Hearing that voice, Xu Sheng's face suddenly revealed a look of extreme shock.
"Could it be … him?" The Grand Supreme Elder of the Yue Mountain Faction, who could still laugh and talk freely without a pair of arms, showed deep fear on his face.
Li Mu asked curiously, "Who is it?"
Xu Sheng said, "I hope it's not him. If it's really him, I'm afraid we won't stand a chance."
Hearing that, Qiu Yin and the others were also slightly shocked.
What kind of existence could make a man like Xu Sheng so afraid?
"Let's wait and see. I hope it's not him." Xu Sheng looked solemn as he looked at the huge flying shuttle in the sky a thousand meters away.
That kind of flying shuttle could be said to be the most powerful air force of the Western Qin Empire. It was the highest achievement of modern star alchemy, and was called the Flying Whale Shuttle.
The Flying Whale Shuttle was propelled by a Star Pattern Tactical Deployment. It was made of special materials such as gold, iron, earth, and wood. It was shaped like a whale swimming in the sky. Although it wasn't fast, it was a strategic weapon that could transport troops and launch surprise attacks without being detected. The ballistae and Star Pattern Energy Cannons installed on it were the nightmares of local cities, camps, and mountain gates. When the ballistae were fired at the same time, they would often bring about destruction.
The Eagle Cavalrymen of the Western Qin became the wingmen of those airships and surrounded them. If they wanted to sink those airships, they had to deal with the agile Eagle Cavalrymen in the sky first. Every Eagle Cavalryman was at least a Great Master. They were equipped with all kinds of weapons such as crossbows, flying axes, flying locks, nets, and so on. Whether it was a single attack or a group attack, they were enough to give the enemy a headache.
Of course, for martial arts experts above the Celestial Being Realm, those were not a problem.
The biggest problem was that every flying shuttle of the Western Qin Empire was guarded by a Sage or a Semi-Sage.
That was the most terrifying thing.
In the entire Western Qin Empire, there were only 20 Flying Whale Shuttles in total.
This time, in order to wipe out the Yue Mountain Faction, the Western Qin Empire dispatched three of them at one go, which showed how much importance it attached to the Yue Mountain Faction.
Accompanied by the heavy beating of military drums and horns, the battle against the Yue Mountain Faction was once again on the prelude to an even fiercer battle.
Countless figures rushed toward the gate of the Yue Mountain Faction like swarms of ants.
In the sky, the warlocks and martial arts experts who were flying in the air were also constantly launching attacks with their combat skills. Thousands of beams of different colors of pneuma and magic arts bombarded the light shield of the Yue Mountain Faction's mountain-protecting deployment, stirring up ripples. Under the violent quakes, the entire main peak of the Yue Mountain began to quiver slightly.
It was a hopeless picture.
The three Flying Whale Shuttles halted about five hundred meters away from the gate of the Yue Mountain Faction.
Several figures appeared on the flagship in the lead.
"It's the crown prince of the Western Qin!"
As soon as Qiu Yin saw the middle-aged man in a black robe and a bright yellow cloak fluttering in the wind, he immediately recognized him. He was the crown prince of the Western Qin Empire.
As expected, the royal family was personally leading the expedition.
In the royal family, the crown prince of the Western Qin was second only to the emperor.
It turned out that he had come in person. No wonder the Flying Whale Shuttles were hung with the flag of the Nine-headed Bird.
The Human Emperor was in closed-door training, and the Crown Prince was in charge of the state affairs. The Western Qin was now in such a mess, with internal and external troubles everywhere like scabies. The Crown Prince, who was supposed to be in Qin City, led the army to attack the Yue Mountain Faction in person. Wasn't that a bit too serious? Moreover, it had not been long since Huang Shengyi's death that the expeditionary army of the Western Qin Empire had already arrived. Judging from the time, perhaps the crown prince's army had already been on the way before the news of Huang Shengyi's death reached them.
Hearing Qiu Yin's words, Li Mu also took another look at the crown prince.
The crown prince of the Western Qin Empire had a refined face, a rather tall figure, and an imposing manner. He was quite like a king, which showed that he was not a good-for-nothing.
But Li Mu did not like him at all.
Because back then, the crown prince of the Western Qin once submitted a petition to punish Li Mu and regarded him as a scapegoat. Although Li Mu was later conferred the title of Lord Taibai as an exception, that was because of Li Mu's strength. In general, the crown prince was a man who played with power and was a qualified politician, but he was definitely not a good friend. There was only profit in his eyes, not friendship.
But then again, now that the Western Qin Empire was in chaos, and even the emperor was said to have died of Qi Deviation in closed-door training, shouldn't the crown prince of the Western Qin Empire be stabilizing the situation in Qin City and working hard for his own interests? The crown prince shouldn't be an idiot. How dare he violate the taboo of a power contender by leaving the center of power to attack the Yue Mountain Faction. He was absolutely not stupid. But why did he do that?
Xu Sheng said, "The crown prince is not scary. What's scary is the man on his left."
"Oh?" Li Mu strained his eyes to look.
Standing on the left side of the crown prince was an old eunuch. His hair and beard were all white, and his long eyebrows hung down to his ears. He looked extremely old, and his body was a little hunched. The skin on his face was like dried orange peel, full of wrinkles. His eyes were squinted, as if he couldn't open them in the wind. He was so skinny that he looked like a bag of bones. The dark red eunuch uniform he wore made him look like hanging on a bamboo pole. There was not a trace of natural qi in him.
Behind the old eunuch stood two young eunuchs. They were gently supporting him.
