107: Facing the Northern Plains, the Golden Iron Cavalry

"Such a ruckus in the hall! You, black monster, have such audacity!"

Zhao Gao sneered coldly, his finger moving slightly.

Transparent spiderweb-like threads extended, like the sharpest blades, instantly shredding the Black-Scaled Merman's tail into hundreds of tiny pieces.

Before the smell of blood could spread, Divine Power flowed over the spiderweb, grinding all the shattered bones and flesh into a bloody mist and absorbing it.

"Hiss, ah ah ah ah..."

The excruciating pain of a severed tail invaded his body and mind, every nerve in his Physique was pulled.

Immediately, the Black-Scaled Merman's face spasmed, letting out a pig-like scream.

"You, you..."

He looked back in shock, his tail, which had formed a divine fetus, was completely bare, and his Realm had dropped because of it.

The Grand Yan Prime Minister was horrified.

How was that possible!

The Black-Scaled Merman was a genuine Divine Extreme Realm demigod.

His tail had broken through the shackles of the spirit fetus, and logically, it should have been the strongest part of his body.

The person beside Xuan Emperor hadn't even used much Divine Power, yet he had shredded the Black-Scaled Merman's tail in one move. Was this reasonable?

Although divine medicine had been emerging one after another in the Four Seas and Five Regions, that didn't mean Divine Extreme Realm powerhouses were as common as cabbages!

Moreover, though both were merely exploring the Dao, the Wu Dynasty perpetrator looked as if he had been immersed in it for a long time.

"Xuan Emperor, don't you dare regret this! When the barbarians breach the Wu Dynasty's national gate, I'll make you beg to send Nangong Lian back!"

The Black-Scaled Merman turned and glared angrily.

Cold sweat streamed down the Grand Yan Prime Minister's forehead, his attitude completely opposite: "Your Majesty, please calm your anger. The Alliance of the Eastern Domain doesn't mean this. The Black-Scaled Merman is speaking nonsense and spouting wild words."

Xia Xuan looked at the two below, one playing the white face and the other the red, finding it somewhat amusing.

"What I have decided, there is no room for regret."

"Since Great Yan and the Merfolk Dynasty are so eager to seek death, I shall grant your wish."

"Bai Qi."

"Your subject is here!"

"You may mobilize the Wu Dynasty's Central Army to destroy Great Yan!"

"Your subject accepts the decree!" Bai Qi smiled gently and bowed in response.

The Grand Yan Prime Minister's expression was strange.

The Black-Scaled Merman laughed in anger, "Emperor Xuan Your Majesty makes excellent decisions! Ignoring the three million barbarian soldiers in the Northern Plains, and daring to use the strength of the entire nation to invade the Eastern Domain, truly a wise emperor of all time!"

He emphasized the last four words, "wise emperor of all time," very heavily.

The entire court of civil and military officials also found it unbelievable.

Was His Majesty trying to use the barbarians to harm the Northern Army of the Prince Who Guards the North's faction?

But wouldn't the cost of doing so be too heavy? If the barbarians were given an opportunity to invade the Central Domain, he would be a sinner for all eternity.

The officials felt uneasy in their hearts, but dared not truly show it.

The Grand Yan Prime Minister sneered inwardly, the entire court of civil and military officials were all sycophants, not a single one dared to advise against the foolish emperor's plan.

The Great Wu Dynasty would fall sooner or later.

"I see that Prime Minister Yan is very much looking forward to the barbarians ravaging the Central Domain."

The Grand Yan Prime Minister felt the gaze from the Imperial Throne, a gaze that seemed to penetrate one's Soul, and immediately said with a serious expression, "Your Majesty misunderstands."

Xia Xuan chuckled lightly, no longer paying attention, and waved his hand to project the image from the heaven monitoring mirror into the Chilong Palace.

On the giant light screen, the battle situation at Heaven's Gate Pass on the northern border of the Wu Dynasty was clearly displayed.

All the officials, as well as the Grand Yan Prime Minister and the Black-Scaled Merman, turned their eyes to look.

Heaven's Gate Pass.

Three million barbarian soldiers, a dense black mass, pressed down like an overwhelming tide.

The thick Devilish Qi churned the entire world into a murky mess.

Heaven's Gate Pass, a super array once deployed during the Martial God era, was already covered in cracks from the Devilish Qi before the barbarian army even launched its main assault.

"Over five hundred thousand barbarian soldiers capable of flight, could it be that they are all in the Divine Martial Realm!?"

The officials were all horrified. If true, this force would be enough to sweep across any army in the Four Seas and Five Regions!

What on earth happened in the Northern Plains to make the barbarian strength expand so much?

The Grand Yan Prime Minister looked at the hundred-zhang-tall demonic shadow, worried about the barbarians' strength increasing further after they swallowed part of the Wu Dynasty's territory, but also couldn't help but wonder why Xuan Emperor wanted them to see this scene.

To lift a rock only to drop it on one's own foot?

Or was it... that Xuan Emperor believed the Heaven's Gate Pass garrison could hold off this offensive?

"Your Majesty's method of projecting scenes from thousands of miles away is truly miraculous."

