Chapter 454

Hmm.

A strange roar suddenly rang out across heaven and earth, cutting off Zhu Wushi's words.

"What thing is that?"

Zhu Wushi was filled with shock and uncertainty; he had never heard this sound before.

But from the way it shook heaven and earth, whatever had made this sound was clearly no ordinary person or creature.

"Well, yes! This Daoist came alone."

"But you know what? I also brought along a little pet."

Senior Xiaoyaozi smiled and opened his palm.

A small, delicate palace appeared upon it.

Then that palace caught the wind and unfurled, transforming directly above the Great Ming capital of Jingcheng into a Jin Bihuihuang great hall.

Above the main gate of the great hall were three characters that no one could read, yet everyone understood their meaning.

"War God Hall!"

"This is War God Hall? Wasn't it in the Great Sui before? How did it end up in Great Ming…"

"Are you stupid? Isn't there the rumor that the Five-Dragon Head Li Taibai overpowered everyone and entered War God Hall?"

"That's the Five-Dragon Head, not the Four-Dragon Head!"

"And besides, why can War God Hall grow bigger and smaller?"

"Is the Nine Provinces cultivating martial arts or immortal arts after all…"

Everyone, whether rebel soldiers or Great Ming Jingcheng defenders, was dumbfounded at this moment.

The discussions among them never ceased; they all felt they had truly lived long enough to see everything.

"A dead palace alone, and you think it can make This Emperor retreat…"

Zhu Wushi's face had already turned extremely ugly, yet he still said stubbornly.

But before he could finish his words, that heaven-shaking roar sounded once again.

"What is that…"

"Wow, it has scales and horns, why does this look so much like the one on the dragon robe…"

"A dragon?"

"Wow, I'm seeing a dragon, could this be a dream?"

From within War God Hall, a black dragon with a long, sinuous body and black scales all over shot forth!

For a moment, everyone near Great Ming Jingcheng, whether rebel soldiers, defenders, or even the common folk within the city, began discussing it one after another.

A dragon!

The most mysterious of creatures, never having shown itself in the mortal world.

Now such a dragon, though a black one, had appeared so abruptly.

Watching this black dragon above the void, baring its claws and brandishing its teeth, constantly roaring and bellowing.

Everyone was both shocked and amazed.

On the rebel side, many had already lost their will to fight.

Fighting against people, there was still a chance to win!

But fighting against a dragon, could one really win?

The entire rebel army's morale had already begun to scatter at this moment.

The military formation that had been rapidly taking shape suddenly stalled in its progress.

"Damnable… why is there a dragon, why is there a dragon…"

Zhu Wushi was truly dumbfounded.

He had anticipated possibly encountering Qinglong Society experts, possibly having Qinglong Society assassins rush out to disrupt his plans.

He had thought of all these, but felt that with three hundred thousand troops, he need not fear them.

But what was with this black dragon?

How the hell is this something a person can fight?

"Wang Yangming, sorry to trouble you, add a bit more fire!"

Senior Xiaoyaozi smiled; he could see that the black dragon's emergence had already cowed the rebel army.

But it was not enough, not enough to make the rebels surrender.

So he pointed at Wang Yangming's chest, then pointed at Jingcheng on the ground.

Wang Yangming immediately understood and said with a great laugh,

"To pacify the rebellion for Great Ming, Shouren would die content!"

Saying so, he directly raised another sword, and the power of the Mind-Study rose once again.

The next moment, the Great Ming dragon qi was guided by the power of the Mind-Study, rising up from the Great Ming dragon vein.

Under Wang Yangming's command, like ten thousand streams flowing back to the sea, it surged toward the black dragon roaring ceaselessly in the sky.

When the dragon qi first touched the black dragon, the black dragon was somewhat startled.

But once the dragon qi entered its body, it found the sensation extremely pleasant.

Without waiting for the dragon qi to rise, it swayed its body and lunged toward the dragon qi.

Countless streams of dragon qi gathered with the black dragon, and gradually, the black dragon's black scales actually turned golden.

Before long, a Jin Long soared between heaven and earth.

It let out an excited furious roar.

Everyone felt the ground shake as if the earth itself were about to split apart.

"This is the Great Ming's national true dragon—we can't fight any longer, or we'll become its meal…"

"Yes, yes, yes, we must not betray the Great Ming—I surrender!"

"What surrender? This is defection! I'm killing my own Commandant and defecting—who's with me?"

"Don't talk nonsense! Don't kill me! If you want to kill, come with me and kill the General—defect to the Great Ming and the Qinglong Society!"

"Yes! Kill the General! They're the ones who started this!"

"You You Dongying people, stop bragging nonsense!"

"I fucking…"

The Ten Generals stared at each other—within moments, their own troops were plotting to chop them up.

How could this be?

At once, the Ten Generals no longer dared continue the rebellion; they turned to the raging mutineers and said,

"Brothers, we were also deceived into coming here."

"The mastermind who deceived us is Zhu Wushi! Come with us and kill Zhu Wushi!"

"Kill Zhu Wushi!"

The three-hundred-thousand-strong army now spoke as one, shouting the slogan in unison.

"…"

Zhu Wushi was nearly in tears.

Didn't these three hundred thousand troops move a single blade so far?

Just seeing a dragon, and they all defected?

Do they have no spine at all?!

But now the tide had turned.

The Fist Dao God was dead, the three-hundred-thousand-strong army had defected, and across from them stood Senior Xiaoyaozi and the roaring Jin Long.

If this could still capture Jingcheng, only Longshouxi's Grand General Ximen Wudi could manage it.

"Time to scram…"

Zhu Wushi sighed, didn't even want to take his four personal guards or the Thirty-Six Tian Gang—he immediately tried to flee with his lightness technique.

"Hey, did I say you could leave?"

Senior Xiaoyaozi had somehow appeared beside Zhu Wushi.

"You're bold, daring to strike at the Qinglong Society."

"Then let you taste the Fist Dao God's fate."

Zhu Wushi's heart lurched in terror; he cried out desperately.