Chu Li sat down in the gazebo and exhaled. With the two Spirit Beasts, he was emboldened and less stressed. Even if they were tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of miles away, as long as he called them in his heart, the two Spirit Beasts would rush over. This gave him a lot of confidence.
A rank one Spirit Beast was more powerful than an Enlightened Master. With these two Spirit Beasts, he would not be afraid even if he was surrounded.
Last time outside Saint's Peace City of the Zheng Dynasty, if the two Spirit Beasts had helped, they would have killed all of them.
"Young Master, the Ji Dynasty has lost!" Xue curtsied. Her white clothes fluttered and her fragrance wafted.
Chu Li was stunned and asked, "Who defeated the Ji Dynasty?"
"The Zheng Dynasty, of course!" Xue said.
Chu Li frowned. "The Zheng Dynasty did not retreat?"
"No." Xue shook her head. "Young Master, although you killed the Zheng Dynasty's Emperor, the Zheng Dynasty did not retreat. The new Emperor was even more agitated and wanted to destroy the Ji Dynasty to avenge Zheng Donglai!"
Chu Li looked thoughtfully in the direction of the Zheng Dynasty.
It seemed that he had underestimated Zheng Donglai. Before the siege began, he had already made arrangements for the aftermath. Therefore, he was able to perish without any worries. Zheng Donglai's successor must have received instructions from him.
"Zheng Donglai's son succeeded the throne?" Chu Li asked.
Xue said, "It's his younger brother, Zheng Xilai."
"Zheng Xilai …" Chu Li thought about the information on Zheng Xilai.
This Zheng Xilai was said to be a playboy. He was not a big deal among the Imperial Family's sons. He was unrestrained and did not do proper work. Moreover, he often acted out of line and was unexpected. He was the complete opposite of Zheng Donglai.
Zheng Donglai was talented and had a calm and generous personality. He had studied hard since he was young and had been apprenticed to several masters. On the other hand, Zheng Xilai was like an ignorant and incompetent playboy. It was hard to believe that Zheng Donglai would pass the throne to Zheng Xilai.
"Did King Ping fight?" Chu Li asked.
Xue shook her head. "King Ping is the Crown Prince. He can't fight easily. Moreover, King Ping requested to fight but the Emperor did not agree."
Chu Li frowned.
It seemed that because of the empowerment, they did not want King Ping to fight. This led to their defeat. King Ping was the only true General of the Ji Dynasty. The rest were not considered Generals. They were not capable enough.
Xue Ling said, "We've lost ten thousand men in this battle. The border has been breached and we've advanced a hundred miles."
Chu Li's expression darkened.
Ten thousand people was not a small number. Even though it was only a drop in the bucket compared to the Great Ji Dynasty's army, when he thought about how many people would be sad and in pain if ten thousand families were destroyed, his heart skipped a beat as if it was weighed down by a huge rock.
"King Ping has arrived at the border and led his army to stop the Ji Dynasty's border army." Xue Ling furrowed her brows and said, "But we managed to maintain the situation and stop the Zheng Dynasty from advancing. It's going to be very difficult to recover the lost land."
Chu Li said slowly, "I will go and take a look!"
He glanced at Xue Ling.
Xue Ling said, "Master, I also just received the news."
Chu Li sighed. "Ten thousand soldiers, ten thousand!"
With a gloomy expression, he waved his hand and suddenly disappeared.
He did not appear by King Ping's side. Instead, he went to the border between the Zheng Dynasty and the Ji Dynasty.
Since he had traveled to the Zheng Dynasty's Saint's Peace City previously, he was already very familiar with the roads between the Ji Dynasty and the Zheng Dynasty. He could arrive at the border of the Ji Dynasty and the Zheng Dynasty with just a shift. Everywhere he looked, there were ruins and corpses everywhere.
His expression was gloomy as if it had frozen over.
