The black mist above the Capital churned like thick ink, as if a massive, dark hand were suffocating the entire city. Within the gloom, dark red lightning snaked and coiled, tearing the sky into eerie shards. Each flash cast the battlefield in a flickering, ghostly light, revealing a sight of unbearable carnage.
The Gu God lashed out with claws covered in scales; each strike unleashed a tempest of blood and gore. To the allied soldiers, the creature was an insurmountable titan, and they were but ants, flicked away with merciless indifference. Those struck were either crushed into pulp or sent hurtling against city walls and buildings with sickening, dull thuds, leaving limbs and wreckage scattered everywhere.
The air hung heavy with the stench of blood, rot, and the acrid smoke of burning gunpowder, nauseating to all. Many soldiers choked on the fumes, their eyes welling with tears. Shen Mingyue knelt in a pool of blood, her knees shredded by stone and sharp weapon fragments, though she felt no pain.
Chapter 99