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It was obvious that Xiao Zhuang was awed by the battle with the Golden Armor Army.

Of course, Qin Tian was also surprised.

So, after some thought, Qin Tian spoke up, ”I’m planning to personally go to Yueya City, advance our line of defense, and confront the Ice Emperor there.”

”I agree,” Xiao Zhuang said without hesitation, ”Yueya City is our best-defended city, going there to confront the Ice Emperor is a good plan.”

Qin Tian immediately held a meeting to seek others’ opinions, and after heated discussions, everyone unanimously agreed to confront the Ice Emperor at Yueya City.

Without delay, Qin Tian took nearly all his troops and stationed them at Yueya City, fifty thousand strong, waiting for the Ice Emperor to attack the city.

Meanwhile, the Demon King’s army in the Demon Clan was also stirring.

Demon Spirit City and Demon Cloud City agreed to help Qin Tian thwart the Demon King. The two cities allied with surrounding cities that had always resisted the Demon King’s rule, forming a coalition army of a hundred thousand to openly challenge the Demon King!

The Demon Clan was temporarily stabilized.

However, Qin Tian dared not relax, as the Ice Emperor’s large army had already begun moving toward Yueya City.

One hundred thousand Golden Armor Army and fifty thousand Forbidden Army troops were the vanguard, led by the deputy marshal of the Ice Emperor’s Golden Armor Army, Guo Hongtian, a mysterious expert.

Overall, for nearly twenty years the Golden Armor Army had been in hiding, never showing themselves, so everyone was in the dark about their combat strength and the skills of some experts within.

At present, Qin Tian knew only that the Golden Armor Army’s strength could not be underestimated and that the Ice Emperor seemed to intend a direct assault on Yueya City to see if the West State Army could withstand his Golden Armor Army’s charge.

Yueya City had three layers of outer city defenses, and only by breaking through the nearly one-hundred-mile-long three-layered outer city defenses could one truly threaten Yueya City.

This was also why Xie Feihong had difficulty capturing Yueya City. Even with seventy thousand troops, Xie Feihong only managed to breach the first barrier, and within three days, Xu Kuan organized the West State Army to take it back.

Now, Xie Feihong was also in the Ice Emperor’s expedition camp, tasked with earning merit by leading the fifty thousand Forbidden Army.

”Let’s go to the first defensive tower and see. I’m also curious about how formidable these Golden Armor Army might be.”

Qin Tian led nearly everyone to gather at the first barricade tower of Yueya City.

At that time, the Ice Emperor’s vanguard army was only a dozen kilometers from the first barricade wall, and from afar, they could already see the Golden Armor Army beginning to set up camp.

”King Qin, according to my estimation, at dusk tonight, the Golden Armor Army should stage the first provocation at the city gate, trying to lure us into battle. Shall we go out to fight or lock ourselves inside?”

Xu Kuan expressed concern, ”This round is to test the waters, and if a battle occurs, it’s sure to be a duel between generals. We’re clueless about the Golden Armor Army, which is worrying...”

”They’re at our doorstep; not going out to fight would be unreasonable. Tonight when they challenge us, we accept.”

Qin Tian decided firmly, ”Have the commanded generals in the middle stage of the Small Immortal Realm or higher take their elixirs and prepare for tonight’s battle. Any general who defeats a Golden Armor Army commander will be promoted a level!”

”Understood!”

Xu Kuan complied.

Indeed, by six in the evening, at dusk, the fifty thousand Forbidden Army and ten thousand Golden Armor Army had formed an alliance and arrived at the first city gate tower to issue a challenge.

”Where are the West State people? Not opening the gate to fight? I am the head of the Imperial Guards, Gao Tianyu, who dares to battle me?”

”Heh heh, we brought Tiger City to its knees, and today, Yueya City, have you turned into cowards afraid to fight as turtles?”

”I heard Qin Tian has come to Yueya City. Have this rebel come out; your grandfather Gao Tianyu is ready to take him on, to eliminate this traitor biting the hand that feeds him!”

This Gao Tianyu was the Vanguard General of the Forbidden Army, known to both Xu Kuan and Qin Tian.

At that moment, Qin Tian and others from the city gate tower watched as the Golden Armor Army and the Forbidden Army arrayed themselves in formation; the spectacle was truly grand.

Especially those ten thousand Golden Armor Army troops, all clad in golden armor, each looking awe-inspiring and imposing, starkly different from the Forbidden Army. Just by standing in formation, they displayed an unbeatable air!

”King Qin, this Gao Tianyu is the Vanguard General of the Forbidden Army and was once among the top thirty experts of the Imperial City’s celestial rankings. His cultivation is estimated to be in the late Small Immortal Realm to early Great Immortal Realm. In my view, they’re testing us, with Gao Tianyu as the first probe, while the experts of the Golden Armor Army stand watch, ready to act in a subsequent round.”

Frowning, Xu Kuan asked, ”Who should we send for this first round?”

Qin Tian could naturally see that the Golden Armor Army was using the Forbidden Army to test the waters, trying to find out the West State Army’s capabilities. He said, ”We need to send someone with cultivation in the early stages of the Great Immortal Realm, at least to suppress the Golden Armor Army in this first round; otherwise, morale will plummet.”

”King Qin, let me go!”

Ye Kun stepped forward and said loudly, ”My cultivation is already in the early stages of the Great Immortal Realm. I’m familiar with this Gao Tianyu and am fully confident of defeating him!”

As a once-overlooked talent, Ye Kun had now grown into a general capable of holding his own within Qin Tian’s army. Eyeing him, Qin Tian felt a twinge of concern, saying, ”Defeating Gao Tianyu, I naturally believe in you. My worry is that after defeating Gao Tianyu, if someone from the Golden Armor Army steps in, can you win? General Ye, act according to circumstances. If you’re overwhelmed, just retreat; don’t get carried away and hurt yourself. Your life is important; I still need you.”

”As you command!”

With a serious expression, Ye Kun instantly geared up for battle.

The gate of the first defense barrier opened, and Ye Kun, riding a colossal brown-leopard-patterned spiritual beast, approached Gao Tianyu, shouting, ”Gao Tianyu, is the Ice Emperor out of capable warriors? You dare to issue a challenge; are you tired of living?!”

Squinting to recognize Ye Kun, Gao Tianyu burst into laughter, ”Ye Kun? Ha ha, nice to see you! Is West State also out of men, sending you? Well, we both graduated from Imperial College in the same year, never crossing paths in combat during graduation. Let’s see today, years later, who’s grown old!”

The Imperial College, one of the three major Cultivation Academies of the Tianyuan Dynasty’s Imperial Capital, is renowned for producing top-tier military personnel. Ye Kun and Gao Tianyu were graduates of the same class, both standouts of their year, yet they’d never clashed. For over a decade, they had not fought each other.

Now, by a twist of fate, one represented the Imperial Capital, the other West State; faced with a duel to the death.