Tang Yuan Breaks Through Sixteen Cities in a Row! Royal Might Shakes the Heavens!

"Dai Weisi wanted to use this victory to secure his position as Crown Prince and present it as a gift to the Star Luo Emperor."

A cold smile appeared at the corner of Tang Yuan's lips.

"Not a bad idea. Too bad he picked the wrong opponent."

He slammed his palm against the table and rose abruptly.

"Pass down the order."

All the generals instantly held their breath and straightened their backs.

"The entire army will rest. Whether you sleep or stare into space, make sure you recover your strength."

"Prepare food at the third watch tomorrow, and break camp at the fifth."

"No baggage. Every man is to carry only three days' worth of rations."

Tang Yuan's gaze swept over everyone present, his voice like clashing iron and stone.

"What are we going to do?"

"We'll force-march around their front-line defenses and drive straight into the heart of Star Luo!"

"Dai Weisi wants to launch a sneak attack? Then I'll go raid his nest!"

The generals' blood boiled at his words.

This was the rhythm they knew best!

When fighting under the Blue Silver King, there had never been such a thing as "defense." There was only attack, attack, and more attack!

"This subordinate accepts the order!"

Their roar shook the heavens.

Meanwhile.

A hundred li away, at the Star Luo Empire's main camp.

Inside the lavish central command tent, music and dancing filled the air.

A young man clad in a tiger robe embroidered with golden patterns reclined halfway in a tiger-skin chair, holding a goblet of crimson wine.

He was handsome, especially those sinister double pupils that glimmered with a cold, sinister light.

He was none other than the Star Luo Empire's eldest prince, Dai Weisi.

Beside him, several beautiful dancers twisted their waists with all their might.

"Your Highness, everything has been arranged."

A deputy general hurried inside and knelt to report.

"The Heaven Dou defenders are still the same as ever, hiding inside Zhennan Pass like turtles and not daring to come out."

"If we launch a surprise attack tonight, we'll definitely catch them off guard!"

Dai Weisi took a sip of wine, a smug smile appearing on his face.

"Good."

"That so-called Blue Silver King, Tang Yuan, is nothing more than a King by Other Surname with slightly better luck."

"The rumors make him sound like some reincarnated God of War. In my opinion, Heaven Dou simply has no one left, which is why they elevated some brat like him."

A flash of greed passed through Dai Weisi's eyes.

"This time, I won't just reclaim the lost territory. I'll bring Tang Yuan's head back and hang it on the city walls."

"Then Father Emperor will surely see me in a new light."

He had already begun imagining his triumphant return to the capital.

That glory, with all eyes upon him.

And then...

Dai Weisi licked his lips as he thought of the Zhu Family's two exquisite sisters.

"I still haven't gotten Zhu Zhuyun, that bitch. It always feels like something's missing."

"And Zhu Zhuqing..."

"I heard she's that useless Dai Mubai's fiancée?"

Dai Weisi sneered.

"Trash like him doesn't deserve such a beauty."

"Once I establish this peerless merit, I'll ask Father Emperor for an imperial decree and take Zhu Zhuqing as well."

"Two sisters serving one husband—that is life's greatest pleasure."

"Dai Mubai, you can just hide in some backwater like Suotuo City and cry!"

The more Dai Weisi thought about it, the more excited he became. He grabbed a dancer beside him and roughly thrust his hand into her bodice.

"Pass the order to the entire army!"

"At midnight tonight, launch the final assault!"

"I'll use the blood of the Heavenly Dou People to dye my Crown Prince's robe red!"

A fierce wind swept up sand and gravel, lashing across the desolate Gobi outside Zhennan Pass.

This had once been a buffer zone between the two nations. Now, it had become a slaughterhouse.

Three days.

Only three days.

An army carrying no provisions or baggage train had plunged into the heart of the Star Luo Empire like a silver blade.

There had been no tactical detours, nor any trickery of war.

They simply advanced in a straight line—breaking cities when they encountered cities, carving paths through mountains when they encountered mountains.

The Star Luo Empire's border defenses seemed as fragile as paper at this moment.

"Report—! Urgent dispatch from the Vanguard Camp!"

A messenger stumbled into the Star Luo Garrison's temporary command post, his face covered in blood and his eyes filled with the terror of someone who had seen a ghost.

"Speak!"

The Defending General seized the messenger by the collar and roared, "Have His Highness Dai Weisi's reinforcements arrived?"

The messenger shook his head desperately, his teeth chattering.

"N-No reinforcements."

"It's that devil... that Blue Silver King has come!"

"And... and our brothers can't kill their men!"

The Defending General froze.

Couldn't kill them?

How could there be people in this world who could not be killed?

Before the Defending General could react, the sounds of battle outside surged toward him like a tsunami.

He shoved open the tent flap and witnessed a sight he would never forget for the rest of his life.

At the center of the battlefield, a youth clad in silver armor stood suspended in the air.

Beneath his feet, countless golden vines spread across the earth like writhing dragons.

Those vines were not attacking the enemy. They were wrapping around their own soldiers.

A Heavenly Dou Soldier was slashed across the thigh by a Star Luo Soul Master. Blood spurted out, and he collapsed to the ground.

Under normal circumstances, that soldier would already have been dead.

But the next second, the golden vines on the ground instantly burrowed into his wound.

Visible to the naked eye, the bone-deep gash began to heal. Even his depleted stamina was instantly restored to full.

The soldier roared and leapt back to his feet. The crimson glow in his eyes intensified as he swung his blade at the Star Luo Soul Master, who had been stunned foolish.

This was not an isolated case.

It was happening across the entire battlefield.

As long as their heads remained and their hearts were not shattered, within this golden domain, this army was immortal.

Tang Yuan floated in midair, standing upon the void, the Blue Silver Emperor Projection behind him blotting out the sky.

He looked down at the routed Star Luo Army below, his expression indifferent.

This was the effect of the Life Spring Water rewarded by the system combined with the Blue Silver Domain.

As long as one's life force was sufficiently immense, in this world, one was Immortal and Undying in a certain sense.

"Break."

Tang Yuan softly uttered a single word.

The vines filling the sky instantly transformed into life-reaping blades. They no longer healed; they began to harvest lives.

The Star Luo Defending General watched this scene, and the longsword in his hand fell to the ground with a clang.

It was over.

The sixteenth city had fallen.

Star Luo Empire, Imperial Capital.

The atmosphere in the imperial court was so oppressive it was suffocating.

The Star Luo Great Emperor sat upon the throne that symbolized supreme authority, but none of his usual majesty remained.

His face was ashen, as though he had aged ten years overnight.

The civil and military officials below the platform all kept their heads bowed, not daring to so much as breathe.

Just moments ago, the sixteenth battle report had been delivered before the throne.

Sixteen major strongholds.

They were defensive lines the Star Luo Empire had painstakingly built over a century, vital choke points leading to the imperial capital.

Yet that sixteen-year-old boy named Tang Yuan had crushed them one by one in barely half a month, as casually as chewing candy beans.

"My dear ministers."

The Star Luo Great Emperor's voice was hoarse, heavy with profound helplessness.

"They've already fought their way to our doorstep. That Blue Silver King has declared that, three days from now, he'll come to my palace for a drink."