“Squeak.”
Qin Yutong opened the door to her room and walked out from inside with Zhang Ruochen one after the other.
Seeing this scene, Yan Kaixuan, who was standing outside, became even more irritated and said in a deep voice, “Because of one of your Crown Prince’s edicts, how many of your old ministers have rushed to Sacred Brightness City, and now, the city has all been bloodied, and you are even indulging yourself in tenderness, and today, old me will behead her first.”
Qin Yutong had an extremely captivating beauty and temperament, and even Saint realm figures would be incomparably infatuated at the sight of her.
It was naturally quite normal that Yan Kaixuan would create a misunderstanding.
Yan Kaixuan took out a Beast Tattoo Saint Blade, dragging out a splendid blade wave, followed by a terrifying destructive force that swept towards Qin Yutong to decapitate her.
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes stared as he stretched out a right hand, and holy qi surged out madly, condensing into the gigantic shadow of a divine elephant.
The palm of his hand flipped over, and instantly, the shadow of the divine image swooped downwards.
“Boom.”
Yan Kaixuan was suppressed by the divine image shadow to the point where he fell to one knee, unable to move his body, staring at Zhang Ruochen in shock: “How …… possible ……”
A great figure at the early stage of True Sainthood was actually suppressed by Zhang Ruochen with a single strike.
In that exchange a few days ago, Zhang Ruochen had used the Time Sword Technique and the Ancient Sword of the Sinking Abyss before he had severely injured Yan Kaixuan with a single strike.
Without the addition of the Time Force, Yan Kaixuan thought that he was able to fight against Zhang Ruochen for a period of time, and even if he would lose, he could at least defend himself and retreat calmly.
In just a few days, Zhang Ruochen’s strength had at least doubled. Even if Zhang Ruochen didn’t use the Time Sword Technique, Yan Kaixuan was powerless to fight him.
Granny Baisu rushed over and pleaded for Yan Kaixuan, saying, “Your Highness, he doesn’t know about your plan to attack the Lingxiao Heavenly King’s Mansion, so I beg you to let him off one more time.”
Although Yan Kaixuan had offended Zhang Ruochen, but, after all, he was a very bloodthirsty person and had cultivated to the True Saint realm. For such a character, Zhang Ruochen could still tolerate him once more.
Zhang Ruochen withdrew his Saint Force and snorted coldly, “There won’t be a third time.”
Just yesterday, Zhang Ruochen had managed to break through to the Thorough Earth Realm, his cultivation had greatly improved, and it was naturally not a difficult task to suppress an early stage True Saint figure.
Yan Kaixuan looked over towards Granny Bai Su and inquired, “What plan to attack the Lingxiao Heavenly King’s Mansion?”
Granny Bai Su coldly glanced at Yan Kaixuan, saying, “You think everyone is as impulsive as you? In order to attack the Lingxiao Heavenly King’s Mansion, one must first destroy Sacred Ming City’s City Protector Formation. Otherwise, once the City Protector Formation opens, even if we send out as many strong men as we can, there will still be death.”
Yan Kaixuan’s eyes shook as he finally realised that this Crown Prince was truly going to attack the Lingxiao Heavenly King Mansion and asked, “How soon will the attack take place, and this Saint is going to participate in the battle.”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes narrowed slightly as he looked in the northwestern direction, only to see, next to a wigwam of the Ming Jiang King, a golden holy aura radiating from his body.
“Is Twelfth Imperial Uncle interested in, tonight, following me back to the palace to go to the Shrine of the Emperors and pay homage to the ancestors?”Zhang Ruochen asked.
King Ming Jiang said, “Tonight, if we are able to destroy the Lingxiao Heavenly King’s Mansion, this king will definitely make an oath in front of the ancestors to serve you and rebuild the holy light in the future. If you want to fight, let’s fight to turn the world upside down.”
The people of the Ling Xiao Heavenly King’s Mansion obviously also knew that Zhang Ruochen would never stay cowering, and was definitely nurturing a huge storm.
As such, all the major city regions were stationing heavy troops and standing by, so that as long as Zhang Ruochen made a move, they could immediately send out troops to suppress it.
At dusk on this day, the entire Sacred Brightness City seemed incredibly depressing and dull.
In the Phoenix Dance Palace, close to 30,000 cultivators were assembled for the elites under the throne of King Ming Jiang. Their battle armours were all emblazoned with the word “Sacred Brightness”, and they had gathered from all directions, all of them possessing a cultivation level of at least the Great Circle of the Heavenly Extreme Realm.
