451: Massacre of 500,000 people, promotion of the Emperor Banner, anger of the Sun and Moon generals

Boom!

The killing Formations of the Border Fortress activated like a tide, brimming with Killing Intent.

Flames, gales, Vicious Beast projections, and killing fields erupted comprehensively.

A middle-aged Garrison General, clad in silver armor, suddenly appeared on the city wall.

He was none other than Shan Ye, the High Garrison General of Black Stone Fortress.

"Greetings, High Garrison General!"

Several commanders cupped their hands, respectfully looking at the middle-aged man before them.

Shan Ye nodded slightly, then looked up at the sky, his expression one of shock as he discovered seven Rongtian Realm Corpse Puppets above.

There was also a Human Race youth at the Half-Step Fusion Realm.

This combat power was too terrifying.

"May I ask, Senior, what brings you to the border of my Sun Moon Country?"

Shan Ye asked in a deep voice.

A hint of doubt flashed across his face. This golden giant coffin should have come from the other end of the Shen Yue Great Marsh.

How did Xuan Yin蛟 King, Crimson-Eyed Night Rakshasa, and Cangming Dragon Lord, the three great overlords, let these people through? His Sun Moon Country had an agreement with the Demon Clan.

"Sun Moon Country, you have trafficked over ten million Great Chu people. Hand over the forcibly trafficked Great Chu people, or die!"

Corpse Old Ancestor said indifferently, carrying a monstrous pressure that swept across the entire Black Stone Fortress, causing large sections of the Formations to tremble.

The Sun Moon Country had always harbored malicious intentions, dreaming of annexing the Great Chu Dynasty. While not as barbaric as the Barbarian Race, they were even more insidious.

"Senior, I don't understand what you are saying. My Sun Moon Country and the Great Chu Dynasty have always been on good terms, exchanging goods. The trafficking of people is purely baseless."

Shan Ye's face darkened as he spoke.

As a Border Garrison General, he naturally could not admit to this matter.

He now understood that the Sun Moon Country's human trafficking organization in the Border Three Prefectures of Great Chu had likely been eradicated.

And this had alarmed the Great Chu high command, who dispatched Rongtian Realm powerhouses to exert pressure.

"If you don't hand them over, then die!"

Corpse Old Ancestor was utterly cold, not bothering with further pleasantries.

A colossal hand, capable of covering the sky, stretched out from within the golden giant coffin.

"Senior, do you intend to ignite a war between our two nations?"

Shan Ye exclaimed in shock and anger.

No one expected Corpse Old Ancestor to suddenly strike.

Simple, direct, and ruthless.

Without the slightest hesitation.

Completely disregarding whether this action would trigger a war between the two nations.

"It's not that easy to shatter the border defense Formation!"

Shan Ye roared.

The border defenses were second only to the capital. For this person to attempt to destroy them with a single palm was simply an insult to them.

Rumble!

More than a dozen killing Formations instantly trembled under the massive hand, turning into dust.

Pfft!

Large amounts of blood splattered as a hundred thousand soldiers were instantly killed.

The impact spanned a hundred miles, and the entire Black Stone Fortress was largely destroyed.

Swish, swish, swish!

Chu Jiang's human emperor banner had long been erected in the Void Realm, silently absorbing the Souls between heaven and earth, turning black to purple.

The human emperor banner had already advanced once in the Shen Yue Great Marsh.

It was now a Medium Grade Magic Treasure.

A Medium Grade Magic Treasure required two hundred thousand living Souls.

A High Grade Magic Treasure required five hundred thousand living Souls.

A Top Grade Magic Treasure required one million living Souls, and ten Sky Realm living Souls.

It was still short of two hundred thousand living Souls to advance to High Grade.

However, Corpse Old Ancestor's slaughter continued.

"Damn it, you're slaughtering so wantonly, aren't you afraid of Karma entangling you, preventing you from ever reincarnating?"

Shan Ye roared, his eyes red, his heart bleeding.

Black Stone Fortress was the gateway for Sun Moon Country to advance into the Shen Yue Great Marsh, one of the five major border fortresses, extremely important.

Now it was almost completely destroyed, with no one able to stop it.

"Karma? Old Ancestor, I'm not afraid. If you have the ability, come and get me!"

"Your Sun Moon Country has imprisoned tens of millions of my Great Chu people. Today, consider this a small repayment!"

Corpse Old Ancestor said with disdain. He was a dying man, yet they dared to threaten him.

One hundred thousand, two hundred thousand, three hundred thousand...

The entire Black Stone Fortress, hundreds of miles of defense line, was completely massacred.

Black Stone Fortress, at this moment, had completely devolved into a Hell on Earth. Shouts of battle, screams, and the clashing of weapons intertwined into a symphony of despair, making people's eardrums ache.

