Chapter 495: Chapter 496: Audacity of a Dog

“What’s the situation? Tell me the details,” Lin Qian said, hearing about his father’s trouble. Although he was desperate, he knew that panicking was of no use. After calming his emotions, he inquired to Zhuge Ming.

Since Zhuge Ming knew the reason for the blood glow on his body, he surely also knew what had happened to his father.

“Your Majesty, do you remember when someone used an Array to seek us out and we counteracted it?” Zhuge Ming began after Lin Qian’s inquiry.

Lin Qian recalled the event and nodded silently, suddenly realizing, “Could it be that during the counteraction, the blood connection linked me to my father?”

“Correct, Your Majesty. At that time, the Supreme Emperor was nearby, which is why a father-son connection was formed. The previous appearance of the blood glow indicates that the other party was facing a life-or-death crisis,” Zhuge Ming explained, then consoled Lin Qian, “The blood glow only dispersed, which means the crisis was barely averted. If it were to fade slowly, that would indeed be troubling.”

Lin Qian nodded privately, filled with worry, “It seems that my father’s situation probably isn’t very good.”

With this thought, Lin Qian’s expression hardened, and his focus returned to the war between nations.

The time had come to tighten the lines of battle, and he absolutely could not afford to relax, he needed to be fully alert.

Moreover, the national war could not afford any failures; it had to be resolved as quickly as possible, and after dealing with everything in the Ancient Forest World, he needed to hurry back to the surface world.

In the surface world’s Huaxia Empire, there were many things that he needed to take care of. Once everything was settled without further concern and his own Realm was consolidated, Lin Qian would make his way to the Central Domain.

After the incident with the Yun family, his parents’ situation was certainly not favorable, and he had to go to their aid himself.

Furthermore, it seemed that the “Body Refining” tome was within the Yun family, and only after obtaining Body Refining could the puppet body plan succeed, allowing the legion commanders and War Beasts leaders to assist him by manifesting through puppet bodies.

Even if the puppet bodies manifested with power limited by his own Realm, their inherently formidable presence meant that, despite the limitation on their Realm, their combat strength remained extraordinarily overwhelming.

“Which Soul Martial Artist in this world could withstand a blow from Brother Monkey?” The thought had Lin Qian looking forward with great anticipation to the day when the puppet body plan would succeed.

On the battlefield ahead, the crazed Black Corner Army, heedless of consequences, charged towards the Sky Soaring Battleship, their howls echoing while a scene of black smoke and blood mist mixed over their bodies.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The light-powered Soul Cannons mounted on the Sky Soaring Battleship fired in ordered sequence, maintaining a continuous onslaught, and the High-level troops of the Imperial Army also bravely charged into battle.

The presence of Martial Artists significantly boosted the Imperial Army’s combat strength. Under the lead of the ferocious, with boiling blood, they turned the frontlines into a bloody meat grinder.

Swinging his battle sword, the blood-red Sword Energy carved out trenches of flesh and blood in the ranks of the Black Corner Army, unstoppable.

“Ah!” Nearby, three High-level Awakened warriors from the Black Corner Clan concentrated their Soul Power and targeted the ferocious figure engaged in the intense fight, wearing sinister smiles on their faces.

They seemed to have already envisioned the sight of the ferocious figure being mortally wounded and dying under their sneak attack.

A piercing screech sounded as a huge arrow, condensed from Soul Power, suddenly broke through the air and stopped in an instant, blasting the heads of those three High-level Awakened warriors into fragments.

“Hmph!” Far away, Duan Chen looked at the three bodies falling from midair with a mocking smile on his face. He raised his huge bow again, searching for his next prey.

Elsewhere, Liu Chaocao, with his Martial Soul Skill firing five blasts per second, gathered a dense array of angry voices around him, all of them converging Soul Power to attack him.

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However, Liu Chaocao did not open his mouth, only lazily yawning and listlessly swinging his thin sword.

Situated at the very center, Liu Chaocao was like an invisible vortex, constantly pulling the enemy’s attacks around his body and then incredible as it might seem, they circled around and flew back to their origin.

The Black Corner Clan members surrounding him all died by their own moves, while Liu Chaocao astonishingly remained unharmed!

“Idiots!” Looking at the Black Corner Clan members constantly falling from the sky around him, Liu Chaocao mocked mercilessly.

Half a month into the battle, Yue Liqun had also joined the battle line formed by the warships, accompanied by the elders of the Rebel Palace.

The older generation of the Black Corner Clan from the Rebel Palace was shocked when they heard Yue Liqun’s notification. They never thought that the Black Corner Emperor might already be dead, now it’s a foreigner controlling his body.

They never imagined that Enlistment Wine would be the culprit causing the Black Corner Clan to fall into madness.

What truly astonished them was when they saw the Sky Soaring Battleship for the first time; they had never seen such a thing, it was beyond their imagination.

The Black Corner Army, whose strength increased tremendously after going mad, was like paper mache in front of the fully armed Imperial Army.

Orderly advance and retreat, overwhelming strength; compared to each other, they were completely in different leagues.

The Soul Beasts that could speak and wear armor, as well as the terrifyingly constructed Soul Cannon Towers, all of this completely overturned their previous conceptions.

Following the fleet, they saw firsthand what crushing dominance looked like, what all-around suppression was, what coordination meant.

The battle line that pushed forward in a straight line gradually shrunk. Warships in close proximity to each other offered mutual support and encirclement, and their movements became all the more unpredictable.

Their route was frequently readjusted without any sign of chaos; the entire battle seemed to be controlled by an invisible hand.

It was during one slightly sticky battle that the elders of the Black Corner Clan from the Rebel Palace felt someone watching them from above, and they couldn’t help but look up, witnessing an unforgettable scene.

A pair of eyes imbued with imperial authority gazed down, the golden pupils meticulously observing the battle situation. The generals and the Imperial Army did not even need to communicate to move with perfect synergy.

Looking at the golden eyes surveying from above, the group of Rebel Palace elders from the Black Corner Clan felt a chill in their hearts, and after the battle ended, they did not hesitate to take a blood oath, swearing to serve Lin Qian.

They saw the might of a powerful Empire and observed how the Huaxia Empire treated the innocent Black Corner Clan and the other Four Clans without any discrimination after the battle, making them surrender without any doubts.

What’s wrong with relying on a powerful yet not cruel Empire?

The Black Corner Country was already riddled with holes, fatally wounded.

A full year had passed, and the Huaxia Empire was known to everyone in the Ancient Forest World; the territories that had been captured had become staunch supporters of the Huaxia Empire.

People of five different races talked and cheered for the ongoing war every day.

At this moment, the Huaxia Empire had pushed the front line down to the Capital of Black Corner Country.

Lin Qian left the temporary Tactics Hall; there was no longer a need to continue the national war mode. He intended to personally visit the Capital to see for himself who it was that dared to plunder the Spiritual Energy of the Southern Domain’s Southern Nine Provinces with such audacity!

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