God Descent!

Chapter 448 The God Descent!

"Father, this is a letter from Her Your Majesty the Queen Xue Ke to you."

Zhu Zhuyun's eyes flashed, and after hesitating for a moment, she took out a letter with a gold Swan pattern embossed on it from her bosom and handed it to Zhu Qingyun.

"Oh."

Zhu Qingyun casually took the letter, glanced at his daughter Zhu Zhuyun without any surprise, and slowly said, "No wonder Xue Ke asked you to come back. It turns out she wanted you to be a messenger. It seems that the Empress of the Heaven Dou Empire wants to win over our Zhu Family."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhuyun looked at her father with feigned admiration and said in a soft, sweet voice, "Father is indeed very perceptive; I admire you."

"Haha, you're still as clever as ever."

Zhu Qingyun smiled, then opened the letter and glanced through its contents.

After reading the letter, Zhu Qingyun immediately used his Soul Power to shake the letter and paper into snowflake-like fragments. Then, with a casual wave of his hand, a gentle breeze arose, and the letter fragments mixed with the dust in the corner, disappearing without a trace.

This scene left Zhu Zhuyun speechless.

The fact that my father destroyed the letter so hastily after reading it, to prevent the information from being leaked, shows his meticulousness and experience.

Sure enough, experience counts, and she was still too young.

In reality, intrigue and betrayal, smiling on the surface while stabbing each other in the back, are routine practices of powerful families and are nothing unusual.

Just like Zhu Qingyun at this moment, as the Nether Grand Duke and a relative of the royal Dai Family, the Zhu Family has enjoyed wealth and honor for generations. Logically speaking, they are one of the least likely families to betray the Star Luo Empire.

Even so, when Zhu Qingyun learned that his daughter had a letter from Empress Xue Ke of the Heaven Dou Empire, he opened the letter and read it without any psychological pressure.

This kind of shameless behavior also has a nice-sounding euphemism. "A good bird chooses a good tree to perch on, and a good minister chooses a good lord to serve."

After destroying the letters, Zhu Qingyun closed his eyes in thought, stroking his beard with one hand and resting the other on the armrest of the nanmu recliner, his fingers gently tapping the armrest, producing a crisp and rhythmic sound.

After a long while, Zhu Qingyun finally opened his eyes, looked at Zhu Zhuyun in front of him, and said calmly, "Zhu Yun, do you know what Xue Ke wants our Zhu Family to do?"

"My daughter doesn't know."

Zhu Zhuyun shook her head. She really didn't know what was written in the letter; at most, she had some guesses.

"Hehe, Her Majesty Xue Ke has instructed the Zhu Family to wait patiently."

Zhu Qingyun chuckled and said, "When the Tiandou Empire Army reaches the Star Luo City, let our Zhu Family secretly open the city gates and launch a coordinated attack from within and without to break through Star Luo City in a short time! After we succeed, our Zhu Family will be granted the title of Duke again."

"In other words, our Zhu Family can earn credit without doing anything. All we need to do is open the gates of Star Luo City at the crucial moment."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhuyun's heart stirred. She raised her head, her delicate brows furrowing slightly, and said, "Father, isn't this requirement... a bit too lenient? With the Zhu Family's accumulated wealth over so many years, opening the gates of Star Luo City would be far too easy."

"Yes, these conditions are too lenient."

Zhu Qingyun stood up and said in a Youyou voice, "It's so lenient that it feels unreal, even unsettling."

After a pause, Zhu Qingyun paced back and forth, as if talking to himself, saying, "Since the founding of the Star Luo Empire, the royal Dai Family has been intermarried with our Zhu Family for generations, and the relationship is extremely close! Every Empress and Empress Dowager of the Star Luo Empire is a daughter of our Zhu Family."

"With such a close relationship between the Zhu Family and the Dai Family, do you really think the Heaven Dou Imperial Family will trust us? Could it be that they intend to use the Zhu Family temporarily, and then discard Zhu Family after conquering Star Luo City?"

Zhu Qingyun grew increasingly frightened as he thought about it, and his initial idea of finding a new employer when the Dai Family was on the verge of collapse gradually faded away.

Although the Star Luo Empire was already in its twilight years, and Emperor Dai Weisi was becoming increasingly mad and bloodthirsty... while the other ministers and nobles could surrender, the Zhu Family alone could not!

The relationship between the Zhu Family and Dai Family was too close; even if they surrendered, the new emperor would easily become suspicious of them.

Moreover, the letter made no mention what to do with Dai Weisi's birth mother, Zhu Youlan, the former Empress of the Star Luo Empire and now the Empress Dowager, who was captured by the Heaven Dou Empire.

Thinking of this, Zhu Qingyun shook his head, looked at Zhu Zhuyun, and said in a deep voice, "Our Zhu Family has been loyal and virtuous for generations, and we must never surrender to the Heaven Dou Empire."

"Father, what you've done..."

