I Raise My Blade to Build the Great Wall! One Slash to Kill Soul Saints! Xue Qinghe Is Shocked!

The nobles in the city wanted to surrender or flee, but the city gates were tightly shut and the roads sealed off.

The entire city was under martial law. Whether nobles or commoners, all they could do was stare helplessly in panic!

Only a few days passed.

Thick smoke billowed outside the city, and war horns shook the heavens!

The Tian Dou Empire's army had arrived!

Their banners stretched endlessly, blotting out the sky and sun!

Chang'an had begun as a small frontier city, a strategic pass mainly built to defend against foreign invasion.

Facing outward, it was protected by perilous mountains—one man could hold the pass against ten thousand.

But from within, it faced a vast, open plain, without even a moat.

At the sight of the Tian Dou Empire's army arriving, many citizens in the city were frightened out of their wits!

Xue Qinghe wore golden armor and rode a magnificent snow-white steed.

He looked imposing and full of spirit!

After masquerading as a prince for so many years, this was the most glorious and enjoyable moment of his life!

Xue Qinghe proudly drew his sword.

"Xue Luochuan has split the empire apart. His crimes are unforgivable! Attack the city and wipe out the rebels!"

"Whoever takes Xue Luochuan's head will be rewarded with one million Gold Soul Coins!"

He could not even be bothered to look at Xue Luochuan atop the city wall.

Or at Chang'an City, which had already been renamed.

In his eyes, Xue Luochuan was already dead.

After today, Chang'an City would be renamed back as well.

Chang'an City? It was nothing more than a fleeting joke.

He did not believe that the Chang'an Kingdom, with fewer than two thousand defenders, could possibly stand against his seven Soul Saints and thirty thousand troops!

The messengers relayed the orders down through the ranks!

Tempted by such a generous reward, every soldier's eyes turned red with excitement!

They wished they could immediately rush up Chang'an City's walls, kill Xue Luochuan, tear him limb from limb, and claim the rich reward!

"Your Highness, His Majesty's decree was to capture him alive. Why are you directly calling for his head?" an elderly general at his side asked.

"How else are we to answer to the empire's people and His Majesty if we do not kill a traitor who split the empire apart?"

Xue Qinghe snorted disdainfully.

He had wanted to kill Xue Luochuan for a long time.

Now that he finally had such a legitimate opportunity, he had no intention of giving Xue Luochuan even the slightest chance of survival.

Xue Qinghe was the army's sole commander, and no one dared raise another objection.

The vast army pressed forward!

Leading the charge were seven flying soul masters at the Soul Saint level. Wrapped in fierce gusts of wind, they shot swiftly toward the city walls!

Forty-nine soul rings lit up!

They did not even use soul skills. The pressure of seven Soul Saint experts alone made the soldiers atop the walls tremble with fear!

"We're screwed! We're screwed!"

"Thirty thousand troops! The empire sent thirty thousand troops!"

"They sent out seven Soul Saints right from the start! Heavens!"

"How are we supposed to fight this? What can we fight them with?"

These battle-hardened soldiers were now on the verge of losing even the courage to fight!

To them, this battle was meaningless and unquestionably doomed to defeat!

Had Xue Luochuan not personally held the front line of the city walls, these soldiers would have been too terrified not to open the gates and surrender!

"Li Xin, kill them. Protect our Chang'an."

Xue Luochuan sat lazily upon the Pure Gold Throne, lightly tapping the armrest with his fingers.

Li Xin of the Battle of the Ages.

He was the first hero Xue Luochuan had summoned when he established the Chang'an Empire beneath his feet!

On King's Continent, Li Xin had been the great general who guarded the Great Wall, repelled countless powerful enemies, and protected Chang'an.

Here, he possessed the strength of a Level 81 Soul Douluo as well!

That was why Xue Luochuan remained entirely unafraid even when facing the Tian Dou Empire's army of thirty thousand!

Though Li Xin possessed the strength of a Soul Douluo, he also had formidable area-of-effect attacks.

Most of those thirty thousand troops were ordinary people, so they were naturally no challenge at all!

The blond-haired general at his side nodded slightly.

"I never expected that the Chang'an Kingdom would face such a great battle just after its founding."

He knew full well what the consequences of defeat would be.

Therefore, he would not lose this battle that would establish the nation!

"I will not let Chang'an City be forgotten by the world!"

A golden gleam flashed through Li Xin's eyes!

His aura erupted in an instant!

Terrifying shockwaves surged into the sky!

His golden hair streamed behind him, and his brown cloak billowed wildly!

Seeing Li Xin move alone while the other soldiers were too frightened to budge, the attacking Soul Saints burst into confident laughter!

"Ha ha ha ha! Second Prince, is this one man the only one in your Chang'an who can fight?"

"Looks like taking this city will be quite easy!"

"Second Prince, what on earth are you thinking? Instead of being a prince properly, you insist on calling yourself emperor! Have you lost your mind?"

"I'll reluctantly accept those one million Gold Soul Coins!"

After fighting so many battles, they had never encountered one this easy!

This Second Prince was simply a joke.

He had no ability, yet he dared proclaim himself emperor, split the land, and challenge the authority of Xue Ye!

In an instant, all seven charged together toward Xue Luochuan!

The seven bestial claws glowed with a bloody light.

Their greedy gazes seemed ready to tear Xue Luochuan apart!

"I raise my blade to build the Great Wall!"

"Those who invade Chang'an shall be slain!"

Li Xin leaped into the air and swung his sword!

Terrifying, razor-sharp sword qi swept forth!

Carrying wild winds with it, the sword qi cut across people's skin with searing pain!

As for those seven Soul Saints—

At such close range, they had no time to dodge at all.

The razor-sharp sword qi struck their bodies directly!

The seven Soul Saints had no defenses prepared. Before they could even cry out, they were all cut cleanly in half at the waist!

Their severed bodies fell, spraying warm blood.

It was as though a rain of blood had fallen from the sky!

Xue Qinghe and the Heavenly Dou Army below the city were left utterly dumbfounded!

"Seven Soul Saints were killed by a single slash?" Xue Qinghe rubbed his eyes in a daze. "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! I must be seeing things! Since when did the Tian Dou Empire have an expert like this?"

This time, he saw it even more clearly. The corpses of the seven Soul Saints lay at the foot of the city walls!

Those were Soul Saints!

The greatest combat power of the two great empires only reached the level of Soul Douluo!

Soul Saints were already extremely rare experts capable of guarding an entire region!

Yet the young general under Xue Luochuan had casually slain seven Soul Saints with one swing of his sword!

Experts like that were each renowned across an entire region!

Since when had such an expert, someone capable of effortlessly slaughtering Soul Saints, appeared within the Tian Dou Empire?

Xue Qinghe's entire body trembled uncontrollably!

It was instinctive terror in the face of a stronger opponent!

He had not even reached the Soul Saint level yet. If he faced this expert and lost, he likely would not even be able to escape!

The Chang'an Garrison was stunned at first.

Then, every soldier was roused by Li Xin's heroic prowess!

Their fighting spirit surged!

Li Xin had shown them hope!

All the soldiers raised their spears and cheered!

"General, mighty!"

"There is hope! We have hope!"

"It's only an army of several tens of thousands! Watch my general wipe them out in one strike!"

"If we win this battle, we will be the empire's greatest heroes!"

No words of encouragement were needed.

The soldiers were now as if filled with adrenaline, roaring as they charged to meet the enemy army!

"I still have thirty thousand troops. What do I have to fear?"

Xue Qinghe calmed down again.

His army of thirty thousand was his greatest source of confidence!

He still had absolute confidence in this battle!