The explosions never stopped!

The roar of battle shook the sky. Severed limbs flew, blood ran like a river, and screams rose to the clouds!

The King of the Right Court was gripping a heavy broad-backed saber and bellowing at the top of his lungs, trying to organize a counterattack... It was no use at all!

The men were scared out of their minds and the horses were panicking. The whole camp was in chaos. The Tuoluo army's discipline was poor to begin with, and pulling it together now was all but impossible.

"Report... King of the Right Court, it's Ning Chen! It's Ning Chen's Ning'an Army!"

A scout came rushing up in a panic to report.

"Who?" The King of the Right Court was stunned. He grabbed the scout by the collar. "Say that again!"

"It's, it's Ning Chen's Ning'an Army!"

The King of the Right Court went pale. He had never faced Ning Chen head-on, but a man's name casts a shadow, the way a tree does... Ning Chen's Ning'an Army had drowned the North Royal Court in blood.

He couldn't make sense of it. Wasn't Ning Chen in Xuanwu City? How could he be here?

Of course, his simple brain would never work out why Kang Luo had given him silver to camp outside Beilin Pass.

Kang Luo had made him cannon fodder.

Kang Luo believed Ning Chen had no interest in the throne, but he didn't believe Ning Chen would stand by and watch the Great Xuan fall... For no other reason than Ning Chen's bond with the Xuan Emperor.

If you asked who in this world understood Ning Chen best, Kang Luo was certainly one of them.

The one who understands you best is often not your friend but your enemy.

Once before, Ning Chen had crossed the grasslands from Beilin Pass, drowned the North Royal Court in blood, burned the Tuoluo Kingdom's Imperial Court, and come out on the Wu Kingdom's border.

The North Royal Court used to stand in the way. Now it was gone... What worried Kang Luo most was Ning Chen…