Chapter 476

Soon,

the news of the Liyang army being slaughtered and Xie Guanying dying in battle spread back to Liyang.

At the same time, in the Liyang Imperial Palace, in the main hall.

The Liyang Emperor, after hearing this news, staggered and nearly fell from the throne.

"How is this possible!"

"He is just a fortune teller! How could he hold off my Liyang army of one hundred thousand!"

"I don't believe it! I refuse to believe it!"

Seeing the emperor's nearly insane appearance, the ministers on the side were also trembling, not daring to say another word.

After all, at this point, saying anything was useless.

The cruel reality was right before them; any words were pale and powerless.

It was just that the ministers did not expect that this trip to Snow Moon City would result in such heavy losses.

An army of one hundred thousand, a full one hundred thousand troops, were actually completely wiped out!

Except for a portion of young soldiers not over sixteen years old who returned, the rest of the army was buried in the sea of fire.

And those young soldiers who returned also became insane due to the heavy mental trauma.

Such a shameful battle record had not happened in Liyang for many years!

After all, even when facing a dynasty like the Beili Dynasty, with both sides letting go and killing to their hearts' content, after one battle, Liyang would not suffer such heavy losses.

Generally speaking, if an army of one hundred thousand could lose thirty or forty percent, that would already be the limit!

But this time, the entire army was wiped out; not only was the army gone, but even Xie Guanying had fallen!

One must know, this Xie Guanying was not an ordinary person.

As one of the people with the strongest strategies in the Liyang Dynasty, he was also a top-tier expert in the Land Deity realm.

And all along, because of top experts like Xie Guanying, the Liyang Dynasty had occupied an advantage in competition with other dynasties.

This expert, who had the most research on the world's Qi, was enough to be worth one hundred thousand troops alone!

But everyone still did not expect that even such a top expert would fall in this battle!

At this moment, taking advantage of the old emperor's near-death state, the ministers below also sighed one after another.

"Sigh! I said at the beginning to be cautious; after all, the way of using troops lies in the word 'caution'!"

"Yes! At that time, I also petitioned the Emperor several times, but it was useless; the Emperor didn't know what had bewitched his mind at the time, and was determined to attack Snow Moon City!"

"Sigh! This battle cost my Liyang one hundred thousand elites; I don't know how many years it will take to make up for it!"

"It's more than just one hundred thousand elites; even Xie Guanying is dead."

"From now on, my Liyang Dynasty has naturally lost another Land Deity; I don't know how the people of the world will view us, and whether other dynasties will still respect Liyang as supreme?"

"Sigh! It was truly one wrong step after another; what should we do now? Continue to press with a large army and continue to seek revenge?"

"Minister Liu! You are joking; haven't you heard? That Mr. Su of Snow Moon City uses sorcery; with just a casual move, he summoned a sea of fire. Let alone one hundred thousand troops, even if one million troops went, there would be no result!"

"Monster! Truly a monster! My Liyang Dynasty cannot afford to offend such a person..."

The ministers discussed one after another, unable to reach a consensus.

Finally,

the old emperor waved his hand and said with a dim expression:

"Everyone, you are all ministers of my Liyang; tell me, what should be done next?"

"Should we fight, or should we surrender?"

And at the same time.

Within the Beili court,

Emperor Mingde, after learning of the battle situation, was not feeling well at all.

Originally, he had counted on the Liyang army pressing the border, and Snow Moon City being unable to withstand the pressure and asking him for help.

At that time, he would make a move, negotiate a price with the Liyang side, and not only could he take Snow Moon City in one fell swoop, but he could also owe Liyang a favor.

But what he never expected was that the one hundred thousand-strong army sent by the Liyang Emperor would be completely wiped out in an instant.

Even within the entire army, not many people survived!

And such a thing clearly did not conform to common sense or reason.

Generally speaking, when two armies engage in battle, no matter how intense the situation is, once one side cannot persist, the formation will loosen, and loosening will lead to collapse.

At that time, there would be no need for generals to command; those soldiers, in panic, would find their own way to escape, and there would be no need for generals or himself, the emperor, to worry.

And since ancient times, looking at the history of all battles between two armies, a casualty rate of thirty percent would already be considered extremely high.

In the vast majority of cases, the casualty rate is around ten or twenty percent.

But this time it was completely different; the Liyang army was grand and surging, showing an unrivaled posture.

By the time they reached Snow Moon City, the casualty rate of this battle had reached an astonishing one hundred percent!

Except for a very few lucky ones who could escape from that sea of fire, not a single other person survived.

Thinking of this, Emperor Mingde only felt his mind go blank, and a chill from the soles of his feet rushed straight to his brain.

He no longer knew how to understand what had happened before him.

He instinctively did not believe it, yet he dared not not believe it!

Thinking of this, Emperor Mingde sighed and asked Qi Tianchen before him:

"State Preceptor, what do you say is going on?"

"Is there truly such a thing in this world as one person's strength being able to slaughter an entire army?"

"Speaking of which, this is too inconceivable!"

After hearing the Emperor's words, Qi Tianchen swept his horsetail whisk, sighed slightly, and then said:

"Your Majesty, if it were done by someone in the martial world, slaughtering this army of one hundred thousand would be impossible!"

"But if we speak of it, if the one who made the move were an immortal from heaven, this army of one hundred thousand would not be worth fearing at all!"

After hearing Qi Tianchen's words, Emperor Mingde could not help but ask suspiciously:

"But State Preceptor, didn't you go to Snow Moon City and see that Mr. Su with your own eyes?"

"Only a short time has passed, and that person is already this powerful?"

Speaking of this, Qi Tianchen could not help but frown, unable to figure it out.

After a while, he sighed slightly and said to the Emperor before him:

"Your Majesty, when this poor Daoist was still in Snow Moon City, that Mr. Su was at most in the Land Deity realm,"

"but now, being able to summon a sea of fire with one hand and slaughter an army of one hundred thousand—this is no longer something an ordinary Divine Realm expert can do..."

"Such slaughter, even if Liyang's Wang Xianzhi made a move, would be absolutely impossible!"

Emperor Mingde was shocked again upon hearing this.

"Then do you mean that this Mr. Su's Wu Gong is the best in the world?"

Qi Tianchen, after hearing this, sighed and nodded slightly:

"I fear so!"

"What..."

Emperor Mingde sat blankly on the dragon throne, looking dim.

"How could it be?"

And at the same time.

Inside Snow Moon City, it was naturally bustling and lively.