Free Web NovelChapter 626: Chapter 192: General Temple of Hanzhou, Three Thousand Ghost Riders Ride North, Sweeping Invincible, Emperor Enters Xie Mansion
Li Yuan said, "Yes."
Their gazes touched in midair, slightly congealed, and then naturally parted.
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End of the year.
An explosive piece of news directly reached Li Yuan’s ears.
The heavy city on the Mianzhou Path — Huaping City, and the heavy city on the Hanzhou Path — Qiufu City, were suddenly breached within just five days.
These two cities had numerous Five Elements Forces as well as masters from the Buddhist and Daoist sects stationed.
Yet, it only took five days to break...
At this moment... on another city’s wall on the Hanzhou Path.
A Sixth Grade Martial Artist looked despairingly into the distance.
The dim monsters, shrouded completely in black mist, seemed like the grand gates of a world-ending nightmare flung open, heralding the arrival of a mythical era...
As they approached, the Sixth Grade Martial Artist could barely make out the forms of those monstrous riders.
The monsters seemed to consist of pigs, snakes, rabbits, rats, and various peculiar creatures, several meters in length, exuding a terrifying aura.
These bizarre beasts, which normally wouldn’t be tamed, were being ridden by men and women clad in cyan armor, their faces devoid of expression, cold and indifferent.
The Sixth Grade Martial Artist let out a broken scream.
Because there’s simply no need to fight.
Just now, he personally saw a single monster rider slay the Fifth Grade powerhouse defending this place...
That Fifth Grade powerhouse was directly tossed into the monster’s mouth, with the sound of chewing, scorching Source Blood seeping everywhere.
A single rider capable of killing a Fifth Grade powerhouse.
How many riders are there here!
Facing such power, this Sixth Grade Martial Artist felt as ordinary as any commoner.
In fact, over the decades, as resources increased, the once extremely rare Sixth Grade Martial Artists have become akin to the past Seventh Grade.
As he screamed, a monster suddenly leapt up, reaching over ten zhang in height, and the bloodied mouth of the giant pig opened wide, swallowing him whole, then began to chew.
First, his waist was bitten off, then his head and feet wobbled as he was chewed.
His eyes remained unclosed, frozen with the fear at the moment of death.
The riders on the exotic beasts coldly observed, indifferent to life being so cruelly killed.
And in the faint reflection of the swaying corpse’s gaze, a silver-haired figure gradually came into focus.
A youth as beautiful as a maiden approached the corpse, gently closing his eyes, and sighed, "In a world so dark, you must have felt scared every day guarding this place, bearing a tremendous pressure you shouldn’t have.
Hey, to die early is actually a kind of happiness.
Just a little slow, right?
Let me help you..."
Without any mockery, the voice was sincere, like a friend looking out for a companion.
After saying this, the beautiful youth gently patted, sending the entire corpse into the exotic beast’s mouth.
The savage exotic beast acted obediently like a submissive wife in front of him.
Peng Mingyi stroked the body of the exotic beast, softly saying, "Are you happy?
Eat more when you can.
Only then will you feel happiness."
He revealed a pure smile, saying, "Go ahead, my child, continue to pursue your happiness."
The exotic beast soared out, rejoining the monstrous flood.
At the center of the flood was a figure starkly different from this bizarre and terrifying scene.
It was a woman, dressed in a cyan robe, long hair flowing over her shoulders.
She rode a white horse, face enigmatic, appearance gentle yet ethereal, and even with her blind eyes scanning the hellish battlefield.
The horse looked like a white horse, but its eyes were wildly rolling around, and its tail resembled half a snake’s body...
Evidently, this white horse was also an exotic beast, yet a more beautiful and special one.
This cyan-robed woman was the Sect Leader of the Cyan Lotus Sect — Firefly Demon.
She, too, was a Jade Remains.
Moreover, she was a Jade Remains skilled in military strategy.
At this moment... she and Peng Mingyi together controlled these Three Thousand Ghost Riders.
She can command the Cyan Lotus Secret Soldiers.
Peng Mingyi can command the exotic beasts.
The Cyan Lotus Secret Soldiers and exotic beasts are essentially one entity, deeply in sync.
When Firefly Demon created the Cyan Lotus Secret Soldiers, she specifically made them "of one mind," then used military strategy to control these Three Thousand Ghost Riders within a singular unit, capable of dispersing or converging.
Dispersed, invincible.
Converged, also invincible.
Every city, under their attack, was like an ant, easily crushed.
Not to mention Fifth or Sixth Grades, even Fourth Grades here could be killed in one strike.
The three thousand Ghost Riders were like an unstoppable blade that completely shattered the stalemate that had lasted for nearly twenty years.
