MTLNOVEL Chapter 440: The Holy Emperor's foresight is truly divine!
Chapter 440: The Holy Emperor’s foresight is truly divine!
Seeing the Moon Shadow Dynasty’s cultivators charging forward, Jun Yunshang calmly issued her orders.
“Everyone, reinforce the defensive formations. Rely on the city walls to counterattack. Focus on the defense. No one is to leave the city to attack the enemy without my command!”
The Junyan soldiers in the city followed her orders, pouring their efforts into strengthening the city’s defensive formations. They stayed inside the city and counterattacked with long-range spells and artillery.
Various magical treasures flew out, spiritual energy cannons roared incessantly, and a storm of arrows rained down like a tempest.
Spells were cast without restraint, lighting up the night sky with dazzling brilliance, harvesting lives one after another.
The colorful lights surpassed all the fireworks in the world, but they came at the cost of burning lives.
This place had always been a border town, easy to defend and hard to attack. With the defensive formations in place, the Moon Shadow Dynasty suffered heavy casualties almost immediately.
Seeing the massive formation formed by the three cities, the Moon Shadow Blade Emperor roared in anger, “Break it for me!”
He swung his massive blade, and a forty-zhang-long blade of light descended from the sky, slashing toward the defensive formation of the three Longxi cities.
Inside Longxi City, four Void Realm experts joined forces and combined their strength with the city’s formation to barely withstand the blow.
However, the city’s formation was shaking precariously. A few more strikes like that, and it would completely collapse.
Jun Aoshi glanced at Jun Yunshang and calmly said, “I’m leaving.”
Although Jun Yunshang had always feigned indifference towards him, she knew that this might be their final meeting.
“Uncle, don’t die.”
Jun Aoshi paused for a moment, then turned around with a faint smile and nodded. “Alright.”
Although his face was now twisted and fearsome, there was still a trace of the handsome and noble man he once was.
He crushed the jade pendant in his hand, and sword energy surged around him, soaring into the sky.
“Yue Yingchuan, I am your opponent!”
Jun Aoshi transformed into a hundred-zhang-long giant sword and flew out of the city, slashing at the Moon Shadow Blade Emperor as he prepared to strike again.
The Moon Shadow Blade Emperor hastily changed his stance, deflecting the giant sword with a swing of his blade. He frowned. “Jun Aoshi?”
Jun Aoshi reverted back to his human form and said coldly, “No.”
The Moon Shadow Blade Emperor laughed in anger. “What? The once renowned Sword Lord Aoshi of the Northern Abyss has become too ashamed to show his face?”
With those eerie flames and sword energy, who else in the world could it be?
Jun Aoshi pointed at his own face and mocked, “Do you think I still have a face to show?”
The Moon Shadow Blade Emperor was momentarily speechless and could only snort coldly.
“Jun Aoshi, you were once a prodigy of your generation. Are you really content to be a dog for a little girl now?”
Jun Aoshi asked with interest, “Oh? And what does the Blade Emperor suggest?”
Since his goal was to buy time, he might as well engage in some idle chatter.
The Moon Shadow Blade Emperor smiled. “Capture the little girl for me and I’ll make you the Southern King.”
Jun Aoshi’s eyes turned icy as he coldly asked, “Do you really want to marry her?”
The Moon Shadow Blade Emperor glanced at the stunningly beautiful Jun Yunshang on the city walls, his gaze filled with greed.
“Judging by her appearance, she’s the child of that half demon, isn’t she? Then she must have a pure Phoenix bloodline?”
Jun Aoshi suddenly realized something and coldly said, “You are after the power of the Phoenix bloodline and my Flame Clan?”
The Moon Shadow Blade Emperor didn’t deny it. He smiled bitterly, his expression carrying a hint of weariness and helplessness.
“At my level, my own potential has been exhausted. To go one step further, I can only rely on the power of the bloodline and the power of fate.”
“Jun Aoshi, a wise man knows when to give up. Instead of serving that girl, why not work for me?”
Jun Aoshi’s lips curled into a faint smile as he shook his head. “Sorry, I’m not interested. If you want to touch her, you’ll have to step over my corpse first!”
