#2028 - One year later
Lanling King's chest heaved violently with anger.
Looking at the mess on the ground, the things he had smashed, he took a deep breath and gradually calmed down.
He slumped into the chair, his mind also began to work.
"It seems that those women and ancient beasts are Yue's hidden means.
Back on the road to the frontier, the elders of my Xiao clan went to intercept and kill, but the result was the annihilation of the entire army.
It should have been caused by those women and ancient beasts.
Although Yue is very strong, he and the Emperor, as well as Feng Ling, could never have killed all three elders and dozens of elders of my Xiao clan, without a single one escaping.
In this great battle, the frontier city defenses were crumbling, and Yue had no choice but to expose those powerful helpers."
Lanling King muttered to himself.
"Yue, you hid it so well.
Now that all your cards have been revealed, this king wants to see what you will use to fight next time!"
Lanling King sneered.
In this war, the Langya army suffered heavy losses.
Although he failed to kill the Emperor, the losses of the Langya Dynasty were beneficial to his future control of the dynasty and reclaiming the frontier after ascending the throne.
"That old guy, the Langya Emperor, is probably planning to use the heavy losses as an excuse to extort a large sum from me.
This time, I will not give him any more silver or supplies!"
He was sure that he had the Langya Emperor in his grasp.
He believed that the Langya Emperor would never let it go and would definitely reorganize his army and attack Jade Mountain City again.
Having suffered such great losses, and with Huyan Zhuohan killed and his body hung on the gate of Jade Mountain City,
if the Langya Emperor could swallow this breath, the prestige of the Langya Dynasty would plummet to its lowest point.
"Someone!"
"Master, what are your orders!"
A middle-aged man hurried in, his body trembling slightly at the sight of the mess on the ground, somewhat afraid of the still angry Lanling King.
"Immediately notify the chambers of commerce in other dynasties to spread the news that the Langya army on the frontier has been defeated, the commander Huyan Zhuohan has been killed, and his body is hanging on the gate of Jade Mountain City."
"Your wisdom is unmatched, Master!"
The middle-aged man's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and he quickly retreated.
He knew that the master was doing this to put the Langya Emperor on the fire, focusing the world's attention on the Langya Emperor, waiting to see how he would decide.
If the Langya Emperor endured because of this, his prestige would be swept away, and he would become a laughing stock to the world.
A dignified dynasty, attacking an isolated Jade Mountain County, not only failed to take it down, but the commander was killed and hung on the city gate.
What kind of provocation is this, what a great humiliation.
If the Langya Dynasty did not make a strong counterattack on this matter, how would the world view the Langya Dynasty?
How would the various forces in the world assess the strength of the Langya army?
It might even cause other dynasties to send troops to the border to test their city defenses, leading to enemies on all sides.
……
Time passed day by day.
The Langya Emperor learned that all the news of that battle had spread throughout the world.
He was so angry that he almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.
"Xiao Chong, you old thing, you are extremely shameless!"
The Langya Emperor was so angry that he was not feeling well.
With Lanling King doing this, he could not bear it even if he wanted to.
If he did not break through Jade Mountain City, the Langya Dynasty would become a laughing stock to the world.
The deterrent power of the Langya army would be greatly reduced.
At that time, all enemies would be ready to move.
……
Autumn passed and winter came, spring passed and summer arrived.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, a year had passed since the last war.
The Langya Dynasty had already announced that it would reorganize its army and break through Jade Mountain City.
For the past year, the Langya Dynasty had been preparing to attack Jade Mountain City.
They recruited a large number of soldiers, recruiting soldiers from the disciples of the major forces of the dynasty to expand the army.
On the Jade Mountain City side, Jun Wuxie finally completed the final link of the rune array.
It took more than a year, and a vast rune array covering thousands of miles was completely completed.
The captured Langya army had long been converted by him.
The border guards of Jade Mountain City expanded to more than 30 million.
During this year, the Imperial Military Department secretly transported a large number of rune armors, as well as several types of war pills and materials transported by the Daikun Moon Pavilion.
Every soldier in the Jade Mountain City garrison wore the rune armor designed by Jun Wuxie.
The soldiers practiced the Fighting Saint Method every day, and made great progress.
Whether it was from the equipment of rune armor or the practice of the Fighting Saint Method, their strength was greatly improved.
The shadow of war once again shrouded Jade Mountain City.
In the past two months, on the Langya border line, a massive Langya army has been constantly gathering, the scale is even more terrifying than last time.
Jun Wuxie learned from his Primordial Incarnation that Hua Qi and others had arrived at Fengchi County.
There are less than two months left before the start of the Heavenly Gift Battle County Competition.
