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“This is indeed worth our consideration. We have to capture one of them and get some information.”
Chen Li nodded and turned to leave.
Jiang Qing hastily said, “Minister Chen, you have to command this battle.”
Without turning his head, Chen Li said, “Your Majesty, don’t worry. General Xu is on his way.”
Jiang Qing breathed a sigh of relief as he suddenly realized a problem.
Even though he had helped Great Jing’s economy to rise after he ascended the throne and promoted a blissful atmosphere, making more and more citizens happy, there was no one in the court that he had personally nurtured. He still used old officials.
To be more precise, after the martial arts culture of Great Jing took off, the lifespan of the civil servants and generals continued to increase. There had not been much change even after dozens of years. The generals were still led by Xu Tianji and the civil servants were still led by Chen Li. Their contributions were too great and they had supported several emperors. Even if the strength of their subordinates was greater than theirs, it would not shake their foundation.
Xu Tianji, in particular, had contributed greatly to Jing Taizong. Later on, he contributed greatly to Jing Renzong, Jing Tianzong, and Emperor Taihe. Even if he retired to the backlines, he would be soon invited out by the Emperor.
Jiang Qing frowned. He began to worry for his descendants.
If this continued, how could the Jiang Family’s imperial power suppress the officials?
It was impossible for the Dao Ancestor to always keep an eye on the Jiang
Family. In fact, unless Great Jing was in danger of completely falling, the Dao Ancestor might not even take action for decades.
As the Emperor, it was impossible for Jiang Qing to look for the Dao Ancestor for everything. He had already relied on the Dao Ancestor to ascend the throne, so he naturally had to work hard.
However, the sudden change today made Jiang Qing realize that he was only suitable to be a monarch during peaceful times and not during wartime.
Jiang Qing’s eyes flickered as he fell into deep thought.
The flame-browed man looked at the chaotic battle between the humans and the Lie Race and frowned.
The humans were stronger than he had expected.
Even though the Lie Race had him and three Martial King realm experts, the other warriors were all either in the Universe realm and the Grotto-heaven realm. If he did not take action, he would not be able to take down the humans in a short time.
There were hundreds of Grotto-heaven realm experts in Great Jing. After all, they had absorbed Tianhai, the Dragon Transformation Mansion, the Mu Family, the Floating Island, and other forces. After dozens of years, there were countless Universe realm experts.
“He should be the strongest human.”
The flame-browed man stared at Guan Tongyou and thought to himself.
Guan Tongyou was indeed powerful. He had suppressed three Martial King
realm experts of the Lie Race by himself, making the fiery-browed man
ashamed.
This person had to die. Otherwise, it would be a disgrace to the Lie Race!
The flame-browed man raised his right hand and faced Guan Tongyou with his palm. His eyes were filled with killing intent.
At that moment, the flame-browed man seemed to have sensed something and subconsciously looked up. Before he could see it clearly, a golden light descended from the sky, similar to a golden river that drowned out the Lie Race warriors and their ferocious birds. The flame-browed man was also drowned in the golden light.
Rumble
The golden celestial river landed on the ground, shaking the earth. The martial artists and Lie Race warriors fighting in the distance turned around in shock.
“It’s him…”
Joy flashed past Guan Tongyou’s eyes, but soon after, he felt ashamed. It seemed like the Dao Ancestor felt that he could not do anything to this race.
Ji Wujun also had the same thoughts. Below the Martial King realm, practically no Lie Race warrior was her opponent. However, she was besieged and could not display any strength.
Xu Tianji, who had rushed over from the horizon, happened to see that scene. He muttered, “This race is not simple. They actually required the Dao Ancestor to personally take action.”
After the golden celestial river disappeared, the fiery-browed man and the group of Lie Race warriors who had yet to attack disappeared. However, the mountain forest below was not damaged, making it surreal.
“The leader is dead?”
A female warrior of the Lie Race cried out in alarm. Before the Lie Race could react, the human martial artists released their true qi one after another, and their morale far exceeded what it was just now.