The Moon Shadow Blade Emperor’s eyes turned cold. His massive blade split into two thinner blades, which he tightly gripped as he snorted disdainfully.
“I’ve given you some face, but you really think you’re something, don’t you? Do you really think you can stop me?”
Jun Aoshi held his sword horizontally in front of him, his expression proud and unyielding. “Whether I can stop you or not, we’ll find out soon enough!”
“Flames of karma, burn to ashes!”
He burned his life essence and soul, causing his aura to skyrocket and approaching the Saint Realm.
During his previous battle with Luo Xue, he had been ready to die and had fought with all his might, but he hadn’t gone all out.
Now, he had found something worth protecting, and he was willing to sacrifice everything for that!
“Domain of Annihilation! Demon of Flame Manifestation!”
Jun Aoshi didn’t hold back in the slightest, unleashing his full power from the very beginning. A pale domain enveloped the area, and an icy cold spread outward.
White flames erupted from his body as he slashed his sword, charging toward the Moon Shadow Blade Emperor like a moth to a flame.
Meanwhile, in the capital of the Moon Shadow Dynasty, Chaoyue City
Lin Fengmian looked at the magnificent Moon Shadow Emperor’s Palace in the distance and couldn’t help but smile.
“It looks like it’s dripping with wealth. Perfect!”
The golden-armored guards at the palace gates shouted, “This is the Moon Shadow Holy Emperor Palace. Unauthorized personnel, stay back!”
Lin Fengmian reached out and summoned the Zhen Yuan Sword into his hand, with a radiant smile on his face.
“The Holy Emperor’s Palace? That’s exactly where I’m going. This is a robbery!”
The guards were stunned for a moment. A robbery in the Holy Emperor’s Palace?
But they quickly realized that the intruder was no ordinary threat and shouted, “Enemy attack! Capture him!”
The shouts echoed as more and more guards rushed out and charged at Lin Fengmian.
Lin Fengmian strolled forward leisurely, his body surrounded by a swirling storm of tiny sword energies that cut down anyone who tried to stop him.
He moved with calm composure, killing one person with each swing of his sword. Although his pace seemed slow, he advanced rapidly toward the Holy Emperor’s Palace.
Since the Moon Shadow Blade Emperor had broken the rules, Lin Fengmian saw no reason to hold back.
If you’re going to bully the weak, then I’ll do the same – and help myself to your treasury while I’m at it!
He had been wondering where to find resources to stash away for his future self a thousand years from now.
Since the Moon Shadow Dynasty had so kindly presented itself as a target, he wasn’t going to be polite.
As Lin Fengmian approached, alarm bells rang out and the entire Holy Emperor City was thrown into chaos.
Countless golden-armored guards rushed forward like a flood, only to be cut down by the sword energies swirling around Lin Fengmian.
“I’d prefer not to kill unnecessarily, so it’s best if you all stay back!”
He stomped his foot and a storm of thunderous sword energies erupted, sending the surrounding guards flying.
Lin Fengmian stepped into the air, the thunder falling beneath his feet like a heavenly tribulation.
The guards who were sent flying were struck by the falling thunder, their screams cut short as they turned to ash.
Lin Fengmian looked down at the Moon Shadow Sacred Emperor Palace and lightly waved his hand, smiling as he said, “Fall.”
A hundred-zhang-long thunder sword descended from the sky and crashed into the palace’s defense formation with a deafening roar.
The entire city of Chaoyue shook violently, and cracks spread across the palace’s formation, though it didn’t completely shatter.
Lin Fengmian chuckled. “This tortoise shell is quite strong. Blood Slaughter Ten Thousand Spirits Sword!”
He raised his hand, and a dense rain of swords fell from the sky, hammering the formation until it teetered on the brink of collapse.
At that moment, two streaks of light shot up from within the Holy Emperor’s Palace – the head eunuch, Fu Dayong, and the commander of the Imperial Guard.
Fu Dayong worked to stabilize the formation while letting out a sinister laugh.
“The Holy Emperor’s foresight is truly divine! You’ve walked right into our trap, you brat!”