"He doesn't look like a man who knows martial arts." Li Mu said, "But the two young eunuchs behind him are in the Natural Realm. They are quite good. What's the background of this old eunuch? "
Xu Sheng took a deep breath. With a trace of fear on his face, he said, "He is a Sage."
"A Sage?" Li Mu and the others were surprised.
"Is there such a nameless Sage in the royal family of the Western Qin?" Qiu Yin also asked.
Xu Sheng said, "That chief eunuch is not a nobody. On the contrary, hundreds of years ago, his name once awed the entire Western Qin like the God of Massacre. Whether it was the imperial court or the sects, they were all killed by him. For hundreds of years, the sects in the Western Qin Empire had been peaceful and never stirred up any trouble. That's because he earned his reputation through killing. Later, because he had killed too many people, he retired to the mountains. I thought he had died of old age.
"Such a figure should not be nameless. What's his name?" Li Mu asked curiously.
Xu Sheng said, "The Emperor's Broadsword."
Xu Yue, the head of the Yue Mountain Faction, cried out involuntarily, "Could it be that the man who single-handedly wiped out 351 sects, gangs, and well-known families in the Western Qin? Every time he struck, he killed every last one of them, including the elderly, the yellow-haired children, the gatekeepers, and the disciples of the factions. Within ten years, he killed countless people and was known as the Butcher of Millions and the Blood-Slaughtering Broadsword in the hands of the emperor, Yingshan Snow-eagle, the God of Massacre of the Western Qin?"
Xu Sheng nodded slowly and said, "Yes, that's him."
Xu Yue and the others were instantly astonished. They were actually afraid before the battle even started, and they started to feel fear.
Qiu Yin, the Broadsword Man, also changed his expression. He said, "I've heard of this man. The surname Yingshan is rare in the world. It's said that he created it himself … Ten years ago, my master told me that Yingshan Snow-eagle once challenged him. But he was defeated by one move and escaped unscathed."
Who was his master?
Li Poyue, the Guanshan Master, was a martial arts legend of the Western Qin Empire.
He was a man who had eclipsed all the other martial arts practitioners in the Western Qin for hundreds of years and stood at the peak of the martial arts world on the continent.
The fact that Li Poyue was defeated by one move and escaped unscathed in a fight against such a figure showed how formidable he was.
"When my master was still alive, he also thought that man had died of old age. After all, he had committed too many crimes and killed too many people. He also suffered a lot of injuries in the battles back then, which had shaken his foundation. But it never occurred to me that he was still alive and even became a eunuch in the imperial palace." Qiu Yin's face was extremely grim.
That man was not a half-baked Sage like Huang Shengyi.
Yingshan Snow-eagle, the Emperor's Broadsword, had made his name by slaughtering his way through mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
For a moment, a feeling of helplessness and despair quietly spread in front of the Sect Leader's Hall.
Just a name alone could have such an effect. This was the rule of the Martial World.
Li Mu furrowed his brows.
"Cut for the sake of a fight? What's the point of that?"
"If that's the case, what's the point of fighting in the future if there's any dispute? We can just reveal our names. Whoever has the better name will be the winner. In that case, there won't be any bloodshed, will there?" "Why are these people so timid the more experienced they are in Jianghu?"
"I'll go meet him," Li Mu said.
"No," Xu Sheng hurriedly said, "That man has powerful means. You …"
Li Mu smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. I'm confident that even if I can't defeat him, I can still retreat safely."
As soon as he said that, Li Mu flashed and turned into a jet of broadsword light, rushing out of the coverage of the All-side Starlight Deployment.
"Alas, he's in too much of a hurry …" Xu Sheng said anxiously.
Qiu Yin grasped the Magic Blood Broadsword and said, "Get ready to rescue him. Nothing must happen to Li Mu …"
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On the Flying Whale Shuttle.
"The Yue Mountain Faction is really stubborn. How dare they take in Qiu Yin? Haha, the imperial army of the Western Qin has long wanted to wipe out this evil faction of the Great Moon Empire. This time, they are courting death." Yan Ruyun, the commander in chief of the Flying Eagle Battalion, was a handsome man in his thirties or forties, wearing a silver Radiant Armor.
He was the study companion of the crown prince. Born in a noble family, he was also a disciple of the Guanshan Pasture. With his cultivation in the Celestial Being Realm, he was quite proud of being a hawk in the imperial army.
Yingshan Snow-eagle, the chief eunuch, was expressionless. He was trembling as if he might die at any time.
The crown prince sighed and shook his head. "Ruyun, we can't underestimate him. My father once said there is an extraordinary thing hidden in the gate of the Yue Mountain Faction. Otherwise, he wouldn't have sent the elites of the seven battalions and asked Eunuch Yingshan to come with us." Although he had finally gained the right to lead the troops, he was not in a good mood. Because his father, who was rumored to have died due to Qi Deviation, had come out of closed-door training 10 days ago. His cultivation was better than before. He had broken through the shackles and extended his life by another 500 years.
In the next 500 years, he had no chance to be the emperor of the Western Qin.
As they were talking, they saw a jet of dazzling broadsword light flashed inside the protective deployment of the Yue Mountain Faction. Someone came out.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
The colorless flying broadsword light flashed all over the sky like shooting stars. In an instant, the sky was cut into pieces by the broadsword Qi. Blood splashed everywhere. Driven by the Broadsword-commanding Skill, the 20 flying broadswords instantly wounded and forced back many experts who were besieging the All-side Starlight Deployment. Thus, the offensive of the Western Qin was slowed down.
"I'm Li Mu. Yingshan Snow-eagle, come out and fight me."
The short-haired teenager held his broadsword horizontally in the air and issued a challenge.
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