Chapter 267: King Rahu

Invoking a deity can generally be divided into two types. One is summoning a Yin deity to fight, where the Yin deity's body exists independently.

The other is possession.

Possession is further divided into several categories.

One category is completely handing over control of the body to the Yin deity.

The Yin deity's insights and spells, combined with the invoker's physical body, Qi, and treasures, are used to fight.

One's own life-soul is completely on "idle," just watching is enough.

The second category of possession is where the invoker remains in control, borrowing the Yin deity's divine power. For example, a Rank 6 martial artist invoking a Yin deity can briefly possess a Pure Origin Golden Body.

If it is an alien Yin deity, one can even transform, with physical attributes comprehensively enhanced under the blessing of divine power.

What Zhao Xing chose at this moment was 【Possession】.

Both 【Possession】 and 【Body-Taking】 are forms of "hired fighting." The difference lies in the degree, and whether control of the body is completely handed over.

Neither method involves reading memories.

Theoretically, 【Body-Taking】 can unleash greater combat power.

But Zhao Xing's personality determined that he could never completely hand over control of his body.

Therefore, he chose the 【Possession】 method, which has weaker control and keeps himself as the primary actor.

After True Lord Tianyang possessed him, he stood behind Zhao Xing like an enlarged version of a body, his hands overlapping with Zhao Xing's.

He couldn't wait to flip open the 【Origin Yin Sacred Canon】.

"Swish~"

In just an instant, True Lord Tianyang completely understood the function of the 【Origin Yin Sacred Canon】.

"Hahaha, good stuff."

"Dust to dust, earth to earth, Yin and Yang in order or reverse, heroic spirits enter the realm, disperse!"

True Lord Tianyang pointed a finger, and Zhao Xing's hand immediately lifted toward the sky.

Immediately after, the four Yin generals and forty thousand Yin soldiers were sent back into the vortex passage at a speed faster than they had arrived.

In the blink of an eye, they vanished without a trace.

"So refreshing, so this is what it feels like to be a High Priest." True Lord Tianyang was as happy as a child.

After sending the Yin soldiers back, he began to flip through the book with a rustle.

"Grandmaster, how much power can you unleash?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Although my split soul body is Rank 2, the insights are completely inherited. With this treasure of yours, I can unleash ninety percent of its power. If I study it a bit more, mastering it completely won't be difficult."

"Then I'm going to go catch the rebels?"

"Go ahead and do it boldly. With Grandmaster here, a mere little priest can't flip the sky!"

"Got it!"

Hearing him say this, Zhao Xing immediately strode toward the temple.

Seeing Zhu Qingyou still yelling there, ordering the Yin soldiers and generals to capture Wu Xuanying, Zhao Xing couldn't help but tease: "Stop shouting, brother, the Yin soldiers and generals just left."

"Who are you?" Zhu Qingyou stared fixedly at Zhao Xing.

"The person here to kill you."

"What did you do? Where are my Yin soldiers and generals!" Zhu Qingyou gripped the tiger tally and command arrow in his hand, unable to help but shout, "What exactly did you do?!"

Zhu Qingyou's gaze fell behind Zhao Xing and onto the 【Origin Yin Sacred Canon】 in his hand, and he was immediately shocked: "True Lord Tianyang, a Rank 9 treasure?!"

"This, how is this possible?"

He couldn't believe his eyes.

"A small Rank 5 official, with a cultivation base of only Rank 4, actually managed to invoke a Rank 2 Yin deity for possession?"

"Even if he could invoke it, why can he sustain it for so long? Won't his divine soul collapse?"

A Rank 4 invoking a Rank 2 deity for possession can barely last three or four breaths.

But now? Zhao Xing was walking over slowly, not in a hurry at all; how could that be a sign of struggling? Plus, he possessed a Rank 9 treasure, which made Zhu Qingyou even more broken.

I don't even have one, what right do you have?

"What is this person's background, to be able to easily invoke the Rank 2 Golden Body of the previous Minister of Agriculture, and also hold a Rank 9 heavy treasure." Yao Yuanchun was incomparably shocked in his heart.

He was a bit dazed now; the strength of the enemy and himself were simply not on the same level.

True Lord Tianyang held a Rank 9 treasure and could easily unleash its power; the invocation technique had the effect of separating the Yin and Yang realms!

"Kill him!" Zhu Qingyou's eyes turned red.

He had no way out now; he could only gamble. If he could kill Zhao Xing and snatch the Rank 9 treasure in his hand, perhaps there would be a glimmer of survival.

"General Xuanpo Moon Wolf!"

"General Nine Nether Underworld Elephant!"

"General Lingtai Four Tigers!"

"Appear!"

Zhu Qingyou and the five priests behind him immediately unleashed their trump cards; they had long since absorbed a portion of alien Yin deities.

"Grandmaster, it's time to strike." Zhao Xing said.

The Origin Yin Sacred Canon flipped.

"Coming!"

A pale blue talisman appeared. When it flew out of the Origin Yin Sacred Canon, it was only the size of a palm, but after flying up, it covered the entire sky in the blink of an eye.

Pale blue rays of light descended like willow catkins, gently stroking the earth.

"..."

Upon touching these threads, all the summoned Yin deities became terrified.

"God-Slaying Talisman, this is a God-Slaying Talisman!"

"Run!"

"Spare my life, we were deceived by it into leaving the Yin realm."

"True Lord Tianyang, spare me, I am willing to return to the Yin realm immediately to be punished, please let me go!"

Among them, a wolf-headed Yin deity was also at the early stage of Rank 2.

But seeing True Lord Tianyang was like seeing a nemesis.

They were all Yin souls descending into the Yang realm; if they were destroyed, they would be completely void.

"..."

True Lord Tianyang ignored them entirely, directly causing these Yin deities to completely collapse, disintegrate, and turn into nothingness.

"Kid, this treasure of yours is truly easy to use." True Lord Tianyang said.

"Grandmaster is too kind. Without this treasure, you could still easily destroy them."

Zhao Xing wasn't just flattering him.

Although True Lord Tianyang's Golden Body here was only at the early stage of Rank 2, that wolf god's cultivation base was even higher, at the middle stage of Rank 2.

But even at the same Rank 2, there were huge gaps!

What Xuanpo Moon Wolf General, Nine Nether Underworld Elephant General, Lingtai Four Tigers General—they were nothing but beasts.

Before they died, they didn't hold any proper official positions.

They were similar to mountain cats, spirit phantom goats, or howling dogs that had performed meritorious deeds and received official positions and titles.

But in reality, they had no actual authority; they just rose along that path and became Yin deity bodies after death.

How could they compare to someone like Fu Tianyang, who had been a Minister of Agriculture?

There was no comparison; the incense offerings they consumed were not on the same magnitude.

Their strength before death was also not on the same level.

Without the Origin Yin Sacred Canon, True Lord Tianyang would still have crushed them.

"Run!!"

Zhu Qingyou understood that the situation was hopeless.

They had been killed in seconds, how could they still fight?

"Run?"

True Lord Tianyang's phantom sneered.

The Primordial Heaven Thunder Lock was immediately activated.

Seeing this, Zhao Xing immediately closed his eyes to comprehend.

Because what Fu Tianyang was unleashing was a minor success spell from the Profound Heaven Thunder Method's Prison Suppression Chapter, which is the 【Primordial Thunder Lock】 that can be unleashed by top-tier Rank 4 to top-tier Rank 6.

