Xiao Xuance's gaze darkened, his voice filled with anger. Ma Shan! You are courting death!
Ma Shan showed no fear, pointing to the blade at his chest.
I risked life and limb for you, and what the hell do you do? Just to coax an enemy female general, you hand over a city to her with your own hands!
Do you not know that once the Great Zhou army enters the city, they will slaughter for three days straight? Have you forgotten the human tragedies in the neighboring cities?
Are you still a general of Great Qin or not?!
The tragedy of those scenes...
Even when Ma Shan slept, he would wake up in terror from the nightmares!
Three days of unsealed swords.
Burning, killing, looting, committing every evil imaginable!
Rivers of blood, corpses piled as high as mountains!
One vibrant life after another butchered by the Great Zhou army!
Women treated like dogs, abused at will.
Men turned into moving targets, shot down for the Great Zhou army's amusement!
Xiao Xuance was briefly stunned by Ma Shan's roaring. When he recovered, veins bulged on his forehead, and killing intent boiled in his eyes.
Ma Shan! You dare defy this general! Die!
Swish!
The longsword in his hand thrust fiercely toward Ma Shan, its blade flashing with a cold light.
Its speed reached the absolute limit, tearing through the air with an ear-piercing shriek.
Unable to dodge, Ma Shan could only watch helplessly as the sword aura struck toward him!
General Ma!
Suddenly, a lowly soldier shoved him out of the way.
Squelch!
The sharp longsword pierced right through the soldier's body.
Blood sprayed in all directions!
Ma Shan stood frozen in place, watching the soldier collapse. Gushing blood splattered all over his face.
Ge... General Ma... flee... Tell His Majesty that we border guards are loyal to Great Qin... loyal to His Majesty...
Large mouthfuls of blood welled up from the soldier's mouth. After uttering his final words, his head slumped to the side, and he breathed his last.
Ma Shan's body trembled violently. With bloodshot eyes full of murderous intent, he glared at Xiao Xuance.
You beast! You murder your own brothers-in-arms! A person like you is unworthy of being a general!
You will definitely pay the price for what you have done today!
With that said, he hesitated no longer, leaping onto his horse and galloping away.
Trying to run? A cold glint flashed in Xiao Xuance's eyes. He stomped his right foot fiercely on the ground and vaulted forward.
His figure shot out like an arrow leaving the bowstring, instantly giving chase.
A mere ant dares to threaten this general!
Dying for this general's love is your greatest honor!
Die!
Xiao Xuance slashed his sword downward, sending a crimson blade aura rushing toward Ma Shan.
Ma Shan was terrified!
Feeling the crisis of impending death, waves of powerlessness washed over him, and he involuntarily closed his eyes.
He wanted to notify His Majesty, but he could not even accomplish such a simple task.
If you want to hurt General Ma, you will have to step over our dead bodies!
At the critical moment, a group of soldiers stepped forward.
They used their own flesh and blood to block the sword aura.
The terrifying sword aura sliced through more than a dozen of them at the waist, sending flesh and blood flying.
Blood dyed the entire grassy field red.
General Ma, run! Hurry and notify His Majesty!
One of them roared with heart-wrenching desperation.
Seeing this, Ma Shan's eyes turned red, and tears rolled down his cheeks uncontrollably.
Not daring to pause, he could only ride his horse forward with all his might.
Damn it!
Xiao Xuance stared fixedly at Ma Shan's retreating back, his gaze incredibly gloomy.
He took a step forward, preparing to pursue.
But more and more soldiers blocked his path.
Their faces were fierce, and they looked at death as if returning home!
Interesting! Ridiculous! A bunch of ants trying to block my way!
Xiao Xuance's killing intent surged, and his aura skyrocketed. His longsword slashed through the void, sweeping up a sky full of dust and sand.
A terrifying pressure swept in from all directions, causing the group of soldiers to cough up blood, their faces turning deathly pale.
They were all ordinary soldiers, unable to even withstand Xiao Xuance's aura.
But even so, they still erupted with ultimate fury!
