Divine Emperor of Heavenly Destiny

Outside the city, the great battle continued...

Lu Chao had more and more troops at his disposal, and the number of experts under his command also grew. Masters like Dongfang Ren and those from the Great Wu Royal Family continuously charged out of the Great Wu Imperial City to reinforce him.

At the same time, Lu Chao’s military formations, guided by his Nine Palace Array Atlas, began to display their terrifying might.

The formations carved through Lu Dingtian’s forces, causing the Gathering Power Mo Jing commanded to dwindle. It made him so frustrated he wanted to spit blood; these soldiers with no will to fight were so damn difficult to command.

After an unknown amount of time fighting... SWOOSH!

Mo Jing, riding his Great Sword-Winged Ice Wolf, shot directly into the sky...

”That trash Lu Dingtian... Fucking hell, how did I end up with two useless fools?”

He roared again in fury. Mo Jing desperately wanted to ride his Great Sword-Winged Ice Wolf and use his supreme Martial Dao and True Qi to beat Lu Chao to death, but the man was suffused with the aura of the Dragon General Bone.

With hundreds of thousands of soldiers at his command, it was impossible for Mo Jing to kill Lu Chao in a direct, one-man assault.

Finally, Mo Jing snarled, ”Fine, fine, fine! You country bumpkins from the Azure Flame Domain! Just you all wait!”

After a few more curses...

Mo Jing finally left, riding his Great Sword-Winged Ice Wolf. He couldn’t kill his target, and he couldn’t win the battle. Most importantly, considering the contents of Zeng Quan’s letter, it would be a huge problem if something really had happened to Young Master Yan Mu.

And so, for the second time, Mo Jing was forced to retreat by Lu Chao. Or rather, he had fallen for the ”lure the tiger from the mountain” stratagem for the second time.

With Mo Jing’s departure, a great uproar erupted before the walls of the Great Wu Imperial City.

But Lu Chao did not relax. Instead, he gave a stern command, ”Capture all of Lu Dingtian’s forces. Immediately!”

Hearing this, the Hundred Countries’ Armies and the forces controlled by the Great Wu Royal Family immediately stopped celebrating.

They began to charge toward Lu Dingtian’s collapsing army.

Lu Chao, however, looked coldly toward the Great Wu Imperial City, his brow furrowed tightly.

Just then, the Second Prince, Wu Zhiqiu, came forward with a great laugh. ”General Lu Chao, we’ve won a great victory! Lu Dingtian has no troops left at all.”

However, Lu Chao didn’t speak, his gaze fixed on the Great Wu Imperial City...

After a full three breaths, Lu Chao finally asked in a cold voice, ”Has anyone killed or captured Lu Dingtian?”

’Other than being killed or captured, I can’t think of any reason why Lu Dingtian wouldn’t respond to Mo Jing. With such a golden opportunity, there’s no reason for him not to launch a frenzied counterattack.’

’It’s just too strange.’

The answer Lu Chao received was, of course, no. No one had killed or captured Lu Dingtian.

’Sudden death? Impossible. So what trick is Lu Dingtian playing?’

’Could it be...?’

Lu Chao’s brow suddenly shot up. He slowly narrowed his eyes and said, ”That’s it. Mo Jing suddenly appeared at the Great Wu Imperial City. Does that mean Chi Xingxun, the one he’s hunting, is inside the city?”

’Given the situation just now, and Mo Jing’s arrival, Lu Dingtian would never have conceded or cowered...’

’Failing to respond to Mo Jing would be a grave offense. If Mo Jing found out, he’d surely be flayed alive. Therefore, aside from sudden death, the only other possibility is that Lu Dingtian encountered someone he couldn’t possibly resist.’

’And in the entire Azure Flame Domain, besides myself, there is no one who could make a Creation Realm expert like him helpless.’

’So it couldn’t be someone from the Azure Flame Domain. It must be Chi Xingxun.’

At this thought, Lu Chao took a quiet breath and slowly gave the order, ”The Hundred Countries’ Armies will now clean up the battlefield outside the city. The soldiers and generals of the Great Wu Empire will enter the city with me at once to hunt for Lu Dingtian...”

After a brief pause, he suddenly approached Yin Ye and whispered a few words in his ear.

