Free Web NovelChapter 2424: Chapter 2422: Thank You for the Treasured Gifts
Wei Fu frowned as he listened from behind, thinking to himself that this old bastard actually had some backbone.
He signaled with his eyes to the two soldiers on his left and right, telling them to push this old undead bastard down to let the people on the other side have a look.
The two soldiers crouched down behind Di Renying, just about to lay hands on him.
A Longsword suddenly slashed down from the Void, accompanied by a loud shout, "Who dares touch my lord!"
The blade aura went Sky-breaking, and the soldier who was preparing to launch a sneak attack on Di Renying below was cleaved into a mist of blood with a single stroke.
They saw a man dressed as a Yuzhou Army soldier, holding a huge blade in his hand. With one stroke he laid the blade across Wei Fu’s neck, and with his other hand he hauled Di Renying down from the city wall.
A group of convict officials quickly converged toward him, while the Yuzhou Army around them were at a loss, surrounding them all inside.
Blood trickled from Wei Fu’s neck, and he cried out in panic, "Spare me, hero, we can talk this out!"
The general cursed coldly, "Dog official, I am the Great General of the Thousand Bull Guard, Li Yuanfang. I’m here today to rescue my lord. Tell your men to be smart and immediately open a way for us to leave."
Wei Fu shouted anxiously, "You can’t get out; there’s a defensive barrier outside. If the city’s defensive Formation isn’t broken, no one can get out!"
Before his words fell, a streak of golden light suddenly flashed across the sky, stabbing down rapidly toward the center of Chang’an City.
Various Laws in the Void collapsed madly, and a burst of Five-Colored Profound Light flashed above Chang’an City.
Very soon, a thunderous boom resounded in all directions.
In a lake at the center, there was a rumbling quake, and a hundred-meter-high column of water shot into the sky.
A metallic, murderous aura swept through the entire lake, flipping up all the silt from the lakebed.
The mist barrier densely covering the sky above Chang’an City shattered with a roar.
The originally clear sky was instantly poured over by a torrential downpour.
A rainbow arched across the sky, flashing with seven-colored radiance under the sunlight, making all the commoners in the city poke their heads out to watch.
Seeing that the city’s defensive barrier was broken, Li Yuanfang immediately wrapped everyone up with a long strip of cloth and took Di Renying and the others off the city wall.
He kicked Wei Fu away with one foot, and the enraged Wei Fu hurriedly shouted at his men, "Loose! Loose! Kill them!"
Over ten thousand archers on the city wall drew their Ox-Horn Bows; with a series of muffled thuds—puff, puff, puff—an arrow rain formed and poured down over Li Yuanfang and his group.
The archers in this world were no ordinary people.
Each one of them was an elite of the army, and every arrow carried a force of a thousand catties.
When over ten thousand archers fired at once, the rain of arrows pressed the Void into violent tremors.
Li Yuanfang flashed to the rear, raised his blade and shouted, "My lords, go first!"
Di Renying cried out anxiously, "Yuanfang, you go first!"
Just as the arrow rain was about to fall, a black region suddenly appeared in the Void above their heads.
The tens of thousands of arrows fell into it and vanished, then suddenly rained down from above the heads of those Yuzhou Army soldiers.
The arrow rain, like a storm, pounded down furiously.
Miserable screams erupted all over the city wall. When the arrow rain ended, blood mist filled the air, and even the flagstones of the wall were shattered into pieces.
Li Yuanfang had no time to think; he led Di Renying and the others in a dash toward the Shu State Army’s position opposite.
Princess Taihua stared ahead, facing the morning sun in the sky, raised her Longsword and shouted a single order, "Attack the city!"
The Shu State Army launched their assault from all four sides at once.
A dense barrage of Cannon fire roared, and the enormous city walls of Chang’an City, thousands of meters high and forged of metal and stone, were instantly drowned in the bombardment.
In less than two hours, all four sides of the city wall had fallen.
The Shu State Army’s banner was hoisted high above the city wall.
The banner was crimson, with a large "Tang" character written boldly at the center.
It was on a completely different level from the Yuzhou Army’s "Wei" banner.
As soon as the army secured the walls, the commoners inside the city were already cooperating, hunting down the scattered Yuzhou Army stragglers in the streets.
The Yuzhou Army that had previously run rampant across the land were now like rats crossing the street, chased and beaten by the city’s commoners.
When the battle report reached the Daming Palace, the palace maids and guards within had already scattered; everywhere were people fleeing, and others looting amid the chaos.
Li Fengyi, who had barely warmed the Dragon Chair, clutched the battle report, her face deathly pale, so enraged and terrified that she burst into tears. "Heaven does not bless me, Heaven does not bless me! How could a million-strong army collapse in just two hours?"
Wu Shansi hurriedly consoled her, "Do not fear, we have the protection of the Twelve Exposition Sect’s Ancestors. Even if they break into Chang’an City, this world is still in our hands."
"Where are they now!"
Li Fengyi cried out, losing all composure.
Wu Shansi pointed outside, stammering, "O-outside the city, I suppose?"
The roar of Cannons and the thunder of marching troops had already reached inside the Imperial Palace.
Outside Chang’an City, twelve Exposition Sect Ancestors at Celestial Venerate Realm had surrounded Long Fei within.
This was a struggle over national fate, and this time they could not avoid taking action.
Someone gave a cold shout at Long Fei, "Heavenly Emperor, you’ve overreached your hand. This is Tianshu Star, part of the Northern Dipper Star Domain—it is not your place to meddle."
Long Fei stared at him and said, "Under Heaven, all lands belong to the king; within the borders, all people are his vassals. In the Human Realm, what matter is there that the Heavenly Court may not oversee?"
An old ancestor rebuked him, "Yours is a Pretend Heavenly Court—have you ever been acknowledged by Heaven above? For this Heavenly Court to be established, is there any decree from my Exposition Sect Founding Ancestor? You are merely using your own strength to clamor for a false reputation in the Human Realm. Do you truly think that the position of Heavenly Court Sovereign is something you can sit firmly in?"
Long Fei smiled faintly. "Whether I sit firmly or not is my affair and not something you need trouble yourselves over. I walk the righteous path of Heaven and Earth, and the Heavenly Dao naturally protects me. As for you lot, for the selfish gain of your own Sects, you forcibly defy the Heavens and alter fate, propping up a puppet to seize the throne, not hesitating to plunge the realm into wails of grief. I’d like to ask you instead—can the seats of your Twelve Sects really be sat in securely?"
"You junior, you dare to comment on the affairs of my Exposition Sect."
"Today we shall definitely suppress you here."
"Whoever brings calamity to the Human Realm, we will surely kill!"
The twelve Exposition Sect Ancestors shouted in unison, raised their hands to the sky, each unleashing their methods as they instantly sacrificed twelve Exposition Sect Secret Treasures and hurled them fiercely at Long Fei.
These Secret Treasures were all True Immortal Magic Treasures left behind by the Exposition Sect’s Ancestral Master back then, invincible in this world.
Among the Magical Treasures were a Gold Brick, a Qiankun Ring, a Flame Spear, a Chaos Silk Ribbon, a God-Beating Whip, a Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cloak, a Dodging Dragon Stake, and a Mutton Fat Jade Clean Bottle.
All of them were imitations of the town-securing treasures that the Exposition Sect Saint had bestowed upon his Disciples back then; even as imitations, they were at True Immortal Level.
The Mystic Patterns engraved on them and the materials used in their refinement were all top-tier, peerless rarities.
Long Fei glanced at these Magical Treasures and curled his lips into a smile. "Our Heavenly Court has just been founded and is in sore need of Magical Treasures. Many thanks, gentlemen, for your gifts!"
A Dark Domain manifested above his head.
Once the Magical Treasures smashed toward him, they all fell into the Dark Domain.
Under the devouring of the Time and Space Law, their divine radiance was extinguished one after another, and Long Fei swept them all up into his hand.
"You..."
The twelve Exposition Sect Ancestors were all utterly aghast, almost coughing up old blood on the spot.
They had already been prepared for a brutal battle with Long Fei, but who would have thought this brat had grown so terrifying, daring to take on twelve True Immortal Magic Treasures head-on.
This situation did not feel real in the slightest.
By their estimation, Long Fei was merely at Celestial Venerate Realm; even if his body was monstrous, how could he have such a heaven-defying Cultivation Technique?
