#512 - Now that you are here, don't leave (4000 words)
On Xu Ming's other side, Wu Yanhan delivered a punch, killing a sect leader!
Xu Ming and Wu Yanhan exchanged a glance and charged back into the crowd.
Thousands of sect leaders from various sects were engaged in a deadly battle against the civil and military officials of the Wu Kingdom.
Most of these sect leaders were at the Nascent Soul Realm, a small portion at the Jade Purity Realm, and a very few at the Immortal Realm.
Originally, there were no Ascension Realm cultivators, but the original Wu Kingdom's enshrined elder stood against Emperor Wu.
So, what should have been a one-sided situation now seemed to be evenly matched.
"Mr. Liu, should we go and lend a hand?"
Tang Ningzhi asked Liu Feng.
Xu Ming was being targeted, with sect leaders attacking him one after another. At this moment, Xu Ming was already surrounded and attacked by three sect leaders, and the situation was very unfavorable.
Although Tang Ningzhi had some confidence in Xu Ming's strength, the problem was that the opponents were cultivators in the Nascent Soul Realm, and it really wasn't difficult for them to kill him.
Liu Feng shook his head and smiled: "There's absolutely no need. We can still wait, and Princess, don't forget that this is the Wu Kingdom. Master Xu is the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and is deeply blessed by the kingdom's fortune."
As he spoke, Liu Feng looked at Tang Ningzhi and smiled: "But I didn't expect that Princess seems to be more concerned about Xu Ming. This makes this old man very gratified."
Tang Ningzhi turned her head and snorted: "I'm not concerned about Xu Ming, but I'm just worried that our plan will go wrong. If our plan goes wrong, the impact will be significant, and I don't know how to explain it when we return."
Liu Feng stroked his beard, not nervous at all: "Princess, don't worry, our plan will definitely be foolproof. Next, we just need to watch."
Tang Ningzhi nodded.
She believed in Mr. Liu's judgment.
"Mr. Liu, do you think Emperor Wu's reform can really succeed?"
Looking at the battlefield, Tang Ningzhi knew that it was impossible to stop.
However, Tang Ningzhi was indeed puzzled.
Tang Ningzhi didn't know why Emperor Wu would suddenly do this.
Admittedly, the problem of sects was faced by all dynasties. Even in the Chu Kingdom, they also faced the troubles of those immortal cultivation sects.
Many sects interfered in the court and even influenced the dynasty's policies.
Even if those cultivators on the mountains killed someone, they would at most just spend money to avoid disaster, and there was no way to make them pay a heavy price.
And the emperors of the Chu Kingdom, and even the emperors of the entire world, could only turn a blind eye and adjust the interests of all parties.
As a result, Emperor Wu suddenly overturned the table like this. It was the first time she had seen such a thing.
"Who knows if it will succeed?" In Liu Feng's heart, a trace of disappointment flashed, "But whether this matter succeeds or not, no matter which side wins the final victory, many, many people will die, and this matter will leave an indelible mark on the history of the entire world."
"Boom!"
A loud noise came from the square again.
A huge hole was blasted out of a high wall of the square.
Emperor Wu pinched his fingers, and the surroundings of the entire square kept changing.
Until the end, everyone was in a small plain, instead of the original square.
The only thing that remained unchanged was the golden paper floating in the air, and the black characters on it were so dazzling.
"What is this place?" Tang Ningzhi asked Liu Feng.
Liu Feng slowly said: "This place is a small world of the imperial palace, which is the concretization of the Wu Kingdom's 'Map of Mountains and Rivers'. In this place, Emperor Wu is the true sage! In other words, Emperor Wu is really going to get serious now."
Just as they entered this small world, a Jade Purity Realm cultivator slashed at Emperor Wu with a long knife.
This long knife instantly expanded to fifty meters, as if to split the earth.
Emperor Wu just turned his head and glanced at the other party, and then stretched out his finger and pointed.
In an instant, the long knife instantly disintegrated and turned into iron filings, scattering in the air.
Emperor Wu pointed at his heart again, and a golden light pierced through his body. The other party turned into a blood mist and dissipated, and then merged into the golden paper.
"Kneel!"
Emperor Wu's voice was like an imperial decree, falling on everyone's hearts.
Everyone else's heart shook, and they spat out a mouthful of blood. They felt their knees were softening.
When they reacted, their knees were already on the ground.
Emperor Wu held the imperial jade seal in one hand and wore a long sword on his waist.
The long sword was golden, a bit like the style of the Shangfang Sword, but it had dragon patterns on it, depicting great mountains and rivers.
