Saint Emperor Devourer of Heaven

Princess Anning was so startled by the commotion and intensity of Jun Wuxie's talent growth breakthrough that her heart skipped a beat.

The force and the sense of special pressure from the mythical realm were too terrifying.

She could clearly feel that Jun Wuxie's realm was still continuously improving, and the intensity of his talent growth had not stopped.

She couldn't imagine that a person could break through the extreme realm, impact the barrier of a major realm, and continuously increase the intensity of his growth in the mythical realm in such a short period of time.

……

The next day, the great momentum in the cave finally subsided, the golden light faded away, and it became very quiet here.

Jun Wuxie sat there motionless, while Princess Anning leaned against the wall, covering her red lips with her hands, staring blankly at him, as if she had been frightened silly.

After a long time, Jun Wuxie, having completed his tempering in the Weapon Tomb, opened his eyes and saw Anning's somewhat sluggish appearance.

He was now very satisfied with his current state.

The True Martial Blood Pill was extraordinarily effective, allowing him to continuously increase the intensity of his talent growth by two levels. Now, due to the evolution of his bloodline, his talent growth had reached the level of quasi-Ten Directions Mythical!

Compared to before he came to the border city, his strength had increased countless times, and they were simply not comparable.

“What's wrong with you?”

Jun Wuxie got up and went to Anning's side, “Haven't you been cultivating these days?”

“I'm fine……”

Anning came back to her senses and hurriedly lowered her head, thinking, 'You've caused such a big commotion, how could anyone have the environment to cultivate?'

“Let's go, to the border city.”

Jun Wuxie injected his blood energy into her body, preparing to restore her bone structure.

However, Anning expressed her wish to enter the border city with her current appearance.

“Are you afraid of seeing your father?”

Jun Wuxie stopped, but did not withdraw his blood energy, “You are so smart, you should understand that what you have to face will always be faced. There is no point in avoiding it now.”

After he finished speaking, he restored Princess Anning's height and appearance.

Leaving the cave and retrieving his Primordial Avatar, Jun Wuxie headed directly towards the border city.

Princess Anning quietly followed beside him, silent and preoccupied.

Young Master Yue and her father were finally about to meet.

She didn't know what would happen after the two met, or how things would evolve.

If it were someone else, she could roughly predict it, but since the person was Yue Wuxie, it became uncertain.

What this man would do, what he would do, was simply unpredictable.

Today's border city was shrouded in a tense atmosphere.

The army of the Wu'an Dynasty appeared at the end of the battlefield outside the city, like a torrent of steel, pouring in from the gap in the mountains, closing in on the city.

The commander of the Wu'an Dynasty sat on a tall chariot, holding three bloody heads in his hand.

He looked at the tall city walls and said in a thunderous voice, “Hey, tell your Prince Ning that he had better open the city and surrender as soon as possible. Stubborn resistance is meaningless and will not change the outcome!”

The commander of the Wu'an army said here, and casually threw the three heads into the city, saying: “This commander will return these three heads to Prince Ning, and by the way, tell him not to play these tricks, otherwise he will only come to his death in vain.”

The generals on the city wall looked at the heads falling in front of them, their eyes revealing grief and anger.

These were the strong men under Prince Ning's command, three Half-Step Hegemons. Unexpectedly, not only did they fail to carry out the decapitation strike when joining forces, but they were killed by experts in the Wu'an army.

“Prepare for battle!”

The voice of the border army general was like a war drum. Suddenly, a large number of rapid-firing rune crossbows on the city wall were all loaded, and the cold arrows reflected a cold metallic light in the sunlight.

At the same time, the archers were also ready, standing behind the rapid-firing crossbows, preparing to attack when the enemy rushed into the killable range.

The infantry, however, held shields in front.

“You, quickly send their heads to the City Lord's Mansion!”

The border army general said to the guard beside him.

“Yes!”

The guard left in a hurry with the heads.

……

At the same time, Jun Wuxie and Anning had already entered the city, and at this moment they were outside the City Lord's Mansion.

“Young Master Yue, do you really want to see my father at this time?”

Anning was unwilling. In her heart, she wished that he and her father would never meet.

But she knew that it was impossible, and she only hoped that it could be as late as possible, but she didn't want to face what she didn't want to face so soon.

Jun Wuxie didn't answer her, but just took a step towards the City Lord's Mansion.

With Anning's intelligence, how could she not know that if they didn't meet now, they would still have to meet in a few days?

