Chapter 206: The White Tiger Divine General

The Righteous Army cheered as they raised their weapons; seeing Chen Mo easily suppress the Taihao Dragon Venerable, Zhang Xianzhong could not help but heave a sigh of relief.

On the walls of Sanqu Prefecture City, the soldiers, who had felt slightly at ease due to the appearance of the Taihao Dragon Venerable, were now in a state of total collapse.

Many soldiers fled for their lives, crowding and pushing as they ran toward the base of the city wall.

The Righteous Army had not yet begun their siege, but the city had already fallen.

Zhang Xianzhong waved his hand to issue an order, and the stronger members of the Righteous Army pushed forward a siege hammer.

They charged repeatedly toward the distant city gate; the city had fallen, but the gate remained tightly shut.

"Bang!" The siege hammer slammed violently into the city gate; the already rotten and dilapidated gate was knocked down in an instant, falling straight backward.

However, there were still many bricks and stones piled up behind the gate, so the siege hammer had to retreat and strike the gate repeatedly before a path could be cleared.

"My lord, you... you..." the Qingshan Demon Lord's voice trembled, and his face, as large as several houses, could not stop revealing a look of terror.

He truly had not expected that Chen Mo would actually dare to take action against the Taihao Dragon Venerable.

This deity had existed since before the founding of the Great Zhou, and its strength was unfathomable.

Even if Chen Mo had a deity standing behind him, taking direct action against the Taihao Dragon Venerable was simply too radical.

Due to the terror in his heart, the Qingshan Demon Lord's body could not help but curl into a ball.

He felt as if he could see the Taihao Dragon Venerable flying into a rage and sending his subordinate Divine Generals to easily behead him.

His own body might even be taken away to build a Godly Palace for the Taihao Dragon Venerable.

He truly could not understand: did Chen Mo not know how powerful the Taihao Dragon Venerable was? Why would he dare to take action against him!

Once such a powerful deity became enraged, the fury would be something he could not withstand!

At this moment, he felt endless regret in his heart; had he known it would come to this, he should have stayed honestly in the mountains and not come out to meddle in these affairs.

As a result, not only was he now enslaved by another, but even being enslaved had not secured his survival.

"No need to worry; if one does not display strength, how can one be offered amnesty?" Chen Mo replied with a calm tone and a laugh.

To kill and set fires in order to receive amnesty—to receive amnesty and obtain high office and rich salary, one must display sufficiently strong power.

"You don't know, that Taihao Dragon Venerable is an ancient god, and his strength is unfathomable. Under his command are the Four Great Divine Generals, who control the four poles of heaven and earth.

Each Divine General, in terms of strength alone, can be called a first-class deity in this world.

You suppressed the Divine Nature of the Taihao Dragon Venerable; this is no different from provoking him. He will not take action personally, but he will certainly send his Divine Generals to behead us!

Those Four Great Divine Generals all have the ability to search the heavens and scour the earth; even if we try to flee, there is nowhere to go. We can only wait for death!"

The Qingshan Demon Lord's tone was desperate; he knew clearly that he was now trapped in a quagmire, with nowhere to run.

His life and death were both in the hands of the Subduing Demon Venerable God, and now that the Subduing Demon Venerable God had offended the Taihao Dragon Venerable, he would inevitably be unable to escape death.

Furthermore, just a moment ago, the Taihao Dragon Venerable had seen his existence.

Given his status and position, even if he wanted to flee to another demon god for protection now, he would have no chance.

"It is fine, the Venerable God has his own ways," Chen Mo's expression remained very indifferent.

He was not in the slightest bit worried about the strength of the Taihao Dragon Venerable; the laws of this world were incomplete, and restricted by the power of these laws, no matter how powerful a Martial Artist or deity was, there was an upper limit to the Heaven and Earth Power they could mobilize.

This upper limit could not be broken unless a stronger being from the outside came to complete the laws of this world.

Even if the Taihao Dragon Venerable possessed many believers and had already ignited his Godhood, the power he could mobilize would not exceed the Heavenly Human Realm.

Relying on the strength he had currently recovered, it was enough to solve this problem.

Next, he did not need to do anything else; he would wait for the Imperial Court to send people to suppress them, and then, after resolving those who came to suppress him, he could wait for the Imperial Court to offer amnesty.

The reason was simple: because by then, the price the Imperial Court would have to pay to suppress him would be much greater than the price of offering him amnesty.

