Tyrant Sky Martial Soul

Chapter 1098: Chapter 1098: Nemesis of the Imperial City

”It’s him! He’s actually still alive!”

Atop the city wall, Jia Yun finally made out that domineering and arrogant figure.

Ling Xiao!

Jia Yun’s face became very colorful.

Anger, malice, violent rage!

It seemed as if all sorts of emotions had suddenly converged upon his face.

However, Ling Xiao paid no regard to Jia Yun. He rode the Demon Wolf to the bottom of the city and said indifferently to Jia Lin on the city tower: ”General Jia, I have chased the enemy for a thousand miles and now return victorious. I hope you will promptly open the city gates!”

His voice was very loud, ensuring that all the onlookers within the city could hear and see, making clear to those soldiers as well.

He, Ling Xiao, was not a traitor, but a hero!

While speaking, he raised the head of Timmerman Muto: ”Here lies the head of the Black Crow Empire’s Grand Tutor Timmerman Muto. General Jia surely recognizes him, right?”

Upon hearing this, the soldiers atop the city wall were astonished.

Of course, they had heard of the renowned Timmerman Muto, and they could also undoubtedly recognize him by his appearance, as he was a figure of widespread fame.

The soldiers probably knew nothing of the whole affair; they simply followed orders. So Ling Xiao didn’t harbor too much resentment towards them.

The current situation was somewhat peculiar.

The soldiers had heard from their superiors that Ling Xiao was a traitor, deserving death.

But now Ling Xiao, holding the head of Timmerman Muto, had returned. What were they to make of this?

Could it be that their superiors were mistaken?

For a moment, they all fell into confusion.

Jia Lin sneered loudly and shouted: ”Listen all of you, the evidence of Ling Xiao’s collaboration with the enemy and betrayal of the country is very conclusive. His sudden return clearly indicates he’s opening the way for the Black Crow Empire. Perhaps the Black Crow Empire’s army is lurking nearby.

As for that head, just get any skilled face changer to create one. No one should be deceived by this petty trickster.

Archers, Array Formation soldiers, Puppet soldiers, get ready. This Ling Xiao is utterly wicked and cannot be spared!”

The soldiers knew nothing, but they were obviously more inclined to believe what Jia Lin said.

After all, Jia Lin was their chief commander, and also a general appointed by the Emperor.

Furthermore, with Ling Xiao’s ability, how could he possibly have killed Timmerman Muto? They just didn’t believe it.

”How utterly shameless!”

Ling Xiao looked coldly at Jia Lin: ”Jia, aren’t you afraid that one day it will be proven I am not a traitor, that I indeed killed Timmerman Muto, and the Emperor will blame you?”

”Don’t worry, if it turns out to be a mistake in the future, I, Jia, will definitely visit General Ling’s grave to apologize. But today, you and the Rebel Army are attacking the Imperial City, with such wicked intentions. As the general responsible for the safety of the Imperial City, how could I possibly let you in?”

Jia Lin smiled lightly: ”Of course, if you don’t wish to die, you can surrender as well. Since you believe you are innocent, you can come with us to clear your name.”

Upon hearing this, Ling Xiao cursed outright: ”Do you think I’m an idiot? If I go with you, do you think I would still have a way to live? General Ji Ning trusted a shameless person like you too much; otherwise, with his abilities, how could he be captured by a shameless person like you?”

”Hmph, since that’s the case, don’t blame me, Jia, for being impolite. Fengming Army, listen up. You are the Nine Gates Commander; now a traitor seeks to attack the city. You know what to do, don’t you?”

Jia Lin was also cunning.

It was clear he wanted to kill Ling Xiao, but he passed the responsibility onto the Fengming Army instead. That way, if something went wrong, he could easily extricate himself.

”Your subordinate understands!”

The Fengming Army didn’t have brains as sharp as Jia Lin’s and, combined with a hatred for Ling Xiao that ran deep—having previously had no opportunity to act against Ling Xiao but now presented with such a good reason to kill him—how could they resist?

Moreover, they were aware that Ling Xiao was a man from Feng Yingshan, and Feng Yingshan was competing with their Ice Phoenix Clan and the Crown Prince Phoenix Mingqishan for the throne.

Killing Ling Xiao would be tantamount to severing one arm of the Feng Yingshan.

Why not do it then?

”Attack!”

With these thoughts, the Fengming Army hesitated no longer. He raised the Command Flag, then swung it down.

Whoosh whoosh...

Boom boom...

The attacks from bows, Array Formations, and puppet mechas began almost simultaneously.

”Retreat first!”

Ling Xiao waved his hand, and the Moon Lady retreated with him to a range outside the attacks.

The Magic Arrays of the Phoenix Empire Royal City were extremely powerful, superior to those of Northern Desert City, and even an expert like the Moon Lady couldn’t easily destroy them.

It was the same situation when facing the array attack of Northern Desert City, Timmerman Muto was similarly powerless.

”Give me three days, Ling Xiao, and I can destroy this city!”

The Moon Lady said.

”There’s no time, today might be the Great General’s execution day, we must enter the city as soon as possible.”

Ling Xiao, looking at the towering city, suddenly thought of the fall of the Holy City that day.

In the Heavenly Dragon Continent, the True Demon Empire captured the Holy City not through brute force, but through spies infiltrating the city.

Then he, naturally, could use the same method.

Although the Imperial City’s arrays were complex and powerful, these arrays were remnants from the long-past Sacred Dynasty and had been through many wars. Though still operational, they had many flaws and cracks.

This provided Ling Xiao with plenty of opportunities to sneak in.

Moreover, the Dark Stingers had already infiltrated the city ahead of him, their cooperation in disabling the arrays and Magic Arrays could be very promising.

”Sister Moon, I’ll give you a signal later. If Xie Li is also there by then, you storm the city together with Xie Li, and the rest should not move. You two are outsiders, so it wouldn’t count as rebellion, just lending me a hand, remember that.”

”Be careful.”

Moon Lady said to Ling Xiao.

”Don’t worry, my cultivation level has increased and I’ve also comprehended many new things, this is really nothing.”

After speaking, Ling Xiao suddenly vanished, and the others pretended to surround him, blocking the view of those on the city walls.

Using Shadow Step in combination with the Shadow Armor, Ling Xiao approached the city walls like a ghost, and, after cracking the defensive formations, slipped inside.

About a quarter of an hour later, Xie Li led thousands of Scorpion people to arrive.

At the same time, Ling Xiao also began his operation.

Once inside, Ling Xiao contacted the Dark Stingers who had previously infiltrated the city, taught them how to temporarily deactivate the arrays, and gave them the critical materials to shut them down, then they split up to act.

After all, there were too many arrays, and Ling Xiao couldn’t handle them all in such a short time.

The orders he gave to the Dark Stingers were to retreat immediately after disabling the arrays and head to the execution ground to prepare for the rescue of Ji Ning.

Ling Xiao had a clear thought; if the Emperor was determined to kill him this time, then he might as well take this opportunity to destroy the Imperial City and kill the Emperor.

With the Moon Lady around, this wouldn’t be difficult.

But if the Emperor chose to release Ji Ning and the others, another plan was needed.

After all, destroying the Imperial City and killing the Emperor was a risky move.