Coming to this border city, unless he didn't take action, he was destined to meet Prince Ning, and there was no way to avoid it.

“Stop, who are you? The City Lord's Mansion is an important place, trespassing is forbidden!”

The guards held their halberds and stopped Jun Wuxie and Anning, their eyes cold and full of murderous intent.

“Get out of the way!”

Anning stepped forward, her eyes coldly sweeping over the guards, and took out a token.

The moment they saw the token, the guards' expressions changed drastically, and the spears in their hands fell to the ground with a clang. They all knelt down and said in horror: “I didn't know that the princess was coming, please forgive us, Princess!”

“Get up, you are also doing your duty, this princess will not punish you.”

Anning put away the token, slightly raising her beautiful face, putting her hands in front of her, and walked in with a full aura.

Jun Wuxie quietly followed behind her.

Looking at Anning, whose aura had completely changed, she was really a different person in front of and behind others.

Soon, they came to the front of the City Lord's Mansion Hall.

At this time, Prince Ning was looking at the sand table with his ministers to study the war.

Now, the war was in a stalemate, but because the border city was isolated and without reinforcements, it was getting worse and worse, and the Wu'an army not only had a large number of people, but also had a continuous supply.

With this ebb and flow, the future of the border city was worrying, and it was feared that it would not last too long.

The armies coming to support from other directions had not been able to break through the Crown Prince's defense line for a long time, and were blocked in front of the key passes, unable to cross.

These days, Prince Ning had been overwhelmed, and had even sent people to send letters to the imperial city, but there was no news and no response.

Obviously, the Crown Prince was determined to use the Wu'an army to exhaust his three million border troops to death.

“Prince Ning, Princess Anning is here!”

In the hall, someone with sharp eyes saw Anning at the entrance of the hall and whispered to Prince Ning.

Prince Ning, who was full of thoughts facing the war sand table, suddenly came back to his senses and turned to look at the entrance of the hall, his pupils shrinking slightly.

“Daughter greets Father.”

Princess Anning quickly entered and saluted Prince Ning.

“Get up quickly.” Prince Ning hurriedly helped her up and said: “Ning'er, why did you come to the border city? Haven't you heard any gossip in this city?”

“What gossip are you talking about, Father? Daughter doesn't know. I haven't heard anyone talking about anything special in this city.”

Princess Anning looked surprised.

Prince Ning suddenly felt relieved and smiled: “Father is just saying casually. After all, the current situation in the border city is not optimistic, and some people will inevitably make remarks that disturb people's hearts.”

At this time, among the ministers, two civil servants looked at each other, their eyes revealing surprise.

Could it be that the news that was passed to Princess Anning's maids, those two maids did not tell the news to Princess Anning?

However, at this time, everyone's eyes had shifted from Anning to Jun Wuxie beside her.

Prince Ning just glanced at him indifferently, and then turned his gaze back to Anning, ignoring Jun Wuxie.

If Princess Anning didn't take the initiative to say it, he wouldn't ask.

However, according to the information he had learned and the rune record images he had seen, he already knew who this person was.

“Father, this is Yue Wuxie, whom your daughter mentioned to you, now the proud son of heaven who is famous in the Great Qian.”

How could Anning not know her father's psychology, wanting to give Young Master Yue a blow?

Perhaps it would be useful to deal with others, but this trick was meaningless against Yue Wuxie.

“So it's you.”

Only then did Prince Ning begin to take him seriously.

“Prince Ning.”

Jun Wuxie nodded slightly, considering it a greeting.

His reaction caused a flash of cold light to flash in Prince Ning's eyes, and everyone else in the hall had angry expressions on their faces.

So this person was the young man who had recently become famous in the Great Qian, ascended to the ninth floor of the Trial Tower, and became the owner of the Trial Tower.

This matter had become a sensational event several times, shaking the world.

Such a person's talent was naturally extremely high, and it was excusable to be unruly, but in their opinion, being unruly to this extent was not knowing the immensity of heaven and earth.

Seeing that he didn't kneel when he saw Prince Ning, and dared to be so nonchalant, acting as if he was greeting an ordinary person, made them feel very angry.

“Bold, why don't you kneel when you see Prince Ning!”

A cold voice shouted, it was one of the people who secretly spread the news, the official surnamed Wen.

Keng!

The moment his voice fell, Jun Wuxie stretched out his hand, and the sound of a dragon's roar resounded in the hall.

The official surnamed Wen was instantly sucked over by him, and he grabbed his throat and held him in the air.

“What are you, dare to yell in front of me.”

