Chapter 396

To think… to think they would be defeated so quickly, so utterly!

Not even the slightest shred of strength to strike back!

Inside the great tent, the civil and military ministers of Northern Mang were also ashen-faced, silent as cicadas in winter, not daring to draw even a breath.

Their faces were filled with fear and unease.

They knew that, with the death in battle of Tuoba Pusa and the annihilation of five hundred thousand elite troops—

Their Northern Mang had utterly lost the ability to march south into the Central Plains and contend for hegemony over the world.

Even self-preservation had become a problem!

The only thing they could do now was to pray—to pray that that East Sea Jiao Lord, as terrifying as a demon god, after annihilating Northern Liang, might show mercy and spare their Northern Mang.

However, their prayers were doomed to fall on deaf ears.

Although Murong Yuyan was filled with despair in her heart, she was, after all, an empress of her generation; the pride and unyielding spirit in her bones allowed her to quickly and forcibly pull herself together from her grief!

She knew that that Dragon Monarch would not let the matter rest here!

Since he had already issued a declaration of war against Northern Liang, the next target must surely be her Northern Mang!

Rather than sit and wait for death, it was better… to fight to the death!

She suddenly rose from the throne, and within those phoenix eyes, the blazing war-intent and mad resolve once again blazed up like Xiong Xiong flames!

In an icy voice, she sternly shouted at the ministers below, who had long since been scared out of their wits:

"Bear my imperial decree!"

"From this moment forth, muster within the borders of my Northern Mang every troop that can be mobilized, as well as every Wu Lingaoshou!"

"Whether it be the reclusive True Person Yuan Qingshan of the Qilin, or those old monsters who long ago withdrew from worldly affairs!"

"Summon them all for me!"

"Tell them that now is the autumn of life-and-death survival for my Northern Mang!"

"If they do not come out now, then… let them wait to be settled one by one by that demon dragon!"

"I will fight that demon dragon to the death in the Imperial Capital!"

"My Northern Mang would rather die standing than live on its knees!"