The extreme challenges in the Heavenly Gift Battle County Competition and the state competition both have God-Rank Three Sub-Advanced Special Divine Fruits.
It's just that, relying solely on the three divine fruits of the county competition, I don't know if it can break through to the True God Realm.
After all, he used four last time.
As the realm improves, the amount of resource consumption will also increase.
Before seeing the God-Rank Three Sub-Advanced Divine Fruit awarded in the county competition, he could not determine.
It may be necessary to obtain the three in the state competition to make a breakthrough.
However, this is just speculation, and everything will have to wait until the divine fruit is obtained to be determined.
If you need to wait for the divine fruit of the state competition, it means you have to wait many years.
"Master, Your Majesty, according to the Langya army's gathering situation, within a month, they will inevitably come to attack the city."
Qi Zhenshan analyzed the information obtained through reconnaissance.
"It's time to completely solve the Langya army."
Jun Wuxie said lightly, "The number of half-step Heavenly Gods from the two great families this time will definitely be more than last time.
Just right, we take this opportunity to wipe out all their half-step Heavenly Gods."
Now that the rune array on the border has been completed, Jun Wuxie is no longer worried about the Heavenly God powerhouse secretly taking action.
As long as they dare to come, they must at least peel off a few layers of skin!
In this way, there is no need to delay the war time.
"When the time comes, Wanwan, Lingfei, Lanlan, you will solve those who try to escape, and try to keep all the half-step Heavenly Gods on the battlefield, don't let one go."
He estimated that Lanling King's Mansion would probably dispatch most of the elder-level half-step True Gods this time.
In this way, almost all the top powerhouses of Lanling King's Mansion except the Heavenly Gods can be solved at once.
With his own strength, it is difficult to kill all the half-step Heavenly Gods.
After all, there are too many.
Once those half-step Heavenly Gods escape, he will not be able to catch up and kill them all.
With Wanwan, Lingfei, and Lanlan, it's different.
Wanwan and Lingfei refined the God-Rank Three Intermediate Spirit Fruit, and their realms have already advanced by leaps and bounds.
Not only have the two of them cultivated to the Consummation of the True God Jue Tian Position, but they have also broken into the Extreme Realm Domain, and they are almost about to break through to the Half-Step Heavenly God Realm.
"Don't worry, husband, your concubine guarantees that none of them will be able to escape."
Shangguan Wanwan said confidently.
"Qi Zhenshan, you expand the number of the 100,000 elite army to one million.
When the Langya army comes to attack, Jingyi, you will directly lead a million soldiers out of the city to meet the enemy."
……
More than twenty days later, neat footsteps and the sound of horseshoes resounded outside Jade Mountain City.
This momentum was quite terrifying, and the mountains and earth outside Jade Mountain City trembled from a great distance.
The Langya army is here.
The scouts outside the city reported that the 120 million Langya army was pressing down on the border with all their forces.
This number is quite alarming.
Under normal circumstances, the total number of troops in a dynasty is only over 200 million.
But now, the Langya army attacking Jade Mountain City alone has reached a scale of 120 million, including many elite troops of the Langya Dynasty.
In the past year, the expansion of the Langya Dynasty's army has been very crazy.
Their number of troops has directly doubled!
One is to forcefully break through Jade Mountain City, and the other is to avoid other opponents taking the opportunity to attack their border after the army suffers casualties.
Therefore, the Langya Emperor opened the mode of exploding soldiers.
A piece of blood color appeared on the horizon.
That is the Langya army wearing blood-colored armor, boundless, and you can't see the tail at all.
In the Langya army, there is a dragon-carved chariot, which is very conspicuous.
The chariot is huge, with dozens of strong men standing on it, and an old man in his sixties wearing dragon-carved armor sitting in the middle.
The old man has deep eyes, a majestic face, and the air of an emperor.
"Master, that is the Langya Emperor, I didn't expect him to come to personally lead the expedition!"
Qi Zhenshan recognized it at a glance, showing a look of astonishment.
This was something he hadn't expected, that the Langya Emperor would come to the border and personally lead the army to attack the city.
"With the Langya Emperor sitting in the army, the Langya army will be full of morale.
In this battle, we are not only facing more enemies, but also a tiger and wolf division with far superior morale than before!"
There was a trace of worry on Qi Zhenshan's face.
It was not that he was afraid that Jade Mountain City would not be able to hold on, but that the casualties of the garrison might increase in the face of the Langya army with high morale.
"Lanling Emperor, come out and surrender, and I may spare you from death!
Otherwise, my billions of Langya army will surely break through your Lanling Dynasty's rivers and mountains, and blood will flow into rivers!"
The Langya Emperor's majestic and deep voice came from afar like thunder.