Jun Wuxie's words were indifferent, and his strong posture shocked everyone present.

They couldn't believe that a young cultivator would dare to be so bold, running here and still being so strong, in front of Prince Ning.

“Presumptuous!”

The killing intent in Prince Ning's heart instantly boiled, and he reached out to grab Jun Wuxie.

“Father, don't!”

Princess Anning was shocked. Only she knew how terrifying this man was. If he was angered, the consequences would be unimaginable.

She hurriedly stood in front of Jun Wuxie.

Prince Ning's true energy palm stopped abruptly, and he couldn't help but feel angry: “Ning'er, quickly get out of the way, Father must punish this madman well today!”

“Father! You can't do this, otherwise, your daughter will leave the Wangfu and never pay attention to you again!”

“Ning'er, what are you saying?”

Ning Wang's facial muscles twitched violently, so angry that he almost passed out, "You actually spoke to Father like this for him, you... you!"

"What kind of bewitching potion did this kid give you that you would say such things!"

Ning Wang couldn't believe it. Was this still the exquisite, intelligent, and elegant daughter in his heart?

Now, she looked exactly like an ignorant young girl who had been deceived and brainwashed by a man!

"Anyway, Father, you are not allowed to attack Young Master Yue, or you can kill your daughter first!"

Princess Anning's attitude was firm. Seeing her father's expression, which was almost exploding with anger, she smiled wryly in her heart.

If she didn't stop him, the consequences of a real fight would be unimaginable.

At that time, she wouldn't even doubt that Yue Wuxie might kill her father right here.

"You… Ning'er… Are you trying to anger Father to death?"

Ning Wang felt a pain in his chest, a feeling of suffocation.

"Have you two been arguing enough?"

Jun Wuxie then threw the official surnamed Wen out, who fell into the corner, and casually walked to the war sand table, glanced at it, and said, "What's so difficult about repelling the Wuan army."

"What did you say?"

Everyone in the hall looked at him.

Who didn't know how difficult the border war was?

This was already an isolated city, reinforcements couldn't arrive, and more than half of the three million soldiers had been killed or wounded in the battles of the past few months.

Outside the city, there were at least six million intact Wuan soldiers!

Under such circumstances, unless reinforcements arrived, constantly increasing the number of soldiers, and defending the city, waiting for the Wuan army to be unable to bear the consequences and take the initiative to retreat, what other way could there be to repel the Wuan army?

"Report!"

A voice came in, followed by a figure rushing in.

After entering, he knelt on the ground, with three heads placed in front of him.

"Reporting to Ning Wang, the commander of the Wuan army…"

The person conveyed the words of the Wuan army commander verbatim, making Ning Wang's eyelids twitch, and the others in the hall mostly turned pale.

"Bakhru is too arrogant! In the war of the past six months, although our border soldiers have suffered heavy losses, his Wuan army has also suffered heavy losses. What face does he have to put on such a posture, as if his Wuan army has gained much advantage!"

The border army commander said coldly, extremely angered.

"I miscalculated…"

Ning Wang looked at the three heads on the ground and sighed.

These were his top-ranked experts. The three of them went together, but not only did they fail to complete the task, but they also lost their lives in the Wuan army camp.

What kind of strong person was sitting in the Wuan army camp?

These three were all half-step Overlords, and they didn't even have a chance to retreat.

"Ning Wang, it seems that the border city cannot be defended. Reinforcements cannot come. Continuing like this will only exhaust the remaining border troops to death here. Rather than that, it is better to evacuate the people as soon as possible, and then abandon this city. In this way, the border army can preserve some of its strength, and also break the Crown Prince's strategic goal."

"No, the border city must not fall into the hands of Wuan!" Princess Anning scolded the civil official who made the suggestion and said coldly, "From the border to the hinterland, besides the border city, there are no other strategically important cities within hundreds of thousands of miles. If the border city is lost, the Wuan army can drive straight in, and their advance can reach half of the Dayan!"

"What the princess said is very true. The border city is indeed important, but under the current circumstances, it is not that we don't want to defend the border city, but that we simply have no way. I wonder if the princess has a way to defend the city?"

"Of course!" Princess Anning looked at the civil and military officials and said, "This princess believes that we should take the initiative to attack, instead of passively defending inside the city, relying on the city walls to defend to the death."

"Generals, please see, this mountain pass is only a hundred meters wide, several miles deep, and winding. The Wuan army needs to enter through this passage every time they attack before they can reach our border city. If we lead the soldiers to form a battle formation at the mountain pass, we can achieve a situation where we use superior forces to fight against the weak Wuan forces!"