On top of that, with Granny Baisu and Yan Kaixuan as the leaders, there were a total of a dozen Saint level figures lined up, their bodies radiating a monstrous battle intent.
Zhang Ruochen had picked up all the ten or so Saint realm beings from the Ming Sect from the Qiankun Realm as well, including the Blood Moon Ghost King, Princess Baili, Potpourri, the Demon Ape, and Ah Le, who had already awakened, all of whom were among the strongest of the Saints.
Granny Baisu held a ten foot long iron box and stood on top of a high platform on a spiritual mountain, raising her voice and asking, “The war flag from eight hundred years ago is finally going to be waving in the wind again, who is going to be in charge of it?”
The person in charge of the war flag must be at the forefront, guiding the direction for the army to move forward.
“This Crown Prince will personally hold the flag.”
Zhang Ruochen stepped forward and took out the war flag from the iron box, waving his arm a little, a war flag reflecting the word “Saint Ming” unfurled outwards with a poof.
Zhang Ruochen mobilised the Saint Qi in his body and poured it in.
“Snap.”
Inside the war flag, a series of popping sounds resounded, and the flagpole grew longer and thicker, and in the end, it became as long as a hundred zhang and as thick as a pillar, rushing out of the Phoenix Dance Palace’s concealment formation, making hunting noises.
“Roar!”
Not far away, the Demonic Ape roared angrily, its body becoming three hundred feet tall, although it was not in its most gigantic state, it was still incomparably shocking. The vast demonic aura that surged out from it enveloped the entire city area, startling countless cultivators.
Zhang Ruochen held the battle flag in his hand and flew to the right shoulder of the demonic ape, pointing in the direction of the Lingxiao Heavenly King’s Mansion, “Battle!”
“Battle! Battle! Battle!”
The cultivators in the Phoenix Dance Palace, led by more than twenty Saints, were like a tidal wave, rushing towards the direction of the Ling Xiao Heavenly King’s Mansion at the fastest possible speed.
The earth was rumbling and shaking, and in the sky, rolling black clouds covered the setting sun.
In an instant, a powerful battle might spread throughout half of Sacred Brightness City.
“Unrest, a great unrest has occurred, the Crow Dragon Army will immediately go forward to suppress it.”
An army clad in white battle armour, closest to Phoenix Dance Palace, a total of 80,000 people, some riding savage beasts running on the ground, some riding savage birds flying in the sky dome, attacked towards the Sacred Brightness army.
The two armies rushed together.
That Cang Long army was crushed, and a large area was cleared out by more than twenty Saints a few moments ago.
On the ground, those remaining Cang Long Army soldiers were obliterated by the Saint Ming army that followed closely behind, leaving behind a large swathe of dead bodies, blood staining the streets red.
Above the mid-air, the pot transformed into a Heaven Swallowing Demon Dragon, with a body that was tens of miles long, and with just a single opening of its mouth, it devoured a third of the Cang Long Army flying in the air.
The rest of the Cang Long Army, riding their savage birds, fled in terror in the direction of the Ling Xiao Heavenly King’s Mansion.
Among that Cang Long Army, there was even a Saint who was running away while shouting, “Zhang Ruochen has rebelled! He’s leading an army and is going to attack Sacred Ming City, hurry up and ring the Undetermined Bell …… ah ……”
Zhang Ruochen stood on the Devil Ape’s shoulder, took out the Green Sky Bow and White Sun Arrow, and shot out an arrow.
With a “bang”, that Saint’s holy body burst apart, turning into a bloody mist with a large amount of holy blood that spilled onto the ground.
“Buzz, buzz, buzz ……”
The Undetermined Bells in every city domain were rung, announcing that after eight hundred years, Sacred Brightness City had once again induced an unprecedented war.
“Even if it was a great war between saints, the Undetermined Bells wouldn’t have been rung. What great thing has happened, why are all the hundred bells ringing?”
The cultivators in the city, all of whom had been startled, felt appalled after learning the truth.
In just half an hour, the Sacred Brightness Army was already only ten miles away from the Ling Xiao Heavenly King’s Mansion, and the armies of all the major city domains, rushed to rescue them.
The Cang Dragon Army, the Red Dragon Army, the Black Dragon Army, the Green Dragon Army, and the White Dragon Army, five armies, over two million soldiers, were like locusts, guarding the Ling Xiao Heavenly King’s Mansion, the
Whether it was the sky, or the earth, it was all densely packed with black dots.