If Xu Ming felt that he was right, this sword was the Wu Kingdom's second immortal weapon—the Son of Heaven Sword!
The Wu Kingdom has a total of three immortal weapons, namely—the Imperial Jade Seal, the Son of Heaven Sword, and the Shangfang Sword.
Among them, the Imperial Jade Seal and the Son of Heaven Sword can only be used by people of the Wu Kingdom's royal bloodline. These two immortal weapons are also the cornerstone of the Wu Kingdom's founding.
The Shangfang Sword only needs to be authorized by Emperor Wu. As long as it is an official of the Wu Kingdom, they can use it.
Emperor Wu drew out the long sword, and the golden long sword was accompanied by a dragon's roar.
With a single sword strike, several sect leaders instantly annihilated, leaving no trace of their aura.
Emperor Wu killed these Nascent Soul Realm sect leaders as easily as cutting tofu.
"Wu Chang! Do you really think you are invincible?!"
Chen Liangfeng, an Ascension Realm cultivator, frowned and threw out his natal magic weapon, which was an exquisite pagoda.
This exquisite pagoda is called the "Six Paths Reincarnation Pagoda", and it has a total of six floors. It is rumored that Chen Liang obtained it in an ancient relic when he went out to practice, and it is an immortal weapon.
Chen Liang refined it into his natal magic weapon.
The Six Paths Reincarnation Pagoda shrouded towards Emperor Wu's body. In this Six Paths Reincarnation Pagoda, there seemed to be ghosts and gods howling endlessly.
Emperor Wu calmly looked at the pagoda, without saying a word.
Just as the Six Paths Reincarnation Pagoda shrouded towards Emperor Wu, nine golden dragons reappeared, firmly guarding the Six Paths Reincarnation Pagoda, and could not move forward an inch.
"Boom!"
With a loud noise, the nine golden dragons shattered, and the Six Paths Reincarnation Pagoda was blown away.
Emperor Wu and the Ascension Realm elder each took a few steps back, and blood spilled from the corners of their mouths.
But obviously, Emperor Wu seemed more calm, and the kingdom's fortune was repairing Emperor Wu's body.
Chen Liang, the Ascension Realm cultivator, kept coughing, using spiritual power to stabilize his injuries. The kingdom's fortune that had entered his body kept churning in his body, as if to smash the spiritual veins in his body.
In the imperial palace, Emperor Wu's strength was not only at the Ascension Realm. He occupied the right time, place, and people. The entire Wu Kingdom was Emperor Wu's reliance!
So, when a human race's top ten dynasty bets on its own dynasty's fortune, it won't be that simple.
Take advantage of your illness to kill you!
Emperor Wu slashed at Chen Liang again with his sword. Chen Liang held the pagoda in his hand and took a step forward. The Dharma Manifestation of Heaven and Earth appeared behind Chen Liang.
Emperor Wu just smiled coldly.
This Dharma Manifestation of Heaven and Earth is indeed scary, but so what?
Before Emperor Wu ascended the throne, when he traveled through the mountains and rivers, he, a Dragon Gate Realm cultivator, dared to find trouble with that evil dragon. Although he was almost beaten to death by that evil dragon, he was saved by a woman, but Emperor Wu never regretted it.
It was only after becoming an emperor that Emperor Wu restrained his temperament. Otherwise, if he didn't become this emperor, he would have become a general or a knight errant.
Emperor Wu just waved his sword and cut off one of the opponent's Dharma Manifestation of Heaven and Earth's arms.
But Emperor Wu had no way to kill the opponent immediately, and could only entangle with the opponent.
After all, he is an Ascension Realm cultivator, and it is not so easy to die.
But in everyone's opinion, it was only a matter of time before Emperor Wu killed the opponent.
In the small world, one sect leader after another died.
On the golden paper, the black characters became more and more obvious, and even had a feeling of flying out of the paper.
Xu Ming changed from the original immortal sword Red Sleeve to holding the Shangfang Sword in his hand.
Both Red Sleeve and Shangfang Sword are immortal weapons.
Red Sleeve must be more powerful than Shangfang Sword.
But.
Under this specific situation, Shangfang Sword can be blessed by the Wu Kingdom's fortune, not to mention that the Red Sleeve sword spirit is still in a deep sleep.
So Xu Ming can exert greater strength by holding the Shangfang Sword.
Xu Ming held the Shangfang Sword and plunged into the crowd.
One Nascent Soul Realm cultivator after another completely turned into a dead soul under Xu Ming's hands.
In these people's opinion, Xu Ming is just relying on the Wu Kingdom's fortune to enter a false Nascent Soul Realm.
