Daqin Zhentiansi

"puff--!"

Yun Chenzi's body trembled violently, his face instantly lost all color, and he spat out a mouthful of golden blood mixed with fragments of his internal organs!

He felt as if he had been directly hit by a star field!
The precious, treasure-grade Star Banner in his hand let out a mournful cry of unbearable strain, and the flagpole suddenly snapped!

As for him, it was as if he had been rejected by the will of the world. His Dao heart was almost crushed under the crushing force of the boundless power. His body was out of control and crashed down from the sky like a meteorite onto the main peak of Yunlan Mountain!

With a deafening roar, the mountain rocks crumbled!

An elder of the Ancient Chen Dao Sect, a powerful expert at the first level of the Dao Inquiry Realm, was actually stomped down from the sky by the combined force of a "mortal" army's formation and a powerful kick from a martial arts master. His fate is unknown.
This single blow completely shattered the remaining fighting spirit of all the other reinforcements!

despair!

Unrivaled!

"Run! Run for your life—!"

It is unknown who let out the first scream of despair.

The remaining members of Gu Chen, Jing Yue, Li Huo Bao Ge, He Huan Men, and various other scattered cultivators who had taken advantage of the chaos were like flies whose nest had been disturbed. They no longer cared about any greed and only wished they had two more legs. They fled for their lives in all directions!
The allied forces, which had been so aggressive and fierce just moments before, crumbled and were utterly routed in an instant!
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As the sounds of battle subsided, only the ruins and corpses of the Yunlan Immortal Sect's mountain gate remained, panting under the blood-red ominous clouds.

Before the devastated main hall of the Immortal Sect, Sect Master Qingling Daoist and the dying Supreme Elder, supported by his disciples, staggered in, their faces pale and filled with despair.

The Supreme Elder struggled to break free from his disciples' support and performed a difficult bow to the black-robed figure who stood like a pillar of strength.

His voice was hoarse and trembling, filled with the fear of surviving a catastrophe and a deep sense of helplessness: "This old...this old man begs, begs Your Excellency to lead the divine army...and leave this place immediately..."

With each word he spoke, black blood oozed from the wound on his chest, and his breath grew weaker and weaker.

"Today... what happened today... was not what I wished for. However... Elder Gu Chen is critically injured and on the verge of death... Elder Li Huo has been captured, and Alchemist Jing Yue is crippled..."

His voice was broken, his chest heaving, and the Supreme Elder's face was deathly pale: "The leader of the Hehuan Sect has been captured... and dozens of elites from various sects have perished here... The Qizhou Immortal Path will surely... will surely be enraged!"

"A continent-wide attack...it will surely...it will surely befall my Yunlan Sect!"

His words were filled with sorrow and earnestness: "I... my Yunlan Immortal Sect... its ten-thousand-year foundation... has come to an end..."

He closed his eyes in pain, as if using up his last bit of strength.

"Such a catastrophic disaster... is beyond the capacity of our sect to bear... Although your army is mighty and unparalleled... however... however, there is no need for you to wade into these muddy waters..."

"I implore your army to leave immediately! Before the news spreads completely... there may still be a glimmer of hope."

"Let my crumbling sect... cling to life... for a few more days before it is utterly destroyed..."

His voice grew softer and softer, filled with boundless desolation and a resigned plea. He was already swaying unsteadily after he finished speaking, and was only able to be supported by Qingling Daoist.

Qingling Daoist's lips moved, but she could no longer speak. She simply bowed her head deeply, expressing the same plea in silence.

Faced with the old man's tearful plea, Zhang Yuan slowly turned around.

Outside the window, there was a battlefield still stained with blood, a dilapidated mountain gate, and in the distance, a faint, fleeting light representing endless troubles.

His black robes fluttered gently in the wind, and his deep gaze swept over the two desperate figures below, landing on the vast and chaotic land of Qizhou. He did not immediately respond to Qingling and the Supreme Elder's pleas.

His knuckles tapped lightly on the cold blade of the Dinghai Halberd, producing a deep and steady sound, and a storm seemed to be brewing deep within his eyes.

With his black robes fluttering, Zhang Yuan's gaze swept over the despairing Qing Ling and the Supreme Elder below, not lingering on their humble pleas, but piercing through the smoke-filled battlefield, and reaching towards the vast and fertile land of Qi Zhou in the distance.

The "thump-thump" sound of the knuckles striking the Dinghai Halberd stopped.

"Leave?" Zhang Yuan's voice was calm and even, yet it carried an undeniable penetrating power, echoing before the silent mountain gate. "Now that the Qin army has set foot here, how can they leave empty-handed?"

He no longer looked at the ashen-faced Yunlan Immortal Sect members, and his voice suddenly turned stern, like the clash of metal: "Pass on the order!"

"promise!"

Yu Wanjun, Yin Jiuyou, Pei Lie, Ye Qingfeng and others responded in unison, their murderous aura soaring to the sky.

"Use war to sustain war! All spoils of war will become military supplies!"

"With Yunlan Mountain Gate as the center, within a radius of 100,000 li, all those suspected of colluding with the Three-Eyed Demon Clan or taking advantage of the chaos—wipe them out!"

"Remember, be swift and leave enough 'traces'." A cold smile curled at the corner of Zhang Yuan's lips. "Make sure that those who come after us believe that it was my valiant three-eyed demon brothers' last frenzied raid before the 'reinforcements' arrived."

"Follow the order!"

The military order is like a mountain!

The ten Zhenhai ships and the bronze warships behind them once again emitted a deep and terrifying hum, and countless mysterious runes lit up.

Swords flashed into the sky from the twelve ships that crossed the sea.

The battle, or rather the slaughter and plunder, thus began.

The Qin army, a colossal beast whose claws and teeth had been suppressed by the Heavenly Dao in Yongtian Continent, finally revealed its bloody and efficient fangs in this world called Qi Continent!

As Zhang Yuan uttered the chilling command "Sweep it clean," the massive Zhenhai Ship suddenly unleashed a deep roar, like that of a prehistoric beast.

The runes covering the dark hull were like a galaxy that had been ignited, instantly becoming dazzlingly bright!
No longer confined to a defensive stance in front of Yunlan Mountain, this war behemoth forged from steel and martial will has finally revealed its ferocious fangs and terrifying appetite.

Like ferocious dragons breaking free of their chains, ten bronze warships roared with engines, spewing out eerie blue tail flames, and with the Zhenhai Ship as their core, they pierced the sky, each rushing towards a predetermined fan-shaped area.

Their target was not merely some petty gain near Yunlan, but rather something they instantly locked onto using the Zhenhai Boat's divine sense, combined with intelligence gathered in advance by the Zhentian Division and Zhang Yuan's celestial intuition.

Within a radius of 100,000 miles, all the large and small sects, cultivation families, and independent cultivators occupying spirit mines, herb gardens, strongholds, and even large markets!
These targets were crystal clear on the divine map, like flickering campfires in the darkness.

Discovery means destruction!
There was no warning whatsoever, no hypocritical "persuasion to surrender".

Any resistance that dares to activate the mountain-protecting formation and reveal its magical weapons will be met with the bow ballistae.

That thick, pillar-like "Silent Light of Annihilation" delivered a cold and cruel judgment!

With a flash of light, the mountain gate shattered, the formation vanished, and the cultivators guarding the formation were instantly vaporized, leaving only a huge, lava-like wound.

This is a blatant declaration and deterrent; the will of the Great Qin is not to be defied! (End of Chapter)