That night, the winds and clouds in King City suddenly changed as the first spring rain fell.
This rain came very suddenly. Although it was still sunny during the day, it was stormy at night, causing everyone to close their doors and windows and not leave their homes.
On this stormy night, a person wielding ten King Armaments seriously injured a general and forced a Heavenly Fish Realm eunuch to retreat. He had almost killed his way to the Emperor.
"Your Majesty, what crime have I, Xue Gui, committed?" Xue Gui roared as he wielded his ten King Armaments.
The Xia Emperor finally agreed, "Your crime of setting the barbarians free is unforgivable, and you still have the face to question me? Now that you have offended your superiors, you have committed an unpardonable crime. You will be killed, and your entire family will be executed!"
The Emperor's killing intent was incomparably dense, as if a true dragon was roaring. The dragon's might was inviolable.
"You incapable ruler, return my wife and children, and return my disciples and grand disciples!" Xue Gui's eyes were filled with anger as he roared. He spat out a mouthful of essence blood, which landed on the ten King Armaments. The King Armaments began to wail as they gathered together with Xue Gui's emotions. The ten King Armaments revolved around him as his spiritual energy gathered to the peak and charged towards the Emperor.
Ten Battle Armaments with different flames appeared in front of Xue Gui's lonely tent. He had been forging for ten years without stopping. He had been wronged and bled, but he had never shed a tear. His heart was like steel as he repeatedly hammered the ironware after the Cold Tribulation. Today, he could no longer suppress the urge to gather ten Battle Armaments and ask for ten sins.
He had entered the path of refining.
This was Xue Gui's own path. His Battle Armaments were his everything. If he lived, the Battle Armaments would exist. If he died, the Battle Armaments would be destroyed.
"Traitor, you dare to be impudent in front of the Emperor? I'll tear you apart alive." The eunuch was enraged by Xue Gui's path of refining. His strength surpassed Xue Gui's, but he was forced to retreat by Xue Gui's ten Battle Armaments. He could no longer tolerate it.
The eunuch used all of his power and tore apart Xue Gui's armor. He grabbed Xue Gui's heart and crushed it, causing blood to splatter everywhere.
Xue Gui did not care about his own life or death. His will had already merged into the Ten Weapons, and the Ten Weapons were led by the Dragon's Destruction Hammer. It was as if it had become a heavenly hammer. The hammer with clear rewards and punishments smashed heavily towards the Emperor.
"Protect His Majesty!" Someone screamed and attacked the ten soldiers with all their might.
The civil and military officials around the emperor, as long as they had the slightest bit of strength, tried to stop the ten weapons.
Unfortunately, these forces were very weak and could not stop the hammer from falling. Most of the forces were destroyed by the ten weapons and continued to move towards the emperor.
"Quickly activate the protective array formation!"
"Damn it, how can this power be so strong? Where is the Protector General?"
…
The civil and military officials were all in a panic as they watched the domineering hammer of the ten weapons fall. This power was comparable to the might of the Heaven Realm. Even an ordinary Heaven Realm elite would not be able to stop it.
This was the Ten Sins, the path of refining weapons condensed from the Ten Grievances. It was indestructible and there was nothing it could not destroy.
"Xue Gui, how dare you!" The eunuch was anxious. He wanted to tear Xue Gui apart alive, but he did not expect Xue Gui to force such a powerful attack. He used all of his strength to tear Xue Gui apart, but a special flame erupted from Xue Gui's body, burning the eunuch until he had no choice but to let go.
Xue Gui turned into a man of fire. He was like a ball of flame in the furnace, incinerating the weapons and melting the materials. The fire would never end, and the fire would last forever.
The hammer was still unable to hit the Emperor of the Xia Dynasty. The power of the array formation had been activated in advance and blocked the hammer.
Boom! Boom!
The hammer's power was incomparably domineering, almost causing the Heaven Realm array formation to explode. Unfortunately, the ten weapons did not have enough power to continue and were still stopped.
Xue Gui revealed a desolate expression as his body fell from the sky. He faintly said, "Foolish and tyrannical ruler, Great Xia shall be destroyed!"
The Great Xia Dynasty shall be destroyed!
There was no way to stop this voice. It spread out slowly, and even the sound of the storm could not stop it. It went deep into everyone's heart.
"Shoot this traitor into a sieve!" the Emperor of the Xia Dynasty shouted in anger.
Swoosh!
Swoosh! Countless arrows shot out. Xue Gui, who had just landed, was pierced by thousands of arrows. He died in front of the palace, in front of the civil and military officials. The humiliation of the Xia Dynasty was branded in Royal City, and he and his ten royal weapons became the most tragic legend.
…
In the faraway Barbarian Tribe, a dark-skinned young man was lying in bed. He was curled up tightly under the blanket. Suddenly, he felt a pain in his heart and woke up from his dream. He let out a heart-wrenching cry, "Foster Father!"
This voice pierced through the night sky of the grassland and did not fall for a long time.
…
In a nameless valley in the Wolf Smoke Mountain Range, there was no wind or rain. There was only the coolness of spring and summer.
On top of an old tree, there was a young man leaning against a tree branch. Not far from him sat an ice-cold beauty. They were talking when they suddenly saw a strange movement in a certain direction.
The young man did not know how to observe the sky at night. He said in astonishment, "Why is there a blood-red light in the direction of the Xia Dynasty in the middle of the night?"
