When Jun Changxiao saw the couple trapped in the ruins using their own bodies to protect the infant, he was deeply moved.
The greatest thing in this world was the love of parents.
No emotional manipulation, no verbosity.
He just wanted to save them.
He just wouldn’t let innocent people die at the hands of their own people.
Witnessing the Sect Master rescuing the trapped couple, Xiao Zuiji landed on the ground and released his earth attribute power and Great Wilderness power, using thick defensive earth walls to build a Great Wall for the city’s residents that could resist everything!
Jun Changxiao hadn’t given an order, but his disciple did the most correct thing at the most correct time.
This was the tacit understanding between master and disciple.
This was the tacit understanding belonging to the Eternal Ancient Sect.
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh!”
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh!”
One hundred thousand sharp arrows shot explosively, carrying explosive power.
On their inevitable path, earth walls erupted with thick defensive power.
At this moment, if there were onlooking crowds from the continent, they would definitely be confused, because they wouldn’t be able to tell who was the invader and who was the defender!
From the current situation, the Zhenwei Empire army that got ruthless enough to demolish their own home was the invading party, while the Eternal Ancient Sect disciples had instead become the defending party.
The plot was seriously wrong!
…
At this moment, Young Master Yuan and Old Man Lin were still on horseback rushing over.
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“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!”
Thousands of flowing light arrows bombarded the thick earth walls, blooming at multiple points!
“Whoosh! Whoosh!”
Strong air currents spread recklessly!
However, after the dizzying bombardment, Xiao Zuiji stood in place and lightly raised his head, grinning broadly.
The earth walls gathered in the sky, reinforced with Great Wilderness power, could be called indestructible. After being bombarded, they didn’t even leave a trace.
“This…” The Divine Bow Battalion commander was stunned.
“Swoosh!”
He waved his sword again and shouted: “Nock arrows!”
If once didn’t work, then they’d do it several more times. As long as they eliminated the invaders and protected the imperial palace’s safety, that was enough!
This guy’s eyes didn’t flash red light—he probably hadn’t received power transmission—but ignoring the lives within the city, it seemed he had an almost fanatical worship of the Zhenwei Emperor!
“Whoosh——”
As the hundred thousand archers nocked arrows, two streaks of red-orange light swept through from above the city wall in a dragging arc.
“Bang bang bang!”
As the light swept by, over a thousand soldiers’ helmets were pierced through.
He Wudi stood at a corner of the city wall and said coldly: “Disregarding your own people and recklessly releasing arrows—is this what soldiers defending their homeland should do?”
“Release arrows! Release arrows…”
“Whoosh——”
Before the Divine Bow Battalion commander finished speaking, Ye Xingchen had already appeared behind him. The True Yang Sword swept across his neck, the head immediately flew off, and blood sprayed out.
The commander was slain!
The soldiers were left leaderless!
“Scram.”
Ye Xingchen pointed his sword into the distance and said coldly.
“Whoosh! Whoosh!”
A tremendously powerful pressure aura suddenly erupted from his body, instantly invading nearly one hundred thousand soldiers, causing the bows and arrows in their hands to fall one after another, with an urge to kneel and kowtow!
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Inside the city.
With the hundred thousand archers suppressed and robbed of combat power, those soldiers who had retreated charged forward again. However, just as they were about to act, they stood frozen in place in terror.
“Buzz buzz buzz!”
Collapsed ruins one after another—bricks, rubble, earth, and even beams gradually floated up, then suspended in mid-air.
Several children stared with round eyes.
The big brother standing before them, who looked even prettier than a big sister, was smiling at them. Around his body, two strange auras gradually emerged, looking very magnificent.
Jun Changxiao rubbed the two children’s little heads and said: “Remember, cultivating the martial path is to protect your loved ones, not to harm them.”
These words, the children didn’t understand, but they were deeply imprinted in the depths of their souls. Even when they grew up and reached old age, they would remember them from time to time.
“Swoosh!”
Jun Changxiao stood up and rose slowly, enveloped in light.
Manipulated by both sword and martial powers, the debris floating in mid-air was gradually crushed into fine powder, then scattered far away with the wind.
The residents injured in the ruins from the battle all endured their pain and watched the man rising into the sky like a star and moon, suddenly feeling that the heavy objects pressing on them were being cleared away by him!
A god?
No, no, no!
In East Sea Fishing Province, indeed across the entire Fallen Star Continent, there was only one god, and that was the Zhenwei Emperor!
Jun Changxiao stopped in mid-air with hundreds of thousands of soldiers gathered below.
They didn’t mindlessly charge over, because the aura this man now emanated was no weaker than the god in their hearts!
