Assassin Wu Liuqi starts with a bull and horse talisman and smashes Red Fang.

The Xuanwu Kingdom's royal family dispatched a mixed force of golden-armored and silver-armored guards, which was now marching in a grand procession toward the Shigeng Kingdom.

The team was divided into two parts.

Fifty golden-armored guards rode flying magical beasts.

The main force of silver-armored guards below rode on giant ships towed by enormous sea monsters.

Several sea monsters, each the size of a small mountain, roared as they pulled the massive wooden sailboat with all their might.

Originally, the ocean was also home to a large number of wild magical beasts.

However, after sensing the terrifying aura of the Xuanwu Kingdom's Imperial Guards, they all hid at the bottom of the sea, not daring to show their faces.

Occasionally, some reckless, fearless monsters would leap out of the water to try and ambush them.

However, they were all instantly killed by the golden-armored guards who were riding flying magical beasts and hovering in the air.

Under the fierce slashes, these magical beasts couldn't even last a second round.

In a word.

Just seconds after showing up!

Whenever a golden-armored guard instantly kills a magical beast, the silver-armored guards on the ship applaud and cheer.

After all, they rarely encounter these high-ranking, golden-armored guards, let alone expect them to take action for them.

into the night.

These golden-armored guards would then control their flying magical beasts to land on the huge deck, allowing the silver-armored guards to observe their mounts up close.

This is a ferocious beast that looks like a flying dragon, but has feathers like those of a bird.

These magical beasts didn't even glance at the silver-armored guards who were curiously examining them.

Because these kinds of magical beasts only recognize one master throughout their lives, and regard everyone else as an enemy.

Some of the ship's servants would be eaten by these ferocious beasts while they were being fed.

Whenever they saw this scene, the golden-armored guards and the silver-armored guards would burst into laughter.

Although they are all from Xuanwu Kingdom, there is a hierarchy of contempt among them.

The golden-armored guards looked down on the silver-armored guards, and the silver-armored guards looked down on the servants who accompanied them.

At this moment, Commander Pang Yun was sitting inside the cabin with several of his brothers.

They were each holding a young woman in their arms.

He devoured the roasted meat made from the monsters he had killed during the day, while drinking wine poured by the woman in his arms.

"Brother, isn't His Majesty making a mountain out of a molehill in this operation?"

"The other side is just a mere country called Shigeng, a small country that doesn't even rank third."

"Even if his king was once the supreme swordsman in our country, didn't he go into seclusion? Is it really necessary to make such a fuss?"

Pang Yun simply chuckled at this.

"Your Majesty, you naturally have your own plans."

"We, as subjects, only need to obey orders and carry them out."

At this point, Pang Yun pinched the girl in his arms, eliciting a gasp from her.

"Besides, how do you know that Gu Qianhan is really in seclusion?"

"That guy is cunning and treacherous; we must be on guard!"

Upon hearing this, the other deputy commanders frowned.

"If he really is here, I'm afraid we're in grave danger!"

Pang Yun smiled dismissively at this.

"Idiot, His Majesty ordered those guys outside to fight to the death."

"What we need to do is watch them attack."

"If things really get complicated, we'll retreat!"

At this point, Pang Yun couldn't help but shrink his neck.

"I personally witnessed the ruins of the Flying Bird Sect that Gu Qianhan destroyed with a single sword strike."

"That bottomless pit was truly terrifying."

“Hey guys, to put it bluntly, these guys outside are just cannon fodder.”

Upon hearing this, the adjutants were all taken aback.

"They're all cannon fodder?!"

"There are fifty golden-armored imperial guards outside!"

Pang Yun scoffed dismissively at this.

"Do you think His Majesty would care about a mere fifty golden-armored guards?"

"Don't forget, before we became commanders, we were just ordinary golden-armored guards."

“If His Majesty wishes, he can certainly create even more Golden Armor Guards.”

Pang Yun paused at this point.

"I suspect that His Majesty wants to use these cannon fodder to test Gu Qianhan's limits."

"Let's see if he really dares to make a move against our Xuanwu Kingdom."

"Just watch, if those 1050 imperial guards outside die, what awaits Gu Qianhan will be His Majesty's massive attack."

"Remember this, that's when we brothers will really show our skills."

Upon hearing their elder brother Pang Yun's words, the deputy commanders nodded in agreement.

"Brother is wise!"

...............

Xuanwu Kingdom, Imperial Palace.

Royal study room.