At this moment, a fire sword was jumping in the young man's Qian Kun Space. The young man sensed it and summoned the fire sword.
Buzz!
The fire sword seemed to have a mind of its own. It let out a sorrowful cry in the direction of the blood-red light.
Such a strange thing shocked the young man. "What's going on with the Red Essence Sword?"
"The master of weaponry refinement has fallen. The weapon is letting out a sorrowful cry. What a pity." Little Hei sighed softly under the tree.
"Little Hei, are you saying that Xue Gui is dead?" The young man on the tree exclaimed.
The Red Essence Sword was a King Weapon that Xue Gui had personally forged using the Red Essence Stone. Its sorrowful cry meant that Xue Gui was dead.
"There's not much suspense. It's a pity that a person who entered the path of weaponry refinement had died. If he did not fall, he would have become a powerful person in the future." Little Hei replied.
The young man looked sad. He stroked the Red Essence Sword and sighed softly. "The imperial family of the Xia Dynasty is tyrannical."
"If your strength is not above everyone in this small place, I'm afraid your end will not be good." Little Hei said. Then, she closed her eyes and did not speak anymore.
"The Barbarian Tribe is already here. I believe they will make a choice." The young man said. He paused and looked at the dark night sky. "I am not Xue Gui."
…
Seven days passed quickly.
The matter of Xue Gui was completely sealed off by the imperial family. Whoever dared to mention it would be killed without mercy.
This ban could only stop the news for a while. It could not stop the news for a lifetime. Word spread from one to ten, and from ten to a hundred. The matter of the Emperor being interrogated of the Ten Deadly Sins was already deeply ingrained in the hearts of the people.
Was the Emperor guilty?
Everyone had a question in their hearts. The commoners were far away and did not know. They only knew that their lives were peaceful and they were not invaded by the flames of war. Even if the taxes were heavier, they could bear it. They did not feel that the Emperor had committed any great crimes. After all, he was the Emperor.
Only the civil and military officials knew whether the Emperor was guilty or not.
He was obstinate and self-opinionated. He did not listen to good advice and appointed people based on favoritism. Almost all the important positions in the imperial court were in his hands. No one was allowed to go against his will. Those powerful officials who were rumored to have disloyal intentions all met with bad ends.
In the twenty years that he had succeeded the throne, every year, there would be a few important officials who committed some minor crimes and their family would be exterminated.
This method increased his deterrence, but at the same time, it made people clearly feel that accompanying the Emperor was like accompanying a tiger. It was really like treading on thin ice.
Was the Emperor's mistake guilty or not?
No one dared to speak nonsense. After all, this world belonged to him.
Xue Gui was dead. The Barbarian Army was still at the border. In less than a day, they began to attack.
The Great Xia Dynasty sent out fifty thousand soldiers and horses to rush over. In addition, more than ten Kings arrived first to provide support. They also sent an important official to negotiate with the Barbarian Army.
That important official was a second-rank official, Ban Tongzhi, the Minister of Rites. Accompanying him was the eunuch who killed Xue Gui, Eunuch Du.
When Ban Tongzhi and Eunuch Du arrived, Fen Tianxiong brought them to the Barbarian Army and called for them to send someone to negotiate.
Ban Tongzhi was a typical civil official. He had a knowledgeable appearance, wore an official robe, and had a slightly protruding belly. He sat on top of a war chariot, following Fen Tianxiong and the others to the front of the formation.
Eunuch Du did not appear. He was already hiding in the dark. As long as the Heaven Realm of the Barbarian Army made any movements, he would make a move.
"Where is Yang Wu?" Shi Shafeng appeared with the vanguard and shouted at Fen Tianxiong and the others.
"Yang Wu is not in the army. My Great Xia Emperor has already sent the Minister of Peace, Ban Shangshu. If you really want to negotiate, you can talk to him." Fen Tianxiong replied.
Ban Tongzhi walked down from the chariot and prepared to talk to Shi Shafeng. Unexpectedly, Shi Shafeng shouted: "Scram, we will only negotiate with Yang Wu. We will not acknowledge anyone else."
His voice was valiant and overbearing. Ban Tongzhi's strength was not that great. He was so scared that his body trembled and he almost fell on the spot. Fortunately, there was a general beside him who supported him.
"Since you Barbarians have the intention to negotiate, you should not be so rude." Fen Tianxiong said angrily.
"Hmph, the one who has no intention to negotiate is Great Xia." Shi Shafeng snorted coldly. Then, he said: "Yang Wu went deep into my tribe and had a deep discussion with my tribe's Patriarch. Only then did my tribe's Patriarch agree to negotiate with Great Xia. I did not expect you to treat Yang Wu as a traitor. Since that is the case, I see that there is no possibility of negotiation. Why don't we fight?"
"Fight! Fight! Fight! "The Barbarian Army cried out in alarm.
This battle cry was so loud that it shocked everyone. It frightened the Barbarian Army and made them extremely nervous.
"Let's … let's talk nicely." Ban Tongzhi had never experienced such a battle before. He was so scared that he rolled back to the chariot and said repeatedly.
"If you want to fight, then let's fight!" Fen Tianxiong did not care about Ban Tongzhi's words. He knew that once he backed down, the Barbarians would take advantage of the situation. It was better to be straightforward and fight a great battle.
Just like that, the two armies once again engaged in battle. This time, Great Xia lost abnormally fast. This was because the appearance of the Barbarian Race's three great Heavenly Demon Guardians scared Li Gonggong out of his wits.
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