A large army charged towards Dark Night City.
They were the troops stationed near Dark Night City, responsible for its safety.
News of the twenty thousand Feng Xuan Army being ambushed and killed had already spread among them.
Though they were displeased with the royal family's actions, they merely voiced their discontent privately for the fallen.
But today was different. Everyone could sense the anger in Ye Lingyuan's voice.
Furthermore, without the God of War, Pluto, in the Tian Qi Kingdom, it would be the soldiers on the front lines and the common people who would suffer.
While charging into battle was a soldier's duty, no one wished to entrust their lives to a foolish ruler.
Therefore, their current rush to Dark Night City was not to suppress the citizens, but to support their God of War's ascension to the throne, just like the people.
Of course, those inside the imperial study were unaware of the events unfolding outside.
Despite Ye Lingyuan and Zi Linling possessing vast divine senses, they were too lazy to investigate.
As for Ye Mo Yuan, no one had informed him of the outside situation.
After all, the imperial study was no longer a place ordinary people could approach.
Ye Lingyuan had sworn a Heavenly Dao oath, his sharp gaze falling upon Ye Sheng Han.
"From now on, you have nothing to do with this King!"
The implication was that he had no scruples about killing them.
"Ye... Lingyuan, do... you... fear... your... father's... heart... breaking?"
Ye Sheng Xiao's voice trembled with pain, a far cry from his previous arrogant demeanor.
"Father?"
A strange glint appeared in Ye Lingyuan's eyes.
That man had indeed doted on his concubine, and he truly loved him.
But what of it?
If one loved someone yet couldn't protect them, how genuine was such love?
He refused to believe that the person responsible for his mother's death was unknown.
Even less so that the perpetrator of the Moonlight Glazed Jade Poison was unknown.
The imperial family was truly heartless; he had seen through it long ago.
"When a person dies, the lamp extinguishes, isn't that what you said?"
Ye Lingyuan's voice carried an indescribable emotion.
The unspoken meaning was, if a person dies and the lamp extinguishes, what did it matter if that person's heart broke or not?
Ye Sheng Xiao was speechless.
How could he retort when Ye Lingyuan used his own words against him?
"Ye Lingyuan, let me!"
Although Ye Lingyuan had taken a Heavenly Dao oath, Zi Linling was unwilling for him to bear the sin of fratricide and regicide.
Ye Lingyuan shook his head and said through gritted teeth, "Lin'er, this King will personally avenge the twenty thousand Feng Xuan Army!"
Zi Linling nodded and stepped back.
She knew that Ye Lingyuan had an endless well of rage that needed to be vented, otherwise, it would consume his reason.
This was why she had only injured Ye Mo Yuan and Ye Sheng Han, not killed them.
Internal demons were something others couldn't help with; one could only overcome them oneself.
Ye Lingyuan's mind stirred, and the surrounding elemental forces surged more intensely.
"Ahhhhhhh!"
Ye Sheng Xiao screamed again.
Ye Lingyuan snorted, "It is because people like you support Ye Mo Yuan that he acts with impunity and becomes arrogant!
Today, I will first execute the two of you, and then we will see if he dares to act recklessly without his left and right arms!"
As Ye Lingyuan spoke, the elemental forces surged again, squeezing Ye Sheng Xiao's body with even greater force.
Ye Sheng Xiao could no longer scream.
His bones had turned to dust, and cracks continuously widened and deepened on his body.
Blood flowed from the fissures, instantly dyeing a large area red.
His breath weakened rapidly, and the flame of his soul flickered precariously, on the verge of extinction.
Ye Lingyuan vented his fury for a while before retracting the elemental forces.
Ye Sheng Xiao collapsed to the ground, limp and like a puddle of mud, with more breath going out than coming in.
Ye Lingyuan's sharp gaze turned to Ye Sheng Han, the crimson hue in his eyes chilling.
"Don't... don't... kill me..."
Ye Sheng Han, with only the upper half of his body remaining, trembled, having forgotten the pain of his severed legs.
At this moment, he was truly as his name suggested, with a heart as cold as ice.
"Don't kill you?"
Ye Lingyuan's mind moved, and the elemental forces flowed towards Ye Sheng Han.
"Do you think that's possible? You don't want to die, but did the twenty thousand Feng Xuan Army brothers want to die!
You fear death, but did the twenty thousand Feng Xuan Army brothers not fear death!
You are human, and they are human. You were born of parents, and so were they. Why should you live while they had to die so miserably, and then have people say 'one general's success is built on ten thousand bones'?
Why should they sacrifice their lives to guard the empire for the likes of you beasts?"
The rage in Ye Lingyuan's eyes erupted outward.
He, who was usually taciturn, had spoken so much in his anger.
With every sentence he spoke, Ye Sheng Han's despair deepened.
Ye Sheng Han regretted it!
If he and Ye Sheng Xiao hadn't given Ye Mo Yuan such foolish advice back then, if they hadn't had Ye Mo Yuan and the Jin Xia Kingdom conspire with the Qiong Hua Kingdom to put on a show, how would they have ended up like this?
"Die!"
Ye Lingyuan's will strengthened once more, and the surrounding elemental forces surged with greater intensity.
Ye Sheng Han was already bleeding profusely, and now, being crushed by the elemental forces, his wounds gushed like fountains.
Soon, he met the same fate as Ye Sheng Xiao.
After dealing with these two, Ye Lingyuan's anger had not dissipated much.
Spiritual energy surged from his palm, and Ye Mo Yuan was drawn into his grasp.
"Ye Mo Yuan, this King will take you to see a good show, but..."
He didn't finish his sentence, but instead, threw Ye Mo Yuan into the moat.
Ye Mo Yuan was so terrified that he soiled himself, reeking terribly, so Ye Lingyuan decided he needed a bath first.
Ye Lingyuan tossed Ye Mo Yuan into the water and watched him bob up and down.
To prevent Ye Mo Yuan from drowning, he used his elemental forces to protect Ye Mo Yuan's body.
Of course, it wasn't that he didn't want Ye Mo Yuan to die, but he didn't want him to die so easily.
After the time it took for one incense stick to burn, he pulled Ye Mo Yuan out, then again used his elemental forces to envelop Zi Linling, and disappeared from Dark Night City.
When they reappeared, they were standing above the imperial palace of the Jin Xia Kingdom.
"From this moment forth, the Jin Xia Kingdom is no more!"
Ye Lingyuan's icy voice echoed above the imperial city of the Jin Xia Kingdom.
"Who dares to be so presumptuous in Jin Xia City!"
Many people emerged from the Jin Xia Kingdom's imperial palace.
Zi Linling's eyes narrowed as she recognized several familiar faces.
Ye Lingyuan snorted, and spiritual energy surged from his palm. A massive spiritual energy hand descended rapidly upon the Jin Xia Kingdom's imperial palace.
"Boom!"
The Jin Xia Kingdom's imperial palace was instantly flattened.
The sound of collapsing buildings and the anguished cries of people rose in succession.