On the left stood a hundred thousand Great Snow Dragon Cavalry. Their silver-white armor reflected a cold, piercing gleam in the sunlight, exuding an imposing aura!
On the right were rows upon rows of Iron Pagoda heavy cavalry. The densely packed mass looked like a black cloud threatening to swallow the city, striking fear into the hearts of all who saw them!
"This... how is this possible?!"
Wu Yan'er stared at the scene in sheer disbelief!
Such an elite force, and heavy cavalry at that, had actually submitted to Qin Xiao!
She was not the only one shocked.
All the civil and military officials of the Great Qin Dynasty stood frozen in place.
Their mouths were wide open, jaws practically hitting the floor!
"So that's it! So that's how it is!"
Cai Kun trembled all over, his mind buzzing and exploding with realization!
A whole series of events suddenly made perfect sense to him!
"It would be child's play for His Majesty to slaughter this five-hundred-thousand-strong army!"
"The only reason he brought the families of these five hundred thousand soldiers here was simply to give them one last chance."
At this moment, an old official spoke up with a trembling voice, "What if the five hundred thousand soldiers had insisted on rebelling against His Majesty?"
Cai Kun's face turned deathly pale. Shivering uncontrollably, he looked at the five-hundred-thousand-strong army as if he were looking at a pile of corpses.
"Given His Majesty's temperament, I'm afraid rivers of blood would flow, and the fields would be strewn with corpses!"
These words sent a chill down everyone's spine, making their blood run cold!
Their eyes were filled with absolute terror!
So that was the truth!
They had been kept in the dark by Qin Xiao this entire time!
Qin Xiao had never compromised.
He had merely handed the choice of survival over to them.
Submit, and live.
Betray, and die!
Beneath the city walls, a collective tremor ran through the hearts of the five hundred thousand soldiers!
"So we were all wrong."
"His Majesty could have easily slaughtered us all! He didn't need to use our parents as leverage at all."
"Thank goodness we surrendered early, otherwise we would have definitely been trampled into mush by this heavy cavalry!"
"His Majesty gave us a chance to repent, we must remain absolutely loyal to him!"
....
The five hundred thousand soldiers looked up at the figure towering like a majestic mountain.
Sunlight fell upon Qin Xiao's dark dragon robe, refracting a dazzling brilliance. It was as if he were draped in a sacred cloak, exuding an awe-inspiring, domineering presence!
At this moment, a profound sense of reverence welled up in the hearts of everyone present!
The gazes they directed at Qin Xiao were fervent and full of worship!
Only an emperor like this could lead them to unify the world and establish an immortal hegemony!
Qin Xiao hadn't expected that merely having his cavalry make an appearance would completely win over their hearts.
However, one person alone descended into complete madness!
"No! Impossible!"
Qin Yu roared in agony.
He knelt on the ground, his hair disheveled, desperately pounding his fists against the earth.
Punch after punch, until his knuckles were a bloody mess.
"No! How could this happen!"
"How could Qin Xiao possibly have so many heavy cavalrymen!"
"Then what was the point of my rebellion? I am nothing but a joke! The biggest joke of all!"
"Hahaha!"
Qin Yu suddenly threw his head back and burst into maniacal laughter!
His smile was so hideous and twisted that it made one's hair stand on end!
All his hopes were thoroughly shattered!
Everything he possessed, everything he had poured all his effort into obtaining, had been effortlessly crushed into dust by Qin Xiao!
His struggles made him look like a mere clown, leaving him with no dignity left in front of Qin Xiao!
At this time, Cai Suwan also came to her senses. Seeing the crazed Qin Yu, she knew his momentum was completely gone.
The true ruler now was still Qin Xiao.
In an instant, she knew exactly what she had to do.
"Brother Qin Xiao, I'm sorry. I only feigned surrender to Qin Yu just now in order to protect you."
Cai Suwan's eyes were misty with tears, her watery gaze brimming with sorrow. She looked so pitiful and delicate that one couldn't help but want to cradle her in their hands and cherish her.
