Chapter 88: Chapter 88: The War that Destroyed the Nation【Fourth Update】_1
Inside the Dragon City, the atmosphere grew increasingly oppressive. Even the air felt heavy as if it had turned substantial. The upcoming battle made it seem like there was a lump lodged in everyone's throat.
"The Dawu army has arrived!"
A booming sound echoed, it was the sound of footfalls.
In the distance, on the wide plain horizon, a dense swarm of millions of soldiers were slowly advancing.
Ten million soldiers marching in synchronized steps caused the earth to reverberate as if a drum was being beaten. An unstoppable, terrifying intent to kill had spread throughout Dragon City.
Eight million ferocious beasts followed the troops, filled with killing intent.
The armies of the four nations of the Great Dive were watching the advancing army nervously at this moment, their hands clutching their weapons in sweat.
Throughout its five hundred years of existence, the power of the Great Dive had always grown steadily. It had never faced a siege before, once breached by Dawu, the final outcome would be the extinction of their nation and genocide.
"Prepare for combat."
The strongest warriors of the four nations gathered on the towering city wall. All kinds of war machines were about to be ignited. Seeing the Great Diving Army suddenly stop in the distance left them puzzled, wondering, "Why has the Dawu army stopped?"
"Dragon City, doomed nation."
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Chu Yuan watched the towering city, glowing with protective aura and teeming with soldiers on its walls, almost reaching the clouds. Suddenly, he ordered to halt the troops twenty miles from the city.
Lu Qianfu immediately prepared.
Given the strength of the Imperial City of the Great Dive, it was impossible for even the most skilled peepers to break in, let alone tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of people, if the city was not breached.
Two thousand divine machine cannons, like ferocious iron beasts, pointed their dark barrels at the Dragon City.
"It's Dawu's mighty cannon. It's these two thousand cannons that had leveled the stronghold and allowed them to march forward!"
With their god-given ability to see, they could faintly make out the scene twenty miles away. Upon seeing the divine machine cannon, a fear that originated from their bones began to rise.
"But every brick in Dragon City is engraved with magical formations, making it exceptionally sturdy, its defenses far beyond imagine. Even if their cannons fire non-stop day and night, they shouldn't dream of breaking the city walls of Dragon City!"
Faced with the oppression of Chu Yuan's army, what they thought of was not to go out of the city to fight, but to defend!
Even though the combined forces of the four nations were several times larger than the Dawu Army, the battle at the border greatly shattered their courage. Numerous semi-step peepers had died there.
Even if they had the absolute advantage in numbers, they still didn't dare to attack proactively.
However, they waited for a long time, and although Lu Qianfu had set up the canon, there was still no sound of attack.
"Duke of Loyalty and Courage, what day is it today?"
Chu Yuan stood with his hands behind his back, commanding on the top of a purple scaled thunder dragon. Around him, thunder and lightning raged.
"Respectfully informing your Majesty, today is the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month. The beginning of the new year is just a few days away." Lu Qianfu was unable to comprehend Chu Yuan's thoughts.
"There are a few days left until the first day of the first lunar month, the 31st year of the Dawu Dynasty."
Chu Yuan said: "Pass the order, the whole army should rest for these few days. The military affairs department must make sure that the army is well fed and clothed. By the New Year's Eve of the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, the whole army will attack. The 31st year of Dawu shall be the year of the demise of the four nations of the Great Dive!"
"Yes!"
Said Lu Qianfu.
At this moment, Chu Yuan's tens of millions of armies had surrounded the city, but they did not attack, and simply accumulated the troops here.
On the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, the army had been besieging the city for a full day, and the Great Dive still hadn't seen any signs of an attack.
Originally, they had been prepared for the battle when Dawu's army just started to besiege the city. But with Dawu like this, not only did it not relax them, but it made them even more nervous, their hearts were glued together, and they were indescribably miserable.
This kind of not attacking strategy was extremely oppressive, a form of unbearable torment!
Rumors arose.
News was spreading that Dawu was going to launch an attack on New Year's Eve, to really start the battle for the demise of Great Dive.
Everyone was unprepared for Dawu's audacity. For a while, the Dragon City was in turmoil. From the high-ranking officials to the common people, no one was not frightened. Everywhere was in chaos.
