If you're made a fake emperor, why did you change the country's name?

"Chuchu, I want to know about Lianghe..."

Zhao Yu slowly told Shen Miaochu about his plan.

……

After hearing Zhao Yu's plan, a noticeable fluctuation appeared in Shen Miaochu's usually cold eyes for the first time.

She frowned as she looked at Zhao Yu.

"Are you sure this will work? Isn't it too risky?"

"It will definitely work!" Zhao Yu replied without the slightest hesitation. "Trust me."

Shen Miaochu fell silent.

After a long while, she let out a soft breath, as if she had made a decision.

"In that case, one day will be enough."

She paused, then added.

"But you'll have to collect the items yourself; I can't leave. Setting up the altar requires complete concentration."

Zhao Yu nodded and was about to get up when Shen Miaochu called him back.

"etc."

She took out two warm, white jade pendants from her bosom and handed one over.

"These jade pendants can warn each other. If we encounter danger, we can inject internal energy into them, and I will sense it immediately."

Her voice, unusually, carried a hint of gentleness.

Zhao Yu took the jade pendant; it felt warm and smooth to the touch, still warm from her body heat.

He carefully put the jade pendant away from his body and looked at her intently.

"Wait for me to come back."

Those four simple words warmed Shen Miaochu's heart for no apparent reason.

She turned her head away somewhat awkwardly, avoiding his gaze, and replied in an almost inaudible voice.

"Um."

Zhao Yu turned and walked out of the cave.

The world outside the cave was shrouded in the strange phenomenon of a celestial dog eating the sun, so dark that one could not see their own hand in front of their face, and a suffocating atmosphere permeated the air.

He took a deep breath, feeling the one-tenth of his true energy restored within his body.

Although he only possessed 10% of the bloodline of the First Dragon, his cultivation technique, the "Ancestral Dragon Ascending to Heaven Technique," was extremely domineering.

This one-tenth of his strength is enough to be comparable to ten times that of an ordinary Celestial Realm cultivator!

Combined with the defensive "Kun Yuan Body Protection Technique" and the offensive "Li Huo Burning Body Technique", even if they encounter a dozen or so Celestial Realm cultivators, they will have the strength to fight back.

In the deep darkness of the forest, Zhao Yu's figure moved silently, so fast that only a blur remained.

Following the list given to him by Shen Miaochu, he began searching for the materials needed for the altar.

A hundred-year-old blood python, three mysterious cold bats, and the reverse scale of an earth dragon.

Soon, he discovered a giant python coiled on an ancient tree near a swamp.

The blood python was ten zhang long and as thick as a water bucket, its scarlet tongue flicking in and out, emitting a strong fishy smell.

Without the slightest hesitation, Zhao Yu drew the Emperor's Sword.

Whoosh!

Pfft!

A figure flashed by, and the Emperor's Sword pierced the giant python's vital spot with pinpoint accuracy.

The giant python's massive body suddenly stiffened, and before it could even struggle, it crashed down from the tree, causing the ground to tremble.

Zhao Yu swiftly and cleanly retrieved the necessary item from his sword and stored the python's corpse in his system space.

The whole process took less than three breaths.

Just as he finished collecting the python's corpse, his ears twitched and his pupils suddenly contracted.

Faint footsteps and hushed voices could be heard in the distance.

There were at least five people, and all of them possessed the aura of the Celestial Realm!

He flashed and instantly disappeared into the canopy of a nearby ancient tree with lush foliage, concealing his aura to the extreme.

A moment later, five figures emerged from the forest.

The leader was a middle-aged man with a scarred face and a face full of scars, carrying a large, ghost-headed sword.

The other four were a tall, thin man, a short, fat man, a one-eyed old man, and a young man who looked quite agile.

These five people were clearly not of the same ilk; they deliberately kept their distance as they walked, wary of each other.

"Damn it, what bad luck!" Scarface spat on the ground as he walked. "I've been a ruthless scoundrel for thirty years, when have I ever done this kind of backbreaking work searching the mountains!"

The short, fat man laughed in a sarcastic tone.

"Oh, so you're having second thoughts, Master Dao? Back when you heard you could carve out your own territory and become a local tyrant, you were the one jumping the gun!"

Scarface's face darkened, but he did not refute.