This was a good opportunity!
Under the Earth Spirit Tree, Jiang Changsheng retracted his bow and meditated.
Bai Qi curiously asked, “Resolved?”
Tiang Changsheng nodded in agreement.
“The other party has turned into dust?”
“Yes.”
“Too bad, they should be ferocious beasts…”
Jiang Changsheng did not continue. He did this on purpose. There were enough warriors of the Lie Race left for humans to capture and obtain information. As for the value of the corpse of the flame-browed man, he did not care at all. The corpses of the Seven Great Demon Saints had yet to be used up.
Once he took action, he had to display his strength. If he took action but didn’t kill the enemy, it would shake his invincible image instead.
After a while.
[In the 10th year of the Changle Era, the Lie Race came under the orders of the Nine Nether Devil King to subdue the human race. You took action in time and killed the elites of the Lie Race. You have survived a calamity and obtained a survival reward—Magical Treasure, Golden-scaled Jade Leaf x12.]
It had been 28 years since he received the last survival reward. How he missed it.
The Golden-scaled Jade Leaves were not bad. Coupled with these twelve pieces, he had accumulated 91 Golden-scaled Jade Leaves.
Jiang Changsheng’s mood became pleasant. He prepared to refine the twelve Golden-scaled Jade Leaves and attempt to fuse them with the Golden Scale
Rod.
“I want to know how powerful the Nine Nether Devil King is.” [Requires 3,700,000,000 incense points. Do you wish to continue?]
No!
As expected, it was him.
Jiang Changsheng thought of another question and asked in his mind, “I want to know how strong is the strongest expert the Nine Nether Devil King can invite to help him?”
“The other party is not within the known range of the system. For the time being, the system is unable to calculate.”
Too bad.
If he could not calculate it, then his attitude towards the Nine Nether Devil King would have to be more passive. He would also have to pretend not to know of his existence. After losing the elites of the Lie Race, the Nine Nether Devil King would definitely not come immediately.
He would not fight an uncertain battle!
Ever since he broke through, Jiang Changsheng’s cultivation had been getting stronger, and his net worth in terms of incense points had also increased. At this moment, he no longer took the Nine Nether Devil King seriously.
As for the Demon Supreme, Jiang Changsheng hoped that he would become stronger. A decisive battle would be held between them in the future, and the stronger he was, the greater the survival reward he would get.
Then, Jiang Changsheng got up and returned to his room to refine the Golden-scaled Jade Leaves.
Half a day later, Ji Wujun returned. The golden armor and the Dragon Soul Silver Spear were stained with blood. She first returned to her room to take off her armor and then wiped them clean. Bai Qi asked, “Why are you so depressed? Did you lose?”
Ji Wujun whispered, “More or less.”
On the other side, Guan Tongyou had also returned to his estate. He was also in a gloomy mood.
In fact, they were not the only ones. All the martial artists who participated in the war felt the pressure. Although the remaining warriors of the Lie Race were either dead or captured, the appearance of the Lie Race still brought a sense of crisis to Great Jing.
The upper body of the Lie Race was similar to a human, and their intelligence was not inferior to them. This meant that there were many races that were as smart as humans hidden in the depths of the Great Wilderness. They even heard a warrior of the Lie Race cry out that their leader was a Great Paragon realm expert. How could he possibly die?
The Great Paragon realm!
This was the first time that everyone, including Guan Tongyou, had heard of this realm.
If not for the Dao Ancestor, Great Jing would probably have been flattened by the ten thousand warriors of the Lie Race. Just the thought of it made them shiver.
When Jiang Qing learned of the situation from the White-robed Guards, he was also shocked.
Three Martial King Realm experts and a Great Paragon realm expert!
At that moment, he suddenly felt that the Great Wilderness was dangerous. It was far more dangerous than he had imagined.
