Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The Divine Martial Kingdom was in chaos!
Now that Xia Tingwei died, there was no new king to ascend the throne. As for the seven great clans, Zhangsun Clan’s experts had almost been completely slaughtered by Jiang Yi while the Jiang Clan had gone missing. Meanwhile, the Zhan and the Qian Clans remained calm and peaceful on the surface but were definitely supporting Jiang Yi secretly. As for the Ying Clan, their young clan head was quite close to Jiang Yi, but no one knew what they were thinking at this moment.
The remaining Long and Taishi Clans were not on friendly terms with Jiang Yi. Both clans controlled about a third of the Divine Martial Kingdom’s army. During those times when Jiang Yi was being chased after, the generals from the two clans had joined in the pursuit as well.
A few of the Xia Clan’s princes and princesses had escaped. However, Xia Tian and Xia Feiyu stayed behind. Since Xia Tian and Jiang Yi were arch-enemies—even if he had escaped to any part of the world, Jiang Yi would still send people to chase after him.
Therefore, Xia Tian had only thought it over for a day before forming an alliance with Zhangsun Yan, the Taishi Clan, and the Long Clan. After discussing it over with the various Clan Heads, he decided to ascend the throne and become the next Divine Martial Kingdom’s ruler.
After ascending the throne, Xia Tian announced a decree that denounced Jiang Yi as a traitor; and he would mobilize the kingdom’s military force to oppose and capture the Divine Martial Kingdom’s traitor. At the same time, he used his king’s status to request for help from the other kingdoms as well as the Azure Dragon Empire and the Martial Arts Hall.
The citizens, army, as well as the various clans that were residing in the Divine Martial Kingdom gradually found their backbone as they slowly settled down. Very quickly, Zhangsun Yan and the others assembled the troops to stop Jiang Yi. They believed that the other kingdoms, the Azure Dragon Empire, and the Martial Arts Hall would definitely not sit back and watch Jiang Yi destroy the Divine Martial Kingdom. Because after the Divine Martial Kingdom, they would be next in line.
Although Jiang Bieli had gone missing, the 500,000-strong Western Garrison Army was still around. The Western Garrison Army was one of the strongest battalions in the Divine Martial Kingdom. On the first day Xia Tian ascended the throne, he gave out an order to one of the generals in Taishi Clan to take over the Western Garrison Army. Simultaneously, they were to muster the army to launch an attack onto Jiang Yi’s army.
Xia Tian was very similar to Xia Tingwei. Both of them were very suspicious of Jiang Bieli and the Jiang Clan. The Western Garrison Army had always been the Jiang Clan’s loyal subjects. Xia Tian naturally couldn’t feel at ease. Hence, he assembled the Western Garrison Army to clash with Jiang Yi. Even if they couldn’t obtain victory, the casualties on both sides would be beneficial.
The 500,000-strong Western Garrison Army was exceptionally compliant as they allowed General Taishi Heng to assume control over them easily. He even transferred a lot of the commanders away just so he could let Taishi clansmen take over those positions. After reorganizing the army for a day, General Taishi Heng led the army and headed down south, preparing for a fight to the death with Jiang Yi’s army.
Within these few days, Jiang Yi and his army had already breached through over twenty cities. Those cities practically didn’t put up much of a resistance. Even if there was any—the moment Grandma Silver Flower appeared, she would eliminate the city lord and the experts within the city in a single move. Immediately after, the remaining troops would surrender. In the eyes of those ordinary soldiers, Vajra Realm martial experts were an existence that would never be defeated.
Jiang Yi had given down a death order. When they were besieging the cities—if there were anyone who dared to resist, the soldiers were allowed to kill the enemies on the spot. However, they were not allowed to kill any commoners or those soldiers who had surrendered.
Jiang Yi’s current prestige was at its peak. He had killed three great Vajra Realm martial experts outside of the Summer Rain City, frightening off Xiao Longwang and Sha Di. Ultimately, he even pursued the Ling Clan’s Patriarch. No one knew if he had killed the patriarch or not. However, he had returned while the Ling Clan’s Patriarch was still missing. This was an unchangeable fact.
Therefore, even though the Great Xia Kingdom army wished to cleanse the Divine Marital Kingdom in blood or to kill off all the Divine Martial Kingdom troops, they ultimately didn’t dare to do so. A military order had to be obeyed, and Jiang Yi’s order was like a god’s decree to them. Thus, no one dared to defy it.
The army advanced like locusts. Very quickly, they had managed to conquer a third of Divine Martial Kingdom’s territory. Meanwhile, the 500,000-strong Western Garrison Army had also arrived at their destination. They garrisoned themselves in the no.1 city in the Divine Martial Kingdom, the Divine Night City. They adopted an undying attitude as they prepare to fight with Jiang Yi’s army to death.
“Divine Night City? Hmph. Old General Lu, guard our backs. I will bring a hundred thousand troops to conquer the Divine Night City.”
Their opponents had 500,000 soldiers. If they were to rely on just their army to fight against them, the Great Xia Kingdom would definitely face countless deaths even if Grandma Silver Flower was to help out. Since Jiang Yi had decided to lead the battle, those 500,000 troops were like 500,000 sheep that could be subdued easily.