"What a joke!"
Nalan Jingyi stood on the city wall, overlooking the distance, staring at the Langya Emperor from the air, and said: "Langya Emperor, you are old, you should hide in the palace of Langya Imperial Capital to read the memorials, drink tea, maybe you can survive for a few more years.
Now running to the border to learn from this emperor's personal expedition, this emperor sees that you are afraid that you will not live to go back!
Nalan Jingyi's words were very strong, causing the Langya Emperor's face to be gloomy.
"Hahaha, what a eloquent Lanling Emperor.
You little yellow-mouthed emperor, dare to talk nonsense in front of me.
Since you are stubborn, then let's settle the accounts of the previous two times!"
"Army, listen to my command! Attack Jade Mountain City!"
"Anyone who kills a soldier of Jade Mountain City's garrison will be rewarded with a Medal of Merit by朕 (zhèn, Chinese first-person pronoun used solely by the emperor), along with honor and a reward of 100,000 silver taels!"
"Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
The Langya army was instantly invigorated, raising their battle spears and shaking the heavens with their voices.
"Soldiers! For the Emperor, for the Dynasty, for honor, charge!"
"Conquer Jade Mountain, and expand our Dynasty's territory!"
"Charge!"
The Langya army roared, sweeping forward like a flood.
The Engineering Corps was at the front, the Trebuchet Corps in the middle, and the Ballista Corps at the rear, launching a joint attack on Jade Mountain City.
The sky was filled with stones, burning with the light of runes, like meteors streaking across the firmament, smashing towards Jade Mountain's defenses.
The ballista bolts formed a dense rain of arrows, emitting sharp, piercing sounds as they blanketed the sky.
On the walls of Jade Mountain City, the defending soldiers raised their shields to block the arrows, skillfully dodging the stones.
Rumble!
The city gates opened, and Nalan Jingyi, along with Feng Ling and the Phoenix Guards, led a million elite troops out of the city, forming a battle formation.
On the city walls, runic war machines fired wildly, causing energy shockwaves from the exploding runic bolts to ripple across the battlefield for thousands of meters.
Large numbers of Langya soldiers were blasted away, screaming in agony.
However, they continued to charge forward, fearless as if they were injected with adrenaline.
"Soldiers, follow朕 (zhèn, Chinese first-person pronoun used solely by the emperor) to meet the enemy and slaughter the Langya bandits!"
Nalan Jingyi drew her battle sword and charged forward first.
"Kill!"
A million elite soldiers surged with momentum, their killing intent overwhelming as they followed their Emperor to meet the charging Langya infantry.
The two armies quickly engaged in a fierce battle.
"The Lanning Emperor actually came out; she's seeking her own death!"
The Langya Emperor watched this scene, his face filled with a cold smile, and said to the half-step Celestial God experts beside him, "This is a good opportunity. Go and besiege the Lanning Emperor, which will surely lure that Yue bastard out of the city!"
"Whether you kill that Yue bastard or capture the Lanning Emperor alive, the morale of the Jade Mountain garrison will inevitably collapse."
"At that time, breaking through Jade Mountain City will be effortless!"
"Your Majesty, the Langya Emperor, rest assured. We will first force that Yue bastard to leave the city, and then the Wang family's experts will strike, trapping him on the battlefield."
"This time, we will definitely kill that Yue bastard!"
Fifteen half-step Celestial Gods from the Lanning Prince's Mansion rushed from their chariots toward the battlefield, heading straight for the area where Nalan Jingyi was located.
"Everyone, your opponents are me."
Jun Wuxie's voice echoed across the battlefield.
He leaped down from the city wall, stepping on the shoulders of the fighting soldiers from both sides, and met the group of half-step Celestial Gods.
"Today, even if a Celestial God descends, he won't be able to save you!"
The Wang family's half-step Celestial God sneered upon seeing him leave the city directly, his killing intent blazing.
The Wang family had also made a significant investment, dispatching fifteen half-step Celestial God realm experts.
In an instant, thirty half-step Celestial Gods from the two great families surrounded Jun Wuxie in the middle of the battlefield.
A burst of purple light bloomed.
The half-step Celestial Gods from the Lanning Prince's Mansion summoned a Rank 3 Divine artifact, the Human King Seal, which transformed into a small mountain in the sky, cascading down with purple waterfall-like energy.
The Wang family's half-step Celestial Gods summoned a pagoda flowing with ink-like light, flying into the sky like a towering mountain, releasing a suffocating pressure.
This was also a Rank 3 Divine artifact!
Thirty half-step Celestial Gods, wielding two Rank 3 Divine weapons, only sought to kill Jun Wuxie on the battlefield!
