Chapter 1926: Good Days Countdown

Although there were many Kasha warriors nearby, not a single one arrived in time to rescue them.

In the Inverted Sea, Elder Xutuo cooperating with the Blood Demon-possessed Dongying King was enough to kill two Heavenly Demons. For it to use its Yao Immortal power against the mortal world's warriors and cultivators — that was a dimensionality reduction strike.

After this scene occurred, a deathly silence fell within the Kasha tribe.

Previously, a legend spread across the Shining Gold Plains that the Dragon God had killed the Miao Zhantian they worshipped. The Kasha clan originally did not believe it, but this battle shattered their doubts.

The Nine Nether Great Emperor's true body has not even acted yet, and his subordinate Yao Immortal is already this formidable!

Facing an enemy like this, what use is resistance?

Thus, when the Nine Nether Great Emperor asked once more, "Death, or surrender," both soldiers and clansmen involuntarily knelt down.

The Kasha clan's most ferocious warriors can be unafraid of powerful enemies, but they cannot fail to revere the Grim Reaper.

Right now, this Grim Reaper is called the "Nine Nether Great Emperor."

One kneels, two kneel, and soon they knelt in a vast stretch.

The overall situation was settled.

Of course, the Kasha clan did not know that Xutuo manifesting its holiness before people came at a cost. After this battle was fought, it could no longer suppress its cultivation either, and it slunk back into the cocoon chamber woven by Zhu Xiuer to rest and recuperate.

But this battle shook hearts and yielded splendid results.

The Nine Nether Great Emperor made his first public appearance, leading troops into battle — it had to be fierce, ruthless, fully displaying Lei Ting methods.

Combining benevolence and authority is a method, but on the Shining Gold Plains, authority must come before benevolence.

Beat them into submission first, beat them into fear first, only then are they qualified to receive grace.

After the Kasha clan chief died, the Nine Nether Great Emperor appointed his paternal cousin to succeed the clan chief position; the Kasha clan's fifteen thousand brave warriors were incorporated into the Xiao Army, named the Kasha Legion, following the Nine Nether Great Emperor on campaign.

The "Xiao Army" is a new system established by the Nine Nether Great Emperor, distinct from the most core Black Armor Army.

Bringing this force, the Nine Nether Great Emperor defeated and subdued the Longye tribe in seven days, gaining another nine thousand brave warriors.

At the same time, the second Yangshan army arrived and merged with the main army.

Having taken two major tribes, the elites under He Lingchuan's command greatly increased; only then did he turn his gaze toward the next target:

Luodian.

Longye borders Luodian; He Lingchuan had long since figured out Luodian's national conditions, knowing its defenses were currently hollow, so he had his troops reorganize for three days before launching a bold attack on Luodian.

Luodian's territory is larger than the two tribes combined, and its population denser. To take it down in a short time required both dividing forces and using stratagems.

With the Three Corpse Worms and the Great Yao assisting, the Nine Nether Great Emperor's army had the ability to defeat the many with the few.

The Kasha and Longye tribes had long been harassed by Luodian, fearing and hating it in equal measure, but under the Nine Nether Great Emperor's command, their former powerful enemy was easily defeated by them. This time, both tribes felt elated, as if being conquered by the Nine Nether Great Emperor was not so painful after all.

The people living on the Shining Gold Plains have long been accustomed to submitting to the strong.

In the latter half of the night, Qu Ruhai and Brother Wang had a long talk.

Faith shattered, the lone city besieged, the great army outside watching like tigers.

The Luodian King — how could he not understand that even if he died to uphold his resolve, it would bring no benefit to his entire clan? The beheaded Kasha clan chief was a lesson from the past; his death was tragic and heroic, but could it change the Kasha clan's fate?

It could not.

On this land, submitting to the strong is the weak's ultimate destiny.

For the Luodian King, this was the most unbearable night.

Come dawn, he left the city alone and presented the royal scepter.

A peaceful transfer of power.

Thus, the Luodian state fell, and the Nine Nether Great Emperor's territory expanded once more.

This puzzle piece carries substantial weight.

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Luodian's destruction, following Miao Zhantian's fall and the Dragon God's great army sweeping across Shining Gold, is the third thunderclap striking the Shining Gold Plains!

Bai Tan was drinking water when he heard his personal guard rush in to report; his hand shook, wetting several Juan Sect case files.

How is this possible!

Unlike any region the Dragon God's great army had previously occupied, Luodian is Shining Gold's outstanding talent; its military strength is second only to the Yao State.

The Former Yao State bordered Luodian, and for so many years had border troubles, suffering bitterly from Luodian's invasions.

The Former Yao State's helplessness against Luodian precisely illustrates the latter's difficulty to deal with.

No mistakes, first-class, one shot, internal, content, in, one look!

As a result, the Dragon God's great army took it down silently? And insiders even say the Dragon God destroyed Luodian in less than twenty days!

In Shining Gold, the nation ranked second in war strength actually couldn't last a month under the Dragon God?

This news spread without legs, and under Yangshan's fanning of the flames, it went crazy all over the Shining Gold Plains. Not only did commoners discuss it with relish and Black Armor Army morale soar, but all major and minor forces were deeply worried.

If even Luodian couldn't withstand the Black Armor Army, what are they?

If the Dragon God's great army comes knocking, what should they do? Surrender directly?

Recently, quite a few forces have already surrendered at the sight of the wind, and their endings don't seem too miserable.

And in Yaopo, Boss Situ He received this news, his heart unable to calm for a long time. At this time, the Dragon God Army had already taken vast lands in Shining Gold's west and center; although it had not yet invaded the Allied Army, he knew in his heart —

He Xiao is for real; the Allied Army's good days are probably already in the countdown.

He sent people to investigate in the Dragon God-occupied zones, and the news obtained was: if local political and military leaders surrender, whether actively offering surrender or passively persuaded to surrender, the public treasury and granaries would be cleared and handed over, the army and guards would be taken over, only a few personnel allowed to remain.

However, the vast majority of personal and family private property would be preserved.

But there is one more point: they cannot stay in their original native places; they must relocate to areas designated by the Dragon God to start life anew, no less than several hundred li away.

For the surrendering weaker party, such terms are actually extremely generous. Who doesn't know that on the Shining Gold Plains, the winner takes all, and the losing side often meets a horribly tragic end? For example, after the Nie State was destroyed, the Nie State's ruler was even eviscerated and made into a human-skin kite, drifting in the sky for three days and three nights.

So some cities, once besieged, the city lord sees the Black Armor Army coming, realizes he cannot win, and simply goes out to surrender.

The Black Armor Army's resistance marching and attacking cities thereby became much smaller.

Hearing this news, Boss Situ He didn't sleep all night, eyes open until dawn.

The area adjacent to Luodian was also one of the first regions to receive this news.

Soon, several battle analyses and battlefield details of the Battle of Luodian were presented to Qingyang and Bai Tan's desks.

"Looking at it this way, He Xiong first cleared the northern monster dens, gathered a large number of monsters, then attacked Kashan and Longye, and finally brought the armies of the two tribes to capture Ru Hai..." Qingyang flipped through the battle reports, noticing several frequently recurring keywords:

Soldiers in disarray, hacking at comrades, unable to distinguish friend from foe, confused consciousness.

"Luodian is different from the monsters, and also different from those two tribes—it possesses Yuanli, and it is not weak!" Qingyang mused, "What divine ability or technique could cause soldiers on the battlefield to become widely confused and dazed?"

The Yuanli of Luodian, when placed upon elite troops, is sufficient to weaken the effectiveness of most divine abilities, especially against bewildering and confusing spells, whose resistance is exceptionally strong.