You and I Are Both Mortal!

"For the Empire!"

"For Her Princess Hall!"

"Kill!"

Just as Qian Daoliu in on the Clear Sky Sect, the sounds of battle shook the Heaven Dou City!

At this time, outside the palace walls, the fallen corpses had piled up into a mountain of corpses more than twenty meters high, almost reaching the same height as the palace walls.

The densely packed City Garrison guards, stepping over the corpses of their comrades, could storm the city walls almost as if walking on flat ground!

Within just two hours of the start of the battle, more than 100,000 of the 300,000 City Garrison had been killed or wounded!

It should be understood that in the feudal era of cold weapons, an army that could survive with one-tenth of its soldiers killed or wounded without collapsing was considered quite competent.

If an army can endure a third of its casualties and continue its offensive, it will be a battle-hardened and powerful force!

However, the City Defense Garrison have already suffered more than a third of casualties, yet they continue to launch wave after wave of attacks, demonstrating the elite nature of the army!

Meanwhile, on the command platform heavily guarded by the City Garrison, Marshal Ge Long stood with his hand on his sword, his blood-red cloak fluttering behind him.

However, Marshal Ge Long was not standing at the head of the group. Half a step in front of him, a slender and graceful figure stood upright, facing the wind!

It's Xue Ke!

Half an hour ago, under the desperate escort of Xue Shan, the most senior member of the royal family who had reached the level of a Title Douluo, Xue Ke successfully withdrew from the palace and arrived at the City Garrison army that was attacking the palace.

Meanwhile, the two Ferocious Beasts, Zi JI and Bi Ji, led the female Soul Master of the Tian Xuan and Yao Guang Guard to hold off Qian Renxue and the two elders of the Spirit Hall.

"That's terrible..."

Looking at the mountain of corpses piled up beneath the palace walls, and the blood staining the ground, Xue Ke's face turned pale, her teeth clenched, and her slender body trembled slightly.

She wasn't afraid; having experienced such fierce fighting, her heart was already as hard as iron. She was just a little heartbroken.

She was heartbroken that tens of thousands of loyal royal City Garrison had perished tragically beneath the palace walls.

"Your Princess Hall, the place is filled with blood; it's a horrific scene. Perhaps you should leave for a while?"

Looking at the trembling, graceful figure before him, Ge Long felt a pang of pain in his heart and asked with concern.

"No, hundreds of thousands of soldiers are fighting for me. As a royal princess, if I retreat now, I will surely disappoint them."

Xue Ke turned to look at Ge Long, shook her head, and said resolutely, "If the army loses morale and collapses because of this, the Heaven Dou Empire could very well be destroyed. How can I face my father in the afterlife and the ancestors of my Heaven Dou Imperial Family then?"

Xue Ke's words drew the attention of dozens of senior officers of the City Garrison and over a hundred Soul Master on the command platform, who all felt a surge of admiration for Xue Ke.

Even titled Douluo like Xue Shan and Xiao Chenyu were impressed by this delicate imperial princess.

Only Ge Long remained somewhat worried.

Based on the current situation, Xue Ke is practically the only surviving heir of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family. If something were to happen to her on the battlefield, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family could truly be wiped out!

At that time, the vast Heaven Dou Empire will likely disintegrate immediately and will no longer be able to pose a threat to the Spirit Hall.

As the brother-in-law of Xue Ye and the uncle of Princess Xue Ke, Ge Long absolutely could not allow such a terrible scene to occur!

So, Ge Long stepped forward and continued to advise, "Your Highness, courage is indeed a fine quality, but..."

"There's no 'but'!"

Xue Ke waved her hand, interrupting Ge Long, then turned to look at Xue Shan beside her, her tone slightly gentle yet extremely solemn as she said, "Grandpa Xue Shan, I want to address all the soldiers. Could you use your Soul Power to amplify my voice?"

"Sure."

Xue Shan nodded, then frowned slightly with curiosity on his already aged face, and asked, "But, Ke'er, what do you want to say?"

Upon hearing this, Xue Ke did not answer, but suddenly turned around and snatched a golden Swan battle flag, symbolizing the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, from the hand of a guard behind her!

Immediately afterwards, she forcefully planted the battle flag on the command platform behind her and shouted loudly, "I, Xue Ke, the only surviving descendant of the Heavenly Heaven Dou Imperial Family, stand before this battle flag, not retreating a single step!"

Xue Ke's voice, amplified by her Soul Power, could be heard clearly throughout half of Heaven Dou City, spanning dozens of miles!