Yin Ye’s head snapped up, and he nodded firmly. Lu Chao then went to the Emperor of Great Wu and whispered a few words in his ear as well.

And just like that, Lu Chao led the Great Wu Royal Family’s Imperial Guard and charged toward Lu Dingtian’s Grand Marshal’s Mansion...

Beside him, Cheng Yunsu was the only person at the Peak Realm or above.

Meanwhile, Yin Ye suddenly commanded, ”All those at the Transformation Realm and above, follow me. Trail Lu Chao secretly. Do not reveal your auras.”

On the other side, the Emperor of Great Wu gave the same order.

Lu Chao’s instructions to them were that there were likely other experts from the Cyan Sword Great Empire by Lu Dingtian’s side.

He, Lu Chao, would act as bait to draw out Chi Xingxun.

In other words...

Lu Chao would operate in the open, while Yin Ye and the others would act from the shadows.

During this time, the Little Sword-Winged Ice Wolf escaped the Great Wu Imperial City with a few of Lu Dingtian’s subordinates. When Lu Dingtian failed to respond, everyone assumed he was dead. With their cause lost, they naturally fled for their lives.

Meanwhile, the Great Wu Imperial City was in chaos as everyone hunted for the remnants of Lu Dingtian’s faction.

...

Meanwhile, Mo Jing, who had left the Great Wu Imperial City, had a face so dark it looked like it might start bleeding. He was clenching his teeth so hard they nearly drew blood.

Just then... SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

Dozens of Flying Wolves suddenly appeared. Mo Jing’s Yan Soul Guard had arrived.

”Lord Mo Jing, how did you...”

Before he could finish... SMACK!

Mo Jing slapped the speaking Yan Soul Guard hard across the face. He roared in fury, ”Why did it take you so long to get here?! If you’d arrived sooner, I wouldn’t have been in such a pathetic state!”

With dozens of Yan Soul Guards by his side, he could have killed Lu Chao.

But it was too late to go back with the Yan Soul Guard now.

Lu Dingtian’s forces had all been captured. Sending a few dozen Yan Soul Guards back now would just be sending them to get shot full of arrows; they wouldn’t be able to kill Lu Chao.

The slapped Yan Soul Guard was completely bewildered. ’Why is Lord Mo Jing so angry all of a sudden?’

Not daring to ask, the lead Yan Soul Guard could only lower his head and speak...

”Lord Mo Jing, we’ve found Chi Xingxun’s whereabouts.”

”Although they used many diversionary tactics outside the Great Wu Imperial City and left traces of our Cloud-Chasing Sand, we’ve analyzed various clues and determined that they are inside the Great Wu Imperial City up ahead.”

As the Yan Soul Guard spoke, a murderous glint flashed in Mo Jing’s eyes, and he whipped his head around.

The reason he hadn’t brought the Yan Soul Guard with him was because they had been scouting the area around the Great Wu Imperial City to pinpoint the exact location of Chi Xingxun and his two companions.

The lead Yan Soul Guard spoke again, softly, ”Lord Mo Jing, if we go and assist Lu Dingtian now and take down the Great Wu Empire completely, Chi Xingxun will have nowhere left to hi—AARGH!”

Just as he said this, he was slapped hard by Mo Jing again.

Clutching his face, the lead Yan Soul Guard looked at Mo Jing, completely aggrieved. He desperately wanted to ask, ’Why did you slap me again?’

”Assist Lu Dingtian? Assist my ass! He’s already dead.”

Mo Jing’s eyes were bloodshot as he said coldly, ”That Lu Chao is back. I was forced to withdraw from the Great Wu Imperial City by him again! And now our Young Master is in danger... Fucking hell!”

He told all the Yan Soul Guards about the situation he had encountered and the letter from Zeng Quan.

As the dozens of men seethed with anger, Mo Jing gritted his teeth and added, ”I’m returning to Cyan Sword Mountain alone. The rest of you will stay here and capture Chi Xingxun. Whether you can handle it or not, start the assassinations...”

”Here is the assassination list...”

”Lu Chao, everyone in the Great Wu Royal Family who resists Cyan Sword, that Yin Ye, the Dragon Flame King of the Hundred Countries, and Fan Changcun.”

”That’s all for now. I will add more names later.”