“Today, the Prince returns to the Imperial Palace, those who block the way will die, and those who kneel to welcome him will live.”
Granny Baisu’s cultivation had reached the realm of the Supreme Saint, and could be called the most powerful group of characters under the Saint King.
She sacrificed a Thousand Stripes Sacred Artifact with 8,000 inscriptions, and in a split second, all the inscriptions activated, surging out a sea of crimson fire that attacked towards the five imperial court armies.
After the sea of fire surged out, the court’s soldiers were like scarecrows, burning into ashes in pieces.
“How dare you, is the Ling Xiao Heavenly King’s Mansion a place you can break into?”
The Red Dragon Army’s Army Master, leading the army’s three Saints, teamed up to strike a battle weapon close to a Ten Thousand Stripes Sacred Artifact, blasting it at Granny Baisu, wanting to block her.
“Boom.”
Granny Bai Su’s cultivation was incomparably strong as she moved sixteen blasts in a row, blasting the three Saints in the Red Dragon Army into pieces, leaving no bones left.
Only the Red Dragon Army’s Army Master preserved his life and fled towards the army.
The Red Dragon Army was badly injured, with blood hanging from the side of his mouth, and his Saint Armour was tattered and torn, staring at Granny Baisu with some alarm, roaring, “It’s a Supreme Saint, it’s a Supreme Saint, hurry up and activate the Ten Thousand Armies Battle Formation to crush her.”
“Wow…”
Zhang Ruochen shot another White Sun Arrow, hitting the Red Dragon Army Army Master’s chest, and the impact of the arrow carried his injured body backwards, banging against the top of the Lingxiao Heavenly King’s Mansion’s city gate.
The Red Dragon Army Army Master’s cultivation was extremely strong, reaching the pinnacle of True Sainthood, surprisingly blocking the White Sun Arrow and not dying.
“Roar.”
The Devil Ape was fearless, like a mountain, madly charging forwards, crashing into into the army, his two large hands containing the power of the Devil Dao, swinging out in all directions.
As if they were swatting mosquitoes, each strike of the Demon Ape was able to break a large swathe of the soldiers’ bodies.
Princess Baili, Pot Pot, and the Blood Moon Ghost King followed closely, advancing forward with the Demonic Ape and Zhang Ruochen.
Princess Baili held the Yin Kong Pagoda, and every time she invoked it, she was able to sweep across a large area. She took a mysterious step, leaving behind a series of phantom shadows as she killed towards the Red Dragon Army’s Army Master, wanting to take advantage of his injuries and completely obliterate him.
The Blood Moon Ghost King was even more terrifying, with her ghostly body as the centre, tens of thousands of ghostly shadows emerged, transforming into a sinister wind and surging towards the front.
The imperial army fell downwards as if it was raining.
One must know that True Saint and Supreme Saint level figures could take on the role of Saint Lord in a medieval family, and were definitely great figures at the top level.
Now, several such figures appeared in a row, and in less than a quarter of an hour, hundreds of thousands of troops were shattered into bloody mud, piling up in a thick pile, their blood gathering into a small stream.
The scene was incomparably tragic, scaring those battle-hardened imperial court soldiers into a bit of a daze, luckily there was still a steady stream of troops rushing over to support them, otherwise they would probably have all started to flee.
“Zhang Ruochen actually dared to actually start a war, actually dared to actually attack the Ling Xiao Heavenly King’s Mansion. That’s crazy!”
In Sacred Brightness City, many cultivators were so scared that their faces turned white as they fled in a direction away from the Ling Xiao Heavenly King Mansion, fearing that they would suffer the repercussions.
“His Highness the Crown Prince has already erected the Sacred Brightness Battle Flag, so what are we waiting for, kill over there, fight alongside His Highness, decapitate the Lingxiao Heavenly King, execute the Imperial Court’s army, and avenge the deaths of our loved ones and friends.”
“Today, we must take down the Ling Xiao Heavenly King’s Palace and rebuild the Sheng Ming Central Empire, charge, all of you kill me ……”
……
In Sacred Ming City, the descendants of those old troops and former courtiers saw the “Sacred Ming” war flag, and all of them rushed out, heading straight towards the direction of the Ling Xiao Heavenly King’s Mansion.
This night is destined to be a night of mountains of corpses and rivers of blood.
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