Upon hearing this, the entire battlefield fell silent for a few seconds. Immediately afterward, the City Garrison, who had been on the verge of collapse due to heavy casualties, erupted into a thunderous roar, their blood boiling and their morale soaring!

How noble is the imperial princess? If such a precious woman fears neither death nor retreats an inch, why should these soldiers hesitate to sacrifice themselves?

On the command platform, most of the high-ranking generals were also deeply moved. Several young generals exchanged glances, then stepped forward, knelt on one knee, and looked up at Xue Ke, saying, "Your Princess Hall, please allow us to join the vanguard army's attack. We will surely capture the palace for Your Princess Hall and eliminate the treacherous officials!"

Upon hearing this, several more generals stepped forward, equally impassioned, and declared, "We too will join the vanguard in attacking the city walls! We will fight to the death!"

"But you are all generals..."

Xue Ke's hesitation, coupled with the fact that the generals led the charge, could indeed greatly boost the morale of the army.

But if all these generals are killed in battle, then who will command the army?

"Let them go."

Marshal Ge Long's eyelids twitched a few times, and he said in a deep voice, "Wear another layer of armor. I'll be waiting for your return so we can drink together!"

"Promise!"

The generals responded in unison, and with the help of their guards, they put on an extra layer of heavy Heaven Dou Bright Silver Armor. Then, with their personal guards, they ran towards the city wall without looking back!

Meanwhile, atop the imperial palace, Elder Tianfeng of the Spirit Hall had a face so gloomy it seemed as if water could drip from it!

As a Soul Master with the Wind and Cloud Eagle Martial Soul, Elder Tianfeng's sharp eyes were enough to capture any detail on the entire battlefield.

That's why this originally imposing level 93 titled Douluo suddenly sensed something was wrong.

The City Garrison have indeed suffered over 100,000 casualties, but the losses on the defending side are also staggering!

Of the 15,000 Royal Guards who had been won over by Qian Renxue, most had died or been wounded. Those who remained had lost their will to fight and refused to advance despite being whipped and executed by the Supervisory Team.

In fact, if it weren't for the suppression by the powerful figures from the Spirit Hall, these Royal Guards would probably have mutinied.

Of the five thousand elite Soul Master of the Spirit Hall at the Soul Ancestor level or above, more than two thousand died in battle, and almost all of the rest were wounded.

Meanwhile, the Spirit Hall's original nearly one hundred Soul Saint and Soul Douluo were surrounded and killed by the fearless City Garrison and their accompanying Soul Master, with more than twenty of them killed.

Even among the three Title Douluo, only Elder Tianfeng was able to free up his hands to oversee and command. The other two Spirit Hall elders were trapped in the dense military formation and had no choice but to fight head-on against the City Garrison whose lives were as worthless as grass!

Such heavy casualties were even too much for Elder Tianfeng, a titled Douluo, to bear.

However, beneath the city walls, the morale of the heavily wounded City Garrison was terrifyingly high. Squads of soldiers, carrying long spears and shields, drawing their powerful bows and crossbows, marched in orderly formation, like army ants, densely packed and overwhelming, surging towards the city walls!

Several hundred meters from the city wall, accompanied by the distant sound of horns, hundreds of battering rams, siege engines, arrow towers, catapults, torsion ballistae, and other powerful weapons once again rolled in from the rear, rumbling to the front of the battle line.

These powerful weapons are the only siege equipment the City Garrison have left. If these weapons are also exhausted, it will become even more difficult to take down the city walls.

By bringing this batch of siege equipment over, Ge Long demonstrated his do-or-die determination!

"How dare they attack? Aren't they afraid of dying?"

Elder Tianfeng frowned, his face grim as he looked at the Royal Guards Commander beside him who had betrayed Xue Ye and sided with Qian Renxue. He said, "We have three Title Douluo and nearly a hundred Soul Saint and Soul Douluo. How dare these ants attack so desperately? How dare they?"

"Your Sky Wind, they are not ants. One-fifth of your Soul Saint and Soul Douluo have already died or been injured. Are all these powerful figures going to die at the hands of ants?"

The Royal Guards Commander glanced coldly at the Spirit Hall elder beside him, and said in an even colder tone, "It's hard for a pampered powerhouse like you to understand that in some people's hearts, there's something more important than life itself: courage, honor, and conviction!"

"For glory, for the Heaven Dou Empire, no matter what level of power they possess, they cannot be intimidated. Even a Title Douluo like Your Sky Wind Tianfeng would dare to draw their sword against you!"

"Snort!"

