"Whoosh!"
A rushing roar filled the air.
Across the cloudless sky swept ranks of fully armed Soul Engineer Corps soldiers. Sensing the terrifying aura of destruction they gave off, countless birds and beasts detoured around them.
Aboard a Bionic Soul Tool Aircraft.
Xu Cheng stood at the very front, his hands clasped behind his back as he surveyed everything below.
It would have been a lie to say he felt no sense of accomplishment.
As a young man, he watched the thousands of genuine elites clustered densely around him, surrounding him like stars around the moon. They might not have offered the spectacle of countless troops and horses, but their fighting strength could overwhelm ordinary men thousands of times their number...
He had been in this world for a long time, but aside from the last defense of Mingdu, this was his first time leading an army into the field.
Of course, as the imminent heir to the Sun Moon Empire, a colossus whose rise could no longer be stopped, Xu Cheng already held more than ninety percent of the Military Headquarters firmly in his grasp.
Were it not for their affectionate father-son relationship, imagining himself backed by the Four Great Beast Soul Engineer Corps and even the entire Holy Spirit Cult, saying to Xu Zhen on his lofty dais, "Father, please abdicate," would have been rather thrilling...
Unfortunately, his father was a shrewd old fox too. He had chosen to play the loving, tender father.
Xu Cheng sighed softly.
That took so much of the challenge out of it.
As for the Empress and the Fourth Prince, they were rather pathetic. All they knew were underhanded tricks, and they kept playing despite being hopelessly outmatched. They failed to stir even a trace of his interest.
Beside him, Ye Guyi