"Truly?" the Qingshan Demon Lord asked skeptically, his face full of disbelief.

But at this moment, he did not have much room for choice; he could only pray in his heart that the Subduing Demon Venerable God truly had a trump card.

Otherwise, he would be left with only a dead end.

Zhang Xianzhong had already led the many Righteous Army troops into the city and began to constantly search for noble families and clans to plunder.

The exploitation and oppression of the common people by noble families and clans was not individual against individual, but class against class.

To solve this problem for the long term was almost impossible.

However, as long as all the existing noble families and clans were killed off, then this problem could be temporarily solved.

As for the fact that killing these noble families and clans off would inevitably trigger other chaos, that was not a problem.

Because even if the situation were worse, it would still be better than these noble families and clans being alive.

A portion of the Righteous Army in the city killed their way into the noble families and clans, while a small portion remained to maintain order within the city.

The wealth accumulated by the noble families and clans was simply too vast; there was much grain in the granaries that had even been left to go moldy.

This grain could no longer be eaten and could only be sent to the fields as fertilizer.

As this place was completely occupied by the Righteous Army, Chen Mo could feel his Faith Power increasing further.

It was not just in the Prefecture City; Fu Qiuyu had led many people some time ago and had taken down various county cities within the prefecture.

They had purged the noble families and clans in each county city, distributed grain, land, gold, and silver to the common people, and simultaneously spread the faith of the Subduing Demon Venerable God.

This effect was indeed quite good, and the Divine Power and number of believers Chen Mo could mobilize were also constantly rising.

And looking at the situation, he would soon be able to break through the upper limit of the Second-tier Ding Shen Treasure Furnace.

When that time came, he would have to find a way to acquire more Good Merit to exchange for a third-tier or even a fourth-tier Ding Shen Treasure Furnace.

Fortunately, this matter was not considered difficult; other things might be hard to find in this world, but there were plenty of demons and monsters.

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And at this moment, tens of thousands of miles away at the Imperial Ancestral Temple in the Capital City of the Great Zhou.

Above the Imperial Ancestral Temple, a Godly Palace was suspended; this Godly Palace was extremely vast, covering more than several hundred miles.

Below the Godly Palace, countless commoners came and went to worship the Godly Palace.

The interior of the Godly Palace was decorated with gold and jade; the Taihao Dragon Venerable's figure was tall, measuring nine zhang, nine chi, nine cun, and nine fen.

His face was full of anger; he never imagined that someone would actually dare to suppress him.

Since the founding of the Great Zhou, no one had ever dared to do such a thing.

Although the power he projected there was not much, once suppressed, it meant completely offending him, and even completely offending the entire Great Zhou.

If the previous rebellions were just minor disturbances, then this time, a real disaster had occurred.

This was no longer an ordinary rebel; a heavy blow must be dealt!

If it were not resolved with thunderous speed, then I fear everyone in the world would follow suit.

But Taihao Dragon Venerable also had his reservations; although leading an army in rebellion was already a capital offense.

Yet, since the opponent possessed such strength, they could not be a madman or a fool; if they dared to do this, they must have confidence.

Taihao Dragon Venerable pondered for a moment and waved his hand to issue a Divine Order.

Before long, a divine general with a tall figure and carrying boundless killing intent walked into the palace.

"White Tiger," Taihao Dragon Venerable said slowly.

Under his command were the Four Great Divine Generals, each representing the four poles of heaven and earth.

And the White Tiger Divine General was the one with the heaviest killing intent among the Four Great Divine Generals, and his combat power was also the strongest.

"Sanqu Prefecture City has fallen; rebels have attacked the city, and the Divine Idol I stationed there has also been destroyed by the thieves," Taihao Dragon Venerable said slowly, narrating the events.

Upon hearing this, the White Tiger Divine General felt quite astonished; he also did not expect that there were really rebels who dared to assault a city.

"You are to lead three hundred Tiger Guards, rush to Sanqu Prefecture City, and bring back the heads of the thieves," Taihao Dragon Venerable commanded.

The White Tiger Divine General's strength was not bad; although not equal to his own, it was not far off.

If that thief could not even be dealt with by the White Tiger Divine General, then even if he went himself, he feared he would be unable to do anything to the opponent.

At that time, he would only have to consider using other means to recruit those rebels, or directly enfeoff the rebel with Yezhou, where Sanqu Jun was located.