Zhao Xing didn't know this move, but Fu Tianyang was possessing him at this moment, using his Qi to unleash it.

Naturally, he could experience the insights of the other party unleashing this move. "Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle~"

Thunder roamed over Zhu Qingyou and the others, the incredibly complex lightning moving to form a hoe pattern.

Zhu Qingyou and the others' bodies were immediately bent into a strange hoe shape, fixed to the ground.

"Amazing, Grandmaster!"

"That is only natural." Fu Tianyang nodded slightly.

Zhao Xing also figured out the temperament of his Grandmaster's Golden Body: he liked to hear nice words!

"Brother Zhao, can I be the one to execute him?" Yao Yuanchun asked.

Zhao Xing tilted his head to look at Yao Yuanchun.

The latter's expression was somewhat complex as he said: "Zhu Qingyou is a Rank 3 priest after all, and he has pointed me in the right direction a few times before. I want to give him some dignity."

Zhao Xing nodded.

"Swish~"

Yao Yuanchun appeared in front of Zhu Qingyou.

He looked at Zhu Qingyou, who could no longer move, and then his hands vibrated, two fire seals appearing on Zhu Qingyou's forehead and the back of his head.

"Hum~"

Zhu Qingyou's soul was annihilated along with it.

Looking at Zhu Qingyou's intact body, as if he were sleeping, Yao Yuanchun sighed.

The situation was hopeless, yet he still harbored delusions of escaping.

Lord Zhu, you had the courage to rebel, why didn't you have the courage to die?

With Zhu Qingyou and his cohorts dead, Wu Xuanying's restraints were naturally lifted.

He hurriedly ran out of the main hall to check.

Discovering that Zhu Qingyou and the others were already dead, he couldn't help but let out a long breath.

He scanned the surroundings and immediately discovered Zhao Xing and Yao Yuanchun.

He recognized Yao Yuanchun.

But who was the person next to Yao Yuanchun?

Looking closely, Wu Xuanying was immediately shocked.

He hurriedly ran over.

"Greetings, True Lord Tianyang!"

"Hmm." True Lord Tianyang was focused on the 【Origin Yin Sacred Canon】 and didn't really want to pay attention to him.

Wu Xuanying was very ashamed: "I am incompetent, actually allowing Zhu Qingyou and the others to rebel, almost causing a disaster. Please punish me, True Lord."

Fu Tianyang finally raised his head and glanced at him: "You still know you're incompetent? A Profound-Connecting Priest being beaten by a Spirit-Connecting Priest, do you usually just eat rice porridge?"

"If this kid hadn't brought out my Golden Body, your mistake today would be unforgivable even with ten thousand deaths!"

Wu Xuanying's heart trembled, and he immediately knelt on the ground with a thud.

Other Yin deities might not be qualified to scold him like this, but this was True Lord Tianyang, the previous Minister of Agriculture; he was truly a god-like existence, and he really could punish him.

"Wu knows his crime is grave and dares not shirk it." Wu Xuanying's attitude of admitting his mistake was quite sincere.

Fu Tianyang snorted coldly, still ignoring him.

Secretly, however, he transmitted his voice to Zhao Xing: "Grand-disciple, it's your turn to step up. Grandmaster has scolded him like a grandson; now it's time for you to be the good guy."

Zhao Xing had been wondering why True Lord Tianyang, who looked so amiable, had suddenly used such a harsh tone.

So, that was what he was waiting for.

Zhao Xing stepped forward to help Wu Xuanying up: "True Lord, you shouldn't be too harsh on Lord Wu."

"The incident happened suddenly; no one could have expected the Prince of Liang to use such despicable means to incite rebellion."

"The Yin realm is in turmoil, and the Prince of Liang released evil Yin deities that had been sealed for many years. Having obtained their power, the rebel Zhu and others' strength greatly increased. This is not a failure of strategy."

Fu Tianyang's phantom finally looked at Wu Xuanying properly: "Hmph, then let's record this mistake for now and give him a chance to make amends for his crimes. Wu Xuanying, get up."

Wu Xuanying looked up, gave Zhao Xing a grateful look, and then bowed to True Lord Tianyang again: "Thank you, True Lord, for your understanding. This subordinate will definitely make amends for his crimes."

Seeing that the effect had been achieved, Fu Tianyang ended the possession and returned to the Golden Body.

Zhao Xing felt the Golden Body he was carrying become a little lighter.

He hadn't paid any price for this invocation; what was consumed was his Grandmaster's Golden Body.

"May I ask the name and official position of this little brother?" Wu Xuanying cupped his hands toward Zhao Xing.

"Zhao Xing, courtesy name Chen'an, is the Transshipment Envoy of the Hundred Paths of Tianhe Prefecture, and concurrently the Third-Level Inspection Envoy of the Five Prefectures of Pinghai." Zhao Xing stated his identity.

Wu Xuanying nodded; this seemed to slightly explain why Zhao Xing was able to invoke the God of Agriculture.

Although he still had many doubts in his heart, it wasn't appropriate to ask further at this time.

He looked at Yao Yuanchun again: "Yuanchun, you are in charge of the Shrine God Office, how is the situation over there?"

Yao Yuanchun said: "The God of Agriculture's palace is basically stable, and the rebels have been eradicated by me and Lord Zhao."

Wu Xuanying said: "Now that the rebel Zhu is dead, the others are not enough to form a threat. You come with me to the Hall of Heroic Spirits to summon the Yin soldiers and generals of Tianhe to suppress the rebel Yin deities."

"Yes!" Yao Yuanchun cupped his hands.

"Lord Zhao." Wu Xuanying appeared very polite, "Since Lord Zhao came from outside, do you know the situation outside?"

"The Transshipment Office is fine, the Prefect is currently conducting a Grand Rite Discussion with others, and the City Defense Mechanism Office has not yet been controlled, but Li Gan of the Martial Inspection Office has already received orders to head there."

The temple isolated the inside from the outside, and Wu Xuanying didn't know the situation outside.

But Zhao Xing knew, because he had a clone outside.

Hearing this, Wu Xuanying felt relieved; that meant things hadn't descended into chaos yet.

He vaguely felt that the young official in front of him had played a major role, so he cupped his hands and said: "Could I trouble you to report to the Prefect and the lords of each office, saying that I, Wu Xuanying, will be able to clear the rebellion inside the temple within a day and restore it to peace, after which I will have the spare capacity to help stabilize the situation in the prefecture city."

"This is my duty, why call it trouble? It is Lord Wu who has worked hard." Zhao Xing cupped his hands, "Lord Wu, Lord Yao, I will go now, please take care."

"Take care."

Watching Zhao Xing and his clone leave quickly, Wu Xuanying suddenly remembered something: "This seems to be the Ten Thousand Laws Clone? That's right, it must be his disciple; no wonder he could invoke True Lord Tianyang."

"My Lord, what are you saying?" Yao Yuanchun asked suspiciously. "What is his background?"

"He is a disciple of Liu Wanfa." Wu Xuanying said, "His teacher, Liu Tianning, is the First Vice-Dean of the Shangluo Academy, which means he will become the next leader of the Self-Nature School, and perhaps even the next Minister of Agriculture."

"So that's it." Yao Yuanchun suddenly understood; True Lord Tianyang's Rank 2 Golden Body being invoked by Zhao Xing now made sense.

