Over the next month, Lin Che remained in seclusion, cultivating and preparing to break through to the Dou Zong realm.
However, one day, a momentous event occurred in the Jia Ma Empire.
The imperial capital, within the royal palace.
Jia Xing Tian, the guardian, wore a deeply troubled expression.
Seated before him were the powerful and influential figures of the Jia Ma Empire, most of them experts of the Dou Wang and Dou Spirit realms.
Their faces were grave, and they were overcome with anxiety. Two differently colored military flags stood planted on the sand table, while the flags representing the Empire were pitifully few. Clearly, the Empire's borders had already been breached.
"Old Jia, the Chu Yun Empire has launched a direct attack on us. Such brazen conduct is outright provocation!"
Mu Chen, the head of the Mu Family, had bloodshot eyes. As one of the Jia Ma Empire's three great families and a military family, the Mu Family had guarded the borderlands year-round.
"Not only has the Chu Yun Empire launched an attack, but Mulan Valley has also made its move. The pressure from a Dou Zong expert... has forced the border troops to surrender as well."
At that moment, Nalan Jie looked at the two opposing forces on the sand table and pointed to one side. Mulan Valley's unstoppable offensive was impossible to resist. Unless a Dou Zong expert came to suppress them, it would be difficult to continue defending the border.
"Hmph, they are humiliating our Jia Ma Empire like this. Old Jia, can you endure it?" Mu Chen was hot-tempered as well. He turned to Jia Xing Tian and asked.
"Attacking the Jia Ma Empire so openly... I fear it is not so simple." Guild Leader Fama of the Alchemist Guild stroked his goatee and