Man Poshen!

Watching Ding Hao descend from the sky and cleave Man Potian apart with a single saber strike, every soldier on both sides fell into dead silence!

A wave of shock surged through everyone's hearts.

"Slay the General!"

"Ding Hao slew the general!!"

A moment later.

The soldiers of the Great Zhou Divine Phoenix Army, aside from the ashen-faced Zhang Dalong, all erupted in earth-shaking cheers.

As for the Northern Barbarian soldiers, they were scared out of their wits, pissing themselves in terror. Even the Northern Barbarian Royal Court defenders in the distance revealed shocked expressions!

Ding Hao himself ignored the uproar around him. He could not even be bothered to hunt down the remaining defeated soldiers.

His gaze immediately fixed on Man Potian's bisected corpse!

After all, aside from allowing him to claim the final merit of Slay the General, Man Potian had also been a Grandmaster bearing the Primordial Barbarian Bloodline!

Sure enough, a heap of light orbs had already burst from the two halves of the corpse!

"Pick up!" Without the slightest hesitation, Ding Hao collected them all.

At once, a string of system notifications rang out.

Ding! Congratulations to the host for picking up 2,000 points of vitality, 200 points of spirit, and 300 points of comprehension!

Ding! Congratulations to the host for picking up the Grandmaster-level talent, Everlasting Life!

Ding! Congratulations to the host for picking up the Grandmaster-level martial art, Immovable Mountain Seal!

Ding! Congratulations to the host for picking up the Grandmaster-level martial art, Eight Dragon Steps!

Explosions, explosions, explosions!

A massive haul!

All kinds of attributes, talents, martial arts, and more were successfully collected by Ding Hao!

Until finally, the notification that sounded sweetest to him rang out as well.

Ding! Congratulations to the host for picking up fifty percent of the Primordial Barbarian Bloodline!

"Good lord! Fifty percent?!" Ding Hao was startled inwardly.

Clearly, this degree of Primordial Barbarian Bloodline had exceeded his expectations.

One had to know.

Adding it to his original forty percent, he now possessed a full ninety percent of the Primordial Barbarian Bloodline. That was absolutely terrifying!

"Fuse!"

Without hesitation, Ding Hao chose to fuse the fifty percent Primordial Barbarian Bloodline!

The Primordial Barbarian Bloodline immediately began to fuse wildly within his body. His blood boiled like water, making his entire body burn hot!

However, just as Ding Hao stood where he was and fused the Primordial Barbarian Bloodline.

On the towering battlements of the distant Northern Barbarian Royal Court, a large number of Northern Barbarian civil and military officials stood gathered there!

At their head stood the King of Northern Barbarians, dressed in royal robes and wearing a crown!

His name was—Man Poshen!

Yet compared to the Northern Barbarians around him, this King of Northern Barbarians was extraordinarily short. He was even two heads shorter than a Great Zhou soldier, utterly a dwarf barely over four feet tall!

But though Man Poshen was a dwarf, the majesty of a king around him was terrifying. The surrounding civil and military officials all dared not look directly at him!

"Damn it! A mere Great Zhou death-row convict dared to slay the Commander of Northern Barbarians!"

When he saw Man Potian die miserably before Royal Court City, fury immediately surged across Man Poshen's somewhat ugly face!

He stretched out a hand and roared, "Bring this king's Barbarian Dragon Bow and Tiger Bone Arrows!"

As the massive Barbarian Dragon Bow fell into his hands, Man Poshen's dwarf-like body suddenly erupted with terrifying strength.

He pulled the Barbarian Dragon Bow into the shape of a full moon. A Tiger Bone Arrow upon it burst with blazing radiance as True Qi flowed through it!

"Go!!"

With an explosive twang of the bowstring, the Tiger Bone Arrow instantly shot forth with the speed of thunder before one could cover one's ears!

In an instant, it crossed eight hundred meters and shot straight at Ding Hao.

Even the air along its path twisted incomparably beneath that arrow!

"Ah!!"

Ding Hao cried out in terror inwardly, feeling a chill of death abruptly appear!

