The System was feeling quite depressed right now.
Because the host had initially said he wanted to keep a low profile, but after being discovered, he directly started fighting in Zhenwei City. This was definitely not normal behavior!
Jun Changxiao’s initial strategy was to keep a low profile, but the security in Zhenwei City was too strict. There were even identity-checking formations at night. Since he couldn’t hide anyway, he might as well just fight and make a scene.
With his Sword Saint cultivation level, he wasn’t afraid of the Zhenwei Emperor whose strength was unknown.
Now seeing that those emerging from the imperial palace were all Half-Saints forcibly elevated in power, he looked down on them even more.
However, what Dog Sheng couldn’t understand was this:
His disciple was causing such a huge commotion in the city, yet the Zhenwei Emperor didn’t appear—there might be other reasons for that. But shouldn’t there at least be Martial Saint level experts guarding the city? Why weren’t they coming out either?
Or was it that…
The method of forcibly elevating cultivation could only raise people to the Half-Saint level, and the Zhenwei Empire actually had no Martial Saint level experts stationed here?
The System said: “Based on the overall heavenly and earthly attribute strength of East Sea Fishing Province, the probability of nurturing a Martial Saint level expert is only one in ten million.”
“How did you calculate that?”
“Colonel KI.”
“Holy crap, you’re toxic! What’s the probability of nurturing a Martial Saint level expert in Southwest Yang Province?”
“At least one in a hundred million.”
“…”
The System added: “Over these years, through my analysis, excluding the two overseas provinces we haven’t visited, Southwest Yang Province has the lowest probability of producing Martial Saints.”
Jun Changxiao clutched his chest and said: “Are you trying to say that the place where I live—there’s no worst, only worse?”
“Exactly.”
“…”
Another silent blade stabbed into his heart.
“However…” The System changed its tone: “The host’s arrival has greatly increased the probability of breaking through to Martial Saint in Southwest Yang Province. As disciples’ cultivation continues to rise, the probability will steadily increase!”
This was at least something humanly decent to say, and it immediately warmed Jun Changxiao’s heart a bit.
“Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!”
While they were conversing, the twenty Half-Saints’ eyes flashed red light as they charged from both left and right at extreme speed, with various spiritual energies erupting without restraint.
Jun Changxiao frowned slightly.
There were many residents in the city. When he took action, he deliberately held back to avoid affecting innocents, yet these people attacked without any reservation at all.
The System said: “Puppets confirmed!”
“Whoosh! Whoosh!”
Jun Changxiao spread both hands, and flames blossomed in the air like fireworks, then transformed into two giant flaming palms that grabbed at the incoming energies and easily crushed them!
“These people’s eyes flash red light—they should have received power transmission from the Emperor.”
“So they rapidly gained cultivation, and the equivalent exchange was being controlled, losing self-awareness!”
“Then the controller is the Zhenwei Emperor.”
“Exactly!”
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
While Jun Renjie and System Yuanfang were conversing, he had already flashed before several Half-Saints. With explosive flame fists, he directly punched them flying out, punching them outside the city to prevent the energy from their landing from affecting innocent people!
“Whoosh! Whoosh!”
In contrast to his benevolence, the Zhenwei Empire’s Half-Saints condensed powerful techniques again, completely ignorant of restraint. The spiritual energy’s roar instantly formed momentum that directly shattered several rows of houses below into powder.
This behavior of disregarding their own subjects and erupting madly simply treated lives as nothing.
“Boom boom boom boom——”
Jun Changxiao charged over carrying flames, his fists frequently striking in the air. One Half-Saint after another flew out like cannonballs, all eventually falling outside the city.
“Kill!”
“Kill!”
“Kill!”
From all directions within the city, more soldiers emerged. They either rode flying horse beasts or rushed forward swiftly, converging on the main streets and alleys.
Outside the city, more soldiers surged like a tide, completely sealing off the east, west, south, and north gates.
“Swoosh swoosh swoosh!”
A general waved his longsword, and one hundred thousand soldiers outside the city arranged themselves in a single line, raising strong bows with arrows glowing with flowing light, drawing the strings taut.
From an aerial view, the military forces inside and outside Zhenwei City numbered in the hundreds of thousands. Jun Changxiao and his four disciples were like prey caught in an inescapable net.
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
Xiao Zuiji charged rampant like a wild bull. After knocking away dozens of flying horse beasts and soldiers, his spiritual sense swept over the hundred thousand archers outside the city. He said in shock: “Aren’t they afraid of damaging the city?”
