Origin Paradise!

Chapter 588 The Future in a Dream

Military camp in the north of the city.

The chaos has not yet reached this area, but the five evil guards have already arrived. The speed and infiltration abilities of the sub-heroes are quite outstanding, especially when they are deployed in multiples, their special operations lethality is even more significant.

Inside the military tent, a streak of light flashed.

While the twenty soldiers from Lin'an were still asleep, the black blade had already severed their heads.

Blood gushed out as a vicious guard silently tore open the tent and continued his slaughter. He rushed around the corner outside and killed five people in quick succession, his speed so fast that the patrolling guards had no time to react.

Within sight, the other evil guards simultaneously destroyed more than a dozen visible and hidden sentries, first attacking the reconnaissance system, then targeting the patrol troops, and then destroying the command node. Like a butcher dissecting an ox, they quickly dismantled the northern camp.

The slaughter lasted for half an hour, and more than two thousand people died in silence. In fact, the advantage of high-ranking beings was severely reduced under the sun's core; otherwise, a squad of divine guards would have been enough to send the soldiers here to their deaths.

In the heavy silence, the vicious guards who had killed the soldiers in the military tent and the patrolling armored soldiers advanced quickly. Two of their comrades opposite them held the head of the army camp general high, with smug smiles on their faces. One of them was standing on the mutilated corpse of the sub-hero, and it seemed that the sneak attack had been successful.

"laugh!"

The evil guards scoffed disdainfully. Although they were all loyal subordinates of the Great Lord, their personalities were not entirely the same.

Broadly speaking, the Evil Legion can be divided into three factions: the pedantic faction believes that one should simply follow the orders of the higher-ups and not bother with their brains; the destructive faction looks forward to the day when the Great Khan completely abandons humanity and begins to destroy everything; and the hedonistic faction believes that nothing matters except loyalty, so they might as well all swing together.

The leaders of the three factions were the three evil generals.

Of course, even if the king knew about these trivial matters, he would never care.

The continued killings finally awakened the survivors.

Inside one of the core camps, the Bloodbath Camp, the player on night watch quickly woke up his guild members. A special concealment item allowed him to escape the first round of slaughter.

"President, at least eighty sub-heroes!"

"what!"

Blood Battle Guild Leader immediately lost his sleepiness. The 120,000-strong army camp in the north of the city was spread across a radius of ten miles and was heavily guarded. He originally thought that even if a terrestrial immortal charged into the formation, it would not matter, but nearly a hundred sub-heroes were still too terrifying.

"Where is the general?"

"I witnessed the general's death with my own eyes!"

"What about the elite heavy cavalry battalion?"

"They didn't even get to put on their armor; they all died in their dreams!"

"White Sword Battalion, Frostblade Battalion, Tiger Spear Battalion?"

“They’re all dead!” The player who concealed his breath trembled and said, “We can’t contact the other camps at all. We’ll die as soon as we leave the tent. I can’t even see the enemy’s speed. There must be a unified command behind the scenes.”

Without the suppression of military strategists and sorcerers, a near-hero would never be like someone mired in a quagmire, easily reduced to an ordinary person.

The president's face was somber, and all the members turned their gazes toward him. Together they had overcome numerous obstacles to get to where they were today, and the president was their backbone.

"Go all out. Only by gathering the surviving soldiers of the Beida Camp will we have a chance to escape. These people are probably the imperial court's suppression force, which means they are inextricably linked to the overlord, Mo Ke. Everyone, remember, do not fight them head-on."

“Understood, I’ll form the head!” the vice president said.

boom!

The guild's players joined forces to unleash their skills, and a hundred-meter-tall blood-soaked giant rose from the ground, with dozens of faces hanging in various places, looking both eerie and powerful.

The Bloodbath Battalion were the key contributors to the rebel army's capture of Lin'an.

When the Blood Giant appeared, the tens of thousands of surviving officers and soldiers began to gather in unison, but it was clear that letting these players live was a trap deliberately set by Mohe.

Swish swish!

On the ground, the evil guards unleashed their blades from all directions, severing the giant's limbs and shredding its flesh and blood. After slaughtering all the players, the guards began their charge, crashing directly into the soldiers of the North Camp who had emerged from their hiding place.