Because if that rebel truly had such strength, it was already unrealistic to want to exterminate them.

As long as the opponent was not truly determined to rebel, then Taihao Dragon Venerable could discuss any terms with them.

"This subordinate understands," the White Tiger Divine General bowed to accept the order and left to assemble the troops.

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Zhang Xianzhong led the Righteous Army into the city, and after looting and killing, he opened the granaries to distribute grain, dividing the grain and land among the poor commoners inside and outside the city.

As for items like gold, silver, and silk, they were distributed to the many members of the Righteous Army.

Chen Mo also arranged for Zhang Xianzhong to pacify the commoners and spread the faith of the Subduing Demon Great Sage.

During these past few days, the Qingshan Demon Lord had been following Chen Mo step by step.

He was truly worried that Taihao Dragon Venerable would send a powerhouse to kill him directly; staying by Chen Mo's side gave him some sense of security.

He was not Zhang Xianzhong and lacked the courage to face death calmly; he still wanted to live for a while longer.

Bai Yuxia was not here; Chen Mo had sent her to gather information on demons.

A Third-tier Ding Shen Treasure Furnace required a full 500,000 Good Merit and could accommodate two million living people, with enough faith to allow a god to ignite their Godhood.

Sanqu Jun, along with the several county cities within the commandery, had a total population of six or seven hundred thousand.

A Second-tier Ding Shen Treasure Furnace was already far from sufficient; he had to exchange for a third-tier treasure furnace as soon as possible.

Chen Mo only had a few tens of thousands of Good Merit on hand; to accumulate more, he had to kill demons.

Bai Yuxia was deep in the endless mountains, helping him find the traces of demons.

Chen Mo only needed to follow her guidance and take the time to go and clear them out.

Thus, in less than a day, Chen Mo successfully accumulated 500,000 Good Merit and exchanged for the Third-tier Ding Shen Treasure Furnace.

The Third-tier Ding Shen Treasure Furnace could not only intercept and gather faith but also use the Faith Power to condense a Divine Idol.

Such a Divine Idol also retained a wisp of Divine Nature, through which Chen Mo could monitor the outside world at any time and perform the God Descending technique.

Not only that, the Third-tier Ding Shen Treasure Furnace also possessed a wisp of faint spirituality.

Once refined and mastered, this spirituality would occasionally respond to believers, thereby further strengthening the faith in the god.

Apart from going out to kill demons, Chen Mo spent the rest of his time in the prefecture city, waiting for the powerhouses sent by the Imperial Court.

Just as he expected, after only three or five days, bursts of chilling, murderous aura appeared in the north of the prefecture city.

Chen Mo looked up and saw auspicious clouds gathering in the sky; on the clouds were hundreds of armored soldiers, clad in sturdy armor and wielding sharp weapons, each with sharp eyes and bursts of Blood Qi rising from their bodies.

Among these three hundred armored soldiers, the lowest in cultivation were at the Blood Exchange completion stage, and there were many Servant God Warriors.

At the very front of the armored soldiers stood a tall divine general, three or four zhang tall, covered in heavy silver-white armor, with streaks of divine light swirling and gathering around him.

The chilling, murderous aura almost suppressed the entire world; many people were directly intimidated just by feeling this momentum and dared not harbor the slightest intention of resistance.

This divine general's strength was indeed not weak; based solely on the Divine Power he mastered, he was more formidable than many gods.

Judging from the patterns on his armor, he should be the White Tiger Divine General among the Four Pole Divine Generals.

As the bursts of killing intent pressed in, Chen Mo decisively took action, and a phantom of a Divine Idol appeared above Sanqu Prefecture City.

"Rebels in the city, if you surrender now, you may still have a chance to survive! If you do not surrender, do not blame me for disregarding the bonds of our kin!"

The White Tiger Divine General challenged them, his voice spreading far and wide.

But it was not ear-piercing; rather, it was very deep and powerful, accurately and clearly reaching everyone's ears.

He did not rush to act because he was also unsure what trump cards the powerhouse who dared to suppress Taihao Dragon Venerable held.

As for the Qingshan Demon Lord, he had been staring at Chen Mo from the very first moment he discovered the White Tiger Divine General.

"My Lord, what should we do now!" He was very flustered; it was fortunate that Qingshan could not sweat, otherwise he would probably be drenched in sweat by now.