The Grand Yan Prime Minister discarded the unrealistic thoughts in his mind and focused intently on the light screen, waiting for the truth to be revealed.

Outside Heaven's Gate Pass.

The Barbarian Marshal sneered, waving his dark demonic saber.

Three hundred thousand vanguard barbarian soldiers let out excited roars, riding their demonic spirits, swarming like locusts, covering the sky and earth, smashing through the Heaven's Gate Pass Grand Array.

"Kill, kill, kill, kill!"

"Those cowardly Central Domain people, have they all heard the news and fled in terror?"

Heaven's Gate Pass was breached.

The million-strong Northern Army was nowhere to be seen.

"Engage! His Majesty has ordered us to hold these barbarian soldiers for half an incense stick's time, and reinforcements will arrive!"

The barbarian soldiers galloped into Heaven's Gate Pass.

On the flank, Marquis Modao led tens of thousands of Huodou Army and tens of thousands of Snow-Treading Dragon Cavalry, launching a surprise attack.

"Roar, roar! My lads, the chance for revenge has come!"

Upon encountering the attack, the barbarian soldiers in the vanguard's flank, who suffered heavy casualties, were not afraid but grew even more excited.

One by one, they were like wolves and tigers, changing their formation to encircle the Northern Border Army, which numbered less than fifty thousand.

The armies clashed, blades and shadows flashing.

Black flames swept across the plains.

The barbarian soldiers had undergone Fusion with demonic spirits, their Physiques had soared, their demonic nature was profound, making them a hundred times more courageous than before.

"Although these barbarian soldiers can all fly, their combat power doesn't seem to be in the Divine Martial Realm."

The officials breathed a sigh of relief.

But then they grew tense again.

The fifty thousand Huodou Army and Snow-Treading Dragon Cavalry had killed many barbarian soldiers in their initial surprise attack.

However, with the enemy being numerous and them being few, dragging it out would inevitably lead to disaster.

"Does His Majesty really intend to use this to trap and kill the Northern Border Army?"

Watching the tragic battle, the officials' hearts pounded.

The Northern Army's banner was stained with blood, their armor shattered, and barbarian soldiers, seemingly endless, surrounded them from all directions.

The black tide of demonic spirits had already engulfed the Huodou Army and the Dragon Cavalry.

At this moment, even if a large army came to their aid, it would not change the outcome.

Prime Minister looked back at the expressionless Xia Xuan, wanting to speak but hesitating.

The Northern Army fought with every last soldier, and not a single person retreated until death.

"Indeed, a foolish emperor!"

The Grand Yan Prime Minister thought to himself.

Half an incense stick's time had passed.

There wasn't even a shadow of the promised reinforcements. How ridiculous that the Wu Dynasty's border army still believed Xuan Emperor's lies.

With such a monarch who did not cherish his own forces, how could the nation not decline?

"A mere fifty thousand soldiers actually fought to the death against one hundred and fifty thousand of my clan's elites. If all the Wu Dynasty's soldiers possess such bloodlust, it might take some effort to swallow the Central Domain."

On the battlefield ruins, the Tian Yuan Garrison Commander's face was grim.

The Barbarian Marshal said coldly, "The two strongest legions of the Northern Domain have already been buried. The rest are just small fry."

"Form up, search for the Northern Domain's main army, and slaughter them all!"

The Barbarian Marshal commanded, and the barbarian army surged into Heaven's Gate Pass along the entire front.

Just then, the Void Realm trembled.

Around the sinister Devilish Qi, golden Divine Flames burned.

Pillars of light pierced the sky.

Eighty thousand Great Han Iron Cavalry descended from the heavens.

Golden armor, crimson-flamed horses, their military formation like a Dragon, forming an eight-sided encirclement.

"A trap? Before absolute strength, schemes and tricks are worthless."

The Tian Yuan Garrison Commander sneered.

"Kill them all!"

The barbarian soldiers roared, the previous great victory having ignited their bloodthirsty instincts, and they charged like madmen towards the eighty thousand Iron Cavalry.

"Clang!"

The Divine Han army's momentum was condensed, heavily armored exotic warhorses, treading on crimson flames, galloped through the Void Realm.

The army, with an unstoppable force, pierced through the barbarian military formation.

Blood stained the long sky. The barbarian soldiers charging at the forefront were terrified to their core. The golden-flamed ring-handled sabers and long halberds easily cut through their flesh and bones, incinerating their demonic spirits.

With a single clash between the two armies, the black tide melted like snow, and the golden flame Dragon military formation swept across the Void Realm.

In a short time, the barbarian army had already suffered massive casualties.

The Barbarian Marshal's eyelids twitched. The hundred-zhang demonic shadow behind him reached out a large hand, striking towards the Great Han Iron Cavalry.

"Boom!"

A brilliant saber light, spanning a hundred zhang across the Void Realm, cut through the demonic palm. Wei Qing led a contingent of Iron Cavalry, surrounding and attacking.

In the sky, the Sea of People Secret Realm floated, absorbing the flesh, blood, and Souls of the fallen barbarians, grinding them into pure life essence power.