Ancient Healing Technique

"Bu Ching was found dead," Vice Commander Al reported, his voice tinged with sorrow. "His throat was cruelly slit, General."

"The others?" Wang Rouyun was reading another report that one of her Vice commanders handed her.

"Dead. All of them," Al continued.

The words struck Wang Rouyun like a piercing blow. "All of them? Not a single one escaped?" she exclaimed, disbelief etched across her face. The odds had been stacked against them from the beginning, and yet she had hoped for a glimmer of salvation, a few souls who might have found a way to survive. It seemed her hopes were shattered.

Vice Commander Al nodded, his gaze filled with a mix of grief and astonishment. "Not one. Every fallen enemy has been accounted for, General," he confirmed.