He immediately issued an edict and asked Zhu Tianzhi and Xu Tianji to interrogate the surviving warriors of the Lie Race. However, most of them were dead, including the three Martial King realm experts. It was even harder to capture them than to kill them. Guan Tongyou had to use all his strength to just kill them. It was only thanks to Xu Tianji’s military formation that he was able to gather the luck of Great Jing and limit the speed of the three Martial King realm experts. Even though the effect was average, in a battle at their level, a slight delay could result in death.
The physique of a Martial King realm expert was not like that of a Martial Emperor, as it was not indestructible .
A month later.
Inside the house.
Jiang Changsheng looked at the new magical treasure floating in front of him with a satisfied expression.
The 92 Golden-scaled Jade Leaves had successfully fused with the Golden Scale Rod, forming the supreme treasure, the Golden Scale Tree.
This treasure was a killing treasure, and its might was not inferior to the Sun Shooting Divine Bow. Without the Da Yi World Piercing Arrow, the destructive power of the Golden Scaled Tree exceeded that of the Sun Shooting Divine Bow. Moreover, as the number of Golden-scaled Jade Leaves increased, the Golden Scaled Tree would become stronger and stronger.
He raised his hand and grabbed the trunk of the Golden Scale Treasure Tree. It looked like a sapling with Golden-scaled Jade Leaves embedded on it. As he held it in his hand, he felt a surging power. This power was very strange. It was similar to killing intent, but it was also different.
It should be some sort of killing aura!
At that moment, Jiang Changsheng even felt invincible, as if no one in the world was his opponent.
He released his grip, and the intense feeling receded.
“This is the effect of the killing aura? If I used this in a battle, it might stimulate me to erupt with stronger power.”
Jiang Changsheng thought to himself. He kept the Golden Scale Treasure Tree in his Giant Spirit Ring.
The Golden-scaled Jade Leaves could still be removed after the fusion.
However, once all the leaves were removed, they had to be refined again, which would take a few days.
Once that was done, Jiang Changsheng stood up and walked out of the courtyard.
It was late at night, and the croaking of frogs echoed in Longqi Mountain.
Ji Wujun, Bai Qi, Huang Tian, and Hei Tian were all training.
Jiang Changsheng did not disturb them and began to cultivate.
Setting the mysterious existence behind the Nine Nether Devil King as his imaginary enemy would make him more motivated.
He would just assume that the other party was at the tenth level of the Heaven and Earth Emperor realm!
No, he might as well assume that the other party had surpassed the Heaven and Earth Emperor realm and their net worth reached tens of billions.
With that thought in mind, Jiang Changsheng trembled and suddenly felt a sense of crisis.
It was better to be safe than sorry!
What if it was really that terrifying?
He could not be arrogant. He had to keep a low profile and cultivate!
In a dark underground palace, Jiang Jian, Lin Haotian, Ping’an, and Ling Feng walked to a stone formation in the center of the hall. Ling Feng’s entire body shone with green light, illuminating the palace for them.
“Be careful. Don’t trigger a teleportation array or a trap.”
Seeing Ling Feng’s clumsy movements, Jiang Jian reminded him.
Ling Feng said, “It will be fine as long as I don’t step on it. Come and take a look. There are words on it, but I can’t see them clearly.”
Jiang Jian and Lin Haotian immediately went to his side to take a closer look.
Ping’an’s eyes suddenly brightened. He walked to a wall and saw a bright red flower embedded in it. He reached out to pick it.
Rumble
The entire underground palace shook, and the stone formation trembled. A strong light burst out, and the stone plate at the bottom began to rotate.
“Retreat, don’t enter the formation!”
Jiang Jian pulled Ling Feng and Lin Haotian back.
Ling Feng breathed a sigh of relief. He turned to look at Ping’an and was about to speak.
“Oh no, that’s only the eye of the formation. This whole underground palace is a formation! Run!”
Lin Haotian seemed to have thought of something, and his expression changed drastically as he cried out in alarm. He immediately turned around and prepared to escape.
The bright light of the stone formation increased greatly and instantly flooded the entire underground palace. Jiang Jian and the others could not move at all as a mysterious force bound them..