Chapter 491: Shaken! They

"Slow down, don't rush."

On Gaoshan, flying ships descended one after another.

As magical creations, flying ships can hover and take off or land vertically, making them extremely convenient.

After days and nights of continuous battle, every wind elf was left with only enough strength to stand; once aboard the flying ships, they sat on the deck, pulled out food and water from their magic bags, drank, and slowly regained some vitality.

These thousands of wind elves, watching the great fire burn below the mountain, each felt a sense of survival after disaster!

"Queen Chenxi, thank you for your aid!"

On one flying ship, Lydia sincerely thanked Chenxi.

Chenxi clasped her fingers together, prayed, and a white flame appeared spontaneously in her hands; she handed the white flame to Lydia and said:

"Lydia, this is the flame bestowed by my god—swallow it, and your spiritual power will be restored!"

Lydia took the flame, and as it burned, its light gave her a deeply comforting sensation, as if her nearly exhausted spiritual power was being soothed!

She did not hesitate, and followed the instruction to swallow the flame.

The flame had no high temperature; as soon as it entered her mouth, it melted, and Lydia immediately felt her depleted spiritual power instantly replenished!

What an astonishing flame!

Lydia couldn't help asking: "Queen Chenxi, is this a gift from the Lord of Flame?"

Chenxi nodded and said: "Yes, Lydia. The Lord of Flame is my god. Sit down and rest now. We're heading to the Imperial City of Zijin Empire—how dare they intercept you? They owe us an explanation!"

Lydia had many questions, but even though she had swallowed the cold flame and her spiritual power was restored, her exhaustion remained unrelenting.

She suppressed her questions, sat on the deck, and soon leaned against another wind elf and fell asleep.

In fact, all several thousand wind elves had fallen asleep shortly after sitting down.

They were truly exhausted.

Fortunately, none among them were injured, let alone killed.

The eldest imperial prince's entire strategy from start to finish was to wear them down!

He used lives to drain their strength and magic, which meant they never faced ranged attacks; after days of fighting, they were merely utterly drained, with no other injuries.

A few days of rest will restore their condition!

On the other side, the eldest imperial prince's flying ship had already taken off.

A flying ship requires only one person to operate; inside, the operator was trembling as he struggled to fly the ship more steadily.

On that flying ship, besides him, only the eldest and fifth imperial princes remained.

Both were terrified, their bodies limp, lying on the deck and shaking uncontrollably.

Mengying hovered in the air and said to Chenxi: "Saintess Chenxi, follow behind this ship—we're heading to the Imperial City!"

"Mm!"

Chenxi nodded.

Thus, under the lead of the eldest imperial prince's flying ship, ten flying ships surged toward the Imperial City!

"Quick, send word back!"

Not everyone here had been killed; the eldest and fifth imperial princes' armies were destroyed, but in the forest, there were still other imperial princes—and even the Emperor's spies.

As the flying ships headed toward the Imperial City, magic messages flew everywhere across this region.

The Imperial City of Zijin Empire lay at the center of the entire empire.

As a small empire, Zijin's Imperial City was sizable, comparable in area to the City of Miracles, and housed far more people—over two million in total.

On the Continent of Gods, this was already a large city!

"Report, Your Majesty, urgent magical secret message!"

In the palace, a messenger specially assigned to magical secret messages rushed into the court hall.

On the throne sat an elderly man, his face pale and sickly, clad in imperial robes; below him stood numerous ministers.

"Bring it here!"

Said a eunuch beside the old man.

Eunuch—same as a castrated servant.

Eunuchs existed everywhere.

It was the imperial family's best way to reduce the risk of being betrayed!

Soon, a designated attendant took the magical message from the messenger and handed it to the eunuch, who softly read it aloud to the aged Emperor.

The Emperor's cloudy eyes suddenly widened!

Then, he rose straight from the dragon throne.

"Prepare the carriage—I'm visiting the State Tutor. Cha Li, send word to the Church: if you dare capture my son, even if you're a legend, I will not spare you!"

The Emperor's voice brimmed with fury.

He still did not know that the enemy was already advancing toward the Imperial City.

The spies at the battlefield had only seen the flying ships depart; since they were far from the Imperial City, they naturally did not know the ships were heading straight for it!

Thus, the Emperor of Zijin Empire was still plotting his revenge.

Though his days were numbered, as an empire's Emperor, before entering the grave, his ruthlessness and resolve remained terrifying.

After the Emperor left, more and more people received magical messages.

"What? My eldest brother and fifth brother's armies were wiped out by a legendary being, and even Lagun was killed? Hah! Heaven aids me!"

Someone laughed joyfully!

This person was clearly an imperial prince.

"Hahaha, good, good, excellent! Let them kill them all—that'd be perfect. A heavenly blessing!"

This was another imperial prince.

These Imperial Princes usually stay within the Imperial City, remotely controlling their territories through magical secret letters; like the First Imperial Prince and the Fifth Imperial Prince, they rush there by flying ship upon receiving magical secret letters.