A staff general appeared at the gatehouse and bellowed, “This is Hanyang Pass, and it does not fall under the jurisdiction of the Military Commissioner of Western Pacification! Your crossing of the border to make an arrest is already a grave crime; leave at once, and you may still—”

The general outside the walls suddenly raised his gun and took aim. There was a thunderous roar, and a large hole instantly appeared in the staff general’s chest!

Face frozen in shock, his body tumbled down the gatehouse.

Cui Yu, having killed the garrison general in one shot, bellowed, “This man is colluding with the horse bandits and obstructing the army’s campaign to wipe them out—he is as guilty as the horse bandits themselves! Those on the ramparts who lay down their weapons will not be killed. Otherwise, you are all accomplices of the horse bandits!”

At his command, thousands of horsemen dismounted and strode toward the city walls. They only needed to take one step on the wall to scale the ramparts and land at the top. Not only that, over 100 Dao Foundation stage cultivators floated into the sky and landed directly at the ga...