CHAPTER 271: CHAPTER 268: COMING OUT OF THE GATE_1

The next afternoon, Qin Wudao led his troops to the territory of Divine Gate. At that moment, the Ancient Court was attacking the city. The desolate sounds of slaughter echoed in the sky, refusing to dissipate.

Rolling Evil Qi shot straight into the high heavens, forming bloody clouds. Under the illumination of the setting sun, they appeared incredibly enchanting, as if the world itself was bleeding.

"Brothers, hold on!"

"Hang in there, the Imperial Court’s reinforcements will be here soon!"

Generals, their bodies stained with blood, moved back and forth on the city wall, bolstering morale.

In desperate situations, morale is particularly important. It directly determines the outcome of a battle. High morale can lead to turning the tide, while low morale means the situation is beyond saving!

"Kill!"

The soldiers gritted their teeth and persisted. Watching the enemy forces surging outside the city, they fired round after round from the magic crystal cannons. The earth was plowed several times over, leaving huge pits everywhere, with gunpowder smoke filling the air.

Thousands of Formation Masters weaved through the defensive Formation, continuously repairing the damaged areas.

"In a moment, I will destroy their Formation. Hai Fa’an, you will lead the Azure Dragon Guard into battle, kill all the Qin army generals, and strive to take Divine Gate before nightfall!" Prince Hai ordered in a deep voice.

As his words fell, he stepped into the Void. His intense killing intent materialized, so potent that one could almost see countless spirits succumbing, innumerable corpses struggling in a sea of blood. The temperature within several miles plummeted to freezing point.

He slowly drew his war sword. The azure blade emanated a frigid aura, as if forged from ten-thousand-year-old glacial ice. Even looking at it from a distance sent a chill straight to one’s Heavenly Spirit Cave.

"Be destroyed!" Prince Hai grinned, his eyes flashing with two beams of blood-red light. He raised his war sword high, and endless sword light crisscrossed like a great river suspended in the sky.

With this sword, he had destroyed countless cities!

With this sword, he had shattered numerous Semi-Emperor Martial Artists into pieces!

RUMBLE!

Sword Qi whistled past, sweeping like a flood between heaven and earth. It slammed heavily into the defensive Formation, creating immense shockwaves. The Void completely collapsed, forming a gigantic black hole.

Within Divine Gate, thousands of Formation Masters repairing the Formation were sent flying by the terrifying force. The weaker ones directly exploded into a bloody mist.

Several minutes later, the shockwaves gradually dissipated. The once sturdy Formation now revealed a crack dozens of feet long.

"Quick, quick, repair the Formation!" the generals shouted in alarm.

However, due to the recoil from the Formation’s energy just moments before, fewer than a hundred Formation Masters could still stand. It was simply impossible to repair the Formation in such a short time.

"Kill!" Hai Fa’an, who had been biding his time, roared his command. He led the Azure Dragon Guard towards the crack in the Formation. They moved so fast that not even the magic crystal cannons could intercept them, and arrows were utterly incapable of piercing their defenses.

"Damn it!" Seeing the rapidly approaching Azure Dragon Guard, the few generals from the local legions defending Divine Gate decided to take action themselves, leading their most elite troops to guard the crack.

"All of you, get out of my way!" Reaching the crack, Hai Fa’an gave it a sweeping glance. He raised his axe high, and an unparalleled gleam of axe-light flashed, seeming to split the heavens and the earth.

A strike worthy of a god or demon!

BOOM!

Hundreds of Qin soldiers stationed at the crack were struck by the twin streams of axe qi and instantly disintegrated, leaving no trace of their bodies.

"Attack!" Hai Fa’an stood tall in the Void, like a majestic God Mountain, suppressing thousands of lives.

The Azure Dragon Guard charged out from behind him. Carnage followed in their wake; no one could withstand them.