……

From the air, Lin'an City was engulfed in war.

The Beidaying army was almost completely wiped out, and the various garrisons were subjected to dismemberment tactics. After losing their ability to fight back, they fled into the wilderness.

On the main road to the Lin'an Prefectural Governor's Mansion, assassins frequently attempted to kill them, but the Evil Guards blocked them all. Among them were many heads of aristocratic families and their retainers. The Lin'an regime was a desperate counterattack by small and medium-sized aristocratic families, which led to the formation of a bandit group with a so-called million-strong army.

There were bits of flesh and remains everywhere.

Si Ning walked with her hands behind her back on the bluestone covered in blood and mud, looked around, and sighed softly, "How romantic, it's a pity I didn't expect to be enjoying this kind of occasion with you."

Jiang He tilted his head, a question mark almost popping out of his head. Even though he had seen mountains of corpses and seas of blood, he had never associated them with "romance".

“Your promotion to hero is a foregone conclusion,” Jiang He said calmly. “I expect to spend very little time in the capital from now on, and I’m worried about leaving you there alone.”

He wasn't worried about the other person's safety, but rather suspected that this guy might cause trouble.

"The Martial Sect Master is not in the capital. Who will collect martial arts techniques for you? Miss Xiaoya should not be able to do such a laborious task. Or do you plan to hand it over to Zhao Shukui?"

Si Ning narrowed her beautiful fox-like eyes, "You don't mean to drive disabled people out of the capital, do you?"

Si Ningsu slightly lifted the hem of her skirt, revealing a metal Mo family artifact attached to her jade-like legs beneath her long palace dress. This artifact served as an exoskeleton for walking, a piece of trash scavenged from the battlefield when someone destroyed the Mo Shu City branch guild.

Jiang He shook his head and said, "The reward I promised in the Battle of Changling will naturally stand by me. Besides, the greedy candidate is qualified for long-term cooperation, but it is also a fact that you are not mentally sound."

Si Ning blushed slightly upon hearing the comment that it was "abnormal".

"So let's make a contract," Jiang He said calmly. "Instead of finding another unfamiliar partner to slowly get to know, it's better to use you as a substitute. At least your reputation for cooperation is above average."

Si Ning stroked her chin, looking suspicious. "You want to be my boss and then take advantage of me?"

no answer.

Jiang He turned her head, her expression unusually serious.

Si Ning raised her hands in surrender. Jiankang, the capital, was the core of Southern Liang, and Southern Liang was the foundation of the world's struggle. Since she didn't want to fight each other, but she was also unwilling to give up the opportunity to act arrogantly in the capital, she could only make a contract. It wasn't a big problem.

"What's the price?"

"Partners can sense each other's location and teleport within the same world group. However, hunters can turn off their skills, which is a kind of unilateral privilege in a sense. You can decide for yourself. I only promise not to interfere with your freedom of choice after becoming a partner."

"You don't need to go through all that trouble to kill me," Si Ning laughed, completely unconcerned.

Jiang He looked up, and a matrix pattern of the animal team appeared in his palm—a "stick figure" symbolizing the hunter, a "straight line" representing the giant snake, and simple line drawings corresponding to Lao Hei and Wu He.

Si Ning clapped her hands curiously, and a stick figure immediately appeared on the pattern, except it had a triangular skirt.

"You're a genius, you designed this."

"Ah."

[Note: Animal companion slots have been filled. Due to the fact that Nine-Tailed Fox Sitian has not yet undergone the initial effects of core skills, she is not eligible to use Life Essence.]

Jiang He frowned and turned her head.

Si Ning gave an awkward smile: "It's normal to use a fake name when you're out in the world, and besides, I haven't used this nickname in a long time, so just ignore it."

Jiang He remained noncommittal; the real names displayed by the animal companions were higher than those in the task and friend introductions.

The two walked straight into the prefectural governor's mansion. The evil guards had already slaughtered the personal guards. Jiang He casually released the Gluttonous Black Light, melting the remains and reviving the nine dead guards. The guards around the pseudo-emperor should not be underestimated.

Si Ning kicked the bearded man who had fought to the death on the ground and said, "This man was the tenth most powerful figure in the world before. He probably knew that you were going to destroy the mountain and temple, so he chose to join the false emperor for the sake of the Jianghu of Southern Liang."