He had not even seen what danger was approaching. At that moment, he only knew one thing with crystal clarity—he was going to die!

It filled him with unbearable grievance, unwillingness, and regret!

After all, he had only just slain Man Potian and gathered the Four Great Military Merits!

Just as his future prospects had seemed bright, everything suddenly took a steep turn for the worse, about to sink into eternal darkness!

Suddenly, at that critical moment where a thousand pounds hung by a single thread, a graceful figure in golden armor and red robe descended from the sky. The silver saber in her hand flashed toward the Northern Barbarian Royal Court City and slashed like lightning!

With an explosive clang, the incoming Tiger Bone Arrow was cleaved in two on the spot, its halves embedding themselves to Ding Hao's left and right!

"Luo Shenhuang?"

Seeing this, the despairing Ding Hao was instantly overjoyed. He had not expected Luo Shenhuang to save him at such a crucial moment!

"Ding Hao, be careful!"

"This is the Dragon Bow and Tiger Arrows of Man Poshen, the King of Northern Barbarians. He is stronger than Man Potian at his peak and is known as the strongest expert of the Northern Barbarians!"

Luo Shenhuang held her golden armor and silver saber before her, explaining without turning her head.

"King of Northern Barbarians? Man Poshen!"

Ding Hao's face turned cold as frost.

He had clearly etched the name of the man who had nearly killed him with a single arrow deep into his mind.

On the other side, atop Royal Court City, Man Poshen's expression darkened when he saw that his certain-kill arrow had actually been blocked!

"Golden armor, silver saber, scarlet robes—the Divine Phoenix of Great Zhou knows no equal!"

"Worthy of being Great Zhou's youngest Martial Dao Grandmaster. Luo Shenhuang cannot be underestimated!"

Knowing that with a Grandmaster like Luo Shenhuang standing before him, his hidden arrows could no longer wound anyone, Man Poshen could only lower his bow!

He gathered his True Qi and shouted, his voice shaking the skies beyond Royal Court City, "Luo Shenhuang!!"

"Our Northern Barbarian tribe submitted a letter of surrender to the Great Zhou Dynasty long ago, promising never again to offend Great Zhou and to offer tribute generation after generation!"

"Even your newly appointed Empress Weiyang of Great Zhou agreed to this matter, so why must your Divine Phoenix Army press us so relentlessly!"

"Even if you force your way through the Northern Barbarian Royal Court today, you, Luo Shenhuang, will never meet a good end. After all, no emperor would be willing to employ a general who refuses to obey imperial orders!"

"But if you lead the Divine Phoenix Army away now, this king can personally write to Great Zhou and explain matters to Empress Weiyang on your behalf!"

"Spare the Northern Barbarians today, and you will remain the commander of your Divine Phoenix Army. Both sides will rejoice—how about it?"

As Man Poshen's voice echoed across the heavens, Luo Shenhuang merely sneered in disdain.

She likewise used True Qi to shout back, "Man Poshen, stop dreaming!"

"For hundreds of years, you Northern Barbarians have continuously harassed Great Zhou. Whenever we beat you badly enough, you come crawling back with this surrender-and-peace routine!"

"Even if your words today were as dazzling as falling blossoms from the sky, they could not change the fact that your barbarian tribes of the northern border will be exterminated completely!!"

Even as they exchanged words.

The main force of the Divine Phoenix Army had already gradually pressed forward. More than a hundred thousand soldiers surged like a vast black tide, arriving beneath Royal Court City!

This sight weighed heavily on the hearts of Man Poshen and every barbarian within the royal court.

A crisis of extermination unlike anything they had ever known filled the heart of every barbarian!

Finally, once every soldier of the Divine Phoenix Army had assembled, Luo Shenhuang, at their head, raised her arm and swung her saber without hesitation.

"All soldiers, heed my command! Follow this commander—trample the Royal Court and annihilate the Northern Barbarians!"

"Kill!"

At last, accompanied by a resolute and powerful battle cry, the Divine Phoenix Army charged toward the Northern Barbarians' final city!!