Zhu Zhuyun's mind was a little confused. Just a moment ago you were happily reading the letter of surrender, how did you suddenly become a loyal subject of the Star Luo Empire?

Is it because the conditions in the Heaven Dou Empire are not good enough?

Do I need to pay more?

However, Zhu Zhuyun was a seasoned and cunning woman, and she quickly realized what was going on.

My father doesn't believe the conditions of the Heaven Dou Empire. He's afraid that the Zhu Family will be purged after the Star Luo Empire is destroyed!

Zhu Zhuyun was not worried about this at all.

It should be noted that her younger sister, Zhu Zhuqing, is a Title Douluo of level 95 or above, and it is said that she also possesses a full set of Soul Bone. Her strength is so great that she can even contend with Level 99 Peerless Douluo. No matter how much Empress Xue Ke distrusts the Zhu Family, she would not want to anger such a super strong person.

Moreover, Zhu Zhuqing is Zhou Chen's woman and is pregnant with Zhou Chen's child.

Zhou Chen Zhu Zhuyun Zhou Chen's attitude towards Zhu Zhuqing and was filled with envy. He treated her like a precious gem, afraid she would melt in his mouth or break in his hands.

Unless Xue Ke is drunk, she would never dare to touch the Zhu Family.

Thinking about it this way, perhaps Xue Ke's lenient terms were to give Zhu Zhuqing face, rather than because of any conspiracy.

However, his own father, Zhu Qingyun, probably wouldn't believe this guess.

People from aristocratic families like Zhu Qingyun are generally quite cunning, enjoy scheming, prioritize profit over integrity, and often project their own biases onto others, assuming that others are also cunning.

For example, right now, Zhu Qingyun feels that Xue Ke is not sincere and is trying to play the trick of discarding someone after they have served their purpose.

Zhu Zhuyun originally didn't want to persuade him; she let her father think what he wanted.

However, as the daughter of the Zhu Family, Zhu Zhuyun was still unwilling for her father to drag the entire Zhu Family into a pit.

In her view, the current Star Luo Empire is a pit of fire, and the royal Dai Family is simply trash that she would avoid at all costs.

Continuing to be loyal to the royal family and the Dai Family will likely not end well.

Because Zhou Chen is too strong!

According to information obtained from her younger sister Zhu Zhuqing, this young master of the Xuanyuan Family and the Nation Protecting Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire already possesses the strength to rival the gods!

Zhu Zhuyun may not know about other things, but she does know that Qian Renxue, the Angel God of the Spirit Hall, has been defeated and is now obediently staying in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.

Even Bi Bi Dong, who had already ascended to the Rakshasa God Position, was unable to save her daughter.

It is clear that Zhou Chen's strength is at least above theirs, and very likely far beyond it!

Compared to the Spirit Hall, what is the Star Luo Empire?

Only the Evil Eye Saint King, the ancestor of the Dai Family's Soul Beast, is worth considering; the rest are utterly worthless.

Faced with such a powerful Heaven Dou Empire, if the Zhu Family does not submit quickly, even if Xue Ke doesn't eliminate the Zhu Family out of consideration for her sister Zhu Zhuqing, she probably won't give Zhu Family a good look in the future.

As for tripping up the Zhu Family and making things difficult for them, that's probably commonplace for them.

Thinking this, Zhu Zhuyun immediately raised her head and looked at Zhu Qingyun, saying, "Father, in the face of the absolute strength of the Heaven Dou Empire, our Zhu Family's pitiful persistence is completely useless."

"Absolute strength?"

Zhu Qingyun's eyes narrowed, and he said in a deep voice, "Zhu Yun, you've always been a clever girl. What do you know? Tell your father."

"Um."

Zhu Zhuyun nodded and began to recount her understanding of the Heaven Dou Empire in detail...

Time flies like an arrow.

In the blink of an eye, inside and outside Star Luo City, corpses piled up like mountains, flames filled the sky, and the air was filled with the stench of blood and burning.

Under the bombardment of the Heaven Dou Empire's Level 9 Soul Guidance Cannon, the walls of Star Luo City were already in ruins. If it weren't for the White Tiger God, Evil Eye Saint King, secretly protecting them with his divine power, the walls would have been blasted into dust long ago.

Outside Star Luo City, the army camps of the Heaven Dou Empire stretched as far as the eye could see.

Since the Heaven Dou Empire captured Gengxin City, the Star Luo Empire has experienced a large-scale shortage of weapons and equipment. Although the Star Luo Empire's army is well-trained and has an iron-blooded style, it is simply unable to resist the Heaven Dou Empire's offensive due to its absolute disadvantage in overall strength, and thus suffers repeated defeats.

If it weren't for Pope Bi Bi Dong of the Spirit Hall, under the threat of mutual dependence, mobilizing all her resources to rescue the Star Luo Empire, forcing the Heaven Dou Empire to deploy a large number of reserve troops and powerful Soul Master to block the Spirit Hall's Soul Master army, the Star Luo Empire would probably have already perished.

