#2036 - The Emperor is Looking

In Yushan Prefecture, seventy million soldiers equipped with new-style rune armor boarded the Spirit Vessels, heading mightily towards the Imperial City.

Sixty million soldiers without new-style rune armor remained to guard the borderlands.

On this journey, Qi Zhenshan and two high-ranking generals accompanied them.

When the army passed through Jiannan Prefecture, the Spirit Vessels descended, and seventy million soldiers besieged the city.

This prefecture was controlled by the Prince of Lanling and was the first checkpoint from the frontier to the Imperial Capital.

The Prince of Lanling had gathered more than thirty million troops here.

"The people inside, listen up! I am the Emperor of Lanling!

You are selling your lives for the Prince of Lanling, acting as rebellious subjects, bringing disaster upon your wives and children, utterly foolish!

Now, I am willing to give you the opportunity to abandon darkness and embrace the light.

Lay down your weapons, open the city gates, and submit to me, and all past offenses will be forgiven!"

Nalan Jingyi's voice echoed outside Jiannan Prefecture's city.

The soldiers on the city wall trembled and showed fear.

They had long heard about the events on the frontier.

The Langya Dynasty had attacked the frontier several times. In several wars, the Langya Dynasty mobilized over two hundred million troops, but ultimately suffered a crushing defeat, and even the Langya Imperial Capital became a prisoner.

Now, tens of millions of frontier troops were pressing down on the border. Although they had more than thirty million troops here, they would not be able to defend it if a real fight broke out.

Besides, everyone was an army of the same dynasty. Did they really have to fight to the death?

Now, the Emperor's performance on the frontier has proven that she is indeed a good ruler, no worse than the Prince of Lanling.

"What are you doing? Do you want to betray the Prince?

Anyone who dares to lay down their weapons will be executed immediately!"

The chief commander of Jiannan Prefecture's garrison had a cold gaze. His reprimand made the defending soldiers tremble.

Those who had originally planned to lay down their weapons immediately dared not.

"Obstinate and unenlightened."

Jun Wuxie stepped into the air, each step causing a surge of golden blood energy like a rolling ocean in the void.

Such a scene made the defending soldiers tremble and filled them with fear.

"General, he is a Celestial God, a Celestial God! We surrend..."

Poof!

Before a soldier could finish speaking, his head was chopped off by the city's chief commander, scaring everyone else into silence.

"Spreading rumors and confusing the military's morale deserves death!

Have you ever seen such a young Celestial God?

He is just using some kind of secret technique to forcibly cross the void. This is a scare tactic. What are you afraid of!

We rely on the city for defense. If they dare to attack forcefully, they will suffer heavy losses!

Ballistae, aim, and shoot him to death!"

The chief commander issued the order.

Ordinary ballistae, of course, could not harm a strong person who could kill a Half-Celestial God.

But the ballistae they prepared were different. They were special, powerful crossbows sent by the Prince.

As long as they fired continuously, no one below the Celestial God could withstand it!

Soon, a large number of rune ballistae appeared and quickly adjusted their direction.

"Ignorant fools."

Jun Wuxie found it difficult to understand the chief commander's thought process and mode of thinking.

He actually wanted to struggle forcibly, harboring wishful thinking. What exactly was he thinking in his mind?

He suddenly accelerated his pace, instantly arriving at the city wall, raising his hand and slapping it over.

The chief commander's pupils contracted violently. He quickly retreated, shouting, "Fire the crossbows and kill him!"

At the same time, he wielded his war spear to counterattack, trying to block the blood energy-condensed palm.

A buzzing sound reverberated.

The countless rune crossbow bolts, the moment they left the string, did not emit a sharp whistling sound but a burst of air.

The crossbow bolts carried terrifying power, sweeping towards Jun Wuxie from all directions.

However, when all the crossbow bolts shot at him, they were shaken off by the faint golden light flowing on the surface of his clothes.

At the same time, the blood energy palm shattered the chief commander's war spear, slapping him in the face, causing half of his head to cave in, emitting a shrill scream.

"Someone like you dares to learn from others and act as a rebellious subject. Even ten thousand more like you wouldn't be enough to kill."

Jun Wuxie looked at the terrified chief commander, who was already scared to the point of collapse, and shattered his entire head with a single slap.

