"What is going on?"
Qin Yu looked around. Instead of seeing soldiers slaughtering the commoners, he saw five hundred thousand soldiers kneeling on the ground, kowtowing to the crowd of civilians.
His face was filled with utter bewilderment.
He still did not understand what had just happened.
In just a brief moment, things had completely exceeded his expectations.
Qin Yu's smile froze on his face, and he felt an overwhelming sense of absurdity in his heart!
He instinctively looked up at Qin Xiao. The moment their eyes met, he saw the disdain and contempt in Qin Xiao's gaze.
It was as if he had been nothing but a leaping clown from the very beginning.
The joy of victory shattered inch by inch!
Replacing it was a surging, furious rage!
"What on earth are they doing!"
"So what if they saw their parents? A soldier's bounden duty is to obey orders. This prince commands them to kill their parents, so why aren't they killing them!"
"A bunch of traitors! A pack of rebellious thieves!"
"Lieutenant, this prince orders you to take command of the army again and lead the men to slaughter all these commoners!"
Qin Yu roared at the group of lieutenants behind him. His body trembled continuously from anger, and the sword in his hand was nearly resting on a lieutenant's neck.
"Whoever refuses to charge, kill them! Keep killing until they charge into the enemy lines!"
"I am the highest authority here! I am the heavens! You all must obey my commands!"
The lieutenants remained expressionless. Their faces were cold, and the looks they gave Qin Yu were filled with murderous intent!
One of the lieutenants flicked Qin Yu's sword away with a thrust of his spear.
"Prince Qi, are you ordering us to murder our own parents?"
His voice was laced with fury.
For a son to murder his parents was the ultimate treason against the natural order!
Let alone a lieutenant, even an ordinary commoner could never do something so utterly devoid of conscience!
Especially when they heard Qin Yu's outrageous remarks, the veins on their foreheads bulged with anger.
Qin Yu remained completely oblivious, still firmly clinging to his twisted logic.
"My official rank is higher than yours, so you should obey my orders. On what grounds do you disobey? You are committing treason!"
"Believe it or not, I will sentence you all to death!"
Seeing the change in the lieutenants' attitudes towards him, he continued to boast of his authority.
The lieutenants were so angry that they laughed.
"You absolute idiot! Who do you think you are!"
"Without us, you are nothing!"
"We followed you in rebellion for the sake of our futures, to earn the merit of establishing a new emperor!"
"But look at you! You told us you wanted Emperor Qinwu to ascend the throne again! Then what exactly does it mean for our border army to follow you in rebellion?"
"And now you want us to murder our own birth parents!"
"Qin Yu! You stupid fool!"
...
The lieutenants could no longer hold back, their faces twisting into savage scowls as they roared.
This was a female-oriented romance world, but there were still normal people in it.
They had endured time and time again, thinking that since they had reached the final step and were about to attack the capital, they would just put up with it.
But hearing Qin Yu say they should raise their butchers' knives against their own parents made them completely snap!
Being insulted by so many people, Qin Yu's anger rushed to his head. He raised his fist and swung it at a nearby lieutenant.
"How dare you disobey this prince's orders? Then I will use you as an example to warn the others!"
"Get lost!"
A burly lieutenant was infuriated. He swung his long staff and smashed it down hard onto Qin Yu!
Qin Yu was beaten black and blue, blood spraying wildly from his mouth.
And it did not end there. One lieutenant after another stepped forward to gang up on Qin Yu!
Fists rained down upon him like a torrential downpour.
"Ah!"
"Stop it, you bastards! I am Prince Qi! Stop it right now!"
Qin Yu hugged his head and wailed on the ground.
Punch after punch landed on his body, causing him a burning, agonizing pain.
His internal organs felt as if they had been shifted out of place.
Blood splattered across the ground as if it cost nothing.
"I beg you, stop hitting me. I was wrong, please stop..."
Qin Yu's voice grew weak as he begged for mercy, bursting into tears.
The lieutenants looked at one another and all let out a sigh.
They knew that Qin Yu's momentum was entirely gone.
And the true master of this situation was only one person...
More than a dozen lieutenants walked forward a dozen paces and looked up at Qin Xiao on the city wall.
Their hearts were filled with melancholy, defeat, and a pale sense of powerlessness.
But mostly, it was a deep, profound despair!
Qin Xiao had done absolutely nothing. He had merely looked down upon the entire battlefield from the very beginning, yet he easily suppressed this army of five hundred thousand.
He did not use martial force, but rather the deepest human morals, family ties, and affection.
"Perhaps our Great Qin truly can unite all nations under His Majesty's rule!"
"Yes, His Majesty is too terrifying. We are simply no match for him."
"I thought this war would be an overwhelming victory. I never expected... His Majesty did not deploy a single soldier, yet we are the ones who suffered a crushing defeat!"
