359: Destroy!

Duan Yan had not expected Ye Haoran to fight so desperately, but since the opponent had already arrived before him, he could only be forced to reach out to block.

"Puchi!"

A crisp sound rang out, blood splattered, and a severed arm fell from high in the sky.

A scream of agony rang out as Duan Yan clutched his mangled left arm, his face filled with pain.

At this moment.

Ye Haoran no longer had the strength to lift his long saber; his eyes were vacant, and his aura was faint, as if he could die at any moment. His whole body seemed unable to support itself, falling straight toward the ground.

"How dare you!"

After letting out a scream, Duan Yan looked toward Ye Haoran, his face full of disbelief.

A mere Core Formation Stage Saber Cultivator had actually managed to break through his defenses.

A chill ran through Duan Yan's heart. If he had been just a bit slower and hadn't moved his head slightly, wouldn't he have been killed on the spot by this Ye Haoran?

Although that strike just now had a lot of luck involved, if he had taken it seriously from the start, he definitely wouldn't have suffered such an injury.

But it had to be said that Ye Haoran's slash had truly threatened his life.

Duan Yan looked at Ye Haoran, who had crashed onto the ground with his life hanging by a thread, and said with cold eyes, "Is this all that the slash you spent your life essence on amounts to?"

"Don't you know that Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators possess a Divine Soul? If you can't wound the Divine Soul, Physical Body injuries are of little consequence."

Having said that, spiritual energy gathered within his body, and a new arm immediately grew out.

For a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator, the head and the Dantian in the abdomen are fatal spots; injuries elsewhere do not matter.

Ye Haoran used his last bit of strength to squeeze out a faint smile. Although he said nothing, Duan Yan still felt an incomparable humiliation.

Being wounded by someone at the Early Stage of Core Formation was simply the ultimate disgrace.

The key point was that he had almost been killed.

Duan Yan's eyes were cold. He naturally saw that Ye Haoran was about to die, so he didn't strike personally. Instead, he said coldly:

"Since you're about to die, then in your final moments, watch the destruction of the Great Qian Empire."

Duan Yan immediately shouted to the army below, "Kill everyone in the Imperial City, no matter who they are! Leave not even a chicken or dog alive!"

Hearing Duan Yan's roar, Yang Moxu and the other person looked at each other and said nothing more. They could all see that Duan Yan was truly enraged.

Yang Moxu sighed helplessly; it was truly a pity that Duan Yan hadn't been killed.

He had been quite close just now, but he hadn't helped.

Although the three were allies, it was only on the surface; privately, each wished for the others to die.

Receiving the command, the army immediately began a wanton slaughter.

Pleas, curses, and screams of agony were heard incessantly.

Blood-red energy soared to the sky, gathering into rivers. The scenes within the Imperial City were shocking to behold.

In a certain place within the Imperial Palace.

Li Shanshan watched as countless people were slaughtered, his heart aching. However, Su Chen had not told him to move, and he did not dare to, so he could only watch.

Gradually, as more and more people died, he finally couldn't control himself and knelt directly on the ground, pleading.

"Old Ancestor, I beg you, let me take action."

If it were those who were disloyal to the Great Qian Empire, their deaths would be their deaths. But he saw many people who, even knowing they would die, still shouted the name of the Great Qian Empire and threw themselves into the fight without hesitation.

Li Shanshan could not accept these people being brutally slaughtered.

Su Chen glanced at him, then looked indifferently at the people being massacred, his voice calm as he said, "Do you know why the Great Qian Empire has become like this? It's all because of you. It's because you are stupid; you didn't even know you were poisoned."

"How can a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator be so foolish? Is your brain really functioning normally?"

Su Chen was the master of this world, so he naturally knew the ins and outs of everything.

"You could even fall for such a low-level trick. Even if the Great Qian Empire is destroyed, you are the one primarily responsible."

Li Shanshan was berated until he felt utterly worthless. He knelt on the ground, his face filled with grief.

Indeed.

He bore an inescapable responsibility for this incident. If he had been just a bit more careful, he wouldn't have fallen for the trap.

Looking at his state, Su Chen also sighed. The Great Qian Empire was truly like an Adou who couldn't be helped up.

The fact that they could encounter the same problem multiple times meant they hadn't properly undergone a baptism of blood and had lived too comfortably.

Without the replacement of dynasties, there can be no innovation. The Great Qian Empire had always been living off its past glory, stagnant. This was not what Su Chen wanted to see.

What he hoped for was for the Great Qian Empire to be forever prosperous and powerful.

However, the Great Qian Empire always seemed to face a catastrophe after a period of peak prosperity, and most of the time, it was due to being stabbed in the back by their own people. This indicated a major problem.

Su Chen shook his head. He slightly raised his hand and said in a calm yet cold voice:

"Perish!"

In an instant.

The world changed abruptly as a bolt of thunder instantly broke through the clouds and struck straight down from high above.

Within the Imperial City, countless invading enemies froze in place. They looked down and saw their bodies shattering and dissipating slowly, like broken glass.

"What is this?"

Someone looked at all this in confusion, their face filled with bewilderment.

However, this bewilderment did not last long before they were all completely disintegrated.

"Ah!"

A terrified scream rang out. Yang Moxu's face was filled with extreme horror; his lower body had already completely disappeared.

"What on earth is going on!?"

"Which Senior is this? Please spare my life! We shouldn't have invaded the Great Qian Empire. I beg Senior for mercy..."

Yang Moxu's voice trembled, terrified to the extreme. This eerie power had surpassed his understanding; there was simply no way to resist it.

At the same time.

Wang He and Duan Yan were the same; both of their bodies were also rapidly dissipating.

Above the Imperial Palace, Su Chen's figure appeared. Li Shanshan and Li Bisheng stood behind him, their behavior respectful to the extreme.

At this moment.

Looking at the people below who were constantly dissipating, they couldn't help but gulp, their eyes filled with fear.

What kind of power was this?

To be able to directly erase so many people.

In the distance, the moment Yang Moxu saw Su Chen, he seemed to realize something and quickly pleaded, "Senior, spare my life..."

Unfortunately, before he could finish his words, his figure completely dissipated.

At the same time, all the invading enemies throughout the Capital also dissipated into the world. Except for the Third Prince, not a single person was spared.

The world fell silent.

Everyone was stunned.

What happened?

The scenes unfolding before them left the people in the Capital with bewildered faces, completely unable to figure out what was going on.

Where were the people?

The Capital fell into a deathly silence. Even the people watching the battle from afar outside the city were also lost in confusion. What on earth had happened in the Capital? Just a moment ago, the sounds of slaughter were deafening; why was it suddenly silent now?

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