Leaving the temple, Zhao Xing looked back.

He discovered that the vortex above the temple was indeed starting to shrink, and the passage to the Yin realm was closing.

"After closing this passage, the temple here can be considered pacified."

"Now in the city, only the Prefect's side remains." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

The City Defense Mechanism Office relies on mechanisms, not people; that place is easy to solve.

Zhang Ping had Ouyang Zhen and Zou Yong cooperate with Li Gan, and they had already taken over that place.

"Can't wait for the results on his side; time is very precious now."

"The eleven garrisons stationed in each county need to be dealt with as soon as possible."

Three hours had passed since the trip to the temple; now that he came out, the sky had turned completely dark.

Zhang Ping had recovered quite a bit. Seeing Zhao Xing come out safely and seeing the Yin realm vortex at the temple shrink, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

"Chen'an, how is the situation?"

"Lord Wu will solve the problem at the temple within a day." Zhao Xing said, "Lord Zhang, how is the situation in each county?"

Currently, Zhang Ping held the highest official position here; he was only one level below the Prefect.

Zhang Ping said: "Sixty percent of the county cities have responded, but forty percent of the counties have no feedback."

"Most of these without feedback are garrison locations."

"Could they all have rebelled?" Li Gan asked in surprise.

"Not necessarily rebelled." Zhang Ping shook his head.

"It's just that the effect of the Earth Mirror has been greatly weakened, and Yin deity messaging has also lost its effect. Currently, we can only use relatively primitive methods of communication, and the efficiency is relatively low."

Zhao Xing nodded; the Prince of Liang's incitement to rebellion didn't target everyone.

The luck the Prince of Liang could utilize had its limits. Now that the rebellion had just begun, at least a Rank 5 official was needed to be on the Earth Mirror's list for incitement.

At that time, the order transmitted by Prefect He Zhengchen through the Earth Mirror was to summon all Rank 5 officials into the city.

As long as officials of Rank 5 and above were controlled, the rebellion could be quelled.

By the same token, rebel generals also needed time to reorganize their troops and stand firm.

It's just that Zhao Xing didn't know the situation outside now; he needed to wait for the Tianhe Prefecture temple to resume operation first.

February 3rd, 5: 0 PM to 7: 0 PM.

The Yin realm vortex at the temple completely dissipated.

Wu Xuanying and Yao Yuanchun walked out of the temple.

At this time, the Prefect's office was still fighting, and He Zhengchen still hadn't come out.

Seeing him come out, Zhao Xing immediately bowed to True Lord Tianyang's Golden Body: "Please manifest, Grandmaster."

"Grand-disciple, what is it?" At this time, the Golden Body opened its eyes.

"Grand-disciple has two things to ask Grandmaster for help with."

"Speak."

"Please, Grandmaster, take a look at the Prefect's office and see if He Zhengchen will achieve final victory." Zhao Xing said.

If He Zhengchen couldn't win, he couldn't rest easy going out to quell the rebellion.

Losing the prefecture city would be a huge crime.

"He Zhengchen has the advantage; he will win sooner or later." True Lord Tianyang said.

This answer was about the same as Zhao Xing's guess.

So he said again:

"Could you please, Grandmaster, contact the Yin deities of the Agriculture Office in each county and county-level of Tianhe Prefecture to investigate the situation of the eleven garrisons, who has rebelled and who has not."

"Especially the Prince of Tianxia in the twelve counties of eastern Tianhe Prefecture; he controls four garrisons. Is there any movement?"

The Golden Body flashed with light, seemingly taking action.

Zhao Xing waited quietly.

True Lord Tianyang's Golden Body was not just a "Grandmaster fighter," but also an intelligence source.

Fu Tianyang could communicate with the gods of the Yin realm, and in terms of intelligence, the information in the Yang realm might not be as fast or comprehensive as the Yin realm.

Within the territory of the Great Zhou, there might be places the Earth Mirror couldn't cover, but there were no places the temple couldn't cover.

Even on the side of the road or in mountain hollows, there were half-meter-high small temples.

"The Prince of Tianxia has not accepted the Prince of Liang's edict, but he has raised his own flag to rebel. He is currently reorganizing the twelve counties and four garrisons, clearing out the imperial court's supervisors."

"The Marquis of Xinyang is dead, and his army is controlled by his Assistant Regional Commander Yuan Xin. He has accepted the Prince of Liang's edict."

"Of the other six armies, three will never rebel: the Yuanyu Army, the Yukui Army, and the Yuhe Army."

"The other three have split and are attacking each other within the camps; they currently have no ability to step out of the 【Military Camp Array Boundary】."

In just this short time, True Lord Tianyang had obtained so much intelligence, all because his incense offerings were everywhere and he had many believers.

Another reason was that the Yin deities of the Agriculture Office below were mostly unaffected, and the transmission of orders and messages was still relatively smooth.

The reason for this was mainly because priests usually didn't learn the "Agriculture Invocation Technique."

Except for the military agriculture officials, the strength of the civil agriculture officials was relatively weak.

Combat power was not as good as other aspects, and when the rebellion just started, seizing power was the key.

Who would think about farming and destroying the weather and terrain at the beginning?

Even the Prince of Liang didn't think that way; he wanted a complete Pinghai Prefecture, not a ruined one.

Only after discovering that it couldn't be done and becoming wandering bandits would they need to wantonly destroy, delay, and block the imperial court's army's pursuit.

"Grandmaster, can you seize Wu Xuanying's authority and take over the one hundred thousand Yin soldiers and generals?" Zhao Xing asked again.

"Not before, but now you can." True Lord Tianyang said, "However, I don't suggest you do that. You are a Third-Level Inspection Envoy, only controlling those below Rank 3. Taking the authority of Yin soldiers and generals is not in accordance with the rules."

"The Prince of Liang represents chaos, and the imperial court represents rules. At this time, any sensitive behavior is inappropriate."

"Even if you commanded these one hundred thousand Yin soldiers and generals to pacify Tianhe Prefecture, at most it would be a balance of merits and demerits, and if Wu Xuanying wanted to resist, you would even have a fault."

Zhao Xing nodded; imperial court officials acting always didn't have the convenience of rebels.

But he was just asking casually; at first, these one hundred thousand Yin soldiers of Tianhe weren't in his considerations. He hadn't even thought he could invoke his Grandmaster's Golden Body for help.

"Thank you for your guidance, Grandmaster."

After Zhao Xing finished asking, he immediately found Wu Xuanying and Zhang Ping to discuss, because only these two held the highest official positions now.

Soon, these two summoned the main officials of each office again.

In terms of martial artists, there were no Rank 3s, only a Rank 4 garrison commander of the city guard, Li Gan, because high-ranking martial artists were mostly in the army.

The Mechanism Office also had no high-ranking officials, only a regular Rank 4 named Gongsun Yang.

Although the mechanism equipment in Tianhe Prefecture was of high rank, the operators didn't need a very high rank.

In addition, there were two others, the Dean of the Lihuo Academy, Tianhe Branch, Peng Yu.

And the Dean of the Bishui Academy, Tianhe Branch, Xiao Han.

These two were also Rank 3, but their strength was just average; they belonged to the weak Rank 3 category.

Their role was just to guard the branches established by the two academies in Tianhe Prefecture, managing the Lihuo Altar and the Bishui Canghai array, serving as a transit station for material transport.

