This day’s battle had ended with too many parents who had lost their children and too many children who
had lost their parents.
Brothers, friends, companions, and family members, the merciless ghting destroyed everything
beautiful.
Once the war broke out, there was only endless sadness and despair.
However, they would never be defeated by this sadness and despair. They would ght with the will of the
deceased forever.
Shen Yanxiao slowly walked out of the City Lord Residence and Xiu stood behind her. Both of them were
dressed in white with black cloaks draped over their shoulders. Shen Yanxiao was holding a burning re
lamp in her hand. In the light of the re, her awless and exceptional little face had a very rm look.
Amidst everyone’s grief, they all turned their attention to Shen Yanxiao.
She walked quietly into the street, and people opened up a path for her and Xiu to walk through.
The people in the Barren Land all had a common consensus: that their lord was exceptionally beautiful.
But today, what they found in their lord was not only her peerless beauty, but also her perseverance that
inspired them.
They could not be defeated by cruel battles, nor could they be defeated by the departure of their loved
ones.
They were the people of the Barren Land. They stood in their hometown. Using their own esh and blood,
they would defend their dignity as members of the Barren Land.
Shen Yanxiao stopped at the central square, where more and more people had gathered.
“Today, we have lost our honorable comrades, our relatives and friends. Although they have passed away,
their deeds will remain in the hearts of every one of us forever. They have not left. They will live in our
hearts forever, and support us in this battle. The Devil Race is ferocious, their army is huge, but! We are
members of the Barren Land. We live in the worst environment of the Radiance Continent. Yet, even this
Barren Land has been conquered by us. What else can we fear in this world? Destroy them, expel them;
let them know that in the Radiance Continent, in the Barren Land, there is no place for devils! I will live or
die with all of you!” Shen Yanxiao’s voice echoed in The Rising Sun City, which was lled with silence at the
moment.
“I am willing to live or die with the lord!” A chorus of shouts resounded through the sky.
There was no fear, no panic, only hatred for the devils, only killing intent for those invaders.
They would never give up!
“Let’s pay tribute to the heroes who fought hard for the Barren Land today, and let them know that their
will shall be inherited by us and their battle will be continued by us!” Shen Yanxiao swore loudly, raised
her hand, and released the blazing lamp she had been holding in her hand.
The lotus-like re lamp slowly ew to the sky.
All the people released their hopes and memories with the re lamp.
Clusters of ames rose from The Rising Sun City, burning with people’s persistence to achieve victory and
adhere to the will of their fallen companions.
Beautiful re lights ew up from the city to the sky, like stars bearing hope, slowly ying above.
That night, in the main cities of the Barren Land, countless re lamps rose in the air, illuminating a sky
covered in mist.
Light would never leave them, and people’s hopes would never be extinguished. They would become their
own salvation, and they would unite as one to ght the devils to the end.
They would always remember the pledge left by their comrades.
No retreat, no surrender, no regrets.
The Barren Land would never give up!