Their words were full of deep emotion.
The crowd arrived at the base of the city wall and, without another word, knelt to the ground in unison.
"We guilty generals kowtow to His Majesty!"
"Long live the Emperor! Long live! Long, long live!"
With the generals who commanded the five-hundred-thousand-strong army taking the lead, the entire army of five hundred thousand also dropped to one knee.
"Long live the Emperor! Long live! Long, long live!"
The sound shook the clouds and echoed through the heavens!
The civil and military officials were all dumbfounded at this moment.
The officials who followed Qin Xiao trembled with excitement.
"We won! His Majesty won!"
"With just a single move, he suppressed an army of five hundred thousand and turned defeat into victory! His Majesty is truly a god among men!"
The looks they gave Qin Xiao were filled with endless fanaticism and worship!
Meanwhile, the officials who had followed Emperor Qinwu were all deathly pale, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.
The fear in their hearts was like a massive shadow, swallowing them whole!
Thud.
One official's legs gave out, and he knelt on the ground.
The rest of the officials quickly followed suit, dropping to their knees.
"Spare our lives, Your Majesty!"
"We were wrong, please forgive us!"
"It was Emperor Qinwu who forced us to side with him! Our bodies were in his camp, but our loyalties remained with you!"
"Your Majesty, we are all officials of the Great Qin. We beg you to spare our lives. If we die, who will govern the Great Qin? Please give us a chance!"
"If you want to kill someone, kill Emperor Qinwu! He is the greatest menace!"
"Yes! Emperor Qinwu forced us to do all those terrible things!"
...
Seeing that Emperor Qinwu's cause was lost, a group of opportunistic officials did not hesitate to kneel and declare their loyalty.
Emperor Qinwu's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. His eyes were wide open, staring in sheer disbelief at the subjects groveling at his feet.
Once, these people had been his trusted confidants!
Now, just to survive, they did not hesitate to surrender to Qin Xiao.
How utterly absurd and laughable!
"You... you bunch of traitors! I trusted you so much, and now you pin all the blame on me! Have you no shame facing me?"
Emperor Qinwu was so furious that smoke practically blew out of his ears, his beard twitching awry.
He never could have imagined that the trusted aides he had carefully cultivated were all traitors!
Instead, he became the ultimate scapegoat.
Qin Xiao looked down at the civil and military officials at his feet, the corners of his mouth curling up into a mocking smile.
"Without you lot, the Great Qin would cease to function?"
Those officials thought Qin Xiao was actually relenting and nodded hastily.
"Yes, yes, yes, Your Majesty. If the Great Qin loses us officials, who will govern the country?"
"Your Majesty, we all know we were wrong. You cannot kill us."
Hearing such words, Qin Xiao immediately laughed.
"Hahaha! Are you threatening your Emperor?"
The laughter dripped with biting mockery!
The crowd remained dead silent, not even daring to draw a heavy breath.
When the laughter finally ceased, Qin Xiao's gaze turned abruptly frigid as he looked down at the officials assembled before him.
"Every single one of you was born into noble and wealthy clans. You became officials for no reason other than to line your pockets more conveniently! To oppress the common folk! Have you ever made a single contribution to the foundation and future of our Great Qin!"
"Without you parasites, our Great Qin will only grow ever more powerful!"
g Yu was preparing for retirement when her organization decided to eliminate her. She transmigrated to a zombie apocalypse world. However, a tiny unexpected situation occurred: She somehow transformed into an adorable little girl?!
with countless casualties. As a top-tier gamer, Liu Xuan volunteered to join the fight, intending to dominate with his skills, but instead he obtained the hidden class: [Pacifist]. Unable to attack. Unable to use active skills. Fortunately, with each level gained, he acquired a new passive skill. And so, armed with a body full of passives, Liu Xuan slaughtered his way through the battlefield of ten thousand races! [You attacked Liu Xuan] [You gained the debuffs: 'Poison', 'Fear', 'Burning', 'Bleeding', 'Freeze', 'Silence', etc.] [Your attack speed has been reduced by 99%] [Your armor and magic resistance have been reduced by 99%] Warriors of the Ten Thousand Races: How the hell am I supposed to fight this?!
lity and could only live as an ordinary mortal. He only wished to live a peaceful life. Yet he didn't know— The dog he adopted, because it ate his food, became a legendary demon king. The kitchen knife he casually forged became a peerless divine weapon, causing numerous experts to fight desperately for it. The young disciple he took in became an immortal lord that led an era, due to cultivating the techniques Ye Feng taught him. Even the skeletons he looked down on the most were ominous demon kings that suppressed countless worlds. Many years later, looking at the void shattered with a punch, Ye Feng murmured to himself: It turns out the peerless kings were myself all along...
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