Once outside the scope of the academy, these two couldn't unleash Rank 3 strength.

"Lords, what can be confirmed now is that the Xinyang Army has rebelled, the main general has been killed, and the new rebel general has already submitted to the Prince of Liang."

"In addition, the Prince of Tianxia has raised his flag to rebel."

Zhang Ping and Wu Xuanying were not surprised after hearing this.

Gongsun Yang, Peng Yu, and Xiao Han, on the other hand, were quite frightened.

"The Prince of Tianxia is a Rank 3 middle-stage martial artist, a prince who killed his way out of the army."

"He is not particularly outstanding in other aspects, but he is very skilled in battle formations!"

"With the Prince of Tianxia leading troops, even a Rank 2 couldn't kill him."

Zhang Ping handed over a document: "The Prince of Tianxia has already sent a message to the prefecture city, demanding that He Zhengchen lead the officials to bow down and submit to him."

"The Prince of Tianxia also said that he controls fifty-six counties in the east and has already taken control of eight garrisons."

"He claims to have an army of three million."

"He gives us half a month to consider, otherwise he will lead his army to kill us."

Zhao Xing took the document and couldn't help but smile.

The basic operation of rebellion is like this; they all like to brag, making their strength sound bigger, making people feel their influence is huge, and deceiving those who don't know the truth to go and defect to them.

Gongsun Yang, Peng Yu, and Xiao Han looked quite strange, not knowing why Wu Xuanying and Zhang Ping were so polite to Zhao Xing.

It was as if Zhao Xing could sit on equal footing with Wu Xuanying and Zhang Ping.

"What countermeasures do you lords have?" Zhao Xing asked.

Zhang Ping and Wu Xuanying looked at each other, somewhat hesitant.

They had already guessed that Zhao Xing wanted to mobilize troops out of the city to quell the rebellion.

Wu Xuanying said: "We must hold the prefecture city and not lose it. As long as the prefecture city remains under the control of the imperial court, then Tianhe Prefecture is not the territory of the rebel army, and the counties below will also rise up to resist."

"If the backbone is gone, then it is completely fallen."

Zhao Xing nodded: "Without affecting the city defense, how many people can the Tianhe Prefecture city guard divide?"

Li Gan pondered: "At most five thousand."

Zhang Ping said: "The Transshipment Office can only provide five hundred military agriculture officials."

Wu Xuanying said: "Of the one hundred thousand Yin soldiers and generals of Tianhe, at most ten thousand Yin soldiers and one Yin general can be divided to quell the rebellion, but I can send Yao Yuanchun out."

Seeing Zhao Xing scan over, Gongsun Yang, although not knowing why Zhao Xing was so awesome, asking questions to two Rank 3s, still answered honestly: "On the premise of not affecting the city defense mechanism array, ten thousand mid-rank mechanism masters can be mobilized to drive the storied ships, operate large siege equipment, and break-boundary mechanisms."

"The Lihuo Academy has no one to mobilize." Peng Yu shook his head.

"The Bishui Academy is the same." Xiao Han also said.

They truly had no one to mobilize.

By the time the Barbarian-Pacification War reached the 35th year of the Jingxin Calendar, the mid-to-high-rank personnel who could be mobilized had basically been conscripted into the army by the Prince of Liang, leaving only a small number of people to maintain the operation of the inland counties and prefectures.

If it weren't for this, the Prince of Liang wouldn't have dared to rebel.

Zhao Xing nodded and looked at Zhang Ping: "Lord Zhang, how many Rank 7 warships and large siege and break-boundary mechanism equipment does the prefecture city have?"

"The Tianhe Transshipment Office has abundant military supplies; there are five hundred Rank 7 warships and three million pieces of large city-breaking and boundary-breaking mechanism equipment."

"The other military supplies, just counting Rank 7 ones, are also piled up like mountains."

So the prefecture city cannot be lost; Tianhe Prefecture is a large military supply storage site. Whoever takes it down, their influence will immediately skyrocket.

Tianhe Prefecture has many materials, more than enough to defend the city, but it is not easy to go out of the city to quell the rebellion, because there are not enough personnel to unleash these warships and large divine weapons.

People and military supplies are separate. Originally, if they encountered an external enemy, the eleven garrisons outside the city would replenish these military supplies and could go up another level.

If it were a protracted war, it would be enough for these eleven armies to use for thirty or fifty years.

But now it is internal chaos; the personnel of the prefecture city alone simply won't do.

"Lords, I want to mobilize Li Gan and his five hundred city guards; all five hundred of these people must be Rank 5."

"Li Gan, are you willing to go out of the city with me to quell the rebellion?" Zhao Xing asked.

"This subordinate is willing to go!" Li Gan immediately expressed his stance.

"Lord Gongsun, I need to mobilize fifty Rank 7 warships, and the large divine weapon equipment on them must be fully equipped."

"The mechanism masters only need the lowest configuration to operate them for flight."

Gongsun Yang was surprised: "Lord Zhao, you only have five hundred people, what do you need so many ships for?"

And wanting fully equipped supplies, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like going to quell a rebellion, but rather taking these ships and supplies to defect to the enemy.

Zhao Xing smiled slightly, a shadow covered the main hall, and then one clone after another appeared in the hall.

"I have the Ten Thousand Laws Clone."

Gongsun Yang was shocked and immediately understood. "No problem, I will prepare immediately."

In fact, although Zhao Xing only had 100 Ten Thousand Laws Clones, he could also raise other straw men, such as Divine Courage, Sacred Shield, etc.

Although only the Ten Thousand Laws Straw Man could unleash top-tier spells, the other weaker single-spell straw men could reach fifty thousand!

How strong the Derivative God Technique is, is how many straw men there can be!

Operating the weapons of these warships, of course, is not a problem!

"Lord Wu, I don't want the Yin soldiers and generals of Tianhe Prefecture; I only want Yao Yuanchun."

Wu Xuanying looked at Yao Yuanchun beside him, and a flash of excitement crossed the latter's eyes.

"Good, then I will hand Yuanchun over to you."

Zhao Xing said: "The turmoil has just happened, and the rebel king has not yet stood firm; we must eliminate them as soon as possible!"

"Otherwise, once these people clear out dissidents and spread disaster elsewhere, it will cause great turmoil."

"Please, lords, guard the prefecture city well, especially the two passages of Bishui and Lihuo; they must not be lost."

Zhang Ping and Wu Xuanying said solemnly: "If the rebel army wants to enter the city, they must step over my corpse!"

A dark night with a high wind is a night for killing and arson.

On the night of February 4th, Zhao Xing mobilized fifty Rank 7 warships to quietly leave the city. On the ships were Li Gan and five hundred city guards.

Zou Yong, Ouyang Zhen, and five hundred military agriculture officials.

Two thousand five hundred mechanism masters.

There was only one priest, Yao Yuanchun.

Originally, the Inspection Office should have had more people to mobilize, but Tianhe Prefecture is a military-managed prefecture, and the Inspection Office's organization manages the army, becoming a garrison supervisor, divided among the various armies. They don't manage civil officials, because civil officials have Censors.

Don't look at Zhao Xing having few people now, but he has the status of an Inspection Envoy who controls civil and military officials below Rank 3. Pacifying a place,

the number of people will increase as you fight.

On the warship, Zhao Xing looked at the intelligence in the Earth Mirror.