If his own life were not controlled by the Subduing Demon Venerable God, he could only pin his hopes on Chen Mo having a trump card.

The Qingshan Demon Lord would likely have knelt and surrendered by now to trade for a chance at survival.

Chen Mo stepped lightly, ascended into the air, and looked levelly at the White Tiger Divine General.

He was in no rush to strike, instead asking in a leisurely manner, "If we were to accept an amnesty now, what could the Imperial Court offer me?"

A beaming smile was on his face, Heaven and Earth Power gathered around his body, and streams of divine light flowed.

"You are not qualified to speak with me; have that deity behind you come out to answer!"

The White Tiger Divine General frowned, his expression one of great disdain.

From the very first moment he approached the city, he had naturally been able to see that there was a deity within the city, currently collecting faith.

Regarding this situation, he did not feel surprised.

After all, if there were no deity behind them, then no matter how strong a Martial Artist's cultivation was, they would surely not dare to suppress the Taihao Dragon Venerable.

It was just that in his perception, this person's power was not strong, because their believers were few.

Yet he still did not act rashly, instead intending to test how strong that deity's power was.

If their power was not strong, then he would directly annihilate them; if the power was strong enough, then he would consider peace talks.

Chen Mo nodded lightly upon hearing this, without a shred of anger.

The Subduing Demon Great Sage was himself, so it was naturally impossible to show his face.

Countless threads intertwined between Heaven and Earth, ten thousand marvelous techniques, all merging into one place.

Chen Mo did not strike; Bai Yuxia moved.

Although her strength was a notch weaker than Chen Mo's, she was still an existence of the Heavenly Human Realm.

Striking at this moment, the effect was naturally extraordinary.

Ten thousand sword auras fluttered between Heaven and Earth, as if composing a beautiful painting.

The long sword in Bai Yuxia's hand trembled slightly; this weapon of hers was condensed by Chen Mo using Divine Power.

Only such a weapon could withstand her power.

In an instant, the power of the entire Heaven and Earth was stirred up.

The White Tiger Divine General was astonished, not expecting there to be another expert.

But he was also a person who had long experienced the battlefield, immediately reacting and ordering the many armored soldiers to set up an array.

The Array was profound, all power merged into one, and the power the White Tiger Divine General could grasp rose to a higher level.

The sword technique Bai Yuxia displayed was also exquisite, and sword aura washed through Heaven and Earth.

If not for Chen Mo protecting the city and the surrounding farms, it was unknown how many people would have died by now.

The more the White Tiger Divine General fought, the more his heart faltered; he did not know Bai Yuxia's background, but no matter how he looked at it, this person was not the Subduing Demon Venerable God.

It was not that there were no experts between Heaven and Earth who could fight him, but he knew every one of them, even if he was not familiar with them.

Yet Bai Yuxia seemed to have suddenly drilled out from another world; he had never heard of her before.

"Kill!" The many armored soldiers suddenly shouted in unison, and boundless killing intent merged together.

"Awoo!" The White Tiger Divine General roared, and a phantom of a white tiger condensed from his body.

The White Tiger is the Saint Beast of the Western Pole, holding Geng Metal Qi, possessing boundless killing intent.

Geng Metal Qi condensed between Heaven and Earth, and countless killing intent powers merged into one, making one's scalp tingle.

Bai Yuxia had no intention of taking this blow head-on, immediately flashing to hide behind Chen Mo.

She could indeed take this blow, but there was no need, because she might get injured that way.

Seeing this, the White Tiger Divine General did not dare to be the least bit careless.

This blow mobilized boundless killing aura, along with his own demon bloodline, and all the God Position Divine Authority he could grasp.

The Taihao Dragon Venerable was extremely powerful, and even as his Subordinate God, the White Tiger Divine General could grasp a portion of the God Position Divine Authority.

This was the strongest blow he could unleash, and Bai Yuxia seeing this situation and hiding behind Chen Mo.

Proved that this person's strength was stronger than hers, and much stronger at that.

If that was the case, how strong must the deity behind them be—could they not be even stronger than the Dragon Venerable!

The White Tiger Divine General had ten thousand thoughts flowing through his mind for a moment; he was a martial general, but he was not a reckless man.

"Boom!" Boundless Divine Power intertwined, and Chen Mo suddenly struck out with a punch.

His own power was mobilized, meeting the ten thousand weapons manifested in the air.