"It doesn't matter," Jiang He said.

No one present cared about the corpse riddled with bullet holes. On the grand chair at the head of the hall, the man in the dragon robe was both crying and laughing, his wine cup wobbling and spilling a lot of wine.

"You are not the emperor, I am the emperor."

The man in the dragon robe had a hazy look in his eyes and spoke indistinctly: "Where are my peerless generals? The prime minister, the empress, the shadow, the twenty-four generals of Qinhuai, why have you all abandoned me, leaving me alone to face this devil?"

Si Ning seemed to be deep in thought, and flicked her snow-white fox tail.

The man in the dragon robe was acting erratically, but behind him appeared a series of images, which were his thoughts and ideas. He had been able to vaguely dream about the future since he was a child, and until a few months ago, the world was generally unfolding according to the "future".

"Oh, the true dragon emperor chosen by fate." Si Ning sneered.

The Great Shun King was merely a sacrifice to pave the way for the throne. Under the manipulation of the Divine Court, this man in the dragon robe was the destined one to replace the Southern Liang Dynasty.

"The prime minister is Ning Tianren, the empress is Princess Leyang of Northern Wei, the daughter of Yuan Changling, the shadow is the eldest daughter of the Xie family, she has the Heavenly Yin Body and her cultivation aptitude is comparable to the leader of the Demonic Sect, as for the Peerless Divine General, he should be the eldest son of the Prince of Pingxi who is currently traveling in Northern Wei, the number one in the world ten years after the old master ascended."

Si Ning relayed the intelligence in detail, her expression becoming serious: "The most noteworthy are the Twenty-Four Generals of Qinhuai, all of whom are celestial beings banished from heaven, ordinary beings from the heroic era."

Four pillars supporting the heavens and twenty-four immortals, under the watchful eye of fate, were destined to end this chaotic world and assist the true dragon emperor in conquering the world. But alas, the battlefield has arrived.

"No wonder everyone in the void is shouting to kill him." Jiang He thought to himself, if it were him, after painstakingly guiding the future direction of the territory, only to be kicked to the side of the road without warning, he would probably also be dissatisfied.

The man in the dragon robe fell to the ground, weeping bitterly. The future seemed like a beautiful dream, causing him immense pain in reality.

Jiang He calmly turned around and said, "Grant him the privilege of suicide."

"Yes, sir." The guards clasped their hands in obeisance and accepted the order.

Meanwhile, the Lin'an court was falling apart, and the bandits were desperately fleeing outwards, only to run into the omnipresent Anse Iron Cavalry. A massive "pig-catching operation" began, covering the entire Lin'an prefecture, and the elite private armies of some aristocratic families were defeated by the Divine Guards.

In the twentieth year of Yongqing, late December.

The imperial court in Lin'an collapsed, its glory short-lived.

Chapter 589 Sitting on the Golden Toilet

After the New Year holidays, the Battle of Lin'an came to an end.

The Anse Iron Cavalry wove a net and defeated the bandit army. After two days of slaughter, the remaining legions in Lin'an surrendered and were then massacred. The total number of qualified materials obtained reached six legions, totaling 720,000.

Jiang He took advantage of the situation and began a gluttonous alchemy in Lin'an City. A vicious soldier and a skeletal warhorse were combined to eventually give birth to 120,000 Anse Iron Cavalry. Including the previous troops, the total number of cavalry was 170,000, and the Anse Legion was officially established.

Jiang He handed over command of the Anse Legion to A'er, thus accelerating the progress of the mountain-climbing and temple-destroying campaign. He then took Si Ning back to the capital, Jiankang, to preside over the change of reign title and the wedding, and to collect the gold, silver, and grain from the Lin'an regime into the emperor's private treasury.

After the New Year festival, Yongqing became a thing of the past, and the Southern Liang Dynasty entered the first year of the Kaihuang era.

In February of the first year of the Kaihuang era, the Evil Fiend Guard and the Anse Legion achieved a phased victory, with small and medium-sized sects in the Southern Liang Dynasty suffering destruction. However, since no major sects had collapsed yet, some top forces were still struggling to survive, constantly sending bribes to important officials in the court.