The sky was stained a bizarre dark red by the thick blood mist, as if even the heavens had been shocked into changing color by this slaughter.

An army of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, before Corpse Old Ancestor, fell in swathes like wheat being cut.

The suppressing power of the massive hand, wherever it passed, caused the ground to crack, and large and small gravel were swept into the air, then slammed down violently, smashing the soldiers into bloody pulp.

Corpse Mountain of blood, rivers of blood flowed, and everywhere were ruined walls and broken tiles.

Dark clouds gathered, and thunder rumbled.

The human emperor banner also advanced again, promoting to a High Grade Magic Treasure.

【The human emperor banner has successfully advanced by devouring five hundred thousand living souls】

【human emperor banner, High Grade Magic Treasure, Soul-type Magic Treasure. Current abilities: Soul Devouring, Illusion Creation, Mysterious Runes, Troop Deployment】

【New Runes: Imprisonment Rune, can imprison enemy Souls, preventing them from escaping; Annihilation Rune, enhances the ability to create illusions, making them more realistic; Resonance Rune, allows the human emperor banner to resonate deeply with its wielder, enhancing Soul Power】

...

Whoosh!

Chu Jiang retracted the human emperor banner. The black Qi on it had almost entirely turned purple, like purple flames, dazzling and eye-catching.

"Go back and tell the Sun Moon Country's ruler: if your pawns dare to cause trouble within Great Chu's borders again, this will be their fate."

Corpse Old Ancestor looked at the few dozen remaining people, his chilling voice echoing between heaven and earth.

With that said.

The golden giant coffin tore through the Void Realm, instantly disappearing from its original location.

Not long after Chu Jiang and the other disappeared, dozens of Void Realm rifts erupted above Black Stone Fortress. Leading them was a white-robed old man, holding a black, Qi-filled stove that soared into the sky.

The stove's Divine Might was unfathomable; a single wisp of its flame could suppress mountains.

It was precisely a replica of the Sun Moon Country's national Divine Artifact, the Corpse Fire Divine Furnace.

"Greetings, Marshal Mu! You must avenge us! Our Black Stone Fortress, five hundred thousand soldiers, all died in battle!"

"The powerhouses of Chu killed everyone they saw, completely ignoring our pleas!"

Shan Ye and the other remnants instantly fell to their knees, weeping miserably.

The person who arrived was Mu Ze, the Grand Marshal in charge of the five border fortresses, holding the rank of Grand General.

Seeing the hellish scene, where only severed limbs and broken bodies remained, making it difficult to find a complete corpse, everyone's eyes practically shot flames, their anger uncontrollable.

"Marshal Mu, such a humiliation cannot be endured! Order the major fortresses to dispatch troops, an eye for an eye, and kill hundreds of thousands of them!"

The generals behind Mu Ze clenched their fists, their eyes bloodshot.

This was simply an open declaration of war.

"Do you have images of the two?"

Mu Ze asked indifferently, his emotions not showing much fluctuation.

"Yes, this subordinate secretly recorded it with a recording stone just now!"

Shan Ye whispered.

The recording stone captured the entire process of Corpse Old Ancestor slaughtering Black Stone Fortress.

After watching, everyone was even more indignant, but also fearful of the opponent's strength. To so easily wipe out Black Stone Fortress, even an ordinary Rongtian Realm expert couldn't do it.

One must know that throughout the entire border, only Grand Marshal Mu Ze was in the Rongtian Realm; no one else had stepped into this Realm.

This showed its difficulty.

However, although Mu Ze had broken through three hundred years ago, he still outwardly maintained the Qiankun Tenth Level, to prevent the Great Chu Dynasty from sending stronger individuals.

"I know this person. He is Chu Jiang, the Deputy Commander of the Demon Suppression Division, acting as the Three Provinces Inspectorial Envoy by the Chu Emperor's command, inspecting the Three Prefectures. Why would he be here?"

"Are the demons of the Shen Yue Great Marsh all dead?"

The Border Fortress naturally paid close attention to the movements of neighboring countries, especially the Wu, Lan, and Yue Three Prefectures, which were close to Sun Moon Country.

"I just received the latest intelligence. The Three Prefectures have already been cleared by him. The Wu Spirit Royal Mansion was completely annihilated, and the chaos in the Three Prefectures has basically concluded."

Another general spoke, which also meant that it would be ten times harder for their Sun Moon Country to acquire people in Great Chu.

Previously, with Wu Ling King as the lord of the Three Prefectures, he tacitly allowed it from behind the scenes.

Now the Three Prefectures would definitely be purged and new people installed. The Great Chu Dynasty would regain control of the Three Prefectures.

"Who is this golden coffin? Why have I never seen it before?"