Before Bai Qingyan could give another order, Bai Jinxiu had already led her men charging in on horseback.

Bai Jinxiu had originally been fighting at the city gates, but seeing the towering flames at Luohong Tower, she worried that something had happened to her elder sister, Bai Qingyan, and grandmother, the Grand Princess, so she hurriedly led the light cavalry to kill their way over…

Bai Jinxiu spotted Prince Liang at a glance and shouted: “Kill!”

Those desperate criminals had already had their courage shattered by Bai Qingyan, and now, facing soldiers who had truly been bloodied on real battlefields, they were even more like startled birds.

Blood flowed down the spear to Bai Qingyan’s hand. She flung off the corpse impaled on her spear, watching Prince Liang’s group being forced to retreat directly up the high steps by the soldiers led by Bai Jinxiu, her voice cold and indifferent: “Kill! Leave none alive!”

With reinforcements arrived, how could the soldiers surrounding Bai Qingyan not have their morale greatly boosted? Upon receiving the order, they all raised their blades and roared as they charged down the high steps.

Bai Qingyan pulled hard on the reins, restraining Taiping who was restlessly eager to charge into the crowd to fight, looking down from her high position at the panicked Prince Liang and Fan Yuhuai’s group.

This was nothing more than the desperate struggle of cornered beasts. Whether Great Jin or Prince Liang, tonight they would all disappear without a trace.

Bai Jinxiu had already leaped down from her horse, drawing the Bai family’s ancestral treasured sword, the Azure Edge Sword, and leading the charge up front.

The Bai family descendants had never forgotten their ancestors’ teachings – only by personally leading the charge could they inspire the soldiers’ morale.

Bai Qingyan watched as Bai Jinxiu fought her way forward with ease, forcing Prince Liang to pick up a blade from the ground and hide behind Fan Yuhuai in defense.

Prince Liang, Fan Yuhuai, and those desperate criminals were surrounded, like lambs awaiting slaughter. After their death throes, there would be screams and heads rolling.

Taiping was a spirited warhorse. It neighed, wanting to charge down, but its reins were tightly gripped in its master’s hands.

“Wolves in front, tigers behind!” Prince Liang’s hand holding the blade trembled slightly, though he didn’t want anyone to see it. He turned to look in Bai Qingyan’s direction and said to Fan Yuhuai: “Charge up! Even if we can’t capture Bai Qingyan alive… as long as we can get around her, we can still get hold of the Grand Princess! We can always fight for a way to live. Fighting head-on with the people Bai Jinxiu brought is a dead end!”

Hearing this, Fan Yuhuai also turned to look up at the high steps. Bai Jinxiu had brought too many people – they couldn’t possibly fight their way out from the front!

But… the forces guarding Luohong Tower weren’t numerous to begin with. Though charging up would be difficult, it was much simpler than having to face the hundreds of light cavalrymen Bai Jinxiu had brought.

Having made up his mind, Fan Yuhuai whispered to several men nearby: “Charge up… don’t linger in battle. Get past Princess Zhenguo and kill into Luohong Tower. As long as we capture the Grand Princess! We can use the Grand Princess as a hostage to leave alive!”

These desperate criminals had always been tools for others to use, doing whatever they were told to do. Now that someone had pointed out a way to live, they naturally fought for their lives.

Seeing those desperate criminals all turn around and charge up the steps like their lives depended on it, Shen Tianzhi’s men clearly couldn’t withstand them and kept retreating up the steps.

Amid the raging fire, Bai Qingyan sat steadily on Taiping’s back, her gaze calm and composed. The red-tasseled spear in her hand still dripped blood, her murderous aura overwhelming – she could be called a war god descended to earth.

Without needing to show any fierce expression, just standing there quietly, she was so powerful that she struck fear into hearts, making people dare not fight her.

Fan Yuhuai began to regret – regret that he had walked down this path.

But regretting now was useless. Having already boarded Prince Liang’s ship, even if the ship was sinking… he had to make one more gamble. If he knelt and begged for mercy now, it would only make people look down on him more and damage his dignity as a military general.

How could Bai Jinxiu, with bloodshot eyes from killing, not know what these people were planning? But her elder sister was right there on the high steps. Bai Jinxiu believed her elder sister wouldn’t let anyone pass; otherwise, she wouldn’t be standing guard there alone like a pillar.

Bai Qingyan’s gaze fell on Bai Jinxiu. Their eyes met, then she looked toward Prince Liang…

Understanding, Bai Jinxiu nodded and leaped up, stepping on the soldiers’ shoulders or heads, flying straight with her target locked on Prince Liang. The Azure Edge Sword, gleaming with cold light, charged toward Prince Liang with perfect precision…

Fan Yuhuai only felt the cold wind striking the back of his head. Before he could react and push Prince Liang away, Bai Jinxiu had already landed on Prince Liang, gripping the Azure Edge Sword’s hilt with both hands, blade pointing downward. With calm, fierce eyes, she drove the Azure Edge Sword down from the top of Prince Liang’s head.

Fan Yuhuai’s eyes widened. He saw Bai Jinxiu withdraw her sword and leap toward the steps, standing with sword in hand. She turned around with an expression of coldness identical to Bai Qingyan’s, shouting: “Prince Liang is dead! Annihilate them all – leave none alive!”

Fan Yuhuai looked toward Prince Liang, who was still standing there. He saw blood streaming from the top of Prince Liang’s head, his pale face covered entirely in blood, his body falling straight backward.

“Your Majesty!” Fan Yuhuai caught Prince Liang, only to see Prince Liang’s pupils dilate – he had already lost his breath.

With Prince Liang’s death, the desperate criminals Fan Yuhuai had brought immediately became a routed army.

Fan Yuhuai suddenly raised his head, staring wide-eyed at the Bai sisters standing on the high steps. They stood amid the raging fire with their firm direction and determination, as if no powerful opponent could defeat them!

Standing there, they seemed to be telling these homeless dogs what it meant to be strong, not even willing to personally strike down these ants.

Defeated!

Fan Yuhuai knew this was a complete and utter defeat…

Even Prince Liang was dead – what was left to fight for?

Prince Liang’s initial idea of coming to Luohong Tower to seize people was wrong from the start. If he had escaped from the beginning… There might still have been a chance for a comeback. But now Prince Liang’s life… and all these masters would be lost here.

Cornered beasts, knowing they had no way out, all fought desperately to the death. Unfortunately, the men Bai Jinxiu had brought were all elite soldiers who had survived hundreds of battles. Desperate criminals from the martial world… were still different from true elites who had survived battlefield bloodshed.

When an army is defeated, it collapses like a landslide. Soon, these desperate criminals, led by Fan Yuhuai, were almost completely wiped out.

Fan Yuhuai, his face covered in blood, finally knelt on the ground as a blade was instantly placed at his throat.

He had no strength left. Fan Yuhuai couldn’t fight anymore. So be it… Losing to the Bai family descendants was as it should be!

The century-old military family, the Bai Mansion, never produced waste – these words were truly not deceiving!

Losing to the war god Bai Qingyan, Fan Yuhuai accepted it!

At least he had once saved the emperor and rebelled…

He had lived in this world and experienced glory. Though he had lost, Fan Yuhuai died without regret.

But in the instant between life and death, he used all his strength to grab the blade swinging toward his neck, his palm immediately bloody: “Wait! I have something to say! After I finish speaking, Fan will die immediately…”

He raised his head to look in Bai Qingyan’s direction and shouted: “Princess Zhenguo… the rebellion was done by me alone and has nothing to do with my family!”