Imperial Emperor Lin Jianyi, Defeat at the Blue River Battle, Two Men Could Hold Back a Million-Strong Army!

"We'll part ways here, Lin Feng. Zuo Chuan Mingwang and I still have matters to attend to. Before I leave, I'll give you one more thing!"

Lin Junyu took a vial of gene enhancement serum from the system space and handed it to Lin Feng.

"What is this?"

"This is good stuff. It can enhance the power of the bloodline within you, strengthen your bloodline potential and abilities, and at the very least, double your strength after berserk transformation."

"It's that miraculous?"

"I hope you won't disgrace the bloodline genes flowing through our veins."

After handing the serum to Lin Feng, Lin Junyu solemnly offered him some encouragement before parting ways with him.

He still had to take Zuo Chuan Mingwang to find a new charging base. After that, he would need to properly cultivate and study psychic energy.

Ever since gaining the Innate Psychic talent, he could sense powerful forces constantly being drawn from the sky above the continent, falling and merging into his body.

It was a natural, instinctive state of his body. After absorbing that energy, he felt his strength multiply severalfold. It could be called a tremendous leap in life itself.

Moreover, the Immortality Gene seemed to have improved as well. This showed that absorbing this energy could promote genetic evolution and extend a person's lifespan.

The main ingredient in the gene modification and enhancement serums rewarded by the system seemed to be traces of free psychic energy extracted and incorporated into them, along with supplementary medicines that allowed people to absorb it gently.

Three years passed in the blink of an eye. During those three years, the war between the Empire and the demon race grew increasingly frequent.

Even the Imperial naval fleet that had always been stationed at River Hill to guard against the deep sea was mobilized, and Lin Feng set out with the fleet.

On the battlefield, Lin Feng repeatedly led the Imperial Navy, which was unskilled in land warfare, to defeat demon armies several times their number. He earned outstanding merit and pushed the battlefront all the way to the vicinity of Blue River.

The Empire's upper ranks had always been wary of the strength of this legitimate royal bloodline and had no desire to see him rise to prominence.

But Lin Feng's military achievements were too exceptional for the Empire to withhold rewards. Thus, they appointed him Naval Marshal, while simultaneously withdrawing the entire navy from the battlefield.

As long as he did not enter the Empire's elite land legions, they could let him do as he pleased.

Seeing that the war situation on the front lines was highly favorable, Lin Jianyi, the reigning emperor of the Luminous Empire, immediately ordered Zichuan Yun, the Empire's Southeast Governor, to lead the five hundred thousand soldiers of the Southeast Legion on an immediate expedition to the Far East.

However, when the imperial edict reached Jiashan Fortress, Zichuan Yun refused to depart, citing the unstable situation at the front and the need to guard against a demon counterattack.

The edicts sent to the legions of the major clans were likewise rejected. At such a moment, the vast Empire could not even muster a single expeditionary army.

"Despicable, utterly despicable! After my ancestor ascended the throne, he appointed them as Imperial Governors to stabilize the situation, granting them authority over all affairs within their territories. Now, we have raised tigers that have become a calamity!"

Back then, after the eleventh emperor died, he passed the throne to the most capable child selected from the clan—his ancestor, Lin Wen.

After their ancestor inherited the throne, many people remained dissatisfied. Many wanted to support the emperor's legitimate bloodline in taking the throne, while others within the clan were also beginning to stir.

The entire political situation was extremely turbulent. Aside from the Royal Legion controlled by his original clan in Far Capital, their ancestor had no power of his own in any other region.

In order to stabilize the powerful clans across the land that controlled vast armies, and to ensure that he could securely inherit the throne, Lin Wen appointed those powerful clans as regional governors and granted them authority within their respective territories. Only then did he gain their support and stabilize his position as emperor.

But unexpectedly, after a hundred years, those clans had grown increasingly powerful. They had gradually slipped beyond the control of the central royal family and showed signs of becoming independent powers.

By Lin Jianyi's generation, this situation had reached its peak and could no longer be controlled.

"Since they refuse to come, then the Imperial royal family will do it ourselves. When I return from the front lines in great victory, I will use that victory to strip them of their military authority. The Empire's armies should be under the royal family's control!"

In January of the 553rd year of the Luminous Calendar, Imperial Emperor Lin Jianyi and Imperial Marshal Lu Danyan assembled six hundred thousand soldiers of the Imperial Royal Legion in Far Capital and swore an oath before setting out!

The eight hundred thousand soldiers of the Imperial Royal Legion were already the central Empire's main force. Lin Jianyi was staking everything the Empire had on this gamble.

This time, they had to defeat the demon race's main force, retake the Far East, and prevent the demons from launching further large-scale invasions of the Empire and slaughtering its people.

Lin Jianyi led the Empire's marshal and its great generals on this imperial expedition, entrusting Far Capital's defenses to the Flowing Wind Clan, which had always overseen the training and command of the Royal Legion.