Even so, the Heaven Dou Empire still managed to reach Star Luo City.

The overwhelming force of the army made the loyalists of the Star Luo Empire in Star Luo City feel extremely oppressed. Everyone knew that it was almost impossible for the Star Luo Empire to turn the tide.

Star Luo City, Imperial Palace.

White Tiger Hall, there was a deathly silence.

Dai Weisi sat blankly on the throne, his face pale, his lips cracked, his hair disheveled, looking like a madman.

The unstoppable advance of the Heaven Dou Empire was something the young emperor found hard to accept.

The vast Star Luo Empire was utterly ineffective, like a clay chicken or a clay dog, unable to withstand any attack from the Heaven Dou Empire.

If it weren't for the secret intervention of our ancestor, the Evil Eye Saint King, Star Luo City would probably have been breached long ago.

To Dai Weisi's left sat some elderly men dressed in the Spirit Hall's attire.

These elders were all titled Douluo elders of the Spirit Hall Elder Hall, dispatched by Bi Bi Dong to help the Star Luo Empire defend its city.

On the floor of the main hall, the civil and military officials of the Star Luo Empire stood in neat rows, with Netherworld Duke Zhu Qingyun of the Netherworld at the head.

Zhu Qingyun's face was full of fatigue, but it was all an act.

Inwardly, Zhu Qingyun felt quite relaxed, because the Zhu Family, at Zhu Zhuyun's urging, had already pledged their allegiance to Empress Xue Ke, and were just waiting for Xue Ke's order to open the gates of Star Luo City and welcome the Star Luo Empire into the city.

"Well..."

After a long silence, Dai Weisi sighed, slowly rose from his throne, waved his hand, and said, "At this point, the destruction of the Star Luo Empire is only a matter of time."

"His Majesty!"

Upon hearing Dai Weisi's blunt words, the civil and military officials bowed in unison, their voices trembling, fearing that this mad emperor might go on a killing spree in despair.

However, Dai Weisi seemed to have changed his mind, and said with a compassionate expression, "I do not wish for my beloved ministers to perish with me, so I will give you a chance. You may now take your families and leave Star Luo City to surrender to the Heaven Dou Empire. I will not blame you."

"Your Majesty, I swear to live and die with the Empire!"

An old minister who looked very loyal cried out in grief, fell to the ground, and swore an oath with tears streaming down his face.

Inspired by this old minister, many civil and military officials swore oaths to die alongside the Star Luo Empire.

However, most of the ministers remained silent, their eyes darting around, clearly indicating that they wanted to surrender.

Netherworld Duke Zhu Qingyun of the Underworld did not express his opinion, but simply raised his head and put on a solemn expression, saying, "Your Majesty, your ancestor Evil Eye Saint King, is still alive. We still have a chance to fight."

Dai Weisi shook his head and put on a wry smile, saying, "Our ancestor's strength was only equivalent to Limit Douluo. How could he be a match for that Nation Protecting Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire? I know the current situation very well."

"I'll say it again: any civil or military official who is willing to surrender may leave now, and I will not stop them."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Qingyun pretended to be in pain and closed his eyes, but in reality, he was overjoyed.

The remaining ministers whispered amongst themselves, creating a noisy commotion.

"Your Majesty, I still have a family to support. I cannot die with you. I will serve you in the next life."

A minister who wanted to surrender suddenly turned around and left.

With this minister setting an example, the other ministers who had long wanted to surrender immediately filed out, not even bothering to say goodbye to Dai Weisi.

In just a short while, the entire White Tiger Hall had become somewhat empty.

Zhu Qingyun originally wanted to leave, but considering that he still had the task of opening the city gate, he stayed.

At this moment, Dai Weisi suddenly gave a sinister smile and muttered to himself, "They've all left, haven't they? Very well, it's time for me to send them on their way."

After a pause, Dai Weisi suddenly waved his hand lightly and said in an icy tone, "Kill all those traitors!"

Before he could finish speaking, a dark figure suddenly darted out from behind the throne and vanished from the hall in an instant!

The sight of the dark figure made Zhu Qingyun's pupils shrink.

That was the commander of the Star Luo Empire Royal Secret Guard, a super strongman whose strength had reached the level of a Title Douluo!

Dai Weisi, is he harboring malicious intentions?

Sure enough, the next second, shouts of killing and screams suddenly rang out outside the hall, causing the ministers inside the hall to change color abruptly!

Good heavens, I thought Dai Weisi had finally come to his senses before he was about to die, but I didn't expect that this mad emperor is still as crazy as ever!

First, they used rhetoric to lure the ministers into surrendering, and then they slaughtered them. This method is truly ruthless!

At this moment, Zhu Qingyun was already drenched in sweat.

If not for a momentary lapse of judgment, Zhu Qingyun would have already left with those ministers who wanted to surrender.

It was really lucky.

The elders of the Spirit Hall sitting below Dai Weisi were also somewhat astonished.

What an insane move!

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