A young eunuch brought the emperor a warm towel to wipe his face, and a maid took the towel and gently wiped the emperor's face.

Eunuch Hou stood respectfully to the side.

"So it seems that Your Majesty's military campaign this time was merely a test of Gu Qianhan?"

At this moment, the emperor waved his hand, and the maid who was wiping his face bowed to him and left with the hot towel.

"hehe."

"Yes and no."

“Eunuch Hou, you are only half right.”

"My military expedition this time is partly to test Gu Qianhan, and partly to test the Kingdom of Ster."

"I want to see what Ster's attitude is."

At this point, the emperor took a sip of tea.

"If the Kingdom of Ster takes this opportunity to send troops to join us in dealing with Gu Qianhan's Kingdom of Shigeng, it means that the conflict between them is far greater than the conflict between them and our Kingdom of Xuanwu."

“If they remain inactive, then I believe that, in the eyes of the Kingdom of Ster, the conflict with our Xuanwu Kingdom is greater than the conflict with Gu Qianhan.”

"They will surely be waiting for my second military campaign."

"If I'm not mistaken, they are probably waiting for me to send troops a second time, waiting for my Xuanwu Kingdom to be vulnerable before launching a large-scale invasion of my Xuanwu Kingdom's territory."

Upon hearing this, Eunuch Hou was taken aback.

"How dare they be so shameless as to attempt a sneak attack while our Great Xuanwu Empire is vulnerable! It's truly despicable!"

The emperor smiled dismissively at this.

"It doesn't matter."

"I am not afraid of their invasion. I will prepare a great gift for them, a gift that will make the Kingdom of Ster feel the pain, hehehe."

Upon hearing this, Eunuch Hou immediately began showering the emperor with compliments.

"Your Majesty is a man of divine wisdom and unparalleled foresight. With Your Majesty's leadership, our Great Xuanwu Empire will surely be invincible in the world!"

Upon hearing this, the emperor chuckled.

"Don't just keep flattering me."

"Aren't you going to tell your master in Sterland about this? Maybe they'll be so happy that they'll make you a mechanical penis."

Upon hearing this, Eunuch Hou's eyes widened in shock as he looked at the emperor, who was still drinking his tea.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

The emperor simply chuckled at this.

"What, did I say something wrong?"

"Aren't you a spy planted by the Kingdom of Ster to seduce me?"

"Did I misunderstand you?"

"If I have wronged you, then I will apologize to you."

Upon hearing this, Eunuch Hou turned deathly pale.

He couldn't help but take a small step back.

Upon seeing this, the emperor couldn't help but chuckle.

"Actually, if you hadn't taken the initiative to say those things to National Preceptor Huikong that day, I wouldn't have suspected you."

"What a pity, you were smart all your life but made a foolish mistake this time."

The emperor continued drinking his tea as if nothing had happened.

"Let me guess, have you also put a slow-acting poison in the tea I've been drinking every day these past few days?"

"Eunuch Hou, you are still too impatient."

Seeing that he had been completely exposed, Eunuch Hou stopped pretending.

"I don't hate myself for being exposed; I only hate myself for not using more poison!"

"You monster who killed your brothers and father for the throne!!"

Upon hearing this, the emperor couldn't help but laugh.

"So they're remnants of the old rebels."

"But you'll be disappointed. No matter how much poison you use, I won't die from it."

"Because I am immortal, hehehe."

As they were speaking, a red blood spike pierced through Eunuch Hou's body.

The next second, Eunuch Hou's body began to shrivel up little by little.

His flesh and blood were being devoured by the blood spikes piercing his body. Before long, his entire body was consumed, leaving only his clothes on the ground.

After doing all this, Bloodthorn slowly retreated back into the emperor's palm.

"Hmph, what a presumptuous fellow."

After saying that, he drank the tea containing the poison in one gulp.

At this moment, the Heaven and Earth Rakshasa within his body couldn't help but let out a cold snort.

"What do you take me for?"

The emperor chuckled at this.

"You've been renting my body for so long, shouldn't you pay some rent?"

After saying that, he ignored the Heavenly Demon and continued to look through the memorials.

...............

What the Emperor of Xuanwu Kingdom didn't know was that Gu Qianhan, who had just returned to Chicken Island, had overheard everything.

Gu Qianhan and the others couldn't stop laughing after hearing such a juicy piece of gossip.

"Hahaha, I never imagined that this emperor wouldn't have a single reliable person by his side!"