To reward the Flowing Wind Clan for its years of loyalty to the royal family, Lin Jianyi specially appointed Flowing Wind Heng, the current head of the Flowing Wind Clan, as commander of the Imperial Capital Military District.

He was responsible for commanding the military strength of the eleven provinces under Far Capital's control, guarding against the clans in various regions that had gradually developed thoughts of rebelling against the Empire.

Once he returned from this great victory, he would deal with those people one by one. As for worrying that the Flowing Wind Clan might hold too much power, Lin Jianyi was supremely confident. Since he could grant it, he could take it back.

The Flowing Wind Clan was merely an obedient good hound raised by the royal family. But if it dared to bite its master, then it could only be replaced.

And so, after arranging everything, the Imperial Emperor and Marshal led the Empire's eight hundred thousand elite Royal Legion soldiers on a grand expedition.

In August, the demon race's million-strong army also arrived at Blue River. The two sides' main forces clashed there in a battle involving more than a million troops, later known as the Blue River Battle.

The battle raged until the sky and earth seemed to darken, but Emperor Lin Jianyi had overestimated his own command ability. The Imperial army suffered a crushing defeat on the battlefield.

After the Blue River Battle, the eight hundred thousand soldiers of the Royal Legion suffered catastrophic losses, and the Empire's main army was almost completely annihilated by the demon race.

The Imperial Emperor and Marshal also lost all contact during the great battle, seemingly having perished on the battlefield.

The frontline army collapsed in an instant, and the demon race launched a massive invasion.

Just as the demon army was about to cross the Ancient Strange Mountain Range and freely invade the human Luminous Empire, three figures slowly appeared before the army.

"I didn't expect that we'd run into something like this right after I helped you fully recharge!"

The leader spoke helplessly to the person behind him, who wore a black robe, had white hair, and possessed one gold and one blue pupil.

"According to your ancestor's request, I must stop them this time. Otherwise, humanity will suffer tremendous losses! So help me drive them back, Lin!"

"Good. Not a bad suggestion. This is the perfect chance to test my new power. Let's see who kills more! Lin Yun, cover us!"

"Yes! Master."

The two of them moved, and massive waves of power continually erupted amid the demon army.

Zuo Chuan Mingwang was incredibly fast; the human eye simply could not catch his movements.

All they could see was him flickering through the demon army, constantly striking out with his palms in every direction. Overwhelming power burst forth in an instant, crushing hundreds of demon soldiers around him.

Lin Junyu leaped into the air, continuously chanting unknown words under his breath.

Then he spread his hands and extended them in every direction as an unknown force surged outward.

Two wind dragons filled with flickering lightning gradually formed beside Lin Junyu's hands. As more power flowed into them, the tornadoes steadily grew larger.

Lin Junyu let out a low roar.

"Psionic Storm Art—Tornado Destroys the Parking Lot, go!"

The two lightning wind dragons broke free of Lin Junyu's control and spun outward in every direction.

Wherever the tornadoes swept through, hundreds of demon soldiers were sucked into them every moment, struck dead by the lightning within or crushed to death by the wind pressure.

The demon army seemed to have suffered divine punishment. Lightning flashed everywhere, and hundreds of soldiers died every second.

"Help, help! They're gods! They've come to destroy the world!"

"Run! Run!"

The million-strong demon army had been terrified out of their wits. Without waiting for their marshal's command, they frantically fled to the rear, desperate to get away from that god of slaughter and those two world-destroying tornadoes.

The demon marshal was already stunned by the divine punishment before his eyes. He was terrified, trembling with fear. A large-scale invasion of the human race was no longer possible—the two humans ahead were simply too powerful.

Especially the one who had created the tornadoes. He possessed such mighty power to command heaven and earth; even their most powerful God Emperor could not achieve such a thing!

"Retreat. Cancel the invasion of the Human Empire. I will return and explain the situation to His Majesty the God Emperor, then accept my punishment."

Knowing they could not resist, the demon marshal, who had been brimming with confidence only moments ago, instantly lowered his proud head.

Before such heaven-shaking power, any resistance would be futile. It would only cause the demon warriors to throw away their lives for nothing.

The demon army retreated like a receding tide, not pausing for even an instant.

Seeing the demon army driven back, Lin Junyu waved his hand and withdrew the psionic energy that had formed the tornadoes.

As the psionic energy vanished, the massive tornadoes that had just been raging between heaven and earth disappeared in an instant, as if by magic.

This display once again terrified the fleeing demon army, making them run even faster.

Yun Tianlin, the demon commander-in-chief, was the last to retreat on horseback. He turned back and stared fixedly at the face of the man who had withdrawn the divine punishment.

Yun Tianlin would forever etch that face into his mind. If he ever encountered him again, he absolutely must not offend him!