If it wasn't for Dragon City being tightly closed and sealed so thoroughly that not even a fly could escape, I'm afraid some people would not be able to bear this torment and would have fled the city.
"They actually plan to destroy our nation in one day on New Year's Eve. Damn it, what do they take us for, soft persimmons that they can twist and squeeze at will?"
The enemy's armies are at the gates. The four emperors, seated high above, are watching Dawu's movements with great attention.
When they saw that Chu Yuan had them surrounded but did not attack, planning to breach the city walls in one day on New Year's Eve, they became infuriated. They were beings who held themselves high above others, how could they tolerate such humiliation?
"To counter Dawu, I brought my strongest elite forces numbering two hundred thousand, in addition to five million warrior troops who have been through the grinds of war. We have sufficient supplies, so his dream of breaching the city and annihilating the nation in a day is just a madman's fantasy!"
The emperor of the Great Order roared in anger.
The troops he brought were all the strongest elites and seasoned warriors of the Great Order.
The emperors of the other three nations had the same approach, bringing their seasoned warriors and elite troops bred from the resources of the Imperial Dynasty.
"My Dragon City is well-fortified, and despite their giant cannons, even if the emperor of Dawu has powers on par with the realm of the gods, he won't be able to breach my city even if I gave him a month."
Though the emperor of the Great Submersion displayed anger, he spoke calmly: "With our combined resources, we can certainly outlast them. Let's exercise restraint for now and wait till they become dejected and weary. That will be the time for our four nations to strike and wipe them out!"
"Your Majesty, what are you waiting for? Dawu has already brought his troops to our doorstep. Are we simply going to stand by? You are the emperor of the Great Submersion, don't you have any aspirations? If I were you, I'd lead the troops out of the city and kill them!"
At this point, a woman suddenly barged in, her hair disheveled and a look of resentment on her face.
"Leave!" The emperor of the Great Submersion said coldly, "Can't you see I'm discussing state affairs with the other emperors?"
"If you won't lead the troops, I'll do it myself. Worst case scenario, I'll ask my father for troops!" The empress of the Great Submersion said resentfully.
"Humph!"
The emperor of the Great Submersion said angrily, "You know nothing, woman! If you mess up my plans, don't blame me for disregarding our decades of marriage. If it weren't for your father, you would have been stripped of your empress title long ago."
"Fine, Dawu's attack on the city is due on New Year's Eve, in just a few days!"
The emperors of the other three nations laughed upon witnessing this farce.
"Fine! I'll be waiting for New Year's Eve!"
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The last day of the twelfth lunar month, New Year's Eve.
Outside Dragon City, tens of millions of soldiers started to build fires in the early hours of the morning.
Because it was New Year's Eve and they were on an expedition, Chu Yuan ordered that all sorts of rare food and other nutritious items be given to the soldiers.
By noon, the army had assembled.
At this moment, Chu Yuan opened his attributes panel.
Name: Chu Yuan.
Identity: Emperor of Dawu.
Realm: Divine Abilities, Second Level.
Cultivation Technique: Emperor's Sutra.
Equipment: Emperor's Sword (Supreme Level), Taiyi Pill Furnace (Broken), War Army Chessboard, Prison-Sealing Divine Monument, Mystic Spirit Wings, War God's Grasp.
Divine Abilities: Great Thunder Technique, Great Devouring Technique, Great Combat Technique, Great Severing Technique.
System Space: Blueprint for Level One Divine Machine Cannon, Blueprint for God-Slaying Crossbow.
Title: Supreme Sovereign of Humanity, Controller of Thunder and Lightning, Child of Devouring, Battle Madman, Void Slasher.
Destiny Points: 4050.
Current Main Line: Within three years, annihilate the Great Submersion Imperial Dynasty, kill the Grand General Shangguan Qingyun and Prime Minister Li Yun, clear out all forces within the nation, and unify all factions. Completion Reward: ???, Failure: Death.
His gaze fixed on the last unfinished task – Destroy the Great Submersion Imperial Dynasty.
"The Battle to Obliterate the Nation!"
Suddenly, Chu Yuan soared into the sky.
A Purple-scaled Thunder Dragon twisted into a totem behind him while thunder and lightning darted around him, his palm fiercely slamming downward. The time had finally come to commence this battle to obliterate the nation.