Jiankang, the capital city, the imperial city.

Jiang He sat cross-legged in the newly built Qingdu Hall.

He's been incredibly busy lately, but he finally has some free time to sit down and consolidate his strength. There are 640,000 volumes of cultivation techniques piled up in front of him, the worst of which are at the highest level. Among them are the legendary fundamental techniques of Ning Tianren, the Shu Sword Pavilion, and the Xuanjin Manor. The latter two are the original backbone of the current Martial Sect.

From the beginning of the new year until now, two months have passed, and the divine mind has been used continuously to directly awaken Lilith from her semi-dormant state, temporarily halting her erosion of the Eternal Dark World.

"You silly child, how come you've become emperor again?"

Before the main hall, a red-haired figure slowly materialized. Beneath an exquisite and luxurious black dress, her legs were fair and long. Lilith's figure was not as outrageous as Pei Xuanran's, but it had a perfectly proportioned curve. She put her arm around someone's shoulder from behind, her breath sweet as orchids.

"The fate of the nation," Jiang He said calmly. With his current strength and alchemy skills, he vaguely sensed the existence and influence of the national destiny.

Lilith laughed and said, "This intelligence is worth about a third of the fate of the Southern Liang Kingdom."

Named "Crimson Moon," it was in reality the activation of the ruling power, and the fate of the Southern Liang Kingdom was gathered into three incense sticks.

Jiang He nodded.

Lilith said softly, "Generally speaking, national fortune is a kind of luck, but it is relatively high-level. High-ranking officials in the court are protected by national fortune, which can temporarily elevate their rank and exempt them from mysterious attacks by petty villains. However, the protection will end when their term of office ends."

Jiang He said, "I killed the Southern Liang royal family with my vicious and sinful blood."

Lilith covered her mouth and chuckled, saying, "You're using a sub-legendary level of sinful poison to bully people. It's normal that you can kill it. The improvement of the nation's fortune is also limited."

She paused for a moment, as if learning about the experience of the only divine favored one in this world, and then continued, "Emperor Liang Wu had no cultivation, and his life level was only at the highest level. However, as an emperor, the national fortune elevated his status to immortality. In the mysterious realm of the Contending World, he was almost immune to all magic. Secret arts such as witchcraft, black magic, and summoning gods were meaningless to him."

Unfortunately, the level of evil is far too high.

Jiang He handed a branch of the nation's fortune to Lilith, seemingly because only the emperor could allocate the nation's fortune.

Lilith said, "As for the players, you are not locals and theoretically you are not qualified to squander the nation's fortune. However, because of the existence of the Universal Body, this amount of incense can temporarily increase your rank by 1, which can last for about an hour."

Jiang He remained silent. There wasn't much difference between battlefield players and thieves. Forcibly entering the world and seizing the extraordinary was simply intolerable to the world. As for Lilith demanding the national fortune and incense offerings, including back in the ancient martial arts world, it was probably all for the purpose of temporarily restoring her status.

Lilith stretched lazily, oblivious to everyone around her, revealing her stunning figure. She chuckled softly, took a stick of incense, and her figure gradually disappeared.

"The teachings from the mentor are a bonus: the essence of the Sun's authority is domination, which is similar to the power of control. It is estimated that it can knock down a single lower-level authority into power. The tenfold consumption that covers the world of Zhuolu is also the power of the sun. As for the offensive aspect, it should be the sublimation of your ultimate flame power, the true flame of the sun."

Jiang He ignored the other person's disappearance and closed her eyes to rest.

The next moment, the national incense was lit, and dense martial runes began to spread. His Undying Rank increased by 3, reaching the sub-legendary level, and the power of the Great Sin of Gluttony quickly dominated his extraordinary status.

The skills of Overlord Martial Saint Body, Seraphim, Gang Jin and related abilities such as Heavenly Gang Five Organs, Self-Control, Hunting, and Vampire Wings are all integrated into one.

[Notification: Your Immortal-level Overlord Saint Body has been upgraded to the Sub-Legendary-level Heavenly King Saint Body]

[Name: Heavenly King's Sacred Body]

[Category: Passive]

[Quality: Sub-Legendary]