The passageway that the southern people has built was not spacious enough to let people walk side by side. And now, the passageway was full of branches, a person can hardly even walk, but… …

The southern people have no other choice. The underground palace was not completely built yet. They only have this passageway to get out. They wanted to save their strength to go out alive. So, they choose to clear the branches in the passageway and put out the fire on the surface.

Fifty people rushed in without hesitation. They were the dead men of the south. Although they were afraid of death, they didn’t dare to shrink back.

They were very clear that if they can’t get out of here, people like them will die first. Instead of dying in an underground palace, it’s better to pave a way.

With this conviction, the fifty southern men screamed and rushed to the fire.

*Crack* The sound of branches breaking could be heard as the fifty people walked in one by one.

The current section of the road was still smooth, they didn’t encounter much danger. However, the more they go further out, the dangerous it gets… …

“Don’t blindly rush in!”

“Be sure to succeed!”

“It’s all up to you!”

The people who were at the rear, regardless of the smoke, they screamed and anxiously waited, but it was useless!

In a short period of time, there were sad screaming in the passage. When the southern people inside heard of it, they couldn’t help but think: The eastern people are too much!

The southern people blindly accused the eastern people, they forgot that this was the eastern territory. They cultivated soldiers privately in the eastern’s site, which was something they shouldn’t have done. The eastern now wanted to destroy them, so what’s wrong with it?

Unfortunately, this simple truth, southern people cannot think of it. In their point of view, the eastern people attached more importance to literature than military power, it’s military strength are weakening. A group of scholars, who only know how to read, what qualification do they have to occupy the most fertile land in the continent?

In the point of view of southern people, the wealth of the east should belong to them. Because most of the southern people were descendants of the old dynasty. They were the rightful heirs of this continent. All these richness are theirs. The eastern people shamelessly robbed them.

“You, you, you… …rushed in, we mustn’t let the treacherous eastern people succeed.” As the screaming in the passageway continued, the people in front lost their senses and rushed into the front regardless of danger.

Dead men have no right to speak. Even if they know that the front will end their life. Even if they didn’t actually want to rush out, they had to rush… …

More and more dead men rushed into the entrance of the passageway. They were covered with wet quilts, so they used their body to extinguish the fire inside. They desperately pushed the branches out the passageway to clear the way.

With their persistence, the southern people were able to pushed back the burning branches. Fortunately, Demon Lord’s people were prepared and didn’t get surprised by seeing this scene.

Instead of continuing to ignite the entrance of passageway, they piled branches in the deep pond. And soon, the piled up branches became as tall as the hill. After that, they poured oil and lit it up… …

The southern people risked their lives to clear the passageway, but they didn’t expect there will be a raging fire outside.

“Not good, go and tell his highness, that the eastern people are igniting fire outside. We can’t get out.” The southern man in front yelled to the person behind him.

When the news passed down, the last person turned and ran back to report.

“The eastern people, the eastern people are igniting fire outside. We can’t get out.” The people who were waiting inside fired up in anger after hearing the news.

They regretted it, they really regretted it!

If they knew things would become like this. They should have faced and fought with Xiao Wangye at that time. Even if they were defeated, at least they can fight to survive, unlike now… …

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