In Zhu Luo Country's Du Bian City, a dark and overwhelming expanse of troops surged in. The slaughter never ceased, corpses littered the ground, and devastation filled the eye.
Leading them was a young man clad in a Flood Dragon Robe. His arrogance defied the gods, power radiated from him, and he carried the bearing of a great ruler.
His name was Zhu Zi'an, the Da Ming Dynasty's youngest and fiercest non-imperial prince, the Stability King, and the husband of the reigning Princess Ling Yue.
His purpose in leading this army was obvious: he intended to seize all of Zhu Luo Country, then use it as a springboard to contend for supremacy over the surrounding nations and establish his status as a great ruler.
"What do you mean there is nothing left to grant? I want to be Emperor."
Bearing tremendous ambition, he personally led several million troops aboard over three thousand warships seized from Zhu Luo Country and marched murderously toward Zhu Luo Country.
In merely three months, they reached Du Bian City, a city on Zhu Luo Country's Sea Territory.
Without pausing, he directly ordered a massacre. Like an unrivaled god of slaughter, his army's battle cries shook Heaven and Earth. In less than a day, all of Du Bian City became a dead city.
Corpses covered the city, blood flowed into rivers, and the air was thick with a nauseating stench of blood.
Where the army passed, not even grass remained.
After massacring Du Bian City, he ordered the entire city, corpses included, burned to the ground. Then he led the army onward through the night toward the next city.
Because the attack had been swift and decisive, the officials of Zhu Luo Country knew nothing of it. The Emperor of Zhu Luo Country and his ministers