But what they didn't expect was.
They felt that compared with Xu Ming, they were really a false Nascent Soul Realm.
The Wu Kingdom's court took the upper hand.
Even many sects were thinking about whether they should surrender.
Some sect leaders were already a little cowardly, thinking about simply signing it.
If this continues, they will be destroyed sooner or later.
It's better to keep the green hills than to worry about running out of firewood. No matter what, save your life first!
But some cultivators still wanted to persevere.
They felt that there might be a turning point in this matter.
Emperor Wu has made such a big commotion, they don't believe that the Northern Wilderness, the Southern Border Monster Kingdom, and the Chu Kingdom and other human dynasties will be indifferent!
This was the perfect opportunity to take a bite out of the Wu Kingdom, to tear off a piece of flesh!
Such great benefits, no one could resist!
If only two more Ascendant Realm cultivators would come!
No!
If only one more Ascendant Realm cultivator would come!
The situation would instantly reverse!
But the prerequisite was that they had to wait for this one Ascendant Realm cultivator to arrive!
“Roar!”
Another dragon's roar.
Pillars of dragons rose from the ground.
Each dragon pillar was a hundred meters long, with golden dragons entwined around it.
Chen Liang was trapped by these dragon pillars.
These dragon pillars almost used the power of the law.
Chen Liang frowned and took a step back.
Chen Liang pinched his fingers to form a magic seal.
The Six Paths Reincarnation Tower enveloped Chen Liang!
The beams of light erupting from the dragon pillars struck the Six Paths Reincarnation Tower again and again.
The Six Paths Reincarnation Tower shook and shook.
Chen Liang's whole body was numb, and his body, connected to his soul, vibrated continuously.
It wasn't that Chen Liang had never killed emperors of dynasties; many emperors had died at Chen Liang's hands.
However, he didn't expect the emperors of the Human Race's Ten Great Dynasties to be so difficult to kill!
While Chen Liang was being suppressed, Emperor Wu was able to free up his hands and, using the Jade Seal as support, unleashed golden lightning.
Any sect leader who was struck by the golden lightning, if their strength was a little stronger, would only spit out a mouthful of blood and could continue to fight.
But if their strength was a little weaker, they were basically finished.
Some cultivators who had only entered the Nascent Soul Realm with the help of pills were reduced to ashes and turned into a bloody mist after being struck by a single thunderbolt, while others were just charred remains on the ground!
Many officials of the Wu Kingdom breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that the overall situation was settled, that they had finally won this great battle, as for how to deal with the aftermath, that was a matter for later.
But whether it was Emperor Wu or Xiao Mo Chi, who had not made a move all along, their minds were focused, and their expressions looked very solemn, as if they didn't think they had won at all.
They all knew that it was not the final moment yet, and it was too early to talk about winning or losing.
“Hahahaha…”
A laugh came from the sky.
Immediately afterward, a white stream of light streaked across the sky.
When the stream of light dissipated, standing in front of this small world was an old man with white hair.
The moment they saw this old man, the eyes of the others suddenly lit up! They felt that they were saved in an instant!
This old man was none other than Wei Kingdom's enshrined elder—Old Man White Hair, an Ascendant Realm cultivator.
When this veteran powerhouse joined the battle, they knew that the situation of offense and defense had changed!
It wasn't just this veteran powerhouse who had arrived.
Following the warning from the Wu Kingdom's palace formation, streams of light broke through the small world and landed in front of Emperor Wu.
The ancestors of the Yan Kingdom, Wei Kingdom, and the three major sects, a total of five Ascendant Realm cultivators, had all arrived in the Wu Kingdom's imperial capital!
Just as Emperor Wu and the others had thought before.
Such a good opportunity, how could those guys give up taking a bite out of the Wu Kingdom?
They couldn't wait to tear a piece of flesh from the Wu Kingdom and swallow it into their stomachs.
Old Man White Hair stroked his beard, looked calmly at Emperor Wu, and said, "Your Majesty has erupted in slaughter, countless immortal cultivators have died here, how could Your Majesty be like this?"
"Please, Your Majesty, stop, as long as Your Majesty confesses your sins, all of this may still be in time," the Sect Master of the Shanqing Sect advised.
Emperor Wu smiled and looked at these disgusting old geezers: "Confess? How ridiculous! What crime have I committed! Moreover, what do you mean by interfering in the affairs of the Wu Kingdom?!"
Emperor Wu didn't show any timidity.
What Emperor Wu was waiting for was for these old guys to come in person.
Emperor Wu took a step forward and said loudly: "Since you've all come, then don't even think about leaving!"
