The day had finally arrived.
Countless void warships took off from various cities of the Zheng Dynasty, carrying elite soldiers and generals. They formed a terrifying fleet and headed toward the Southern Proud Empire.
Looking down from the clouds, the fleet was densely packed and vast.
In addition, figures with tyrannical auras drove their magic weapons and turned into streams of light that pierced through the void, following the warships. Their speed was even faster than the void warships that were burning Primordial Crystal Stones.
Human Sovereign figures constantly rose from the Zheng Dynasty's territory and the Night Luo Palace's territory to form a huge army of Human Sovereigns. Their imposing manner made the world tremble.
On the ground, there were also huge war beasts galloping. Countless low-level martialists followed behind the war beasts and advanced on foot like an endless tide. They rushed toward the Southern Proud Empire from different routes, wanting to drown the entire Southern Proud Empire.
After the destruction of the Joy Palace, the Southern Region had only been peaceful for half a month.
Today, a terrifying storm was stirred up again and headed straight for the Xuanyuan Family.
The aura of countless powerhouses gathered together was extremely terrifying. It could be clearly felt from tens of thousands of miles away.
The moment the Zheng Dynasty's entire army attacked, countless martialists in the Southern Region were alarmed. They got up from various places and rushed toward the location of the energy fluctuation.
Soon, they witnessed the huge army of the Zheng Dynasty and were instantly terrified.
The martialists who rushed over from various places did not dare to get too close, but they also followed the Zheng Dynasty's army from afar. They all wanted to see the final outcome of this battle with their own eyes.
After all, the Southern Region had never had a conflict between the overlord forces for thousands of years.
This day was destined to be recorded in the annals of history. They all wanted to be witnesses to history.
The figures of the Southern Region's martialists continued to gather. The weak ones were Saints, the strong ones were Human Sovereigns, and there were even half-step Monarch level existences. Unknowingly, they had also gathered together and formed a huge army of cultivators that followed the Zheng Dynasty's fleet from afar. The number of martialists who came to watch the battle was still increasing.
What surprised countless people was that when the Zheng Dynasty's vanguard rushed into the Southern Proud Empire's stronghold, there were not many troops left to guard the stronghold. They only put up a little resistance and a few lower-level Yuan Venerates died before falling into the hands of the Zheng Dynasty's vanguard.
The Southern Proud Empire actually did not deploy a strong military force in the stronghold.
This was too unusual.
One had to know that on the day the Music Palace was destroyed, Xuanyuan Gaoyan had received news that Qin Hao had once again appeared in the southern region.
How could Xuanyuan Gaoyan not be on guard when the other party destroyed the Music Palace and killed the Music Palace's Grand Elder and Palace Master?
In this peaceful half a month, there were rumors in the outside world that the Southern Proud Empire was ready to go to war with Qin Hao.
However, the border fortress had fallen in an instant and the Xuanyuan Family hadn't deployed too many troops. Even the few lower-level Yuan Venerates that had died weren't from the Xuanyuan Family. Why was this?
Did Xuanyuan Gaoyan give up on resisting?
The people of the Southern Region were puzzled. Qin Hao also had a trace of doubt in his heart. However, that was not important. The purpose of his troops was to destroy the entire Xuanyuan Family and attack the capital city in one fell swoop. A fortress at the border was nothing in his eyes.
The Zheng Dynasty's army marched straight in, sweeping through the entire Southern Pride territory from the strongholds and the waterways. Everywhere they passed, there was basically no resistance. Most of them chose to surrender. Occasionally, some stubborn ones would jump out, but they would be killed on the spot.
In three days, the Zheng Dynasty's vanguard arrived at the auxiliary city gate of the Southern Proud Empire's capital.
Not far behind the auxiliary city was the capital city of the Southern Proud Empire.
However, in this auxiliary city called Cangxuan City, there was an acquaintance of Qin Hao's, Xuanyuan Wuji.
Xuanyuan Wuji's father was the City Lord of Cangxuan City.
This was the home of a branch of his family.
"If you want to pass through Cangxuan City, you'll have to step over my dead body first."
A mighty roar shook the heavens and earth. In front of the city gate of Cangxuan City, a middle-aged man covered in blood and whose armor was severely damaged glared at the countless Zheng Dynasty martialists in the void.
Golden Yuan Qi surged on the middle-aged man's body. The intense light symbolized his cultivation base as an upper-level Human Ruler.
At the moment, blood was flowing continuously from under the middle-aged man's helmet. The webbing between his thumb and index finger had split open, and many corpses were lying on the ground below.
These corpses belonged to the elders of the Cangxuan City branch.
Almost all of the higher-ups of the Cangxuan City branch had been wiped out. There was no one left who could fight side by side with him, the City Lord.
Behind him, there were still many soldiers standing on top of the city wall. However, those young soldiers had low cultivation levels. Facing the ferocious army of the Zheng Dynasty, they posed no threat at all. Perhaps the other party only needed a low-level Renhuang to slaughter all the soldiers in the city in an instant.
Xuanyuan Yunqing himself was already an arrow at the end of its flight and was seriously injured.
However, there were only three people who had fought with him just now.
Three young martialists with extraordinary auras, all of whom were peak Renhuang. The Zheng Dynasty had only used the strength of three people to easily kill all of the higher-ups of the Cangxuan City branch.
In one move, every clan elder who died was killed by the other party in one move. It was swift and vicious.
"You're a good City Lord and I admire you. Unfortunately, we won't hold back. No one from the Xuanyuan clan will be left alive."
Ge Xiu's eyes were cold, and his voice was bone-chilling.
He slowly raised his hand, and a source spirit battle seal condensed in his palm. It flickered with a terrifying light of laws. Although the law aura wasn't too strong and he had probably just comprehended it not long ago, its power was enough to kill the City Lord of the Cangxuan City.
"Father …" Just as Ge Xiu was about to act, a figure suddenly flew out from the city. He let out a cry as he hovered beside the city lord of Cangxuan City and used his remaining arm to grab at the air. A dragon bone phantom claw shot out from his palm and slashed towards Ge Xiu.
The dragon bone phantom claw flew forward, shaking the space. Clearly, the method of using soul power was extremely exquisite. Unfortunately, its power was only at the Yuan Venerate level. Ge Xiu couldn't even be bothered to deal with it. He allowed the attack to land on his body, but it didn't even leave a mark on his clothes.
Ge Xiu's contemptuous gaze landed on the one-armed youth. He raised his hand and the law battle seal whizzed out and landed on the one-armed youth's head.
"Wuji, get out of the way."
Xuanyuan Yunqing was unafraid of death. However, at this moment, he panicked. He threw away his sword and charged at Xuanyuan Wuji. Using his backbone as a father, he supported the rule battle seal that was smashing towards him from behind.
Boom … Crack!
The sound of bones shattering echoed as the two figures were smashed to the ground and rolled far away.
Although the City Lord of the Cangxuan City had withstood most of the power of Ge Xiu's law battle seal, there was still some power that passed through his body and blasted into Xuanyuan Wuji's chest.
When he fell, Xuanyuan Wuji felt as if his limbs and bones were about to shatter and his soul was about to be annihilated by the law battle seal.
"Qin … Qin Hao … I want … to see Qin Hao …" Xuanyuan Wuji exerted his full strength as he uttered a weak shout while his body twitched crazily.
"You don't have the right."
Ge Xiu said ruthlessly.