, he thinks that I will defend even if I die, so, we have to catch them off guard and use the firewood chopping team as the lead, Senior Tang Yuan and Senior Dugu will lead the army and directly enter the Demon Clan's main camp."

The Vermillion Bird swept everyone with her gaze, "Create the illusion of attacking from both sides of the reinforcements, quickly occupy the Nanshan, and retreat towards the south!"