“Zhenwei Emperor.”
Jun Changxiao looked sharply toward the imperial palace covered by a defensive formation and said in a deep voice: “Are you still hiding inside, watching your own subjects die in the chaos of war?”
“Buzz!”
“Buzz!”
Space trembled.
A middle-aged man wearing golden battle armor and crowned with an emperor’s crown stepped out through space, emanating quite a strong kingly aura.
“Swoosh! Swoosh!”
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers knelt in unison, shouting together: “Greetings, Imperial Majesty!”
Jun Changxiao said coolly: “So you’re the Zhenwei Emperor?”
“Exactly.”
The Zhenwei Emperor’s voice was like a great bell.
Ye Xingchen on the city tower wiped his blood-stained sword while saying coldly: “He looks very punchable.”
He didn’t have the thought to punch him, because… with the Sect Master here, it wasn’t his turn to act.
“Boy.”
The Zhenwei Emperor’s gaze flashed with a trace of anger as he said in a deep voice: “Who are you? Why have you come to this emperor’s territory to provoke trouble?”
Daring to cause trouble at his imperial palace, yet able to fight with ease before hundreds of thousands of troops—he didn’t think this could be someone sent by the three great empires, because they didn’t have this capability.
“Jun Changxiao.”
“Sect Master of the Eternal Ancient Sect in Qingyang Commandery, Southwest Yang Province.”
Jun Changxiao announced his name, address, and identity.
As he spoke, the aura of a sect master that erupted was no less impressive compared to the Zhenwei Emperor’s imperial aura!
Jun Dog Sheng, who was usually never serious, when he became serious actually had quite an imposing presence. In the eyes of the soldiers and residents, he seemed to have a status equal to their god!
“Southwest Yang Province?”
The Zhenwei Emperor said in a deep voice: “So you’re from the continent!”
Because they had very little contact with the nine provinces, he didn’t know about the Eternal Ancient Sect that had recently risen to fame in the mainstream martial world, with renown no less than any top-tier major sect.
This was normal.
If he had heard of Jun Changxiao, heard of this emerging sect, when the Dimensional Battlefield opened, he would have definitely entered along with experts from all sides.
East Sea Fishing Province and the other two separated provinces, although strictly speaking still belonged to Fallen Star Continent, were more like an independent dimension.
Jun Changxiao said calmly: “Your subordinates disregarded the lives of common people and recklessly released arrows to destroy the city. As their master, you not only didn’t stop them but sat steadily in the imperial palace watching the battle. Aren’t you afraid of chilling their hearts?”
The Zhenwei Emperor laughed heartily with his head thrown back, then swept his gaze over the soldiers and subjects kneeling on the ground and shouted: “Tell him, are your hearts chilled?”
“Imperial Majesty’s achievements benefit the present and will benefit millennia to come!”
The soldiers and subjects shouted: “We are willing to dedicate our lives to him without complaint or regret!”
“…”
Jun Changxiao fell silent.
These people seemed to have been severely brainwashed.
“Sect Master Jun, did you hear?” The Zhenwei Emperor said proudly.
“Swoosh!”
He waved his hand, pointing toward Zhenwei City, pointing toward the mountains and rivers outside, saying: “Since this emperor ascended the throne, I have vigorously developed national strength. The empire leaped to become the strongest empire in East Sea Fishing Province. Who doesn’t take pride in this? Who doesn’t feel honored!”
“So this is your reason for treating subjects like grass?” Jun Changxiao said coolly.
The Zhenwei Emperor said: “This emperor has given them prosperous lives, given them high status. They must be prepared to dedicate themselves to this emperor!”
“It’s not these soldiers who’ve gone mad.”
Jun Changxiao shook his head and said: “It’s you who’ve gone mad.”
“Only a madman can save a nation!”
“Only a madman could give the Zhenwei Empire its current achievements, and make it even stronger!”
“…”
From every sentence the Zhenwei Emperor spoke, Jun Changxiao could deeply hear that bringing a weak empire to its current state made him very proud, even branding himself as omnipotent!
Truly arrogant!
This Jun admits defeat!
“I’m just afraid that what you can save, you can also personally destroy.” Jun Changxiao waved one hand, and the Jade Dragon Asking Heaven Sword appeared out of thin air. He said coolly: “This seat won’t waste words with you anymore. Quickly hand over Grand Master Fan.”
“Grand Master Fan?”
The Zhenwei Emperor sneered: “So you’ve come to rescue that stubborn old man.”
…
At this moment, Young Master Yuan and Old Man Lin were still on horseback rushing over.
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