The two forces collided, and boundless shockwaves erupted from between Heaven and Earth.

Seeing this situation, the White Tiger Divine General did not have the slightest hesitation, turning and fleeing.

He did not even care about the three hundred Huben who had come with him.

Because he knew, Chen Mo was too strong!

He felt that this blow from Chen Mo was much stronger than his own; not only that, the opponent even had spare power to protect the city and the surrounding commoners.

The key point was, if this person's strength was already this strong, then what of the deity behind him!

Fleeing quickly, perhaps he could still win a glimmer of survival for himself!

Boundless Heaven and Earth Power surged; having lost the one leading the array, the three hundred armored soldiers turned into flesh and blood fragments in an instant.

The White Tiger Divine General did not dare to be the least bit careless, having long since stimulated all his power, his body turning into a stream of light to flee.

He even kept a sliver of his mind split off to observe behind him, to see if there were any signs of Chen Mo chasing.

Seeing he had not come, he finally let out a sigh of relief.

Chen Mo looked at the White Tiger Divine General fleeing in a sorry state, unable to help but reveal a smile.

He naturally would not continue to hunt him down; letting him live to return had more value than him being dead.

In this way, the Great Zhou Imperial Court would know exactly what his strength was, and they would not attempt to encircle and suppress him again.

Thinking that in three to five days at most, someone would come to negotiate peace with him, and he could use this opportunity to enter Jing Du and grasp the Jade Seal.

And at this moment, inside the prefecture city, it appeared incomparably silent.

The Qingshan Divine Lord's expression was astonished, even somewhat foolish; he looked at Chen Mo, and then looked toward the distant horizon.

His mind couldn't react for a moment; Chen Mo actually possessed such formidable strength that with just a single strike, he had sent the White Tiger Divine General fleeing.

One must know that he was one of the rare powerhouses between heaven and earth; though not at the absolute peak, he was definitely a top-tier existence.

Yet such a powerhouse couldn't even withstand a single strike from Chen Mo, so just how strong must his power be!

Demon Lord Qingshan could not imagine it; this truly broke the limits of his imagination.

At this moment, he felt a bit of relief in his heart, as he had previously thought he could withstand a strike from Chen Mo.

Looking at it now, it must be that he had held back, otherwise he would not have survived until now.

After all, he did not know that Chen Mo's strength had climbed in an extremely short period of time.

Originally, he thought the trump card Chen Mo possessed would at least be inviting the Great Sage Fuyao to step forward.

Yet he never expected that he would solve all problems with his own strength alone.

However, thinking of this, Demon Lord Qingshan felt secretly happy in his heart again.

He had originally thought that the Divine Nature he fused with came from an extremely weak deity.

Yet looking at it now, this deity was extremely powerful, absolutely not inferior to the Dragon Lord Taihao.

This could truly be called an unexpected joy.

It was just that he was currently not being heavily used under this deity.

But since the deity was powerful, he at least still had the opportunity to continue improving himself.

For a loser like him, this could be considered quite good.

Demon Lord Qingshan was secretly delighted, while many in the Righteous Army only just reacted at this moment.

"Ten thousand victories!" they shouted with thunderous voices, appearing incomparably excited that Chen Mo had defeated the three hundred Huben of the Imperial Court.

Many soldiers even bowed toward the Divine Idols of the Great Sage Fuyao throughout the city, thanking the Great Sage Fuyao for protecting them and defeating the heavenly army of the Imperial Court.

Zhang Xianzhong's expression was also incomparably stunned; he knew Chen Mo was strong, but he never expected him to be this strong.

But with such a powerhouse, and a deity even stronger than him, rebelling...

Looking at it this way, even if they couldn't completely topple the Great Zhou Dynasty, they were definitely capable of carving out territory to declare themselves kings and rule over a corner.

This was a good thing; at least from their contact during this period, if Chen Mo became emperor, he would be a good emperor.

Zhang Xianzhong believed that if he were under his rule, he probably wouldn't rebel.

"Continue with your work; you go repair the official roads outside the city and clear the river channels."

Chen Mo spoke in a deep voice to give the order.

Demon Lord Qingshan had a massive physique and could control the earth's energy; having him do these two things was for the best.

Having received the order, the crowd hurriedly went off to get busy.

Chen Mo waited in the city for several more days, and the Imperial Court finally sent people to negotiate peace with him.

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