This... We don't know the enemy's numbers and strength yet, so it's hard to draw a conclusion now! We must know the opponent's strength to deduce whether we have a chance of winning!
Huang Feihu shook his head. He had no way to answer Bi Gan's question at the moment. After all, Huang Feihu had not even seen the enemy's face yet, so how could he possibly know whether they had a chance of winning?
Seeing that Huang Feihu did not answer, Bi Gan stopped discussing the matter, then looked at the surrounding crowd and said, "Everyone, the enemy has now reached our doorstep. No matter how strong their strength is or how many of them there are, our Great Shang will fight them to the death!"
"Fight to the death!"
"Fight to the death!"
"Fight to the death!"
As soon as his voice fell, the ministers in the grand hall immediately shouted in unison, their morale soaring!
"Set out!"
At the order, ministers such as Huang Feihu, Shang Rong, and Bi Gan walked together toward the royal palace gate.
"The defense of this royal palace is not to be underestimated. Unless someone with very great strength strikes and shatters it with immense force, wanting to capture it with a large army is simply sheer fantasy!"
In front of the royal palace gates, Marquis of Xibo Ji Chang narrowed his eyes, gazing at the Great Shang Royal Palace before him, deep in thought.
He had already discovered that a massive array shrouded the palace walls around the royal palace. Obviously, this was the City Guarding Array.
Although this array was not very profound and fell far short of the Ancestor City's protective array, it was more than enough to block people like them whose strength was not high.
"This City Guarding Array should have been set up by the First King of Shang in conjunction with some sect powerhouses. Its might is not weak. Although it poses no threat to people like ourselves, the same cannot be said for others."
Ji Chang thought for a moment, then smiled knowingly.
The Great Shang Royal Palace, he would definitely break through it.
However, even though these dukes had already arrived here, they still dared not lower their guard. After all, this was the Great Shang Royal Palace, the place with the strongest defensive strength.
Not to mention the Three Armies of Nation Guarding inside, even the few patron saints left behind when Great Shang founded its dynasty possessed terrifyingly strong strength. If it were merely the Four Great Dukes, they truly would not dare to directly attack Chaoge City.
Quietly observing the royal palace's defensive array for a moment, Ji Chang turned back to look at the other three dukes beside him, as well as the leaders of a dozen sects, and said, "We have reached the royal palace gates. Now, how should we break the array? I wonder if you all have any brilliant insights?"
The group looked at each other, and all shook their heads as they said, "The Marquis of Xibo thinks too highly of us. Although this array's power is not great, it is still not something any single one of us can break alone. To settle this swiftly, we should all strike together and break the array with our full strength!"
"In that case, let's begin!"
Ji Chang indifferently waved his hand, no longer wishing to say anything more.
The next instant, as he swung his sleeve, the spiritual energy of the entire heaven and earth rolled and surged, making even the sky seem to dim a fraction.
Dark clouds pressing down on the city, threatening to crush it!
"With this kind of momentum, we will definitely not be their opponents. Where is the Great King? Hasn't he already gone to report?"
Seeing this situation, the Imperial Guards commander on the palace wall could not help but turn solemn. He could even sense a trace of danger from the opponent's momentum.
Yet the next moment, he banished this feeling entirely from his mind. He had to remember that he possessed the cultivation of the Profound Connection Realm perfection, and coupled with the City Guarding Array, it was enough to rival the Extraordinary Realm.
Within the entire territory of Great Shang, how many Extraordinary exist?
"Reporting to the General, the Great King has already gone to invite the patron saints out of seclusion. In addition, the various ministers and the Martial Accomplishment King have also rushed over and should arrive very soon!"
Rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble...
Following the words of a soldier beside him, rays of light filled the sky. A cold glint flashed in Ji Chang's eyes, and he pointed a finger out into empty air.
Immediately between heaven and earth, spiritual energy rapidly gathered, transforming into a thousand-zhang-large giant finger with astonishing might.
The giant finger crushed the void, resembling a meteor streaking across the firmament, and heavily smashed into the massive array amidst the shocked gazes of the crowd.
Bang!
At this very moment, the entire royal palace seemed to violently tremble.
Hum, hum...
The array stood motionless.
Yet at this exact moment, the attacks of the others arrived one after another, all without exception striking the exact spot where Ji Chang's previous attack had landed.
Bang!
Ultimately, this array was unable to withstand such a powerful attack. Accompanied by a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering loud crash, it shattered into spots of light filling the sky.
After smashing this array, Ji Chang and the others did not lessen their momentum and continued to attack the royal palace wall.
Rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble...
Dust and smoke filled the heavens!
Deafening!
Then the crowd watched in shock as the royal palace wall, standing fully dozens of zhang high and stretching for miles, actually turned into ruins in this single instant.
Even those Imperial Guards stationed atop the city wall died instantly, their souls scattering into oblivion.
"How dare you!"
"Audacious Ji Chang, do you all truly think my Great Shang is easy to bully?"
After Ji Chang and the others breached the royal palace gates, they were just about to enter the royal palace to annihilate Great Shang in one stroke.
Yet over a hundred people suddenly rushed out from inside the royal palace, led precisely by Martial Accomplishment King Huang Feihu and Prime Minister Shang Rong.
At this moment, everyone on Great Shang's side glared furiously at Ji Chang and the others. If their gazes could kill, Ji Chang and his group would have long since been reduced to nothingness.
"Martial Accomplishment King, Great Shang's Di Yi offended the Ancestor God, and the ancestral court has brought down punishment, stripping away the Human King's rights. The dukes have waged war for a century, and the current King of Shang is even forbidden from cultivating for ten generations. Why must you stubbornly remain loyal to Great Shang? It would be better to abandon Shang and leave, for the gates of my Xiqi will forever remain open to you all!"
Ji Chang was indeed worthy of being the founder of the Acquired Eight Trigrams; his words went straight to the root of the problem.
For present-day Great Shang, unless external forces intervened, how could they possibly withstand the advance of the dukes?
Even if they managed to block them this time, what about the next time? Let us not forget that this time only the Four Great Dukes and some sect members came; even if they failed, there would be no great loss.
They still had the million-strong coalition army behind them, which was simply not something the current Great Shang could resist.
"Ji Chang, you are simply too audacious, daring to lecture the Great King in front of all the civil and military officials!"
Before Huang Feihu could say anything, Bi Gan beside him could no longer hold back and burst into angry curses.
"I say, Marquis of Xibo, why are you still wasting breath talking nonsense with them? If you dawdle any longer, those patron saints of Great Shang will arrive!"
At this moment, the other three dukes behind Ji Chang spoke up impatiently.
Without waiting for the sound to fade, the three of them refused to give the others a chance to react, directly and individually choosing targets to attack.
Following that, the sect members did the same, each picking a minister to fight.
Looking at the remaining Martial Accomplishment King and Bi Gan, Ji Chang had no choice left but to single-handedly fight both of them.