Broken City
A few days later.
Long Chen and Qin Lie led fifty thousand soldiers to a place more than five kilometers away from the imperial capital. However, they soon discovered a problem.
The gates of the imperial capital were locked and the city walls were covered with soldiers.
"Something's not right …" Qin Lie said in a deep voice.
Long Chen looked at the imperial capital and nodded. He said in a cold voice, "When the Big Qian Empire retreated, your reputation in the Black Dragon Empire was like the sun in the sky. I thought that I could make you the emperor with a little trick. However, it seems that things are not that simple."
Ever since Long Chen broke through to the Soul Formation Realm, his cultivation was almost at the top of the Nine Great Empires. Although he had just broken through to the Soul Formation Realm, he was comparable to a Void Return cultivator. This kind of cultivation could easily make Qin Lie the emperor of the Black Dragon Empire.
However, in order to help Qin Lie lay a better foundation and prevent the five great sects from interfering, he chose to beat back the Big Qian Empire's army first to build momentum.
However, he didn't expect that there would be another change …
While the two of them were discussing, a man dressed in the Monarch's robes slowly walked out from the city wall. His face was filled with arrogance and mockery as he stared at Long Chen, Qin Lie, and the fifty thousand soldiers behind them.
This person wasn't Qin Qing but Qin Feng!
Qin Feng looked down from above with a smile on his face. He said in a rolling voice, "Third Brother, you were able to beat back three hundred thousand soldiers of the Big Qian Empire. I really have a whole new level of respect for you. However, what's done can't be undone … Why don't you kneel and enter the city? I can spare your life."
Then, he paused and stared at Long Chen beside Qin Lie. He continued, "As for this Long Chen, today … only death awaits him!"
As his voice fell, the cold Spirit Breaker Heavy Crossbows on the city walls were pointed at Long Chen and the others like stars in the sky.
Qin Feng was very afraid of Long Chen. Ever since Long Chen showed his talent, the things he did were more and more frightening.
In his eyes, Long Chen was someone he had to kill!
However, in the face of the heavy silver crossbows, Long Chen's expression did not change. He only asked coldly, "Although you have become the monarch, the news has not spread to the other countries. If my guess is correct … you are in such a hurry to obtain the position of monarch. It is not the intention of the five great sects."
Hearing Long Chen's words, Qin Feng's expression gradually darkened. Just as Long Chen had said, the reason why he was able to directly become the ruler of the Black Dragon Empire was because his master, Qingyun Zi, had pressured Qin Qing.
Qin Feng must not die. Otherwise, the future of the Black Dragon Empire would be bleak.
Qin Qing knew that he didn't have much time left, so he decided to pass the throne to Qin Feng. He wanted Qin Lie to back down and protect Qin Feng with the power of the empire.
"So what? Even so, now that I've grasped the power of the Azure Dragon Empire, it turns out that the foundation of the empire is much stronger than I imagined! "Qin Feng sneered," But just to kill you, these heavy silver crossbows are already enough! "
Everyone around nodded. On the city wall, there were more than ten thousand heavy crossbows. They were divided into three groups and could attack without any gaps.
Even a Return to Void Stage expert would not be able to withstand such a powerful attack!
"Release the arrows!"
Following Qin Feng's sneer, countless crossbow arrows rained down like a storm.
"Defend!"
Long Chen's expression darkened. Following his order, the twenty thousand soldiers behind him immediately propped up a spiritual light screen with him as the center, blocking the arrows that filled the sky.
However, in the next moment, shrill cries rang out!
Puchi …
The surrendered soldiers behind Long Chen who were originally in the small city did not have a way to resist and were instantly killed by the arrows.
There were even many Chiliarchs in the Late-stage of the Spirit Martial Realm who were killed by the arrows.
On the city wall, the faces of several generals beside Qin Feng changed greatly. They hurried to Qin Feng's side and said, "Your Majesty, this … this is our army!"
As soon as the general finished speaking, he saw Qin Feng staring at him coldly. Qin Feng said lightly, "It's only thirty thousand people. If they die, they die. As long as they can kill Long Chen, their deaths will not be in vain!"
Qin Feng's words made the hearts of the surrounding people turn cold. However, no one dared to say anything.
Below the city wall, thirty thousand soldiers were killed by seven rounds of arrows. For a moment, except for Long Chen's battle formation light screen, there was a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
Within the battle formation, Long Chen could not help but frown. If this continued, the battle formation light screen of twenty thousand soldiers would last a quarter of an hour at most. In the end, they would all be killed by the heavy crossbows.
It was not that the battle formation was not powerful enough. It was just that the strength of these twenty thousand soldiers was too low. If these soldiers were in the Soul Formation stage, they could ignore the heavy crossbows.
"Retreat!"
Long Chen gestured for everyone to retreat. The twenty thousand soldiers supported their shields and retreated.
On the city wall, Qin Feng sneered.
Just as everyone retreated a kilometer, groups of armored cavalry rushed out from all directions and forced them back into the range of the heavy crossbows.
Whoosh …
Finally, an arrow broke through the light screen and entered the battle formation. This crossbow arrow killed seven soldiers in a row.
At the same time, the battle formation light began to flicker. More and more soldiers in the formation were as pale as paper and on the verge of collapse.
In the corner of the city wall, Qin Qing seemed to have aged.
Looking at this scene from afar, he said to the old man beside him in a deep voice, "Did I do the right thing …"
The old man was silent for a moment before replying, "Your Majesty did the right thing. That Qing Yun Zi roams the Nine Great Sects. Every time he enters the Path of Immortality, there are countless disciples. Many of these people enter the Five Great Sects and become monstrous existences. Since he wants to support the First Prince … we can only submit."
"Although the third prince is a benevolent and virtuous person, he is fated to be unable to become the master of the Azure Dragon Empire. Even if Long Chen doesn't die today, he will only die on the road to immortality. Even if he enters the five big schools, Qingyun Zi will absolutely not let him live for more than a few days."
After this explanation, Qin Qing sighed helplessly and turned to leave. He did not want to watch the battle outside the city. He did not want to see Qin Lie die under the crossbow arrows.
Since ancient times, the struggle for the throne was paved with blood. How could he not know this?
However, the moment he turned around, he saw the bricks on the city wall fall. Long Chen slowly walked out of the battle formation with a longsword in his hand.
"What does he want to do?" Qin Qing stopped and said in a deep voice, "Has he given up? This is good. If he dies under the crossbow, the Black Dragon Empire's foundation will not be affected. Those ten people will not need to make a move …"
However, in the blink of an eye, everyone's eyes were attracted to Long Chen who was below the city wall. They saw that his body was covered in scales.
His whole body was covered in golden light and sword rays surrounded him.
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