"Damn it, we’re simply no match for them! When will the Imperial Court’s reinforcements arrive?" a general cried out in misery. He looked at the Azure Dragon Guard massacring the Qin soldiers, his heart filled with despair and resentment. He knew clearly that within the entirety of Divine Gate, no one was a match for this squad.

Once this crack was breached, Divine Gate would fall!

The other soldiers also turned pale, their morale plummeting. The successive failures caused the fear of the enemy in their hearts to grow wildly.

"It seems we’ll be able to occupy Divine Gate very soon!" Looking at the crack that was about to be breached, Hai Fa’an smiled faintly and strode in, twin axes in hand.

Just then, Qin Wudao led his army to the walls of Divine Gate. Seeing the precarious defensive Formation, he immediately ordered, "Guard Army, deploy!"

As a monarch, he always kept an ace up his sleeve. After Zhuge Liang and the others went into seclusion, he had immediately activated the Guard Army.

A floral scent wafted across the bloody battlefield.

Hidden in the Void, one hundred of his personal bodyguards materialized, dressed in black gauze gowns, holding daggers, and emitting a terrifying aura.

"Deploy the Hundred Immortal Formation!" Charm Shadow ordered coldly, a murderous flicker in her beautiful eyes.

BANG!

Above the Void, a blood-red flower with one hundred petals appeared. Each petal was covered in profound Daoist patterns, rapidly boosting the strength of the one hundred bodyguards.

The strength of ordinary members broke through to the Third-Turn Saint King!

The leader, Charm Shadow’s, strength broke through to the Fourth-Turn Saint King!

Furthermore, with the Formation’s enhancement, the overall strength of the Guard Army was comparable to that of a Ninth-Turn Saint King.

"Die!"

Accompanied by the floral scent, over a hundred Azure Dragon Guard soldiers were instantly dismembered, their blood spraying several meters high. Hai Fa’an, who was following behind, was momentarily stunned.

However, when he saw the beauty of Charm Shadow and the others, his eyes lit up. He unconsciously gulped. So many beautiful women!

"You dare kill my men? Tonight, I’ll make you suffer a fate worse than death!" Hai Fa’an licked his lips, his Ninth-Turn Saint King cultivation fully erupting as he charged towards Charm Shadow. He completely failed to notice that there was something wrong with the floral scent in the air.

Seeing this, Charm Shadow’s red lips parted slightly. She exhaled a stream of red vapor, which quickly dissipated into the air.

Suddenly, all the surrounding Azure Dragon Guard soldiers felt their bodies go limp.

"Not good! The air is poisoned! Everyone, quickly take an antidote pill!" Hai Fa’an also felt his limbs grow weak. He stopped immediately and hurriedly swallowed a pill. When he looked up, he found that Charm Shadow and the others had completely vanished.

When they reappeared, they were behind the Azure Dragon Guard soldiers, launching fatal strikes!

Blood splattered!

It stained their delicate bodies, transforming them into roses armed with thorns!

After dispatching their enemies, they moved swiftly, seeking their next prey. Their dancing forms executed the deadliest killing techniques amidst the slaughter.

In their poisoned state, the Azure Dragon Guard soldiers were powerless to resist. This included Hai Fa’an!

「...」

"Congratulations, Lord Xiao, on your successful breakthrough to the Quasi-Emperor Realm!"

"Haha, it’s all thanks to His Majesty that we were able to break through!"

"Yes, let’s hurry to thank His Majesty, inform him that we’ve come out of seclusion, and then get to work. We mustn’t let His Majesty’s efforts in nurturing us go to waste!"

In the Immortal Realm fragment, the officials who had successfully broken through gathered, congratulating each other.

As soon as they exited the spatial passage, they saw a guard rushing towards them, his face anxious as he called out, "My Lords, please hurry to Divine Gate! The Divine Court of the Sea is invading, and His Majesty has personally led the officials to confront them!"

Upon hearing this, the joyous expressions on the faces of the officials froze.