328: Chapter 328 Taking Over the Qin State

"Boom!"

Under Emperor Zhao Zheng's command, the twelve golden statues swung their giant fists, smashing heavily toward Chen Hu in the center of the magnetic field.

"Open!"

A golden light barrier appeared around Chen Hu.

All twelve giant fists landed on the golden light barrier, but failed to shake it in the slightest.

"How is this possible?" The smile on Emperor Zhao Zheng's face suddenly froze.

"It is impolite not to reciprocate!"

Chen Hu's voice rang out, and a golden fist appeared above the head of one of the golden statues.

"Rumble!"

The fist descended, striking the head of that golden statue.

At this moment, Chen Hu noticed that the magnetic field formed by the twelve golden statues was spinning rapidly, attempting to disperse his attack.

Unfortunately, Chen Hu's attack was of Golden Core-level energy.

The magnetic field could not convert such power at all, so with a 'puff' sound, the golden statue's head instantly exploded.

The golden fist did not slow down and continued to descend.

In an instant, the golden statue's massive body also turned into golden powder.

With the destruction of this golden statue, the magnetic field also dissipated and vanished.

"Quickly, kill him!"

A look of panic appeared on Emperor Zhao Zheng's face.

Immediately, the remaining eleven golden statues pounced toward Chen Hu once again.

"Someone come! Quickly, someone come! All those in the Liangang Realm, get in here and surround and kill Chen Hu!" A flash of determination crossed Emperor Zhao Zheng's eyes.

Immediately, more than sixty experts of the Liangang Realm flashed into the great hall.

Each of them unleashed their techniques, attacking Chen Hu.

Emperor Zhao Zheng was not idle either; he quickly formed hand seals, casting a powerful technique.

Seeing this, Chen Hu did not stop him.

The next moment, Emperor Zhao Zheng's technique took shape, and hundreds of one-zhang-long cyan wind blades appeared around Chen Hu.

"Go!"

Emperor Zhao Zheng pointed, and the wind blades slashed crazily at the golden light barrier.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

A series of metallic clashing sounds rang out continuously.

But they still failed to break through the golden light barrier.

Seeing this, Emperor Zhao Zheng's expression became even uglier.

He gritted his teeth slightly and formed hand seals again, his body withering at a visible rate.

Then.

A beam of blood-red light shot out from his body and rushed toward Chen Hu.

This was the strongest top-grade technique he had mastered—the Blood Curse.

As long as the Blood Curse entered an enemy's body, it could instantly corrode their body, turning them into a pool of blood.

However, to cast this technique, one had to use half of their own blood as a catalyst.

The blood light rushed to the front of the golden light barrier but was blocked by it.

"Blech!"

Seeing that the Blood Curse, which he had paid a huge price to cast, could not do anything to Chen Hu, Emperor Zhao Zheng couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood in anger, his entire spirit and energy wilting.

But just at this moment, he formed a secret hand seal.

Then, the bodies of twelve Liangang Realm experts all swelled up simultaneously.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Twelve earth-shattering roars rang out.

It was twelve experts at the Late Stage of Qi Refining who had directly self-destructed.

The powerful shockwave slammed into the golden light barrier, yet it still didn't cause even the slightest ripple in the golden light barrier.

Instead, the entire great hall, affected by the self-destruction of the twelve Liangang Realm experts, was directly reduced to ruins.

Similarly, those Liangang Realm experts nearby were also affected.

However, they ran relatively quickly and only suffered minor injuries with no deaths, but the ministers of Great Qin were almost all wiped out, with only a few remaining.

"Emperor Zhao Zheng, what other tricks do you have? Why not use them all at once?" Chen Hu looked at Emperor Zhao Zheng playfully.

"Chen Hu, you have won!"

Emperor Zhao Zheng suddenly regained his calm. He took out a sword and slashed it across his own neck, ending his own life: "I am an Emperor. Even if I am defeated, I will not die at the hands of an enemy!"

"He's a ruthless man!"

Chen Hu swept his gaze over the few remaining ministers and said in a low voice.

"What about you all? Do you still want to oppose me?"

Chen Hu swept his gaze over the group of Liangang Realm experts of Great Qin.

