Arrayed in the South, Vermilion Bird, Heed My Command! Ultimate Flame, Huo Yanbao's Shock!

"Two Soul Douluo have held two cities, but there are still three armies left."

Chrysanthemum Douluo gazed into the distance.

For some reason, the central army was advancing slowly.

The distance was clearly not far, yet they still had not reached Chang'an's central city.

Meanwhile, the southern legion, which had also taken the central route and had the longest direct distance to cover, had reached the city first.

At the very front, the commanding general had a head of red hair and a tall, muscular build!

His mount was equally eye-catching: a red leopard wreathed in flames!

"I am Huo Yanbao, Sect Master of the Fire Leopard Sect. Surrender now!"

Unlike the single legions led by Hu Yan Zhen and Feng Bailong.

The mixed legion led by Huo Yanbao carried a vast number of chariots, supplies, and siege engines!

Even so, their marching speed still surpassed that of the legion attacking the central city.

Huo Yanbao's declaration of his extraordinary identity placed immense pressure on the soldiers defending the city!

"The Fire Leopard Sect, one of the Lower Four Sects!"

"The force behind Blazing Fire Academy is this sect!"

"Huo Yanbao is an eighty-eighth-rank Soul Douluo too! We can't stop him!"

"Where is Baili Shouyue, the city-defense general His Majesty sent?"

"He was here just now. No one knows where he went!"

The officers and soldiers on the walls looked everywhere for the city-defense general.

Yet no matter how they looked, they could not find the young general anywhere on the walls.

With their general absent, the soldiers' morale crumbled. They could practically be said to have lost all will to fight.

"Could our general have feared them and fled before the battle?"

"Then what are we supposed to do?"

"I don't know. No other orders have come down!"

Although the officers had received orders to defend the city to the death, not seeing their own defending general left them deeply unsettled as well.

Before the two sides had even begun fighting, the Chang'an soldiers defending the city were already showing signs of collapse!

"Hahaha, Chang'an truly is just as we expected—completely incapable of resistance!"

The young woman beside Huo Yanbao laughed heartily as she watched the defenders on the walls fall into disarray without a fight!

Her voice was bright and cheerful.

It drew the attention of many nearby officers and soldiers.

She was an exceptionally beautiful girl, with long, dark-red wavy hair cascading to her waist. She had fair skin, delicate features, and large eyes that shimmered with a faint silver light.

She was tall and perfectly proportioned, with a faint smile always on her face. A hazy layer of red light seemed to emanate from around her body!

The gold-and-red uniform suited her perfectly. Paired with her dark-red hair, she was as eye-catching as a blazing flame.

The soldiers in the camp, who went all year without seeing women, finally had a feast for their eyes, and every one of them stared dumbly!

"What a beautiful woman. If I could marry her, I'd be willing even to become a Titled Douluo!"

"Stop dreaming. Her background is extraordinary. She's Huo Wu, the grandniece of our commanding general, General Huo Yanbao."

"See that young man beside her? That's her brother, Huo Wushuang—a young genius and a Third Ring Soul Master. If you want to marry her, you'll first have to get past her brother!"

Huo Wushuang was of average height with broad shoulders and an ordinary-looking face. His eyes gleamed with fiery light, and his gold-and-red uniform lent an imposing air to his otherwise unremarkable features.

Although the two had only recently arrived at the camp.

Because of their close relationship with Huo Yanbao, many officers knew a great deal about them!

"Attack the city with all your strength! Anyone who speaks of retreat will be executed!"

After giving the order, Huo Yanbao instructed the two juniors beside him without looking away.

"Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, it's time for you to earn military merit. Do your best!"

Huo Wushuang nodded excitedly.

Huo Wu, however, dismissed it with contempt. "There aren't any powerful soul masters defending them. With my strength, I can easily earn some decent military merit!"

Before coming here, they had already gained a thorough understanding of the Chang'an Empire's defenses.

Seeing the city guards in such a state now reassured her even more!

With an advantage like this, even pigs could win!

The two then mounted their warhorses and slowly advanced with the army formation!

They had no need for tactics. They only needed to charge forward and attack the city!

All three sides of the city were surrounded so tightly by the countless Heavenly Dou Army that not even water could pass through!

Watching the Siege Ladders draw closer and closer, the city defenders grew increasingly restless!

Their arrows simply could not stop so many enemies!

"How are we supposed to fight this?"

"Why hasn't our general come yet?"

"He's probably already fled to the Royal Capital, or is on the way there!"

"Only by following General Li Xin do we have any hope of winning!"

"The Heavenly Dou Army has already reached this last city of ours. Could the cities ahead have all fallen?"

"Maybe only the Royal Capital is still holding out now!"

"Shouldn't we surrender too?"

Faced with such a powerful enemy, the city defenders had no will to fight.

This city seemed as though, just as Huo Yanbao had expected, it could be destroyed in an instant!

As the Siege Ladders were about to reach the walls.

The defending soldiers' faces were ashen. Some had even laid down their weapons, preparing to raise white flags and surrender!

Screech!

Beneath the city walls, a gigantic Xuan Bird wreathed in flames swept rapidly across the battlefield!

Wherever the Xuan Bird passed, raging flames erupted!

The foremost siege soldiers were swallowed by the fire, letting out agonized cries!

Before long, they were roasted alive by the scorching flames!

The Siege Ladders and Battering Rams were also set ablaze by the Xuan Bird's flames, rendering them nearly unusable!

Because of their fire-element martial souls, Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu possessed immunity to flames and thus survived.

The two quickly retreated.

However, their clothes had been scorched black, their former splendor gone as they looked utterly disheveled.

"Such powerful flames. Even though our martial souls provide some fire immunity, we can't withstand these flames for long!"

Huo Wu stared at the blazing flames before her, her heart pounding with fear.

Just moments ago, she and Huo Wushuang had narrowly escaped death!

Immediately afterward, two more Blazing Xuan Birds streaked along the other two sides of the city walls in succession.

They set all the siege engines outside the walls ablaze!

"Fire? Who dares play with fire before me?"

Huo Yanbao roared furiously!

His gaze locked onto the furtive arsonist beneath the city wall!

He was a handsome man with white hair flowing past his hips, dressed in gold-and-red battle attire.

In his hand, he held a Soul Tool resembling a fire poker.

"A true man takes responsibility for his actions. Why are you sneaking around like this?"

Huo Yanbao pointed a finger.

A bolt of flame shot toward the handsome man!

With a light leap, the handsome man spread Gold-Red Wings from his back and evaded the incoming flame!

He flew higher than the city walls before slowly coming to a stop.

Gold-and-red Soul Power rippled as his wings unfurled!

It was like a blossoming firework exploding in the sky!

"Arrayed in the south, Vermilion Bird, heed my command!"

"By order of the Emperor of Chang'an, I have been waiting here for you all for quite some time!"

The handsome man's voice was exceedingly gentle, yet every word carried extraordinary resolve!