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Tens of miles away, Liu Ye had met up with Yu Jin and was now standing atop a hillock, marveling at the sight of the fire tornado, hundreds of meters high, that had formed on the battlefield due to the fierce winds converging from every direction.

"Sometimes, studying 'Investigation of Things' with Zichuan can indeed be useful. This fire is burning fiercely, but it's a pity. If this were in a forest, the flames would surely be even more intense." Liu Ye cast a longing look at the towering inferno, "The fire poison will definitely kill the majority of the enemies. Let's go and prepare to enter the pass; we'll leave the rest to Fengxiao and his men."

Gao Shun, leading more than five hundred Vanguard Camp soldiers carrying the body of their fallen comrade, along with the barely surviving Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry—and as for the infantry, they had all perished in the blaze, especially during the last fire tornado, where nearly all the soldiers who failed to escape died."