The garrison on the city wall witnessed the entire process, so frightened that they all dropped the weapons in their hands with clanging sounds.

"We know our sins, and we beg the Emperor and Lord Jun to forgive us!"

The chief commander was killed, and the defending soldiers, who were already afraid and did not want to fight, could no longer hold on and knelt down to surrender.

Boom!

The city gates opened, and the army entered the city.

"I said, as long as you lay down your weapons and are loyal to the dynasty and loyal to me from now on, all past offenses will be forgiven."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for not punishing us. We will forever be loyal to Your Majesty and loyal to the dynasty!"

"Jingyi, you go first."

Jun Wuxie said to Nalan Jingyi and the army.

Spirit Vessels soared into the sky, soon disappearing into the clouds.

Jun Wuxie then gathered the generals of this city, converted them, and then set off to chase after the Spirit Vessels.

Spirit Vessels flying in the air can actually cross the city directly from the clouds.

But if that were the case, when the army arrived outside the Imperial Capital and faced the Prince of Lanling's army surrounding the Imperial City, the armies of those prefectural cities would also appear behind them, leading to being attacked from both sides.

Of course, the seventy million soldiers he brought were not afraid of being besieged at all.

But in that case, after all, it would increase many casualties.

The armies of the various prefectures were, after all, armies of the dynasty.

Jun Wuxie did not want them to die in large numbers in the internal imperial power struggle, which was meaningless.

On the way back to the Imperial Capital, there were many cities along the way, most of which were controlled by the Prince of Lanling.

However, all the cities did not really resist.

The defending soldiers were not stupid. They knew very well that they were not opponents at all.

The Langya Dynasty's two hundred million troops and dozens of Half-Celestial Gods had been defeated, let alone these people.

Only the chief commanders in the city were more stubborn, all of whom were confidants of the Prince of Lanling.

Those chief commanders were all killed by Jun Wuxie, and the other generals were forcibly converted.

During this time returning to the Imperial Capital, Jun Wuxie retrieved the avatar from Pingnan County.

At the same time, he released a new avatar.

Due to the breakthrough in realm, the avatar released now was naturally stronger.

This avatar drove a modified miniature Spirit Vessel, heading towards Pingnan County at full speed.

The current Spirit Vessels were very fast, many times faster than the low-level Spirit Vessels he used to travel from Pingnan to the Imperial Capital in those years.

This trip of his Primal Chaos Avatar was to replace the Primal Chaos Avatar guarding Apricot Blossom Village and then retrieve the avatar originally guarding Apricot Blossom Village.

Because the original Primal Chaos Avatar was not strong enough, once a Celestial God attacked Apricot Blossom Village, the avatar would not be able to resist.

Although Apricot Blossom Village had a magic array barrier to protect it, they still had to leave the village after all.

Celestial Gods were dormant, and it was difficult for anyone to detect them. If they suddenly attacked, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Several months ago, he had already told the people of Yushan City his true identity.

Although news from Yushan City generally did not spread out.

But there were no airtight walls, it was just that the speed of news transmission was relatively slow.

Now that three months had passed, the Prince of Lanling's mansion and the Langya Dynasty probably already knew about this.

Perhaps the major forces in other states already knew about it as well.

Therefore, he had to guard against those Celestial God powerhouses being forced into a desperate situation and turning their attention to Apricot Blossom Village, harboring the intention of using the people of Apricot Blossom Village to coerce him.

As for the Primal Chaos Avatar who was on the way to the Imperial Capital with Hua Qi and the others, he had already completed the replacement more than two months ago.

Besides, the mountains and rivers were vast, and Hua Qi and the others did not take the official road along the way. Even for Celestial God powerhouses, it was difficult to find them in the vast mountains and rivers.

He had also completed the replacement of the Primal Chaos Avatar in the Imperial Capital.

Now, only Apricot Blossom Village was left, because Apricot Blossom Village was too far away.

The speed of the previous Spirit Vessels was limited, so he chose to send the avatar after the Spirit Vessels were improved.

As for Pingnan County, he no longer planned to leave a Primal Chaos Avatar there.

Now, he had to gather the avatars, leaving only the avatar guarding Apricot Blossom Village unmoved.

The other three avatars had to be able to be summoned and driven at any time.

"Master, according to the information we have gathered, the Prince of Lanling has gathered an army of one hundred million in front of us as we return to the Imperial Capital!

