"General!"
"General!"
Le An rushed to Wu Jie's side, hastily knelt, grabbed Wu Jie's legs, and said with a trembling voice, "General, I surrender, I surrender. Do General Cao Wei's previous conditions still count? I surrender!"
"Right!"
"The Imperial Seal of the Yuhua Divine Dynasty!"
"Here, General, this is the Imperial Seal. General, General Cao Wei won't kill me, will he? He promised me earlier that he would grant me a fiefdom and protect me for life!"
"Clang!"
"Tear!"
The moment Wu Jie grasped the Imperial Seal, he drew the long sword from his waist and directly slit Le An's throat.
"Kill... kill..."
Le An clasped his hands to his throat, his eyes lifelessly gazing at Wu Jie. To his death, he never thought of his divine dynasty, his ancestors' foundation. To his death, he was still thinking about whether he could survive, and whether Cao Wei's conditions would still hold.
Alas, what greeted him was not the treatment after surrender, but Wu Jie's cold long sword.
"Kill!"
"Not a single living soul in the hall shall remain!"
Wu Jie glanced at the officials in the hall. Half a month ago, they could have smoothly taken the Yuhua Divine Dynasty and joined forces with the Tiangang Upper Sect. Not a single life in this place would escape!
...
In the latter half of the twenty-eighth year of the Great Han Heavenly Dynasty, just a few days after the Yaoguang Divine Dynasty declared war on the Great Han Heavenly Dynasty, a world-shattering piece of news swept through the entire West Hundred Cities like a hurricane!
This news, even more so than the destruction of the Tianyuan Sect, was like a chilling gust of wind that struck fear into the hearts of all beings in the West Hundred Cities.
The Great Han Heavenly Dynasty, which had destroyed the Tianyuan Sect and annexed the Fu Ming Ancestral Temple, was a powerful overlord. Two days ago, the White Tiger Legion, at the imperial capital of the Yuhua Divine Dynasty, had successfully annihilated the million-strong army of the Yuhua Divine Dynasty and the Tiangang Upper Sect!
In this battle, Zhan Deli, the deputy general of the Great Han Heavenly Dynasty's White Tiger Legion, became famous throughout the land. Riding a golden-eyed camel alone, he suppressed the imperial capital of the Yuhua Divine Dynasty, and with his own might, shattered the ultimate formation of the Tiangang Upper Sect. In just two blows, he killed the Tiangang Upper Sect's Saint, Wang Jianbai!
The White Tiger Legion pursued their victory, capturing the imperial capital of the Yuhua Divine Dynasty and killing the Divine Emperor of the Yuhua Divine Dynasty, Yuhua Le An!
The fall of the Yuhua Divine Dynasty sent shockwaves across the world.
At this moment, following the news of the Tianyuan Sect's destruction, the Tiangang Upper Sect, which bordered the Yuhua Divine Dynasty, the Yaoguang Divine Dynasty, the former overlord of the West Hundred Cities, and the Haiyun Divine Dynasty, which was still observing, were all terrified and aghast.
With the Yuhua Divine Dynasty annihilated, the Great Han Heavenly Dynasty's Kui Niu Legion, a million-strong army, had penetrated deep into the ancient forest on the border of the Feng'an Divine Dynasty. The battle was undecided, but judging by the terrifying combat power the Great Han Heavenly Dynasty had displayed, the Feng'an Divine Dynasty was also in grave danger!
At this moment, countless forces shivered with cold.
The Great Han Heavenly Dynasty, at this moment, was like a sharp sword hanging over the heads of all the forces in the West Hundred Cities. No one knew where the Great Han Heavenly Dynasty's army would point next. This unpredictability struck fear into the hearts of countless overlords!
...
"Your Majesty, the National Preceptor of the Yaoguang Divine Dynasty has once again brought a letter of alliance and entered our imperial capital. This time, the Yaoguang Divine Dynasty is full of sincerity. Here is the memorial requesting an audience, please Your Majesty peruse it."
Inside the imperial palace hall of the Haiyun Divine Dynasty's capital, following the destruction of the Yuhua Divine Dynasty, the Divine Emperor of the Haiyun Divine Dynasty, Hai Yao, hastily summoned his ministers to discuss the situation.
At this moment, Prince Chu, Hai Lingyu, stepped forward and bowed to Divine Emperor Hai Yao to report.
As these words were spoken, the civil and military officials in the hall pondered. In the past, the Yaoguang Divine Dynasty was the sole hegemon of the West Hundred Cities!
