Chapter 1340

Revolutionary Army headquarters.

"What! The capital has fallen?"

"Was it Night Raid?"

The upper echelons of the Revolutionary Army were stunned.

Night Raid members were all elites, Imperial Tool users, capable of holding off a hundred or even a thousand ordinary soldiers.

But they were still flesh and blood!

How could they possibly have the power to overthrow the capital?

If the Empire were truly this weak, we would have stormed in long ago and crowned ourselves emperor—why wait for Night Raid?

This world is not a simple ancient world; it holds many strange and dangerous species, and many strange and peculiar Imperial Tools.

The speed of information spread was extremely fast.

Almost that same day, news of the capital's fall reached Revolutionary Army headquarters.

Though incredulous, the Revolutionary Army, after their shock, decided to launch an offensive and seize the entire realm as soon as possible.

After all, with the capital toppled, the whole nation was thrown into chaos.

If not now, when?

But before they could issue orders, follow-up news arrived—Night Raid had defected, siding with a power so immense it was suspected to be a deity.

This once again left the Revolutionary Army utterly speechless.

The Revolutionary Army's upper leadership felt as if they'd ridden a rollercoaster—peaks and valleys, then plummeting to the bottom.

"How could Night Raid possibly have defected?"

"A suspected deity?"

"Could the earlier news have been a lie?"

"The capital never fell! These rumors were spread by traitors to crush our morale?"

The Revolutionary Army was filled with doubt and suspicion.

After all, the two pieces of news together were too implausible.

"Investigate!"

"Send our spies in the capital to get to the bottom of this immediately!"

But before the Revolutionary Army could uncover anything, the beings described in those reports—the sky-piercing, earth-penetrating celestial soldiers—appeared.

A single strike turned an entire mountain range into ash.

Every member of the Revolutionary Army turned ashen-faced, their will to fight gone, and they surrendered outright.

How could they possibly fight such beings!

…

The frontier.

Esdeath also received news of the capital's fall and fell silent.

"Night Raid actually stole the home? Hahaha, how amusing!"

As a General of the Empire, Esdeath, though beautiful in appearance and curvaceous in figure, was a merciless force toward enemies.

Though she had never directed such cruelty toward her own people.

Soldiers standing outside the General's tent still felt a chill run down their spines upon hearing her laughter.

"So terrifying."

"The Queen is angry—someone's going to suffer again."

As they thought this, the surroundings suddenly fell silent.

Looking up, they saw the camp had vanished, and their comrades had disappeared.

Around them was nothingness—only the General's tent, and two figures standing guard outside it.

"General! Enemy attack!"

Sssss pull!

The next instant, the tent split open, and a figure shot into the air, gazing at everything around.

"Who are you!"

"It's me!"

The void shifted, and a figure appeared.

A silver-haired beauty materialized in the void, her eyes scanning Esdeath: "You're Esdeath? Not nearly as impressive as rumored."

"Who are you?" Esdeath frowned. "Are you allied with those people in the capital?"

"You could say that," the Military Princess chuckled. "I've heard your abilities are quite remarkable. How about we make a wager?"

Esdeath sneered: "A wager? Unnecessary!"

She raised her hand—and all things froze.

"If you can defeat me, whatever you say goes!"

"If you cannot, everything will be decided by me!"

"The strong dominate all that is weak!"

The Military Princess smiled: "Fine. That saves a lot of trouble."

A long blade appeared in her hand.

"Reverse!"

Instantly, the ice froze and shattered.

"Seal!"

Esdesta frowned, her mind filled with intense caution.

The enemy before her was terrifying—the strongest she had ever faced—and a single casual strike had already negated her abilities.

"It seems only that technique will do!"

The next instant, frigid energy filled heaven and earth, halting all motion of matter.

Time froze at this moment.

Esdesta's form shifted, lunging toward Generaless, a faint smile flashing in her eyes.