"Your Majesty, we are willing to surrender!"

The remaining Liangang Realm experts knelt on one knee one after another, surrendering to Chen Hu.

This Emperor Zhao Zheng was truly too ruthless.

It was very clear that the twelve Liangang Realm experts who had self-destructed had been tampered with by Emperor Zhao Zheng.

Furthermore, he had absolutely no regard for the other ministers.

Hundreds of ministers had died due to the self-destruction, with only three or five remaining.

One must know that most of these ministers were loyal to him as their Emperor.

Such actions truly chilled the hearts and bred resentment in those who remained.

Since that was the case, they would naturally have no psychological burden in surrendering to Chen Hu.

"Great Qian Emperor, we are also willing to surrender!"

The remaining few ministers also immediately knelt and surrendered.

"Very good!"

Chen Hu nodded in satisfaction.

"By the way, did Emperor Zhao Zheng appoint a crown prince?" Chen Hu asked.

"None!"

A minister who had narrowly escaped death replied: "Emperor Zhao Zheng's desire for power was extremely strong. He wished he could hold all power in his own hands; how could he possibly appoint a crown prince to share his power!"

"Forget it!"

Chen Hu waved his hand. Originally, he had wanted to do the same as he did in Great Xia Kingdom, letting the crown prince ascend the throne and surrender on behalf of Great Qin.

Since there was no crown prince, he couldn't be bothered to do that.

He could just make an announcement directly.

Thus, he cast the Amplification Technique again, spreading his voice across ten thousand li: "I am the Great Qian Emperor, Chen Hu. I hereby announce that from today on, Great Qin is incorporated into Great Qian Kingdom. Taxes for commoners and farmers will be exempted for the next three years."

He made the announcement three times in a row.

Chen Hu then teleported ten thousand li away to continue shouting.

After changing several locations, everyone in Great Qin heard Chen Hu's voice.

The announcement was finished.

He pulled up the System interface and discovered that the number of his followers was skyrocketing.

In a mere quarter of an hour.

The number of followers had actually increased by a full billion plus.

The total number of followers reached 4.502 billion.

Thus, Chen Hu teleported back to the Great Qin imperial palace.

He called over a minister to understand the situation in Great Qin.

After listening to the minister's explanation, Chen Hu understood why the people of Great Qin were so readily submitting.

The reason was very simple.

Emperor Zhao Zheng's desire for control was simply too strong.

He implemented high-pressure policies throughout the entire country.

And he also engaged in collective punishment.

If one person committed a crime, the entire family would be beheaded.

It could be said that ordinary people lived in fear every day.

They were terrified that saying the wrong word would lead to their whole family being arrested and killed.

Similarly, officials were also extremely careful in front of Emperor Zhao Zheng.

The entire country was Emperor Zhao Zheng's dictatorship.

Therefore, the officials and citizens of Great Qin felt only fear and terror toward this Emperor, with not a shred of respect.

Now that Chen Hu had replaced Emperor Zhao Zheng, the entire nation of Great Qin breathed a sigh of relief.

Furthermore, to satisfy his own ambition, Emperor Zhao Zheng imposed heavy taxes on the entire nation, making it difficult for ordinary people to even get enough to eat.

And Chen Hu had directly exempted them from taxes for three years.

How could these people not support him?

Because only a few ministers of Great Qin remained, in order to take over Great Qin, he could only purchase Puppet officials from the System Mall.

At the same time, he also dispatched an army of fifty thousand.

By noon, Chen Hu had completely taken control of the Great Qin capital.

This was mainly because the officials of the capital, both big and small, were quite cooperative.

After taking control of the Great Qin capital.

Chen Hu then purchased a batch of generals, assigned some fifth-order and sixth-order Black Armor Cavalry and Great Snow Dragon Cavalry to each general, and sent them to the various cities of Great Qin to take over.

Similarly, the local officials were also very cooperative.

By evening, Chen Hu had already completely taken control of the entire Great Qin.

During this period, the number of Chen Hu's followers grew quite a bit, reaching 4.966 billion.

Chen Hu estimated that by midnight tonight.

The number of his followers would definitely exceed 5 billion.