Chapter 331

Rumble— Thunder roared, accompanied by flashes of lightning. The rain grew heavier. If the previous rain had simply fallen from the sky, the current downpour felt as if someone were standing in the clouds, tipping over massive basins of water. It came down in a relentless, continuous sheet, like a shroud hanging from the heavens. The corpses of Wang Laosan and over a hundred others were hung upon the walls of Luguan Pass. As the sky flickered between light and dark, their bodies took on a ghastly, terrifying appearance. Having been hacked to death, their abdomens were riddled with holes from blades and spears. Now, washed by the rain, their intestines and viscera hung out through the wounds, swaying to and fro in the downpour. Bits of flesh even sloughed off and fell with the cascading water, a truly horrific sight. Tens of thousands of Liao Army soldiers stood below the corpses, their expressions solemn and grim. A deputy general stood on high ground, letting the rain splash against his armor. Seeing that most of the troops had gathered, he said in a low, heavy voice: