At night, Du You slowly erged, standing proudly in front of him under the moonlight, Xi Qianxue.
Du You walked forward and gently embraced her from behind. Xi Qianxue felt Du You’s approach, stiffening montarily before leaning softly against him.
"What are you doing here, in the middle of the night?" Du You asked softly.
"I just couldn’t sleep. Although I’ve seen battles of this scale before, it’s the first ti I’m the one initiating them. Such a powerful force crumbling before , toppled by my own armies, it does give pause."
Although the army wasn’t hers, it belonged to Du You, and wasn’t Du You’s the sa as hers? After what they went through that night, their relationship had completely changed—they were family now.
Du You nodded slightly, "Yes, the first ti I led an army against another powerful force, I felt the sa. But you’ll get used to it after a few tis." Du You said this with ease, but at that ti, he was no weakling.
Or to put it another way, Du You was never a weakling. Sotis, his soldiers might have been more powerful than him, but he was always close behind. And before long, Du You stood before his troops again, stronger than ever.
But it was different for Xi Qianxue. She was only a fourth-tier, while the main body of the battle was fought by fifth-tier combatants. The shock of seeing fifth-tier warriors frequently clashing on the battlefield was unimaginable for soone of the fourth tier, especially when those soldiers were her subordinates.
Xi Qianxue, with her different bond, felt this far more intensely than Li ngyao.
Suddenly, Xi Qianxue grabbed Du You’s hand, rolling her eyes, "Don’t ss around, Li ngyao is still here. Let’s not let her know about us, for now. If you need soone, go to the other sisters."
Du You awkwardly smiled, not sure what Xi Qianxue was being cautious about, but he said nothing. Respecting a woman’s wishes, Du You was capable of that at least.
He lowered his hand and continued to hold Xi Qianxue as they looked ahead.
Ahead was the imperial city of the Divine Fla Empire, a place he was visiting for the first ti. The towering city walls, nearly impossible to scale if one’s strength was lacking, appeared as one seamless structure, their surface marked with abundant fiery patterns, like a work of art.
But this work of art was soon to beco ruins in the upcoming battle; to say it evoked no feelings would be impossible. After three days, the grand army was already at the city gates.
The imperial city, not built in an imposing location, was surrounded by endless plains. The city walls were so conspicuous, standing out like a true mountain.
Even during tis of war, the nobles who held banquets every night had, for the first ti, ceased such activities. Looking out of the city, the overwhelming sight of the opposing army left them with no mood for revelry.
At dawn, what they saw was a vast, regular army. Most nurous were the human armies, well-equipped, and a glance was enough to tell they were extraordinary.
Looking at his own followers, they seed like a ragtag band, painfully discordant.
Beside them were the terrifying Demonic Fla Skeletons, burning with black flas, a dark and dense mass. The intense aura of death was so strong that many nobles dared not even glance in that direction.
On another side were nurous Magical Beasts, as well as creatures from the sea. Frogn led the Murlocs across mountains and seas to be here. The lack of water made it hard for the Murlocs, but they were sufficient for nial tasks.
To the north were vast territories occupied by Beastn. There were many races, but the main army was comprised of the White Foxes.
It was unclear how the White Fox managed to amass so many people and armies, as if erging like the Shenghai Kingdom, similarly out of place. Now, everyone had co to recognize the unique aspects of these two kingdoms.
But they could not fathom any connection between them, and under current circumstances, they had no need to ponder further.
At dawn, the king finally appeared outside, walking towards the city wall. The king’s attire differed from usual—gone was his splendid gown, replaced by a suit of armor.
The golden armor shone with brilliant light under the morning sun, but the king’s heart was ice cold.
Suddenly, a nobleman loudly declared, "Your Majesty, we are no match for the Shenghai Kingdom. Let us surrender."
Restlessness spread among the people. The king, expressionless, walked over, suddenly drawing his sword and with a swift action, blood sprayed as the nobleman was cut in two. The nobleman, not yet dead, writhed on the ground in shock and disbelief, wondering why the king suddenly turned on him.
"You are all nobles of the empire, who once swore to protect its existence with your lives. Now it’s ti to fulfill those oaths, have you forgotten them?" The people around lowered their heads.
Emperor Tru continued, "I will fight with my country until the very last mont. At this ti, should anyone dare to waver, this will be their fate." As the king spoke, a powerful aura burst forth.
The empire’s two remaining sixth-tier powerhouses made their presence known. So of the older people rembered them as relics of an older era. The pressure from the sixth-tier powerhouses silenced everyone around, none daring to utter another word.
In this eerie atmosphere, the king ascended the city walls, looking straight into the center of the opposite army.
By this ti, Du You had also appeared in the sky, atop Lin Yucha’s Platform Floating Cloud. But after Shaliya and a group’s arrangent, the Platform Floating Cloud now resembled a simple traveling palace.
And Du You sat on a throne prepared for him in the middle, locking gazes with Emperor Tru across from him. No, it could be said that he was slightly elevated, likely Lin Yucha’s doing.
Looking at Emperor Tru, Du You also felt complicated, for his impression of Emperor Tru was quite favorable.
"Du You, it’s been a long ti since we last saw each other, and I didn’t expect our next eting to be under these circumstances."
Du You nodded, speaking as well. However, instead of using a magic spell to amplify his voice, he projected it through the power of his own body.
"Yes, I really didn’t want it to co to this," Du You said without making excuses, admittedly it was the Divine Fla Empire that struck at him first, but his own desire for expansion inevitably ant attacking others—there wasn’t a right or wrong in this matter.
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