The moment Old General Lu received the orders, Jiang Yi shot up to the skies and landed onto the Yazi Beast’s back. He waved his hand and spoke, “General Su, lead 100 thousand troops and follow me towards the Divine Night City.”
“This humble subject shall do as you ordered!”
A Soul Travel Realm general cupped his fist as he replied. Following which, he beckoned his hand and commanded, “Summer Tiger Army, Summer Dragon Army, Summer Lion Army… deploy and follow the Lord Regent to conquer Divine Night City!”
A hundred thousand troops rushed out from the army barracks in an orderly fashion; they followed behind General Su and advanced towards the north like a sharp sword. Although there were only 100,000 of them, they still managed to release an aura of a million troops. At this moment, they did not have any fear in them even if they were going to rush into a mountain of blades or a sea of flames. Their king… was just above them!
“Lord Regent has triumphed in every battle and is undefeated!”
The commanders in the headquarters roared out. Their voice shook heaven and earth as it resonated out to the clouds.
Half a day later, the faraway Divine Night City came into their vision. It was sunset, and the western side was filled with the blood red remnants of the sun. The red shine reflected off the blades that belonged to these 100,000 troops. It reflected a cold ray that would cause one to feel their heart palpitating. As these 100,000 rushed in a frenzy, it gave rise to a sky filled with smoke while it looked as though hundreds of thousands of giant creatures were roaring silently.
The Divine Night City was extremely massive. The southern wall of the city stretched up to about ten miles long, and it was filled with soldiers. These troops all worn full black battle armor while wielding black battle sabers. Meanwhile, all of their faces looked extremely heavy. Even when they saw the Yazi Beast flying over from far away, they did not even have the slightest change in their expression. They truly deserved to be called the strongest battalion in the Divine Martial Kingdom.
Taishi Heng stood at front of the city walls, with a face that was filled with a suicidal expression. A lot of those Taishi clansmen who had just assumed control of the Western Garrison Army—all held a similar expression. Their mission this time was to throw away their life!
Of course—!
Before they were to throw away their life, they had to command the army to eliminate as many of the Great Xia Kingdom’s troops as possible. As long as the 600,000 soldiers from the Great Xia Kingdom had been eliminated, Jiang Yi would never be able to occupy the Divine Martial Kingdom even if he managed to take them down single-handedly.
“Soldiers of the Divine Martial Kingdom, it’s time for us to show our loyalty to the kingdom. For the Divine Martial Kingdom’s glory and for our citizens! Wandering Dragon Formation! Kill!”
When Taishi Heng saw the army approaching, he extended out the blade in his hand and roared before leading the charge forward. All of Taishi clansmen also roared out one after another as they followed suit.
“Kill!”
All the Western Garrison Army soldiers took out their weapon and roared as they followed behind Taishi Heng and charged out of the city. Endless amount of troops charged down from the ten-mile-long city walls while surging with killing intent. The sky outside of the Divine Night City seemed as though it had been solidified.
“Hmph!”
Jiang Yi stood on top of the Yazi Beast’s back and saw the Western Garrison Army charging over. Soon enough, they were about to cross swords with the Great Xia Kingdom’s troops. Meanwhile, Jiang Yi’s eyes slowly turned red and were just about to release his Massacre Intent to suppress the enemy’s troops.
Just at that moment, an unexpected change suddenly happened.
“Attack!”
A person within the Western Garrison Army roared out. Hundreds of Soul Travel Realm experts suddenly shot out their essence force attacks as well as dao pattern attacks. However, the attacks weren’t aimed at the Great Xia Kingdom’s army but at Taishi Heng and the Taishi Clan’s generals.
“Have you gone mad?”
Taishi Heng sensed a fatal danger creeping towards him. When he turned his head back, essence force attacks covered everywhere he could see. He was instantly frightened stiff and let out an unyielding roar. With so many essence force attacks, even the peak-stage Soul Travel Realm expert would die—let alone him who was only at the eighth stage of the Soul Travel Realm.
“It’s you…”
During the moment of his death, he saw an ugly face sneering at him in the middle of the Western Garrison Army. When he saw that long and narrow scar at the corner of that person’s mouth, he finally understood why he was able to control the Western Garrison Army so easily and why the Western Garrison Army was so obedient to him.
Pong! Pong! Pong!
Hundreds of essence force attacks drowned the Taishi Clan’s members, causing over a dozen generals to explode into pieces while deep pits were left behind in the surface of the ground. The explosion was extremely deafening as dust and smokes swirled up from the ground. The explosion only came to a rest after reverberating for a long period of time.
“This…”
Jiang Yi and the 100,000-strong Great Xia Kingdom’s troops were stupefied. Why were the enemy troops in internal strife even before the battle had started? Jiang Yi knitted his pondering brows when his vision penetrated through the dust and smoke and managed to see a familiar-looking face in the middle of the Western Garrison Army.
Swish!
That person moved as he turned himself into an afterimage and shot over. He ignored those extremely tensed-up Great Xia Kingdom’s troops and knelt on the ground with a single knee before shouting out respectfully, “Western Garrison Army’s commander-in-chief, Jiang Rentu pays his respects to Lord Regent. This General represents the 500,000-strong Western Garrison Army and pledges allegiance to the Great Xia Kingdom!”
