I'm bound to the World-Destroying Witch

Chapter 253. The Truth
Xia Feng had heard of Baidi City.

According to the official records of the eight major army corps' battles—

Thirty years ago, in the unprecedented battle that took place in the Bailu Sea, the city of Baidi, the central fortress that blocked the Evil Clan army, rebelled!
The city of Baidi was garrisoned by a force of 100,000 troops. It was precisely because this large and elite force defected to the enemy that the Battle of Bailu, which had a chance of victory, ended in a disastrous defeat.

With the fall of Baidi City, the Evil Clan army swept south with unstoppable momentum, forcing the Imperial Legion to retreat to the border of the Fifty Districts.

To prevent the White Heron Sea from falling into the hands of the Nightmare Clan and thus posing a greater threat to the northern part of the Empire, the Empire had no choice but to use the [Imperial Heart] to launch a devastating attack on the White Heron Sea!
This ultimately caused the spacetime turbulence in the Egret Sea to descend into extreme chaos, making it impossible for any life to survive. As a result, the Nightmare Clan army was forced to abandon the large swathes of sea territory they had already occupied and retreat back to the Nightmare Realm.

The Battle of the White Heron, which had caused widespread panic within the empire, thus came to an end.

This was also the largest, most deadly, and fastest-ending battle in nearly a thousand years.

In the past, a battle of medium or larger scale would not have stopped for decades or even centuries.

The Battle of the Egret lasted only two years from start to finish.

It was precisely because of this uniqueness that it was included in textbooks more than 20 years ago.

Xia Feng had naturally studied the history of the empire in this regard. The White Emperor Incident, which was the turning point of the entire battle, was infamous and universally condemned.

As the city lord of Baidi City at the time, Wei Zhong's name was directly nailed to the pillar of empire's shame.

Every now and then, netizens drag him out and hurl insults at his ancestors for eighteen generations.

Unfortunately, the 100,000-strong mutinous army was annihilated by the "Heart of the Empire" in one fell swoop, with no survivors, and thus unable to face due trial in a military court.

"So, what's the connection between Baidi City and the Garden?" Xia Feng frowned at the helmeted man and asked疑惑地问道, "These two events happened thirty years apart, right?"

Hearing Xia Feng's sudden question again, the helmeted man was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized what was happening, his pupils shrinking sharply, "You can read minds?!"

He quickly gathered his scattered thoughts.

The masked man in black robes in front of me is very dangerous. Not only can he move freely in this environment, but he also has the ability to read minds.

Any ability involving the mind and spirit is not simple.

Although the helmeted man was a true fifth-realm expert, he dared not act rashly in the face of such a strange K-masked man, especially since he was seriously injured.

Xia Feng smiled and was about to ask something more when he seemed to sense something and looked up into the depths of the forest.

Through the bronze deconstruction eye, in a black and white vision deconstructed into haphazardly scattered lines, he saw a small team of more than twenty people.

They were covered in tattered, black armor, completely impenetrable, with blood-stained longswords hanging at their waists, and were rushing towards them at high speed.

Behind the armored squad, a hundred or so ferocious beasts of various shapes and sizes surged forth, most of them covered in white fur, their multi-eyed faces more or less covered with crimson scales.

The armored squad's speed visibly slowed down as they were surrounded by a group of ferocious beasts.

Without exchanging words, they quickly changed formations, their boots kicking up dust as the twenty men scattered like streaks of light, their swords flashing and drawing blood, startling the beast horde into a panic.

But the number of monsters was simply too great. A more powerful monster stepped over the corpses of its companions and pounced on an armored warrior, biting his neck and causing blood to splatter.

The armored warrior's hooded helmet was thus shattered, revealing the face of an old man with a full head of white hair inside.

Several more warriors fell, their armor torn to shreds. Their aged, hunched bodies were swallowed by the terrifying evil force without even needing to be attacked by the beasts, undergoing irreversible decay and corruption.

Finally, in a desperate scream, he begged his colleague to stab him and send him on his final journey.

At the same time, Xia Feng and his two companions were rapidly approaching. The helmeted man took the lead, rushing into the crowd to shield a warrior from the beast's attack.

Within the armored ranks, a tall figure clad in red armor turned around and noticed Xia Feng and his companions suddenly appear. He was visibly startled, his hoarse voice tinged with surprise, "You're human?"

The battle allowed no room for distraction, and receiving no response, he charged back into the fray.

Xia Feng thought for a moment and followed closely behind. Although he didn't know which faction these armored warriors belonged to, he couldn't care less. He would just help them take down the nightmare beast first.

Stepping forward, K-faced Man rampaged across the battlefield, slicing off the heads of monsters with a single strike.

Judging from their spiritual pressure, half of these veterans were fourth-tier spiritual masters, but unfortunately, their physical condition was terrible.

Although Xia Feng was only at the third rank, he possessed the strength of a fourth rank and was unaffected by the calamity environment. He even seemed to have divine assistance, directly fighting his way in and out of the battlefield seven times.

Although Miss Mu kissed him every day for the past month, which was quite absurd, her progress in improving her strength did not stop. Both her power level and spiritual pressure level increased significantly.

Xia Feng stretched his muscles and felt much more energetic.

Holding a blood-stained sword, his black robes fluttered in the wind. He looked one last time at the mountain of corpses of the monsters piled up at his feet and the battlefield overflowing with blood, feeling a sense of grandeur as if he were looking down on all the mountains.

He wanted to fight another hundred!

The veterans in armor all looked up at the center of the battlefield, at the K-masked men on the mountain of corpses. In less than half a minute, all the monsters were dead.

Their eyes were filled with astonishment mixed with confusion.

The veteran wearing red armor stepped forward slowly, clasped his hands in thanks, and these people seemed to dislike speaking.

After a two-second silence.

The veteran in red armor said in a deep voice, "Judging from your swordsmanship, you all seem to be from the military?"

The helmeted man, with his brown eyes and taciturn demeanor, nodded and clasped his hands in greeting: "Lin Musen, the fourth pillar of the Empire, a fifth-level commander under the Shadow Dragon Walker of the Yinlong Legion."

Xia Feng and Mu Qingtong didn't respond. Strictly speaking, the two were indeed military personnel, but they belonged to the Holy Department.

Seeing that the two black-robed men wearing playing card masks remained silent, the red-armored veteran didn't pay much attention. He simply took a deep breath and, with a slight tremor in his voice, asked earnestly:

"You come from outside the island, could you tell us about the current situation of the battle? Have we driven the Nightmare Clan out of the White Heron Sea?"

"out?"

Lin Musen frowned, and asked in a puzzled voice, "The Nightmare Clan was driven out of the White Egret Sea long ago, senior. What do you mean by this question?"

"Huh?" The veteran in red armor was taken aback.

The group of veterans behind him also jumped up, their dull and lifeless eyes suddenly shining brightly, like a ray of light in the abyss. They trembled with excitement and asked in unison, "You...you mean the Empire has won?"

"It wasn't a victory, it was just driving back the Nightmare Clan."

"That's fine, that's fine too!" They breathed a sigh of relief and slumped to the ground, flipping off their masks to reveal their aged faces.

Despite being as thin as a withered branch, his face was radiant as he laughed heartily, "By the way, little one, when did the battle end? A month ago? Or two months ago?"

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Seeing this, Xia Feng and Mu Qingtong exchanged a glance, a not-so-good guess popping into their minds.

The helmeted man's brown eyes narrowed slightly with suspicion. He frowned and looked around. Seeing everyone staring intently at him, he paused, then uttered four words in a deep voice:
"Thirty years ago."

(End of this chapter)