"I never expected that Eunuch Hou would actually risk his life for the Kingdom of Ster."

Gu Qianhan chuckled at this.

"See, this is the downside of not eradicating the problem at its root."

"You can't blame others for not cleaning up your own mess."

At this moment, Gu Qinghan looked at Gu Qianhan.

"Are you still going to Shipeng Kingdom later? According to the intelligence from the sea monsters, they should arrive in Shipeng Kingdom as early as tomorrow morning."

Gu Qianhan shook her head at this.

"No need to go, the Kingdom of Shigeng has long been prepared for battle."

"Have you all forgotten that Da Chun's father was also a Silver Armor Guard?"

“Da Chun’s father knows the various formations and abilities of the Xuanwu Kingdom’s Imperial Guards. With him in charge of command, there’s no need to worry. Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated.”

"Besides, the first thing they'll have to deal with is that batch of robots."

"Putting everything else aside, this batch of robots alone is enough to give them a real headache."

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The next day.

Outside the port where the gate of the Kingdom of Shigeng is located.

In the distance, black dots could be seen rapidly approaching the gates of Shigeng Kingdom.

As these black dots grew larger, deafening roars of monsters echoed through the air.

These are the sea monsters responsible for towing the giant ships.

At this moment, Pang Yun had already given the order for the demonic beasts to attack first.

These mountain-sized monsters opened their gaping maws and charged toward the coastline of Shigeng Kingdom.

The citizens of Shigeng in the port were so frightened that they fled in terror.

Perhaps out of sheer terror, these citizens of Shigeng panicked and stumbled into the sea, thrashing about incessantly.

The imperial guards on the distant giant ship burst into laughter upon seeing this scene.

"Hahaha, look at their pathetic state!"

"A bunch of useless trash! You think you can fight against our Xuanwu Kingdom? Go eat shit!"

"I don't think we even need to lift a finger; those few magical beasts can handle them. Hahahaha!"

.....................

What they didn't know was that those who had fallen into the sea were not citizens of the Kingdom of Shigeng at all.

They were all robots in disguise, deliberately putting on such an embarrassing act to lull them into a false sense of security.

The next second, all the robots dived into the sea, transforming into killing machines that charged towards the giant sea monsters.

The enormous monsters became live targets for these killing machines.

Despite their thick skin and tough flesh, the robots specially made by Li Yao possessed weapons capable of cutting through iron like mud.

In an instant, the sea was dyed blood red.

These monsters didn't even have a chance to resist before they were torn apart by the emotionless robots.

Moreover, they found a new target and launched an attack on the giant ship of the Xuanwu Kingdom.

One after another, red-eyed robots appeared on the sea surface, climbing rapidly up the ship's hull like demons.

Upon witnessing this terrifying scene, the silver-armored guards on the ship were all stunned.

"Holy crap, holy crap, what the hell are these things?!"

"Was that the monster they just killed? Are these guys human or ghosts?!"

"Quick, prepare for battle! They're charging!!!"

The silver-armored guards were startled, but these robots, transformed into vengeful ghosts, gave them no chance to catch their breath.

The robots screamed and charged at the guards, instantly splattering blood and leaving severed limbs and broken pieces all over the deck!

At this moment, the squad leaders of the Silver Armor Guards called out to their teammates, and they immediately formed the Silver Armor Demon-Slaying Formation to fight against these cold-blooded robots.

To their horror, they discovered that these robots could accurately locate the weakest point of the Silver Armor Demon-Slaying Array and destroy it in one fell swoop!

"Damn it, these damned things know how to break our formation!"

"Damn it, what kind of monsters are they?!"

Despite having only a few hundred robots, these few hundred robots were enough to make the silver-armored guards run for their lives, crying out for their parents!

Because there are many Silver Armor Guards, the deck is now extremely crowded.

These robots moved through the crowd as if it were their own territory, hacking and slashing at them indiscriminately.

Just as the silver-armored guards were feeling hopeless, the roars of demonic beasts echoed from the sky.

"It's the Golden Armored Guards!"

"The Golden-Armored Guards are here!!!"

Golden figures appeared one after another, and the golden-armored guards who controlled the flying magical beasts descended from the sky to attack the robots below.

Dozens of robots were infected in an instant.

"Hahaha, great, we're saved."

"Let's turn the tide of the battle!!"

Just as the silver-armored guards were cheering, dozens of other types of robots suddenly rushed out from the seabed and charged towards the golden-armored guards in the sky!