Meanwhile, on the other side, the Red Lotus and White Lotus were also moving swiftly, but their battlefield wasn’t the open one; it was infiltration, intelligence, akin to the work of scouts...
Following the three thousand Ghost Riders were scattered experts of the Black and Cyan Lotus, as well as the eight thousand Iron Cavalry clad in Bear Head Helmets.
The leader of the Flying Bear Army was none other than Lü Xuanxian.
Among the Iron Cavalry, four papermen were carrying a Golden Dragon Palace Carriage.
Inside the carriage, the Emperor sat high, resting his chin on his hand, coldly gazing at the purgatory of the human world outside the window.
An excited and savage light flashed in his eyes: Destroy and be undefeated; when the Great Unity of Yin Yang is achieved, and powerhouses emerge, I shall establish an eternal immortal legacy!!
He was contemplating future strategies.
Yet he was not so arrogant as to believe he had achieved complete victory, so he needed to consolidate the battle situation.
The current target was Mingyue Prefecture. freeweɓnovel.cѳm
Once reaching Mingyue Prefecture, he would promptly carry out the "alliance through marriage," then take the terrifying thirty-thousand Hanzhou Iron Cavalry.
Whether it was the three thousand Ghost Riders or the thirty-thousand Hanzhou Iron Cavalry, it was a formidable force.
With these two forces taking turns in offense and defense, it would be foolproof.
As for whether he and the Lotus Sect would have disagreements.
Before the Great Unity of Yin Yang is truly completed, there definitely wouldn’t be.
And how to proceed afterward, he was also considering.
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After another day and night of assault, the three thousand Ghost Riders and eight thousand Flying Bear Army camped in a city already taken.
The people in this city were already collapsing.
If it were military overlords fighting each other, it would merely be changing flags over the city, amidst the chaos of war.
But now... these cavalrymen had become monsters.
They didn’t just kill; they consumed people.
Apart from collapse, there was terror.
However, the inn with its doors open, which hadn’t yet closed, was found by someone, who said they wanted a banquet at night, with fine wine and food. They laughed and said, "We only kill those who defend the city, it has nothing to do with commoners, we will pay for what we take."
The innkeeper, desperate to survive, agreed to everything with a face full of flattery.
That evening, many inns held banquets.
The banquet passed peacefully without any incident.
And the expenses were paid in full.
The attendees told the people in the inns, "The Emperor is merely using Divine Spirit troops to quell the rebels; it has nothing to do with the commoners."
These words, coupled with the soldiers’ actual behavior of not harming the populace, truly calmed the people down.
But there were still many who knew the truth.
After the Emperor moved in, his temporary residence faced various suicidal assassination attempts.
Knights tried to poison him, assassins infiltrated quietly...
Yet the outcome was only assassins turning into corpses, skinned and hung high on the tower for deterrence.
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The next day.
The army continued its march.
After a day’s journey, they camped normally.
More and more people realized that frontal confrontation was a hopeless cause, leading to a gradual increase in assassination attempts.
But after the assassination attempt by the Vice Palace Master of the Holy Fire Palace failed, with the Fourth Grade Vice Palace Master skinned and hung on the city gate, the assassinations ceased...
Everyone understood that the Emperor’s great momentum had formed, and retaking Jade Capital was imminent; this world... was poised for a major change.
The Ghost Riders swept everywhere, planning to attack the Holy Fire Palace, Mirror Flower Water Moon Tower, Profound Gold Temple, Secret Treasure Temple, Suo Jie Temple in Hanzhou Path...
The Holy Fire Palace was the first force to be attacked.
Soon, the outer defenses were cleared.
This prompted the Holy Fire Palace to hastily activate the "Sect Protection Array" to protect its core interior.
However... a shocking scene unfolded.
Even the Sect Protection Array couldn’t withstand the fierce assault of the Ghost Riders.
The Holy Fire Palace’s Sect Protection Array was broken; apart from a few who managed to escape, the Holy Fire Palace was annihilated.
However, the Holy Fire Palace was not entirely incompetent; after this battle, even the Ghost Riders were quite depleted and needed to go somewhere to recuperate.
To avoid attacks in the open, Mingyue Prefecture became the first choice.
The Emperor, National Preceptor, General, and Sect Leaders deliberated as they went, deciding to first capture Jade Capital, then slowly deal with these pests.
Destroying a single Holy Fire Palace was already a sufficient deterrent.
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The date was already March.
Outside Mingyue Prefecture, peach blossoms were in full bloom...
Suddenly, a violent, bloody wind blew through, causing peach petals to fall from the branches and scatter through the sky like pink snowflakes.
The Emperor led the Ghost Riders and Flying Bear Army swiftly into Mingyue Prefecture, then, accompanied by Lü Xuanxian, Zhao Guyue, and a group of personal guards, arrived at the Xie Mansion.
