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Beamon are never clumsy or slow—otherwise, how could they compete with dragons soaring in the sky? However, this was also why "Qingfulu City" lacked defenses against beastmen. If it were the human fortresses guarding the War God Corridor, they would never have let the Beamon break through so easily.

While the two Beamon wreaked havoc on the human defenders after climbing over the walls, I mobilized 3,000 Snow Wolf Knights and over 10,000 Yak Warriors to follow the Beamon into battle. The massive city gates swung wide, inviting chaos, and the army poured into the city. The human forces tried to block them, but the Beamon that had climbed over the walls obstructed their path, allowing the beastmen to charge in unimpeded.

The two sword emperors on the city walls were the Holy Sword Emperor of the Sacred Osborn Nation—who had been dispatched to Fontainebleau and crossed blades with Katherine—and an elite fighter from the Radiant Temple sent as reinforcements. They had been hiding on the walls not only to deal with the Beamon but also to intercept the beastmen if the gates were breached, buying time for human reinforcements. However, they had no chance to fulfill their mission. Four beams of blue light shot out from the Beamon’s back, intercepting the incoming sword attacks. Though at a disadvantage, the blue lights managed to block the attacks. Another 28 similarly dressed women then jumped out from the oncoming beastmen forces, joining the previous four to make a total of 32—my newly formed Sylva Warriors.

Each Sylva Warrior was only at the lower to middle Sword Master level, but their mutated physiques, comparable to the beastmen’s five major combat races, gave them combat power equivalent to a human 10th level Sword Master. Though their connection to the ice element plane was weak, they could still cultivate the Innate Nine Yin True Qi at the level I had mastered before entering the human world. With the auxiliary Nine Yin Supreme Technique “Candle Dragon Yin God Spear Technique,” three or four of them working together could defeat a human Sword Emperor. At this moment, eight of the Sylva Warriors split into two groups to face the two human sword emperors, while the remaining sixteen divided into eight groups and charged towards the eight magic towers, aiming to seize these powerful structures.

The human defenders were now fully mobilized. The forces on the walls continued to engage the semi-beastmen and subjugated race warriors, while soldiers who had been resting grabbed their weapons to stop the beastmen. However, most of the human elite fighters were still on the walls, and ordinary human soldiers, facing Yak Warriors averaging nearly three meters in height and my elite Snow Wolf Guards, were overwhelmed. They couldn’t spare any forces to stop the 16 powerful Sylva Warriors. Within moments, the crystal cannons in the eight magic towers fell silent, one by one.

"Hehe, the situation has been decided. Katherine, go greet those two human sword emperors. The Red Boar Guards, move out and clear the human soldiers from the city walls. The rest of the mixed wolf knights, enter the city as well," I gave the order for a full assault once the magic towers were in our hands.

Katherine, true to her title as Emperor Martial, had grown far stronger than when she was in Fontainebleau. Now a Sword Emperor, her battle power doubled after activating the lunar attribute, making her more than ten times stronger than before. With a confident smile, she patted her mount’s head and, in just seven swift strides, covered the distance of several hundred meters, reaching the city walls in an instant. The eight Sylva Warriors who had been attacking the human sword emperors immediately stepped aside. Katherine proudly drew the Holy Sword "Oath of Covenant," a legendary blade whose power was fueled by the indomitable will of its wielder, and it erupted in a blinding display of light. Ancient blood-red inscriptions flickered on the sword’s spine, immense flaming power surged from the blade, and it blended with Katherine’s golden "Emperor Martial Overlord Art" battle aura, creating a magnificent arc that surged toward the two human sword emperors.

In a single, devastating strike, she shattered their defenses, destroyed their weapons, and cut them down before they even realized what had happened. The two human sword emperors hadn’t understood their defeat until they were sliced into four pieces, then torn to shreds by the powerful golden battle aura, reduced to ashes in the intense flames, becoming another sacrifice to glorify the eternal reputation of the "Emperor Martial Overlord Art." (Unlike beastmen, not every human sword emperor possessed an epic-level weapon; these two did not, otherwise they might not have died in a single blow.)

"Roar! Roar! Emperor Martial!"

The entire beastmen army was stunned by Katherine’s brilliant and unstoppable strike, then erupted in thunderous cheers and battle spirit. In contrast, the human soldiers, having lost the city gates and seeing their strongest sword emperor killed, suffered another blow to their morale and collapsed in defeat under our overwhelming assault.

Although "Qingfulu City" had triple walls and numerous hidden strongholds, they were all gradually eliminated under our relentless assault. Half a day later, the triple walls fell one after another, and the remaining defeated soldiers fled through the southern gate, only to be pursued by the wolf knights. Less than 3,000 managed to escape.

This is why humans once relied on forbidden spells to counter the beastmen. Beastmen were fierce and unafraid of death, submitting only to absolute strength. Humans, on the other hand, relied more on numbers, tactics, and strategic deployments. This style of fighting had many flaws when facing beastmen. When victorious, beastmen always believed humans won through underhanded means, preventing their morale from collapsing. But once defeated, it became very difficult to regroup, and under the beastmen’s superior stamina, humans often suffered total annihilation.

However, the humans seemed to have prepared a backup plan. As soon as the news of "Qingfulu City’s" fall spread, human reinforcements immediately retreated, along with garrisons from various locations, all the way south to the southern bank of the Yunsi River, abandoning over 200 kilometers of land and two and a half provinces south of Qingfulu City. Thanks to the earlier raids by my Snow Wolf Knights, most of the noble lords had already fled south, leaving behind only the helpless peasants and serfs, which made our occupation far easier. Although the humans burned grain and military supplies when they retreated, our speed in capturing "Qingfulu City" exceeded their expectations, and we managed to preserve half of the supplies.