“Madmen!”
Li Qingyang said: “A bunch of madmen!”
Those arrows with flowing light definitely contained some kind of explosive power.
Using them so recklessly on their own territory—even if they injured the enemy, wouldn’t it also cause irreparable destruction?
Zhenwei City had many ancient buildings with ingenious craftsmanship.
If they were destroyed in a rain of arrows, it would truly be a loss to the world, a loss to architecture!
“I really don’t believe it!” Jun Changxiao said coolly. “When these people get ruthless, they’ll even dare to demolish their own home!”
“Invaders causing chaos, endangering the imperial palace!”
Outside the city, a general wearing heavy armor and riding a flying horse beast drew his sword from its sheath and shouted loudly: “Divine Bow Battalion, all prepare!”
“Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh!”
One hundred thousand soldiers raised their bows, the light gathering at the arrowheads growing increasingly brilliant. Obviously, they had reached the point where the arrows were on the strings and had to be released!
“Holy crap!”
Jun Changxiao said in surprise: “They really dare to do this?”
The soldiers inside the city who had been about to charge forward heard the general’s shout and retreated backward one after another.
In an instant, the scene presented was: Jun Changxiao and Li Qingyang and the others suspended in the air above a certain district of Zhenwei City, with no enemy troops around them, and below was a densely populated residential area.
The air was filled with a murderous aura!
Shifting the camera to outside the city, one hundred thousand soldiers arranged in a single line, their gazes flashing coldly, completely uncaring that once they released their arrows, they would injure a large number of buildings and residents inside the city.
Jun Changxiao said indifferently: “Since they dare to do it, then come on.”
If their own people didn’t know how to cherish their own people, he, as an outsider, naturally wouldn’t care either.
“Release arrows!”
The commander finally gave the order!
His voice held no emotion, as if in his eyes, as long as he eliminated the enemies endangering the imperial palace, any price was acceptable!
“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”
“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”
One hundred thousand arrows shot forth explosively.
Because the rhythm of releasing arrows was synchronized, it was like a single sword light dragging a long tail, cutting through the Milky Way and sweeping across the nine heavens.
The power of a single arrow might be ordinary, but the power of one hundred thousand arrows was extraordinarily explosive!
“…”
Jun Changxiao had witnessed it—when people get ruthless, they really will demolish their own homes!
“Buzz!”
At the imperial palace, soaring flowing light flashed, forming quite a thick defensive barrier.
Jun Changxiao gave a thumbs up and said: “Protecting the imperial palace well while using subjects as targets—this is truly ‘I’d rather betray all under heaven than let all under heaven betray me!'”
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!”
The arrow rain flew over with tremendous momentum!
Li Qingyang and Xiao Zuiji and the other three didn’t take it seriously, because they had many methods to dodge the arrow rain attack.
Just at this critical moment, the door of a room below was pushed open. Several children of different ages rushed out and stood before the room that had turned into ruins, crying: “Father, Mother!”
Their parents were barely clinging to life, pressed down by bricks and beams and other debris, but desperately protecting the infant still in swaddling clothes in their arms.
“…”
Jun Changxiao’s heart felt like it was pricked. Then he drifted down, crouched before the crying children, placed both hands on their little heads, and smiled gently like a big brother from next door: “Little ones, everything will be fine.”
“Buzz buzz buzz!”
The rubble from the ruins gradually floated up.
Li Qingyang’s face showed the most brilliant smile, because he hadn’t expected that the Sect Master would go to rescue this couple who had no relation to him.
No!
The Sect Master had a kind heart!
He had just been pretending to be cold all along!
“Step!”
Xiao Zuiji landed, one foot stomping on the ground. Both hands suddenly spread open, earth attribute and the Great Wilderness power within his body erupted, instantly pouring into both palms, slamming fiercely onto the ground.
“Boom boom boom!”
The streets that ran in all directions rapidly cracked. Earth walls rose up one after another, instantly flying toward the high sky and linking together, like the Great Wall blocking the area where the hundred thousand arrows were flying.
The floating debris.
Jun Changxiao with both hands on the children’s heads.
Xiao Zuiji erupting with defensive power.
The earth walls suspended in mid-air used to block the flowing light arrows.
The scene presented in this frame was extremely heartwarming!
At this moment, when Zhenwei City’s soldiers got ruthless, they dared to demolish their own home. When the Eternal Ancient Sect disciples got ruthless, they dared to protect even their opponent’s home!
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