This was detailed intelligence sent by King Luo.

It was more detailed than what True Lord Tianyang said, specific to names and locations.

That dense list, increasing and decreasing from time to time, had more than one hundred thousand, and the density of the attached intelligence information was even more massive!

For someone slightly weaker, remembering this information is simply impossible. To pick out useful intelligence from it and conduct summary and induction, only those who have practiced the first layer of the Derivative God Technique can do it.

That is why King Luo was willing to grant Zhao Xing such great authority; it was because he had already practiced the first layer of the Derivative God Technique. "In less than three days, one thousand four hundred and fifty-six 'Kings' appeared in Tianhe Prefecture?" Zhao Xing looked at this list.

"Even a Rank 6 Earl dares to overstep and call himself King." Yao Yuanchun was also on the side. He was a priest, communicating with Yin deities in the Yin realm, and naturally could also obtain some intelligence.

"The Prince of Liang truly gave them courage; even Rank 6s dare to call themselves Kings!"

Zhao Xing smiled lightly: "Some people were already acting like tyrants in the local area; now that they have lost control, of course, they can't help themselves."

"Where to start?" Yao Yuanchun asked.

"The biggest force in the entire Tianhe Prefecture is the Prince of Tianxia; the others who call themselves Kings are all grass-roots kings, not living up to their names." Zhao Xing said.

"Once the Prince of Tianxia is eradicated, as for the other grass-roots kings, they will be easy to deal with."

"The prefecture city can also calmly mobilize troops."

"With our few people, go kill the Prince of Tianxia?" Yao Yuanchun was stunned, "Brother Zhao, Tianxia County has been managed for hundreds of years, can we do it?"

"He is a Rank 3 martial artist, located in the battle formation; I'm afraid no one can kill him."

"Rest assured." Zhao Xing looked at the dark night in the distance, "He won't be able to form a battle formation."

The Rank 7 warships were very fast; in less than half a day, they arrived at Tianxia County.

"Stop!"

Zhao Xing ordered all warships to stop in the clouds.

"All warships, enter silent state."

Fifty warships were all hidden in the clouds.

Yao Yuanchun looked at Zhao Xing.

"Brother Yao, you monitor the surroundings."

After Zhao Xing finished speaking, he entered the cabin and lay on the bed.

"Hum~"

He instantly entered a dream.

"Now my dream world is enough to cover the entire Tianxia County." Zhao Xing looked at Tianxia County in the dream,

smiling slightly.

Yao Yuanchun was right; if the Prince of Tianxia were in a battle formation, it would be difficult to kill him.

But as long as Zhao Xing cuts off his mid-rank backbone, his battle formation won't be able to be unleashed.

Then the Prince of Tianxia would just be an ordinary Rank 3 middle-stage martial artist.

"The Prince of Tianxia is Rank 3 middle-stage; soldiers three major ranks lower than him cannot form a blood-energy battle formation with him. If only Rank 6 middle-stage martial artists form an array, without the connection of Rank 5 and Rank 4, it's like a small horse pulling a big cart; it won't have any amplification effect at all, and instead will drag down the Prince of Tianxia himself."

"So, as long as I kill all the mid-level generals under his command, and then kill him, it will be much easier."

"To kill all the mid-level generals under the Prince of Tianxia, only the Dream-Walking Method will do."

Zhao Xing's dream world began to spread rapidly, covering Tianxia County below.

The Dream-Walking Method can kill in dreams. Currently, Zhao Xing can't deal with high-rankers; he can only bully those with lower cultivation bases than himself.

However, in terms of his current soul strength, anyone below Rank 3 is just a dish!

Dream world, this is the basis for the Dream-Walking Method.

Now Zhao Xing can cover a county.

"It's the Hour of the Rat (11 PM to 1 AM); most people are already asleep."

"But there are also many who are not asleep."

In the dream world, more than three thousand spheres floated in mid-air like bubbles.

The larger the bubble, the higher the cultivation base; the deeper the color, the deeper the dream; conversely, the shallower.

"More than three thousand mid-rankers, basically the colors are very light, proving the dream is not deep." Zhao Xing watched.

"A Thousand Miles Without Return!"

Zhao Xing immediately formed seals, and these three thousand-plus dreams suddenly turned pitch black like ink.

Dream-Walking Method, A Thousand Miles Without Return!

Walking a thousand miles is a metaphor for the depth of the dream.

It is different from the Sleepy Bug; although both affect the soul, the Sleepy Bug is to ingest life-soul parasites, while A Thousand Miles Without Return is to create multiple dreams, making it impossible for people to wake up easily.

"Swish~"

Zhao Xing drilled into one of the black bubbles.

Inside, a Rank 5 general was having a sweet dream of wearing a python robe and having a harem.

"Die!"

A knife appeared in Zhao Xing's hand, and he instantly appeared behind this general.

"Puff~"

With a slash of the knife, the head fell.

"Slashing the soul in a dream, the soul dies and the path vanishes."

"This is the fastest way." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

Once the person died, the black bubble also dissipated, and Zhao Xing appeared in another dream again.

During this period, another "Zhao Xing" always stood in the sky of the dream.

This is the anchor point of Dream-Walking, to avoid getting lost in the dreams of experts and not being able to distinguish between dream and reality.

"Puff, puff, puff, puff, puff, puff, puff, puff~"

Zhao Xing's speed was very fast; the town-sect method of the ancient Dream God Sect unleashed a terrifying effect.

Whether it was Rank 4 or Rank 6, as long as the soul cultivation base was lower than Zhao Xing's, they were all unable to resist.

Unable to call for help, unable to escape.

Silently dying in the dream.

It only took a quarter of an hour for all these three thousand-plus mid-rank generals to die.

In reality, it was as if they had died in their sleep; their physical bodies were still breathing instinctively, and no clues could be seen at all.

"Dream world is the basis of the Dream-Walking Method."

"Dream-Walking a Thousand Miles is the speed of movement in the dream."

"A Thousand Miles Without Return deepens the intensity of the dream."

"Slashing the soul in a dream is the fastest way to kill the enemy."

Zhao Xing looked at the empty dream world and couldn't help but sigh at the terror of the Dream-Walking Method.

"It is rumored that during the ancient God Sect period, there was an official of the Spring Palace who practiced the Dream-Walking Method, Wei Zheng, who was summoned into the imperial palace to play chess with the Emperor, and at this time, it happened that the Spring Palace encountered an attack by the Dragon Clan."

"He couldn't refuse the chess game with the Emperor and return to the Spring Palace. So, taking advantage of the lunch break, he unleashed the Dream-Walking Method and rushed to the Spring Palace ten thousand miles away, killing the evil dragon that was causing chaos."

"At the same time the evil dragon's soul died, its body also shattered into countless pieces."

"My Dream-Walking Method can currently only encompass one county; after slashing the soul, it cannot affect the physical body in reality." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

In the era of spiritual energy, some martial arts experts have their physical body's seven souls fused with their soul; just slashing the life-soul cannot be considered truly killing, and they can still be reborn through the residual soul of the physical body.

"More than three thousand people died, including ten Rank 4s, but at this time, there are still many people who haven't fallen asleep."

Falling asleep doesn't necessarily mean dreaming.

However, is the Dream-Walking Method such an inconvenient method?

"The Sleepy Bug Method makes them fall asleep; after falling asleep, one can unleash 【Inviting the Monarch into the Dream】 from the Dream-Walking Method."

