Chapter 360: Hearts in Panic! Ready to Destroy Everything Together?

"Princess Luo Ying has become king—aren't we the royal army? Are we really going to fight against Princess Luo Ying's army?"

In the southern highlands, inside a tent, several warriors huddled together, whispering.

Yes, they were the royal army.

The royal army fights for the king!

After Princess Luo Ying declared herself king, a flood of news arrived.

This news spread so quickly precisely because of countless spies!

The royal army fights for the king—but now that Princess Luo Ying has declared herself king and issued an edict expelling the original gods of the Heling Empire, the warriors of the royal army were left utterly bewildered.

The Seven Sacred Spirits had not been idle.

They conveyed the god's decree: the god did not recognize Luo Ying as king, and ordered all warriors to fight to the utmost, defeat Luo Ying, and install a new monarch.

While the Seven Sacred Spirits delivered the god's decree, the original god of the Heling Empire also descended power, manifesting divine miracles!

Their actions did have some effect.

But the critical issue was that the original god of the Heling Empire had been defeated by the Lord of Flame!

And he was defeated before the eyes of a million people.

With this god's defeat, even Wang Cheng fell into enemy hands, and all two hundred thousand troops surrendered!

Though this was the Continent of Gods, where both gods had only descended partial power to fight, if even that diminished power could not overcome the opponent, how could they possibly win in the Heavenly Realm?

Mortal thinking was this simple.

Defeated means defeated!

A defeated god, even if manifesting divine miracles, had lost much of his credibility in the warriors' eyes.

What credibility could a general who lost his army possibly have?

Thus, on the southern highlands of the Houdun Kingdom, hearts were filled with dread.

Every day, large numbers of warriors slipped away under cover of night.

The Temple Knights had captured many, and executed them on the spot.

But the southern highlands were too vast—a million troops, their tents stretching endlessly for dozens of kilometers—and the Temple Knights simply could not catch them all.

So many warriors still slipped away each day.

Most of those who fled were warriors from noble private armies; the royal army was tightly guarded and had far fewer chances to escape.

"News has arrived: Luo Ying Queen's faction has secretly sent spies to deliver word—no matter when we lay down our arms, we will be spared. This message must be kept strictly secret."