Immortal after a Hundred Reincarnations

"It's not necessarily because of that Miss Wei."

The Benevolent King's son had once pursued Qing Lian without success and still held a bit of a grudge.

"Though I also think it's unlikely,"

the Benevolent King said. "But, thinking back on it now, when we left...

That Miss Wei's expression was quite serious!

That poem was also composed on a whim at her suggestion.

It's just that she said poetry was a trivial art.

Perhaps there really are geniuses in this world?

Someone who, at such a young age, possesses the power to overturn the world?

Everything is still uncertain. We'll just have to see if Second Brother can fight his way to the Capital City!"

「At that moment, in the Capital City's Imperial Palace.」

"Your Majesty, Empress, King Yu... he's raised an army!

He claims the Empress is a malevolent demon!

That all the missing infants and children in the realm were harmed and... refined by the Empress!

That Your Majesty has lost all virtue!

And King Yu wants to 'cleanse the court,' 'sweep away the evil qi,' 'revitalize the world,' and 'forge an era of peace'!"

The expressions of the Emperor and Empress changed drastically!

"Damn him!"

the Emperor roared. "Traitorous rebel! Pass on Our decree! Hold the line for Us!

Furthermore, issue a proclamation to the world that King Yu is baselessly slandering us.

The one by his side, that Miss Wei, she is the real femme fatale, the Demoness throwing the world into chaos!

As long as King Yu surrenders, We can, on account of him being bewitched by that Demoness's beauty, spare his life!"

"Two little brats who haven't even finished growing up!"

The Empress watched her subordinate withdraw and said coldly, "To actually dare to oppose me!"

"Just as I thought, that pair of sibling Cultivators went to support King Yu!"

the Little Emperor said. "My dear consort, you don't think my Second Uncle will actually fight his way into the Capital City, do you?

Those two... back then, why did they come to us only to leave so suddenly?

Do you think he discovered our secret?"

"Your Majesty, you need not worry,"

the Empress said. "The Cultivation of those two is not as strong as mine!

However, that young girl was indeed very fast at the time!

But I suspect she was relying on her Magical Artifact!

Still, I never thought they'd make it out alive after I led them to that Underground Palace.

It seems they have some skill after all.

But rest assured, they are no match for me!

And King Yu will be no match for you!

We will unite the world!

Then, we can even achieve immortality together!

You are the Emperor. And besides, haven't you brought several Vassal Princes to your side this past year?

Your forces are considerable now; you have nothing to fear from King Yu!

Besides, it might be difficult for us to completely destroy King Yu.

After all, it's hard to swallow him whole with a long-distance campaign.

But it won't be so easy for him to break into the Capital City either. Xionggu Pass stands in his way!

As long as you control the general situation of the world,

that pair of siblings won't be able to make any waves!

When my Cultivation Technique reaches completion, I will help Your Majesty unite the world!

And that sibling pair will be completely refined!"

"That's right,"

the Emperor added. "That sibling pair are Cultivators, and so are you, my dear consort.

My dear, you are even stronger than them.

Besides, the key to victory ultimately still lies in who holds the true power in this world!

We are the Emperor!

We will not lose!

Those two siblings didn't choose us.

They will surely regret it later!

This will be the biggest mistake of their lives.

Daring to rebel against me... After I'm done with King Yu,

I will definitely hunt them down and eliminate them."

However, their smug confidence didn't last long. Soon, they began to receive a constant stream of battle reports.

All of them reported defeat!

King Yu's army was invincible, crushing everything in its path like rotted wood.

They had cut a bloody swath through several cities.

After all, King Yu had spent years defending the border, fighting against the Grassland Tribes.

His soldiers were battle-hardened veterans.

They were leagues above the pampered soldiers of the Capital City.

"Defend Xionggu Pass to the death for Us!"

The Emperor was growing frantic, his eyes bloodshot. "Wear him down until he's dead!"

"Your Majesty, no need to rush, no need to rush,"

the Empress said. "Xionggu Pass will surely wear King Yu down!"

At that moment, at Xionggu Pass, Xu Lei and Qing Lian had also accompanied King Yu to the battlefield.

Xu Lei and Qing Lian were still quite surprised by the campaign so far.

King Yu was truly a brilliant military commander!

Although the improved Steel Refining Technique had given his troops better equipment,

that was only a limited boost.

Their smooth advance was, on the whole, still due to King Yu's own ability.

It was late that night.

During the day, they had feigned an attack on Xionggu Pass. They failed to break through, pretending to be frustrated and enraged.

But in reality, King Yu's elite troops had long been prepared, lying in ambush on a distant high mountain.

For the past year, he had also been training these soldiers to use gliders.

"The east wind has arrived!"

Xu Lei stood in the military camp, feeling the direction of the wind. "Your Highness," he said, "tonight we can break Xionggu Pass!"

"Relay the order! Move out."

King Yu was overjoyed. "Tonight," he immediately commanded, "we break Xionggu Pass!"

After that, King Yu went off to battle.

Xu Lei, on the other hand, leisurely returned to his tent in the camp.

Holding Qing Lian's soft body, he casually fiddled with a pair of smooth walnuts while continuing to use the Phoenix True Flame Power to heal her injuries.

「Meanwhile.」

Under the cover of night,

one elite soldier after another used their gliders to ride the wind, flying over.

The soldiers on the walls of Xionggu Pass were standing guard, but none of them were looking at the sky.

Most of them were staring at the ground below.

"What's going on?"

"What is that? Are those eagles?"

"Why are there so many eagles?"

"Wait, those aren't eagles! They're men! Enemy soldiers!"

"Enemy attack!"

"How can these people be coming from the sky? What kind of battle tactic is this?"

"How is this possible?"

"Everyone, fire your arrows!"

The commanding general and garrison of Xionggu Pass were no fools.

After all, this was a lifeline that concerned the Emperor's very survival.

He would certainly have appointed capable and loyal men to defend it!

But it was useless!

By the time they were discovered, many of King Yu's elite soldiers had already glided into Xionggu Pass and were beginning to land.