Zhao Xing opened his eyes and reappeared in the cabin.

"Brother Yao, do you know the Invisibility Method?"

"I do." Yao Yuanchun nodded.

"Please escort me down." Zhao Xing said.

"Staying at an altitude of three thousand meters is enough."

"Good." Yao Yuanchun nodded and flew out of the Rank 7 warship with Zhao Xing, descending from an altitude of ten thousand meters.

The Sleepy Bug is now also at the top-tier spell level, with the farthest casting distance reaching ten thousand meters.

However, to unleash the maximum power of the spell, one must be within a distance of three thousand meters.

At this time, all of Zhao Xing's Ten Thousand Laws Clones were inside his body, and at the same time, his Seven-Star Life-Soul was fused into one.

When unleashing such large-scale soul spells, it is very difficult to unleash other spells at the same time, so he must have someone to protect him.

"Almost there." Zhao Xing and Yao Yuanchun entered within an altitude of three thousand meters and stopped.

At this time, the sky was pitch black, and the gale was howling.

Yao Yuanchun just quietly watched Zhao Xing sitting cross-legged in the air.

He had his Heavenly Eye open, so he could see Tianxia County below, with points of bright light constantly flying up.

"Absorbing souls?" Yao Yuanchun's face changed drastically.

What kind of evil method is this?

However, when he looked closely, he discovered he had thought wrong.

Because what was flying up to the sky were small bugs; although they were very similar to the nature of human Yin deities, they were not human life-souls.

"These are soul bugs?" As a Rank 4 priest, Yao Yuanchun was proficient in the way of the soul and naturally knew that there were many tiny bugs in a person's life-soul.

But he didn't study it deeply; he only knew these things existed but didn't know what they were used for.

"Zhao Chen'an, what is your background? Such a profound soul method, I've never even heard of it." Yao Yuanchun was incomparably surprised in his heart.

He originally thought his talent was outstanding and could be ranked in Pinghai Prefecture, but he didn't expect that seeing Zhao Xing today would make him feel like he was a frog in a well.

"After this, I want to apply to become a Kyushu Traveling Envoy and travel the world; my knowledge is still too shallow." Yao Yuanchun thought to himself.

Tianxia County, east of the county city, Tianxia Prefecture.

"Ha ah~" A bald, burly man, Chen Guang, a regular Rank 4, was practicing in his mansion; he was adapting to his new cultivation base.

After the Prince of Tianxia rebelled, he rewarded his subordinates with many treasures to improve their strength.

As one of the Prince of Tianxia's personal guard commanders, Chen Guang was currently digesting the 'Heavenly Spirit Origin Pill' he had taken yesterday.

"Ha ah~ what's going on, why am I so sleepy today." Chen Guang yawned again.

"Could it be that after taking the medicine, my strength soared, and I've been busy for many days, so I'm a bit tired?"

"No, I can't sleep now; the Prince might summon me at any time." Chen Guang circulated his blood energy, trying to stay alert.

But the sleepiness was too heavy, coming over him again and again, and his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier.

Chen Guang could have chosen to self-mutilate to continue resisting.

But now he wasn't fighting an enemy; who would self-mutilate to resist sleepiness? That would be crazy.

"Forget it, I'll just sleep for an hour." Chen Guang couldn't hold it anymore, instructed the guard standing sentry outside the door, and then lay down on a jade bed to rest.

"Inviting the Monarch into the Dream!" In a trance, Chen Guang seemed to hear some sound, but at this time his consciousness was completely unclear.

Under the influence of the top-tier spell Sleepy Bug and Inviting the Monarch into the Dream, he instantly entered a dream.

Prince of Tianxia's Mansion.

"Starting from February 5th, the Divine Machine Camp, Divine Fire Camp, Divine Section Camp, and Heavenly Dragon Camp of the Tianxia Army will assemble in Tiannan County."

"This King wants to take the seventy-two counties south of Tianhe Prefecture into his pocket based on Tiannan County."

"In addition, the Yukui Army, this King is determined to get it. This is an army composed of pure mechanism puppets, fearless of death, and can absolutely unleash great strength—. Presumptuous!"

As he was speaking, he suddenly slapped the sand table fiercely, glaring at the generals below.

Because while he was speaking, three Rank 5 generals were yawning frequently.

This was simply unbearable!

"Someone, drag them down for this King—. Hmm?"

The Prince of Tianxia hadn't had time to say what the punishment was when these three suddenly closed their eyes, fell to the ground, and fell into a deep sleep.

At the same time, more than half of the dozens of generals in the sand table simulation hall began to yawn.

"Thud~ Thud~"

One after another, the generals suddenly fell asleep!

While the Prince of Tianxia was stunned, half of them had already fallen!

Now, no matter how stupid he was, he discovered something was wrong.

"Everyone, circulate your Qi and stimulate the Central and Heavenly Rush souls." The Prince of Tianxia's voice sounded like a thunderclap in the ears of the remaining people.

"General, I'm so sleepy—."

"General, I, I can't hold on."

Even so, there were still many Rank 4 generals with sleepy faces, completely unable to resist.

"Who is playing tricks!"

The Prince of Tianxia was both shocked and angry; he had never seen such a spell.

"Primordial Soul Out of Body!"

The Prince of Tianxia stood still, and a phantom flew out of his body, scanning the life-souls of the generals.

He discovered that their life-souls were all wrapped in black spheres.

"What? What kind of spell is this! It can actually make my Rank 4 generals fall into a dream!" The Prince of Tianxia was incomparably horrified in his heart.

He had layers of arrays blocking here, and yet he was invaded silently?

"Wake up!!"

The Prince of Tianxia roared angrily, his life-soul flashing with light.

Boom~

The sound exploded in the main hall.

Of the forty generals, half woke up immediately.

But the other half were still in a deep sleep.

"Inviting the Monarch into the Dream~~"

The lingering sound continued, and the Prince of Tianxia himself felt waves of sleepiness.

He was shocked and immediately returned to his physical body.

"Swish"

He immediately flew upward toward the source of the sound.

At this time, the Prince of Tianxia didn't know that the half who were asleep had already had their life-souls die.

Slashing the soul in a dream and directly killing the life-soul are different; it is a gradual process of the soul moving toward extinction.

The Prince of Tianxia was not proficient in the way of the soul; he only thought someone had unleashed some illusion, causing his subordinates to fall for it.

This was intolerable! His mid-level generals were gone, so how could he command the army?

So he had to find this person and solve them, even if he knew it might be a trap, he had to go and find out.

"Sure enough, I still can't drag a Rank 3 into sleep." In the sky, Zhao Xing opened his eyes. "However, this is enough."

"Brother Zhao, an expert is flying up from below." Yao Yuanchun immediately stared at the bottom nervously.

"It's the Prince of Tianxia." Zhao Xing also stood up, "Brother Yao, prepare for battle!"

In the County Prince's Mansion below, an ancient bronze chariot drove the gale and rushed into the sky.

The Prince of Tianxia wore battle armor, stood in the chariot, and emitted golden light.

Behind his chariot, there were fifteen personal guards, also riding bronze beast-headed chariots.

"Swish, swish!"

Zhao Xing and Yao Yuanchun flew upward rapidly.

"Where are you running!"

The Prince of Tianxia roared, and the chariot pursued rapidly.

