Chapter 830: Di Hu's Baili Du (Happy Birthday, Zhai Zhu)
Di Feng's army fled in rout, casting away helmets and armor beneath a sky heavy with gloom. Countless were dead or wounded. The armies of Gouchen, Ziwei, and the Evil Emperor pursued them. The Evil Emperor's subordinates were notorious for their brutality, taking no prisoners as they hacked their way onward, leaving heads rolling everywhere.
Most of them had once been Emperor Jue's old subordinates. During the battle to seize the imperial throne ten thousand years ago, Di Feng had shown no mercy either. He had slaughtered more than half of the Evil Emperor's faction, while throwing the rest into the Myriad Transformations Incinerating Immortal Furnace, fastening them into hanging coffins to refine treasures.
They were merely following his example.
However, the armies of Ziwei and Gouchen could not behave as the Evil Emperor's forces did. Anyone who surrendered along the way had to be taken into custody, delaying their march.
Even so, they pursued the enemy all the way to Ziwei Grotto-Heaven before Di Feng finally managed to gather his scattered soldiers.
The soldiers of Ziwei Grotto-Heaven and Gouchen Grotto-Heaven were exhausted as well. With far too many prisoners under their control, they no longer had the strength to continue the pursuit, so they halted and set up camp where they stood.
The Immortal Empress came to see Su Yun, brimming with excitement. She laughed. "Your Majesty truly brought an army capable of facing ten thousand alone and won through an unexpected move!"
Hearing her change how she addressed him and call him Your Majesty, Su Yun was delighted. Still, he had to be modest for a few words. Smiling, he said, "You flatter me, Daoist friend. In this victory, the foremost credit belongs to all of you for