This time, they have mobilized almost all the troops from most of the cities near the Imperial Capital.

Moreover, there are suspected powerhouses from other dynasties or families mixed in with the rebel army.

Among those people, many are suspected Half-Celestial Gods, and the rest are all True God Absolute Heaven Realm!"

Qi Zhenshan reported the situation, his face not looking very good.

The Prince of Lanling's mansion was simply extremely chaotic. In order to seize imperial power, he did not know how many external forces he had colluded with.

His actions were completely inviting wolves into the house.

Those forces were willing to help him, which must be because the Prince of Lanling gave them enough benefits.

I just don't know what exactly the Prince of Lanling gave.

But no matter what, for the dynasty, it was definitely not a good thing!

"It seems that they are already restless, which is good, and it saves me a lot of time and energy."

He waved his hand at Qi Zhenshan, signaling him to retreat, and then looked towards the direction of the Imperial Capital.

Looking out from the Spirit Vessel, one could already see the magnificent and majestic outline of the Imperial Capital.

Outside the Imperial Capital, on the mountains, several mountain ranges were covered with camps, and solid defensive works had been built.

These were not there in the past.

Obviously, the army and defensive works here were only there after he and Nalan Jingyi left the Imperial Capital.

That was the army that the Prince of Lanling had mobilized. They used the steep and precipitous mountains as a base, forming a line of defense, and stationing troops, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

On those mountains, many large rune ballistae could be seen, and all the crossbow bolts were facing the sky.

Without thinking, the rebel army used these rune ballistae for air defense, specifically targeting the Spirit Vessels.

"Jun Lang, are we going to attack forcefully?"

Nalan Jingyi looked at the layers of defenses on that large mountain range and couldn't help but frown.

According to the current situation, if they attacked forcefully, it would inevitably cause no small casualties.

Regardless of which side suffers casualties, it's a loss of strength for the dynasty.

Because they are not facing the armies of other nations, but the dynasty's own army.

"Otherwise, is there another way?"

Jun Wuxie looked at her worried expression, reached out and lifted her chin, and said, "The dynasty's accumulated ailments of many years, how can they be completely cured without enduring pain?

The choice of life and death is in their own hands.

If they surrender, they can live; if they resist to the end, they deserve to die."

"Yes, I know, but I just feel that they are also veterans of the dynasty, and it is really a pity to die in a civil war like this.

However, this is indeed their own choice.

They chose to follow the rebellious and treacherous Lanling Wang in plotting rebellion and usurping the throne, so they must pay the price for their choice!"

"When will we attack?"

"In two more days, no rush."

After Jun Wuxie finished speaking, he called Qi Zhenshan over and told him to have the army's Divine Spirit Ships land on the mountains below.

This place is already very close to the rebels' defense line, only a hundred miles away.

After landing, let the soldiers rest and recuperate."

… …

At the same time, deep within the Lanling Wang Manor.

"Report! Family Head, they're here! They have approached our defense line outside the city!

At this moment, their Divine Spirit Ships are landing."

"Hmm, they've finally come…"

A nearly morbid, sinister smile appeared on Lanling Wang's face.

He waved his hand to signal the person reporting the news to leave, and sat alone for a short while.

Then, he suddenly stood up, left in a hurry, and went all the way to the family's forbidden area.

Arriving at the ancient hall within the forbidden area, ten people were sitting cross-legged here, all looking at him with deep gazes.

"Greetings, Ancestor, greetings, everyone."

Lanling Wang hurriedly saluted, not daring to be negligent in the slightest.

"Seeing you in such a hurry, I suppose that person has arrived?"

"Senior has keen eyes, that is indeed the case, that person whose surname is Yue... whose surname is Jun has arrived.

At this moment, their Divine Spirit Ships have landed in the mountains, only a hundred miles away from our army's defense line.

With that person whose surname is Jun's temperament, the attack will probably be within these two days.

The border army is fierce, and once an attack is launched, the battle will inevitably be tragic.

That person whose surname is Jun is their backbone and spiritual pillar.

When the time comes, I hope the Ancestor and all the Seniors will kill that person whose surname is Jun as soon as possible.

In this way, the morale of the border army will inevitably collapse."

"We will deal with him ourselves, no need for your reminder.

Go down."

An old man slowly waved his hand, then closed his eyes and said no more.