This set of chariots of his was a Rank 8 treasure, which could form an array in mid-air, and the speed was also extremely fast.

As long as he could catch up, he had a 100% certainty of trapping these two little thieves who were acting sneakily.

"Swish, swish~"

Seeing that he was about to catch up, Zhao Xing and Yao Yuanchun suddenly burst out a cloud of mist, accelerated upward, and opened the distance again. But at the same time, Yao Yuanchun and Zhao Xing's aura both dropped by a notch.

"Hmph, unleashing a forbidden technique to escape? Let's see how many times you can unleash it!" The Prince of Tianxia continued to pursue.

In less than twenty breaths, the distance was closed to within five hundred meters again.

However, at this time, a burst of mist burst out behind the two.

The distance was opened to a thousand meters again.

"Almost caught up." The Prince of Tianxia felt that the two's Qi had dropped to half.

Two Rank 4s, how could he easily let them go?

Ten breaths later.

Zhao Xing unleashed the Ruler of the World again, taking Yao Yuanchun to open the distance.

Prince of Tianxia:

At this time, the Prince of Tianxia felt the same as the Blood Spirit Venerable had back then.

Clearly feeling he was about to catch up, how could they run away again?

The Prince of Tianxia also relied on his cultivation base to crush them, and his courage was great; knowing there might be a trick, he still pursued like this.

This was repeated more than ten times.

Finally, Zhao Xing and Yao Yuanchun stopped.

At this time, the Prince of Tianxia had also pursued to an altitude of thirty thousand meters.

"Kid, not running anymore?"

The Prince of Tianxia grinned at Zhao Xing and Yao Yuanchun.

"Fire!"

Zhao Xing immediately gave the order.

"What?" The Prince of Tianxia was stunned. Fire what?

"Swish~"

Zhao Xing smiled slightly, grabbed Yao Yuanchun, the mist burst, and he completely disappeared before the Prince of Tianxia's eyes.

"What?" A flash of surprise crossed the Prince of Tianxia's eyes.

Because this time, he completely lost his sense of Zhao Xing.

At the same time, fifty Rank 7 warships spraying fire appeared in the sky.

"What? Rank 7 Primordial Warships?!" The Prince of Tianxia's heart was violently shocked, "And they formed a Primordial Fire Array!" He thought he had surrounded Zhao Xing and Yao Yuanchun, but he didn't expect to have entered the other party's encirclement!

"Charge!"

The Prince of Tianxia immediately chose a direction and charged fiercely.

But, the encirclement had already been formed.

Before Zhao Xing and Yao Yuanchun ran out, the red sky curtain had completely closed.

Fifty Rank 7 warships had all been activated before Zhao Xing came up.

There were forty-nine black holes on the ship's side, each with a radius of three meters.

When Zhao Xing gave the order, a large amount of viscous fire like magma gushed out from these holes.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom~"

These flames didn't directly bombard the Prince of Tianxia, but bombarded the gale layer, two thousand meters away from the Prince of Tianxia.

"Gurgle~"

The substantial flames seemed to climb onto the gale layer space.

With the Prince of Tianxia as the center, a flame cage was formed!

Fire!

Fire!

Everywhere the eye could see, there was fire!

Zhao Xing and Yao Yuanchun's speed was extremely fast; the Ruler of the World was almost like a teleportation, running out of the flame cage.

But the Prince of Tianxia and his personal guards behind him were a step late and were locked inside.

"Prince of Tianxia, do you recognize this Lihuo Cage?" Zhao Xing's voice sounded.

Of course the Prince of Tianxia recognized it!

He came from the army and knew that Primordial Warships were specifically used to surround and kill high-rankers.

And he could see that the range of the South Bright Lihuo blockade was so large, clearly the warships were not lacking in reserve materials!

Fifty warships, if they only maintained the Lihuo Cage, would be enough to burn for a year!

"Prince of Tianxia, if you abolish your martial arts now and obediently surrender, I can make the decision to leave you a descendant."

Zhao Xing said.

"You haven't done anything heinous yet; I expect you still have the ancestral Death-Exemption Pill Book. Keeping one direct line alive shouldn't be a problem."

"Hmph! A mere Lihuo Cage can at most trap this King; it can't kill me at all." The Prince of Tianxia said, "You are in the territory of Tianxia County; with such a commotion, can you run away?"

"This King has an army of one million, and five thousand Rank 4 generals!"

"With reinforcements from six counties coming, where can you run?"

"This King advises you to obediently withdraw the array and join this King in the uprising, otherwise when the army arrives, you will die without a burial place!"

The Prince of Tianxia not only didn't surrender but instead threatened Zhao Xing.

"Hmph, unrepentant, then let's see whether your reinforcements arrive first, or you are refined first!"

Zhao Xing divided his clones to operate the warships personally.

The Primordial Warship can only unleash one type of attribute array at a time.

Specifically choosing South Bright Lihuo was because this was an altitude of thirty thousand meters.

The gale is violent, the wind helps the fire, and it can maximize the power of the 'Lihuo Cage'.

This is the peak craftsmanship of the Great Zhou mechanism masters. If it weren't for the Prince of Tianxia still having his brain and knowing to come out in a Rank 8 chariot, I'm afraid he would have been burned to ashes in less than half an hour.

However, at this moment, he was able to rely on his Rank 8 low-grade main battle chariot and fifteen Rank 7 mid-grade auxiliary chariots,

supporting himself in the world of fire.

"Brother Zhao, he really took the bait." Yao Yuanchun ran over, his face showing joy, unable to believe that the Prince of Tianxia really chased out like this.

"Of course he would take the bait. We are only Rank 4, he is a Rank 3, and he brought fifteen Rank 4s, and has a Rank 8 chariot; why wouldn't he chase?" Zhao Xing sneered, "If he didn't even have this bit of courage, how would he dare to rebel."

"Can he be killed?" Yao Yuanchun was not very proficient in arrays; he hadn't been a soldier and wasn't familiar with the use of military warships.

"Yes, but it takes time." Zhao Xing said, "He cannot get any supplies in the world of fire, and every moment, he is consuming his Qi."

"And our warships are enough to burn for a year."

This is the power of large military equipment.

As long as the Prince of Tianxia dares to come in, without anyone to support him, he will definitely die.

"Brother Yao, I need to operate the array; if a small number of enemies come, I will leave them to you." Zhao Xing said. "Tianxia County alone shouldn't have many powerful enemies left."

"No problem." Yao Yuanchun clenched his fists and said, "Leave it to me!"

"Wait, listen to me—."

The expression on Yao Yuanchun's face suddenly became extremely brilliant.

"Yes, I understand."

"Go!"

Zhao Xing was focused on the Prince of Tianxia in the world of fire.

Killing a Prince is a great opportunity to farm reputation; he must not let him run away.

In the flame cage, the Prince of Tianxia stood tall. He was confident that an army would definitely come to surround and kill Zhao Xing.

The facts were indeed as he expected.

Just an hour later, movement came from outside.

"!"

"Boom, boom, boom~"

"Who is it!"

"General!"

"Kill them!"

The sound of killing outside was earth-shattering, as if ten thousand people had appeared at an altitude of ten thousand meters.

"Hahaha, people are here!" The Prince of Tianxia couldn't help but laugh, "Two little thieves, why don't you let this King out quickly!"

"As long as you are willing to abolish your spells, this King can also spare your lives!"

