Immortal after a Hundred Reincarnations

Of course, the defenders returned fire with their bows and arrows.

Many a soldier's glider was torn, causing them to plummet to the ground.

But other soldiers deployed their parachutes and still managed to land safely inside Xionggu Pass.

They began to cut a bloody path from within, preparing to open the main gates of Xionggu Pass.

Of course, some soldiers perished.

Both their gliders and their parachutes were pierced by arrows.

They plummeted before reaching a safe altitude, crashing to their deaths.

But the casualties were few.

The tactic had been too sudden.

Most of the elite soldiers landed successfully.

Some had their parachutes destroyed before they fully touched down.

But these were elite soldiers with extraordinary physical conditioning; a simple roll upon landing was enough to dissipate the impact.

Soon, the sounds of slaughter filled Xionggu Pass.

And before long, their brutal assault yielded results.

They forced open the main gates of Xionggu Pass.

"Charge!"

Seeing this, King Yu was overcome with joy and let out a furious roar.

Then, King Yu's massive army surged through the night, pouring into Xionggu Pass.

By morning, Xionggu Pass had fallen.

「A few days later.」

King Yu's army continued its unstoppable advance, sweeping aside all resistance and fighting its way directly to the Capital City.

On the day his army arrived before the city walls, countless people saw that at King Yu's side were a beautiful young maiden and an eleven-year-old boy.

They held a position of even greater importance than his military advisors, staying closest to King Yu himself.

The pair were also clad in armor, their expressions calm and composed, their bearing extraordinary.

The Little Emperor led the Imperial City's Personal Guard in a desperate defense of the Capital City.

He simultaneously issued orders, attempting to summon the other Vassal Princes for reinforcements.

But the other Vassal Princes didn't dare come.

After all, if the Emperor's own massive army couldn't stop King Yu, the other Vassal Princes certainly didn't have the courage to try.

Besides, the Little Emperor had long been scheming to eliminate the other Vassal Princes.

So in truth, they held no goodwill toward him.

"They actually did it!"

This revelation, however, confirmed everything for the Benevolent King and his son.

The father-son duo was stunned.

'That Miss Wei... she actually possesses such power!'

'So if we had just treated them better back then, could it be us about to conquer the world?'

'Did we just... miss our chance?'

'They came to us first, but we failed to keep them? We let the imperial throne slip right through our fingers?'

'How could this happen?'

'How can they be so powerful at such a young age?'

'King Yu's forces may be strong, but they shouldn't have been *this* strong!'

'They breached even Xionggu Pass in a matter of days!'

The Benevolent King and his son stared at each other, utterly crestfallen, before collapsing to the ground.

「At the same time.」

"That brother and sister... who in the world are they!?"

"How could this be!?"

"Why!?"

"I can't accept this! I won't!"

Atop the walls of the Capital City, the armored Little Emperor stared toward the enemy commanders.

The sight of those familiar figures, Xu Lei and Qing Lian, made him fly into a rage, his face twisting into a ferocious scowl.

He was even starting to feel a pang of regret. If he hadn't colluded with the Empress... perhaps this extraordinary brother-and-sister duo would have been helping *him*!

"Your Majesty, I will kill them for you!" the Empress said, her expression grim.

That night, the Empress did indeed activate an Evil Technique, dispatching a slender Flying Sword.

It sped deep into the enemy camp, intent on assassinating King Yu.

But Xu Lei intercepted and captured it directly.

'So the Empress really is a Demon?'

The attack gave King Yu a fright. Staring at the Little Flying Sword that had materialized out of thin air and flown toward him of its own accord, he exclaimed, "My two esteemed advisors, please continue to guard me!"

"Once we're inside the city," Xu Lei said, "have the army do everything in its power to hunt down that Empress. We cannot let her escape.

Otherwise, in the future, after you ascend the throne, Your Highness...

...this Demoness will surely harbor a grudge.

She will continue to make attempts on your life.

While we can protect you,

we cannot be by your side at all times.

It will be impossible to guard against her indefinitely."

"Yes. My two esteemed advisors, rest assured. This Prince will do as you say!"

King Yu then commanded, "Increase the intensity of the assault!"

Under the relentless assault, the Capital City was breached in a single night.

The Empress had only been able to send a Little Flying Sword in an assassination attempt.

She didn't dare charge into the army camp herself.

After all, she risked being trapped if she did.

"Hand over the Demon Consort!"

"You fatuous ruler! Surrender her, and we can spare your life!"

Qing Lian and King Yu both shouted as their forces surrounded the Imperial Palace.

Of course, the Demon Consort had not been able to leave.

The army had the entire Capital City surrounded; there was no escape for her.

If she tried to fly out, she would certainly be spotted.

After all, she didn't have the abilities of someone like Bodhisattva Guan Yun.

She couldn't fly high into the sky, let alone travel through the upper atmosphere.

Anyone below the Ninth Realm who hadn't completed the process of Crossing the Tribulation and Attaining the Dao simply couldn't fly that high.

The higher one flew, the more dangerous it became and the more Magical Power it consumed, which was precisely why most Cultivators still feared armies.

But someone on the level of Bodhisattva Guan Yun would have little to fear.

Even if she were surrounded,

she could simply fly into the upper atmosphere.

No Bow and Arrow could reach her there.

But this Empress was not capable of such a feat.

However, these words were useless. They continued to defend to the death.

They even activated an Evil Array within the inner courts of the Imperial Palace.

But these Arrays were useless.

With the army surrounding them, Xu Lei didn't even need to act.

He simply had the army attack the Array continuously.

After all, an Array is still composed of energy.

If it is constantly attacked, over time, it too will break.

It wasn't that mortal attacks were completely useless against it.

After all, energy is conserved, and for every action, there is a reaction.

The Array's capacity to absorb damage was limited.

An attack by tens of thousands of soldiers was too much for it to bear.

However, after breaking the Array and entering, they only found chilling piles of white bones—the bones of toddlers and infants.

All had been sacrificed for the Cultivation of her Evil Technique.

But the Demon Consort and the Emperor were nowhere to be seen.

"They escaped through a secret tunnel!" someone cried out in alarm.

But Xu Lei, Qing Lian, and King Yu weren't particularly panicked.

They had long anticipated a secret tunnel.

The army had already dispatched teams of soldiers.

Using massive hammers driven by pulley and lever systems, they were continuously smashing every road surface outside Kyoto City.

No secret tunnel could remain hidden.

Sure enough, at a location outside the Capital City, the ground caved in, blocking the tunnel.

BANG!

A section of the ground exploded upward.

The Demon Consort burst out, dragging the disheveled Little Emperor with her.

The two of them tried to break through the encirclement and escape.

But the army had already formed an inescapable cordon.