To protect itself, the Haiyun Divine Dynasty had maintained a tacit understanding with the Fu Ming Ancestral Temple for thousands of years, constantly suppressing the development of the Yaoguang Divine Dynasty. Because of this, the two powers had deep animosity.
However, with the rise of the Great Han Heavenly Dynasty, especially the destruction of the Tianyuan Sect and the Yuhua Divine Dynasty in the past month, the submission of the Fu Ming Ancestral Temple, and the Great Han Heavenly Dynasty's Kui Niu Legion penetrating the border of the Feng'an Divine Dynasty, the Yaoguang Divine Dynasty's Saint Shuo, King Bu Pinglong, led his army into battle, and the outcome was unknown.
The current situation was that the Great Han Heavenly Dynasty was the sole dominant power, with strength sufficient to overturn the entire West Hundred Cities. In the past half month, the Yaoguang Divine Dynasty had repeatedly sent diplomatic notes, seeking to ally with the Haiyun Divine Dynasty to resist the Great Han Heavenly Dynasty.
Due to the initial uncertainty, and the Haiyun Divine Dynasty being far from the Great Han Heavenly Dynasty with no conflicts of interest, things were different now.
The Great Han Heavenly Dynasty had already annihilated the Yuhua Divine Dynasty, and its army was gathering on the border of the Tiangang Upper Sect. Hai Yao had long seen this intention and hastily summoned his ministers to discuss the way forward for the Haiyun Divine Dynasty.
"Hai Wenshu, as the Great General, do you have anything to say?"
The hall was silent. Prince Xuan, Hai Xing'an, seeing Hai Lingyu with his head lowered, hastily looked at the Great General Hai Wenshu opposite him.
"Your Majesty!"
"Your Highness the Prince!"
Hai Wenshu bowed respectfully and then said, "The Great Han Heavenly Dynasty annihilated the Yuhua Divine Dynasty. Although Cao Wei, the commander of the White Tiger Legion, has not gone north, the first and second armies of the White Tiger Legion have already pressed to the border of the Tiangang Upper Sect."
"The Tiangang Upper Sect declared war on the Great Han and dispatched troops to assist the Yuhua Divine Dynasty. This enmity is already formed. I fear that the Heavenly Emperor of the Great Han, Yang Hao, will soon order the White Tiger Legion to attack the Tiangang Upper Sect."
"Your Majesty, esteemed ministers, when the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold. Once the Tiangang Upper Sect is destroyed, the Great Han Heavenly Dynasty's hegemonic position will be unshakeable. With a formidable enemy at our doorstep, how can we remain at peace?"
"I suggest we form an alliance with the Yaoguang Divine Dynasty and declare war on the Great Han Heavenly Dynasty!"
"I second that!"
Prince Chu, Hai Lingyu, bowed.
"I second that!"
Prince Xuan, Hai Xing'an, followed suit.
"I second that..."
"Since this is the case, the situation is dire. For the sake of the nation's destiny, for the divine dynasty!!"
"Let us form an alliance with the Yaoguang Divine Dynasty and declare war on the Great Han Heavenly Dynasty!"
Hai Yao commanded in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty is wise!"
The civil and military officials in the hall all knelt on both knees.
"The Great Han Heavenly Dynasty, with its million-strong army, has advanced to the border of the Haiyun Divine Dynasty's neighboring power, the Tiangang Upper Sect. Their intentions are unclear and pose a threat to the stability of our divine dynasty!"
Hai Yao's gaze swept over the civil and military officials.
"Order Hai Wenshu to immediately lead troops to assist the Tiangang Upper Sect and repel the Great Han Heavenly Dynasty!"
"Order Prince Chu Hai Lingyu and Prince Xuan Hai Xing'an to coordinate the elite forces of the divine dynasty and station them at the border, awaiting further orders!"
Hai Yao stood up. The Great Han Heavenly Dynasty's momentum was strong. A Daoist sect and a legion had already conquered the Tianyuan Sect and the Yuhua Divine Dynasty. If they continued to wait like this, the Great Han Heavenly Dynasty would inevitably sweep across the entire West Hundred Cities. If not now, when would they ally with the Yaoguang Divine Dynasty?
"Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live, long, long live!"
The civil and military officials all knelt on both knees. The current might of the Great Han Heavenly Dynasty was no longer something that the Yaoguang Divine Dynasty and the Tiangang Upper Sect could contend with.
The Yaoguang Divine Dynasty was currently fully assisting the Feng'an Divine Dynasty. Then, their Haiyun Divine Dynasty would assist the Tiangang Upper Sect. In this way, they could divide the Great Han Heavenly Dynasty's forces, and the outcome was yet unknown.