The one-eyed old man sneered and took over the conversation.

"Let's keep quiet. Those who came this time are either after the territory or owe the Taixu Temple a favor and have to come to repay it."

The tall, thin man nodded.

"That's right. Master Hu saved my life three years ago, and I can't leave without repaying that favor."

The middle-aged man with the scar on his face who was leading the group suddenly lowered his voice and spoke mysteriously.

"Have you heard? In this encirclement and suppression operation, Zhao Yu also mobilized the forces of the Sakura Kingdom, completely surrounding the entire forest so that not even a fly could escape."

Upon hearing this, the other four were all taken aback.

The tall, thin man frowned.

"Damn it, is Zhao Yu planning to betray us after he's done, and then wipe us all out too?"

The short, fat man spoke first, his tone full of doubt.

"More than that, the very act of mobilizing the Sakura army is rather strange, isn't it?"

The group nodded in agreement, while Scarface launched into a tirade of curses.

"Damn it, every good thing about being an emperor!"

"Those scum from Ying Kingdom killed countless people of Liang, and he even colluded with them!"

When Zhao Yu heard the words "Sakura Country" from among the trees, his gaze turned even colder.

Although the Sakura Kingdom in this world is ultimately not the Sakura Kingdom he knows, its behavior is no different from that of the Sakura Kingdom he knows.

Other countries at war would at least leave a sliver of hope for survival, but only the Sakura Kingdom leaves no one alive wherever it goes!

Sakura Country!

It seems he has gained another reason to kill Zhao Yu!

Just then, the five people approached.

Scarface suddenly stopped and twitched his nose a few times.

"No, there's a smell of blood here, and it's very fresh!"

The other four immediately became alert and dispersed in a fan shape.

The tall, thin man walked to the spot where Zhao Yu had just killed the giant python, squatted down, and carefully examined the marks on the ground.

He picked up a scale, and his expression changed.

"They're scales from a blood python! And look at the wound—neat, clean, a single, fatal blow. The attacker was a master!"

Zhao Yu realized that he could no longer hide it.

Since that's the case, let's finish this quickly!

He moved like lightning, bursting out from the treetops, his Emperor's Sword, wreathed in blazing flames, aimed straight for Scarface's back!

"Who goes there!"

Scarface reacted extremely quickly, roaring as he turned and slashed with his knife.

The moment the swords clashed, his expression changed drastically.

The moment his demon-headed broadsword touched the Emperor's sword, it turned red-hot and was easily cut in half like a hot knife through butter!

laugh!

The Emperor's sword, its momentum undiminished, pierced his heart.

The scarred man lost his life while still showing shock on his face.

With a single sword strike, Zhao Yu killed the scarred man without pausing.

Nine illusory earth dragons swirled around his body as he pushed the "Kun Yuan Body Protection Technique" to its limit.

He took the blow from the short, fat man's palm, then swung his sword backhand and severed his head.

Fresh blood gushed out.

The short, fat man stared at the headless corpse standing there, filled with regret.

The one-eyed old man and the tall, thin man, seeing that things were not going well, were terrified and turned to run away.

But would Zhao Yu give them that chance?

Two sword lights flashed, and two heads flew into the sky.

In the blink of an eye, four experts at the Celestial Realm were killed!

Only the last agile young man remained.

Just as Zhao Yu was about to give chase, the other man had already darted more than ten feet away.

His face was filled with terror. He pulled a signal flare from his pocket and pulled the pin sharply.

call out!

A signal flare shot into the sky, exploding into a blood-red firework in the pitch-black night, exceptionally dazzling.

"Here! The target is here!"

The young man used all his inner strength to let out a piercing shout.

Zhao Yu's face darkened, and with a flick of his wrist, the Human Emperor Sword flew out of his hand, transforming into a streak of light.

puff!

The flying sword accurately pinned the young man to a large tree.

But it was too late.

In the distance, a series of rapid whooshing sounds rang out.

At least twenty auras of the Celestial Realm are rapidly approaching from all directions.

Zhao Yu knew that with his current strength, he would surely die if he were surrounded.

Moreover, he absolutely must not lead these people back to the cave where Shen Miaochu is, because the work there is more important than what he is doing here!

It seems... a real chase has begun!