What is interesting about this?! What is ridiculous?! What exactly do you take the lives of our brothers-in-arms for?!
But the only response they received was Xiao Xuance's frenzied slaughter!
Since these people refused to submit, he would kill until they did!
Fifteen minutes later.
With a dark expression, Xiao Xuance sheathed his sword.
The ground was littered with corpses. Blood converged into streams, soaking the grass.
Their eyes were wide open, dying with lingering grievances.
Men! Hunt down Ma Shan for this general. I want to see him alive, or see his corpse if he is dead!
He feared Ma Shan meeting with Qin Xiao. If the two met and Qin Xiao learned of what happened, what if he did not come to Yumen Pass?
This was a golden opportunity, a chance to hold the emperor hostage to command the nobles. He could not easily let it go!
Wang Xuerou stepped forward.
Brother Xuance, let my people go.
She swept her gaze around, looking at the angry Great Qin soldiers, and chuckled softly.
Their eyes seem quite defiant. I am afraid they might let Ma Shan go.
Xiao Xuance pondered for a moment and nodded.
Then let your people go.
As soon as his words fell, Wang Xuerou seemed to have already been prepared.
A cavalry unit of over a thousand men quickly appeared from behind her, heading straight out in pursuit of Ma Shan.
Xiao Xuance pulled Wang Xuerou into his arms, his voice gentle.
Rou'er, I will compensate you. I give Qingshan City to you; you can do whatever you want with it.
With just a single sentence, he decided the life and death of a million people.
The two embraced, kissing each other fiercely.
This scene left the soldiers present looking at each other in dismay, their eyes filled with extreme anger.
.....
"Hyah! Hyah!!"
A thousand cavalrymen were in hot pursuit, charging through the woods and crossing the riverbanks, relentlessly driving Ma Shan into a corner!
"Damn it!"
Clutching his endlessly bleeding chest, Ma Shan was deathly pale, the severe pain forcing him to clench his jaw.
But he dared not relax for a single moment. He whipped his horse frantically, urging the beast beneath him to gallop forward as if his life depended on it.
Just as he was about to shake off the pursuers behind him...
He rounded a corner, only to find his path blocked by a rocky cliff and fallen trees snapped in half on the ground.
Ahead stood over a dozen black-armored soldiers, staring at Ma Shan with mocking expressions.
"Ma Shan, you have nowhere left to run!"
A cold voice rang out.
The bearded brute leading them sneered coldly.
The thousand cavalrymen had completely surrounded Ma Shan!
"It's over!"
Despair filled Ma Shan's heart. He looked around, only to see the Great Zhou army encircling him so tightly that not even a drop of water could leak through!
"My life ends here!"
He roared at the sky, his face full of bitter unwillingness.
His life had been bought with the blood and sacrifice of hundreds, even thousands, of his fellow soldiers.
If he died, who would inform His Majesty?
The bearded leader looked disdainful and waved his hand.
"The general has ordered: attack together and kill him!"
Following his words, the thousand Great Zhou soldiers swarmed forward.
"No!"
Ma Shan bellowed.
But he had nowhere to hide.
"Ah!!!"
His face twisted in a ferocious grimace, Ma Shan let out a furious roar and charged forward with his sword raised.
Even if he had to die, he would take these men down with him!
But right at that moment.
A figure soared into the sky and landed steadily on the massive boulder in front of the crowd.
Golden armor engraved with dragon motifs radiated a dazzling brilliance under the sunlight.
With a high nose bridge, chiseled features, and eyes as deep as dark pools, his entire being exuded an overwhelmingly powerful aura!
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
lities. One day, Qi Yuan was buying groceries when he unfortunately came face-to-face with a monster. Just when he thought he was going to die on the spot, he suddenly heard the monster's thoughts... "This aura, he's definitely not an ordinary master!" "So terrifying, so terrifying." "A fight with my back against the wall, I can't take it anymore." Qi Yuan: Ah, no one told me that my awakened ability isn't telepathy, but rather the stronger my enemies imagine me to be, the stronger I truly become. PS: Zhou Hai in the first chapter is not the protagonist.
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
