Chapter 663: Seize Great Martial

Lin Luochen was completely dazed; actually, from the very beginning, Qi Xiong and the others never thought of fighting head‑on with the Great Abyss's hundreds of thousands of troops.

Such a thankless, arduous task—how could the Dao Yi Sect possibly do it, given its nature?

Rather than dead‑locking here with the Great Abyss's hundreds of thousands of troops, it would be better to go around to the rear, stab its nest, and first capture your emperor.

Seeing Lin Luochen also looking dumbfounded, all the Great Martial commanders were at a loss for words.

No, you...... after hesitating for a while, the leading commander cautiously said.

"May I ask, Sect, have you considered how to withdraw?"

Never mind whether it could succeed; even if it did, once you've penetrated deep into the Great Abyss's heartland, have you thought about how to retreat safely?

But Qi Xiong's answer plunged everyone into deep self‑doubt.

"Withdraw from what? Why withdraw?"

Huh???

Upon hearing that, the Great Martial commanders were completely dumbfounded—"You damn well aren't even considering withdrawal?"

But Qi Xiong had no mind to explain further; taking advantage of the fact that the Great Abyss's hundreds of thousands of troops hadn't arrived yet, they also needed to act quickly.

"All right, your only task is to hold the border city; nothing else to worry about."

"I.........."

He opened his mouth, but in the end the Great Martial commanders still chose to give up—absurd, truly absurd.

They didn't linger in the border city; half a Shíchén later, the Dao Yi Sect people left directly.

Because their numbers were already small, it was easy to stay hidden, and moreover, everyone who came this time were elite disciples of the Dao Yi Sect.

The lowest cultivation among them is currently Lin Luochen, but he has also attained the Great Completion of the Dharma Appearance realm.

Riding the spatial spirit vessel, watching the Dao Yi Sect people depart, the Great Martial commanders each wore complex expressions, and some couldn't help but speak up.

"Are they serious?"

"People have left—do you say they're serious?"

"But this is too childish, isn't it?"

Not knowing what those Great Martial commanders were thinking, on the spatial spirit vessel everyone was completely relaxed.

Shan Hu, this kid, was excited to the extreme—now there's a fight to be had.

Only Lin Luochen hesitated a bit before asking Xu Jie.

"Third Shī xiōng, are we really just going straight for their lair like this?"

"Any problem?"

"Then you're really not running?"

"Why run? When we have the emperor in our hands, the Great Abyss will be whatever we say."

Huh???

Hearing Xu Jie's answer, Lin Luochen went blank.

Upon reflection, it actually makes sense—capture the Great Abyss emperor, and the Great Abyss will be whatever they say.

He looked at Xu Jie with a complex gaze.

"So, the Sect Master and the others never intended to run from the start?"

"Yes."

Lin Luochen admitted that, having not returned to the sect for years, she now found it hard to keep up with the sect's mindset.

She just didn't know whether this was her own problem or the sect's as a whole.

Unbeknownst to them, the Dao Yi Sect had already marched toward the imperial capital, while the Great Abyss emperor was still fantasizing about what would happen after seizing Great Martial.

In his view, for this attack on Great Martial he had dispatched a full seven Cultivation: Great Saint, nearly twenty Saints, plus hundreds of thousands of troops.

Faced with such force, he simply couldn't imagine how Great Martial could possibly resist.

Of course, ministers had also warned him to beware of those who might suddenly intervene.

Regarding the Great Martial Four Great Families, the Great Abyss naturally knew a bit, aware that other forces had helped, which enabled the Lin army to wipe out the Four Great Families.

But the Great Abyss emperor didn't care at all about that.

In his view, no force had any reason to intervene in the struggle between the Great Abyss and Great Martial.

Moreover, even if that mysterious force really acted, didn't his Great Abyss Empire still have the Heavenly Feather Dynasty behind it?

Besides the Three Holy Lands, there aren't many forces in Zhongzhou's Human Race that can rival the Heavenly Feather Dynasty.

"If that mysterious force dares to intervene, we'll wipe it out as well."

Inside the Huánggōng, the Great Abyss emperor spoke with high spirits.

Having reigned for so many years, the Great Abyss emperor's lifelong dream has been to expand territory, and Great Martial is his primary target.

Now, the Great Martial emperor's overthrow of the Four Great Families has given him a once‑in‑a‑lifetime opportunity.

Otherwise, if the Four Great Families were still around, while it wouldn't be good for Great Martial, it wouldn't be good news for the Great Abyss either.

Being able to control Great Martial for so many years, the Four Great Families naturally also have some means.

But now, without the Four Great Families, Great Martial is at its weakest; to seize it is not a walk in the park.

Seeing the emperor so confident, the ministers below said no more.

They also felt this battle was a sure thing.

Several days later, the Great Abyss Empire's great army reached the border of the two nations, and the two sides quickly erupted into a fierce battle.

It is said the battle was extremely brutal, with many casualties on the Great Abyss Empire's side.

Great Martial, relying on its sturdy border city, did manage to block the Great Abyss Empire's first wave, but the cost was likewise not small.

Looking at the battle reports from the front, the Great Abyss emperor showed no change in expression—this was exactly what he had anticipated.

"As long as we capture this frontier fortress, Great Martial will have no more defenses to rely on; although the border city is sturdy, I want to see how long you can hold out."

The strength gap is right here; Great Wu can fend off one attack from Great Yuan, but can it fend off two, three, ten attacks?

Whether it's the Emperor of Great Yuan or the frontline commanders, they are all perfectly clear on one point.

No matter the cost, as long as they can gnaw down this border city of Great Wu, this war is already more than half won.

So, after suffering a setback in the first battle, the whole of Great Yuan didn't take it to heart, and from now on, Great Yuan's offensive will only grow fiercer, wave after wave.

Just as the whole of Great Yuan was focused on the battlefield situation, unbeknownst to them, an ordinary-looking spatial spirit vessel had silently penetrated deep into the interior of the Great Yuan Empire.

Everyone on board the spatial spirit vessel, without exception, wore the uniforms of Great Yuan soldiers.

With this disguise, moving around is indeed convenient; as for how the Dao Yi Sect folks got these, that's not a difficult question.

You can obtain them by simply finding any unit of Great Yuan soldiers.

Wearing obviously ill-fitting clothes, Lin Luochen had been left dumbfounded by the actions of all his senior brothers along the way.

I had thought this journey would be fraught with danger, but who would have thought it would go so smoothly?

Their third senior brother, with constant bluffing and deceit, actually managed to make all the Great Yuan officials along the way dizzy and confused.

Do you remember last night? They seemed to still be staying in the mansion of a Great Yuan prefect—this is just absurd.

We fucking are sneaking in to capture their emperor, yet you've been staying in government offices or wealthy mansions all along—aren't you the least bit afraid of exposing your identities?

What Lin Luochen can't understand is that the more they act like this, the less those officials suspect anything, and they fucking don't even bother to verify their identities.