Elder Tianfeng snorted coldly, his gloomy face twitching a few times, and said coldly, "What kind of bullshit belief is this? I'll teach them a lesson and let them know that relying solely on courage is nothing but foolish suicide in the eyes of true powerhouses!"

Meanwhile, the generals who had volunteered to be Xue Ke vanguard, accompanied by their respective personal guards, were already approaching the city walls!

The vast majority of these generals were also Soul Master, and almost all of them were Soul Master Soul King or above at level 50, with a few even being Soul Saint at level 70 or above.

An elderly general, his body crackling with seven Soul Rings, suddenly drew his longsword and roared, "For the Empire! For Her Princess Hall!"

"For the Empire, for Her Princess Hall!"

The shouts of hundreds of thousands of people made the Spirit Hall Soul Master standing on the city wall feel the city wall tremble!

"Kill!"

The old general pointed his longsword, and with a sudden flap of his two enormous wings, he soared into the air and charged towards the Spirit Hall Soul Master on the city wall!

This veteran's Martial Soul is also Swan. His ancestors once married a princess of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, thus acquiring a diluted royal bloodline. Every few generations, a Soul Master with a Swan Spirit would appear.

Seeing the generals with royal blood leading the charge, the nearly 200,000 surviving soldiers were filled with fervor and swept towards the palace walls like a tsunami, acting like madmen!

Faced with this catastrophic charge, Elder Tianfeng was terrified, and then became enraged!

"Court death!"

Elder Tianfeng pointed his finger, and a beam of cyan light, condensed to its maximum, burst forth from his fingertip and shot towards the old general who was leading the charge!

The next second, the veteran's abdomen was instantly pierced, exploding into a bloody hole the size of a bowl!

For a Title Douluo to attack a Soul Saint is naturally a piece of cake.

The old general plummeted from the sky to the ground, blood gushing from his abdomen, yet he continued to struggle, crawling forward on all fours!

Unfortunately, this seventy-year-old general was just a mortal. As he bled more and more, he no longer had the strength to crawl. He could only reluctantly prop himself up and, with his last bit of strength, throw the imperial standard longsword in his hand at the palace walls!

The longsword streaked across the sky like a silver meteor, and with a clang, it plunged into the solid stone of the city wall under the watchful eyes of hundreds of thousands of people. Sparks flew everywhere, as if a fiery Meteor Descent!

"For the Empire!"

The old general's last cry was like the fuse that detonated an explosive, igniting the blood and killing intent of hundreds of thousands of soldiers!

"For the Empire! Kill!"

A roar like a nuclear explosion resounded, leaving the Spirit Hall Soul Master on the city wall stunned!

The next second, hundreds and thousands of giant crossbow bolts, stones weighing hundreds of kilograms, and burning oil-filled bullets flew towards the palace walls like a meteor shower.

The City Garrison's light Cavalry Legion kept firing their bows, the dense barrage of iron arrows blotting out the sky and chilling anyone who saw them!

Amidst the barrage of arrows and fireballs, the nearly 200,000 surviving City Garrison, disregarding their heavy casualties and exhaustion, and without regard for vanguard or logistics, heavy infantry, light cavalry, Supply Train Legion... all the soldiers who could pick up weapons and move and run surged toward the city walls!

Its power was so great that even a Title Douluo would be terrified!

"How could this be, how could this happen..."

Elder Tianfeng stood blankly on the city wall, staring blankly at the battle situation that had completely exceeded his expectations.

The Royal Guards Commander, who had just been beside Elder Tianfeng, was now dead beyond recognition.

Just moments before, several thousand elite heavy infantrymen of the City Garrison swarmed in, disregarding the wide-range Soul Skill of the Spirit Hall experts, and charged right up to Elder Tianfeng, tearing the unsuspecting Royal Guards commander to pieces with their blades!

As a result, blood splattered onto Elder Tianfeng's face.

"Kill!!"

A dense horde of elite soldiers charged forward; the intense killing intent emanating from thousands of them finally brought Elder Tianfeng back to his senses.

Subconsciously, their Soul Ring flashed one after another!

"Boom!!"

A huge beam of blue light flashed, and hundreds of soldiers were reduced to ashes.

Immediately afterwards, another huge blue tornado struck, lifting hundreds of soldiers into the air before slamming them to the ground and turning them into mincemeat.

Elder Tianfeng unleashed five Soul Skills in succession, and even with his immense Soul Power, he couldn't help but feel a void within his body.

Of the several thousand City Garrison who had come to besiege us, only a few hundred remained, and their ranks had visibly thinned out.

Even so, they continued to roar and attack!

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