She threw herself toward Qin Xiao, attempting to use her most vulnerable side to win his forgiveness.
"Heh!" Qin Xiao sneered coldly. He raised his hand and firmly clamped his fingers around Cai Suwan's throat.
"How much longer are you going to keep up this act? Do you really think I am as foolish as that idiot Qin Yu?"
His five fingers closed together, applying slight pressure.
"Urgh!"
Cai Suwan's toes left the ground as Qin Xiao lifted her entirely with one hand. Her face flushed red, and the veins on her forehead bulged.
"Brother Qin Xiao, I didn't do anything wrong. Why are you treating me like this?"
"I did everything for you."
"Have you forgotten the days we spent together?"
Qin Xiao's words made her gaze dart away, a guilty conscience gnawing at her heart.
"If you kill me, who else in this world will love you as much as I do!"
Qin Xiao was utterly dismissive.
"I am the Emperor. I do not need a woman's love! Because any woman I set my sights on will enter my harem."
Qin Xiao scoffed at romantic love. Moreover, with his exceptionally high standards, how could he possibly stoop to chasing after a woman?
As the grip on her neck tightened continuously.
Cai Suwan's throat constricted. Blood trickled from the corner of her mouth, and her vision began to darken in waves.
Her heart shattered into pieces.
As it turned out, in front of Qin Xiao, she was nothing but a clown!
She had actually thought Qin Xiao was hopelessly in love with her.
"Father! Save... save me..."
Cai Suwan looked toward Cai Kun.
Hoping that her Prime Minister father would put in a good word for her.
Hearing this, Cai Kun subconsciously looked at Qin Xiao.
The moment their eyes met.
Thud.
Cai Kun dropped to his knees, burying his head firmly against the ground.
"Your Majesty, this girl is merely my adopted daughter. I signed a severance of kinship agreement with her a long time ago. Even if you were to decree the execution of her nine familial generations, it wouldn't involve me!"
Before Qin Xiao could even open his mouth, Cai Kun had already slid to his knees to beg for mercy.
Everyone present was dumbfounded!
Damn, he dropped to his knees way too fast!
And his posture was so textbook perfect.
Furthermore, his words instantly removed his entire extended family from the line of fire.
Qin Xiao looked down at Cai Kun as memories regarding the man scrolled through his mind.
Cai Kun, the Great Qin's most colossal corrupt official. He was a man who dared to mix sand into disaster relief porridge. A veteran minister of three reigns, it was rumored he was infertile.
In order to continue the Cai family bloodline, he had outright adopted one hundred and eight daughters.
He only recruited live-in sons-in-law.
And for every single daughter, he had them sign a severance of kinship agreement in advance.
Seriously, isn't this playing it a bit too safe?
Qin Xiao was somewhat speechless.
It was as if this Cai Kun had perfectly dodged every single guaranteed-death flag.
"Very well. However, since she is a daughter you raised after all, I shall give you a minor punishment as a major warning. You are fined one hundred million taels of silver."
Cai Kun's breath hitched. His face contorted with the pain of parting with his wealth, and he wanted to refuse Qin Xiao.
But the moment he saw Qin Xiao's eyes, they seemed to be saying: If you dare refuse, I will execute your nine generations.
Cai Kun forcefully swallowed back the words that were about to burst from his mouth.
He wanted to cry but had no tears left.
As for Cai Suwan, she was already dumbstruck.
"No! Don't! Don't kill me..."
She begged desperately for mercy, her legs kicking wildly.
However, Qin Xiao possessed absolutely no tender feelings for the fairer sex.
With a forceful twist of his hand, a sharp crack echoed, and Cai Suwan's neck was brutally snapped!
Her eyes stared wide open, her face deathly pale, and her lips turned a dark purple.
Qin Xiao casually flicked his wrist, sending Cai Suwan's corpse flying several meters away before it crashed heavily onto the ground.
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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...
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
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?!