"Dream on!" Zhao Xing's voice appeared in the world of fire, both shocked and angry: "Prince of Tianxia, you truly deserve to die, actually inciting so many people to rebel!"

"Hmph, those who know the times are heroes. Kid, I see your talent and courage are not bad; why not submit to this King and do great things together!"

"Boom, boom, boom~"

The violent sound drowned out the sound from the outside world.

The first day was spent in the sound of killing.

However, the flame cage remained unbreakable.

The second day, the momentum became even greater.

The flame cage also began to tremble, as if it might collapse at any time.

By the third day, the Prince of Tianxia tried to break through twice.

But he returned without success.

At this time, the sound outside gradually weakened.

On the third day at the Hour of the Rat, the Prince of Tianxia finally realized something was wrong.

How come it's been three days, and it's all thunder and no rain outside?

Two Rank 4s couldn't possibly block his hundreds of thousands of troops from rescuing him, could they?

"Damn it, I fell for this kid's trick!" The Prince of Tianxia was both shocked and angry.

Zhao Xing's move was completely boiling a frog in warm water.

By the time the Prince of Tianxia reacted, he had no other choice.

"Nine Dragon Chariot, explode for me!"

A flash of anger crossed the Prince of Tianxia's eyes, and the chariot under his feet slammed into a spot in the flame cage.

The nine coiled dragons shook and erupted with brilliant light.

Upon hitting the flame cage, it exploded fiercely.

"~"

The flame world was blown open with a huge gap.

The violent chariot fragments, carrying countless beams of light, drifted in all directions.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~" Eight Five-Element warships were also severely damaged by this collision.

"Go!"

The Prince of Tianxia immediately took his guards and escaped through the gap.

In the violent gale layer, bursts of dust erupted.

Xi, xi, xi, xi, xi, xi~

When the Prince of Tianxia came out, he faced one hundred Zhao Xings, who stretched out their fingers toward him.

Behind one of the Zhao Xings, there was also the phantom of an old man.

"Heavenly Thunder Finger!"

"What?!" The Prince of Tianxia had no time to dodge, because Zhao Xings were everywhere!

"Five Emperors Dragon Fist! Die for me!!" The Prince of Tianxia roared, punched toward Zhao Xing, and his whole person merged into the fist shadow. The fist shadow was like a dragon, rushing straight at Zhao Xing's main body.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle~"

Ninety-eight Heavenly Thunder Fingers, ninety-seven of which poked into the golden fist, leaving a small hole on it.

The last Heavenly Thunder Finger, however, appeared abruptly on the Prince of Tianxia's chest, directly hitting the Prince of Tianxia himself.

The other ninety-seven were top-tier Rank 3 Heavenly Thunder Fingers unleashed by Zhao Xing.

The last one, however, was unleashed by True Lord Tianyang.

"Pop~"

A circle of purple ripples rippled on the Prince of Tianxia's armor, and his Five Emperors Dragon Fist collapsed directly.

The second circle of ripples turned black, dispelling the Prince of Tianxia's protective Qi and turning into the power of the Heavenly Thunder Finger itself.

After two circles of ripples, the purple-black dual-colored ripples turned back strangely, condensing into a black vortex, rotating and piercing through the Prince of Tianxia's chest.

"!"

The Prince of Tianxia's armor was intact, but his body exploded directly.

Along with his fifteen guards behind him, they also shattered together.

"Whoo, woo~~"

In the gale layer, only seven chariots and a dozen sets of battle armor were left floating.

"So hard to kill." Zhao Xing looked at this scene and put away his clones. "I've already worn him down for three days and three nights, and after coming out, he still had such great power in his final struggle."

"Grand-disciple, he is a Prince of the Great Zhou after all; it's normal for him to have this kind of strength."

"The Prince of Tianxia is skilled in battle formations, and the fifteen guards behind him never leave his side. If you hadn't tricked him into being worn down in the world of fire for three days and three nights, his combat power could have been even stronger."

Zhao Xing nodded; there was still a gap between him and a Prince.

Although there were many Ten Thousand Laws Clones, the spells were only at the top-tier Rank 1 level, and the main body was only Rank 3.

Rank 1 to Rank 3 are just the entry level for top-tier spells.

And the Prince of Tianxia was definitely a master of top-tier martial arts.

His treasure equipment was also not bad; as a Prince, it was normal to have this foundation.

"Overall, I was able to kill the Prince of Tianxia because I occupied the right time, place, and people; it's not that I can kill a Prince." Zhao Xing summarized.

But Yao Yuanchun on the side didn't think so at all.

Seeing Zhao Xing kill the Prince of Tianxia with one move, his eyes popped out.

If he was just curious about Zhao Xing before, thinking his talent was strong enough, now, Yao Yuanchun was a bit afraid.

"Luring the Prince of Tianxia into the array, and having me make a commotion outside, he calculated that the Prince of Tianxia wouldn't be willing to explode his Rank 8 chariot to fight for his life at the beginning, so he gave the other party hope, wore the Prince of Tianxia down for three days and three nights, causing his Qi to be excessively consumed."

"Finally breaking out of the array, he was already prepared, and killed him with one strike—."

Yao Yuanchun couldn't help but shiver. "A monster, simply a monster, actually playing a Prince in the palm of his hand."

"Brother Yao, you've worked hard." Zhao Xing walked over.

"Not at all, this subordinate hasn't done anything." Yao Yuanchun couldn't help but straighten his body, subconsciously calling himself a subordinate, treating Zhao Xing as his superior.

Actually, Yao Yuanchun missed one point.

That was that the South Bright Lihuo Array set up by Zhao Xing couldn't possibly completely trap the Prince of Tianxia. Asking the Prince of Tianxia whether he recognized this array earlier was completely a tactical deception.

Making the Prince of Tianxia assume that he couldn't break the array on his own and could only explode his Rank 8 chariot to escape.

If he had been attacking the array all along, three days and three nights would have been enough for him to find a flaw and escape.

After all, there were no powerful mechanism masters here at all. Zhao Xing operating the mechanism array? Lord Zhao was just a half-baked amateur.

Unfortunately, the Prince of Tianxia happened to come from the army and knew the power of this Lihuo Array very well. In the three days, he hadn't even tried a few times.

"Yao Yuanchun, Li Gan, Zou Yong, Ouyang Zhen, you take three ships down to pacify Tianxia County." Zhao Xing issued orders. "Identify those who were coerced; if there is resistance, kill without mercy."

"Yes!"

After doing all this, Zhao Xing took out the Earth Mirror and sent a message to King Luo, also updating the intelligence of Tianhe Prefecture so that he wouldn't send anyone else over.

Dayuan Prefecture, at a high altitude.

King Luo, King Xin, and King Anning were discussing in a war fortress.

Suddenly, King Luo took out the Earth Mirror, seemingly communicating with someone.

King Xin and King Anning didn't pay attention to this.

But immediately after, the two of them saw that King Luo's expression wasn't quite right.

"It's me—yes, the Prince of Tianxia has already rebelled. He is skilled in battle formations and possesses high-rank treasures. You must not act rashly—what, you already killed him?"

Prince Xin and Prince Anning did not pay much attention to this.

But immediately after, the two of them saw that King Luo's expression was not quite right.

"It is me—no, King Tianxia has already rebelled. He is skilled in battle formations and possesses high-tier treasures. You must not act rashly—what, you have already killed him?"