It could be seen that the corpses in the villages were all killed by weapons. Moreover, they were all innocent people who wanted to escape but were hunted down.
He could imagine the helplessness and despair of these villagers. He could clearly see the resentment condensed in the sky above the villages. He stood in the void and chanted the Rebirth Mantra to dispel the resentment and send these unwilling souls into reincarnation.
He flew past the villages at an incredible speed. There were no survivors. The Zheng Dynasty's soldiers were extremely ruthless and determined not to leave a single person alive. He followed his intuition and soon arrived at a mountain peak.
There was a sect on this peak that was experiencing the calamity of annihilation.
Out of the three hundred people in the sect, there were only thirty or so people left. They were all women and children.
There were a hundred Grandmasters who besieged this sect. Each of them had a murderous aura that was almost tangible. It was obvious that they had killed many people. Moreover, they cultivated the Military Core Technique. Not only did the murderous aura not harm their foundation, but it also helped their cultivation speed.
This Military Core Technique relied on killing to improve. The more people they killed, the faster they would improve and become stronger.
However, this heart technique had a major drawback, which was that their lifespan was extremely short. They only had a lifespan of a hundred years, which was even worse than that of an ordinary person.
In the past, very few people cultivated this Military Core Technique. Most of them were outlaws who would cultivate it for a moment of glory. They would rather be brilliant for a moment than to be mediocre for the rest of their lives. They also knew that it was difficult to survive in the military because they were too weak.
Now, the Military Core Technique was popular because everyone could enter the Grandmaster's Boundary after death. Cultivating this heart technique was a shortcut to enter the Grandmaster's Boundary.
Chu Li looked coldly at these Grandmasters. He saw that their eyes were cold and emotionless as they stared at the women and children. He slowly raised his hand to eliminate them.
"Stop!" Chu Li shouted. It was like a sudden clap of thunder that exploded in their ears.
The hundred Grandmasters were shocked and looked up at the sky.
Chu Li stood in the void and looked down at them. He said coldly, "You don't even spare the women and children. You don't deserve to be called men!"
"Enlightened Master!" Someone exclaimed.
Then, the Grandmasters calmed down.
An Enlightened Master could not casually attack a Grandmaster. Otherwise, they would be punished by the Heavenly Rules. They did not believe that an Enlightened Master would break the Heavenly Rules because of thirty women and children. Otherwise, an Enlightened Master would have broken the Heavenly Rules!
Chu Li looked at them coldly. "Did you guys destroy the few villages around here?"
"Yes, we did!" A young man shouted. "Who are you?"
"Chu Li!" Chu Li said.
"Haha, the world's number one master, Chu Li. I've heard so much about you. I heard that you even killed our late emperor!" The young man was handsome but his expression was wild and heroic. He was not afraid of Chu Li at all. "I don't know how powerful you are. Unfortunately, Chu Li, you don't dare to attack us!"
Chu Li said lightly, "Who said I don't dare to attack?"
"Haha, you're an Enlightened Master. You can't casually attack Grandmasters unless you hurt your blood relatives." The handsome young man laughed. "So Chu Li, no matter how strong your martial arts is, you still can't do anything to us!"
Chu Li flicked his finger.
"Pop!" The handsome young man fell backward. There was a bloody hole in between his eyebrows. Blood was flowing out.
Chu Li glanced at the crowd.
The ninety-nine Grandmasters' expressions changed. They were calm and fearless.
They were already Grandmasters. So what if they died? They would still ascend to the Grandmaster's Boundary.
There was no difference between going to the Grandmaster's Boundary now or in the future. It was better to go earlier. They wanted to go to the Grandmaster's Boundary to see the beauty there. So, their fear of Chu Li disappeared. Instead, they took a step forward and were eager to attack Chu Li.
Chu Li sneered. "Do you think you can ascend to the Grandmaster's Boundary if you die in my hands?"
"Chu Li, what do you mean?" A middle-aged man asked.
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