"Princess, you are just talking on paper." A senior general pointed to the mountain pass and said, "What the princess said is correct. If we gather troops here, the location is spacious and we can deploy hundreds of thousands of people. And that mountain pass, due to limited space, can only accommodate less than 100,000 people at a time, so we can indeed form a force advantage!"

"But has the princess ever thought that behind the mountain pass, there are still millions of Wuan troops. Although only 100,000 can pass at a time, they can have one 100,000 after another constantly launching attacks on us. In this way, it won't take long for our soldiers to be exhausted by the Wuan army!"

"As long as we can achieve a high enough kill ratio, the first to be exhausted will not be us, but the Wuan army!"

Anning said confidently.

"Princess, you have not been on the battlefield, and may not understand the battlefield. Even if we gather superior forces at the mountain pass, it is impossible to achieve a high kill ratio. It is now one to one, but we can try to delay the time. If we change to the method the princess said, we may be able to increase the kill ratio to one to one point five, but this will greatly shorten the war time, which is equivalent to burying hope with our own hands!"

"Yes, if we defend like this now, we can still delay for half a year. In this half year, we may be able to wait for reinforcements, there is always a glimmer of hope."

Hearing the generals say this, Anning couldn't help but look at Jun Wuxie.

After that, she said something that shocked the audience: "This princess believes that as long as we follow this method of combat, we can achieve a kill ratio of more than one to five!"

The entire hall was silent, and no sound could be heard.

Whether it was military generals or civil officials, they all looked at Princess Anning in astonishment.

They didn't understand why this princess, who had always been known for her good strategy, frequently made astonishing remarks today, feeling like an amateur was wantonly discussing war.

"Ning'er, stop talking nonsense!"

Even Ning Wang couldn't listen anymore, his face was ugly.

He even felt that it was because of that kid named Yue that his daughter's IQ had dropped sharply, and she could actually say such exaggerated things in public.

"Father, your daughter is not talking nonsense." After Anning replied to Ning Wang, she looked at the others in the hall and said, "This princess knows that you all pride yourselves on being veterans of the battlefield, with rich experience in commanding wars, and think that this princess is just trying to gain fame here, right?"

"We dare not!"

Everyone was shocked in their hearts. Although they really disdained having an amateur like the princess to command the war, she was, after all, Ning Wang's most beloved daughter, and they dared not offend her.

"Father, your daughter is willing to make a military pledge! Please give your daughter a chance to command the battle!"

Anning made a request to Ning Wang. This was what Jun Wuxie secretly asked her to do.

Although she didn't understand why Young Master Yue didn't come forward himself, but had to go through her, she still did it unconditionally.

"What military pledge!" Ning Wang looked solemn and said, "War is no small matter. A single mistake in decision-making is the lives of many soldiers. Ning'er, tell Father, why are you confident that you can achieve a kill ratio of one to five?"

"Because your daughter has Young Master Yue. As long as he is there, nothing is impossible."

"Him?"

Everyone was stunned, all showing astonished expressions.

"Princess, are you kidding? Can a young cultivator change the battle situation? On a battlefield where hundreds of thousands of rune-armored troops are fighting, let alone a youth like him, even a few half-step Overlords can't change anything!"

They all felt a little ridiculous, what happened to this princess who was well-versed in strategy today?

It was once rumored that the princess helped Ning Wang subdue many troops.

Now it seems that the rumors are probably false.

The generals in the border army expressed doubts. What ability did such a princess have to subdue so many troops?

"Whether or not we can change the battle situation, how would we know without trying?"

Jun Wuxie said lightly.

"Hmph! Try? You say it so easily. Your so-called try is to let hundreds of thousands of border soldiers go out of the city and die with you?"

"No need. Anning, come with me."

Jun Wuxie was too lazy to talk nonsense with these people, grabbed Anning and walked out of the hall.

"Boy, where are you taking Ning'er?"

Ning Wang felt angry in his heart as he watched his daughter being pulled away by that kid.

"Go take a stroll on the battlefield, and kill a few Wuan soldiers by the way."

Hearing such an answer, Ning Wang's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly followed.

That kid was actually going to take his daughter to the battlefield, which was very dangerous. There were assassins hidden in the Wuan army.

The military generals also hurriedly followed. The civil officials didn't want to go, but they didn't dare not to go. After all, Ning Wang had gone, so they had to follow with a brave face.