Eight Soul Ring appeared on Zhu Nuo's body, unleashing the aura of an 88th-level Soul Douluo. He directly released his Martial Soul Avatar and charged towards the evil spirit. The moment Zhu Nuo saw Ghost Douluo, he understood that Star Luo Empire had lost this battle, utterly and completely. "Regent!" Zhu Nuo's personal guards immediately rushed over. Although they were all injured to varying degrees, they couldn't care less at this moment; they had to save Zhu Nuo. Unfortunately, Zhu Nuo's head was ripped off by the evil spirit, and his body exploded into a cloud of blood mist in mid-air.
The blood mist lingered in the air for Jiujiu, almost blinding people. The guards were stunned. They never expected that Zhu Nuo's head would be so easily taken by Ning Fengzhi's men. Although they knew that the outcome of this war was already decided, they never imagined that Zhu Nuo would meet such an end.
Zhu Nuo's head was seized by the demon and then disappeared from everyone's sight. Immediately afterwards, the 800,000-strong army of the Star Luo Empire Border directly attacked Zhu Nuo's scattered personal guards.
At this moment, Fengyue Plain became a killing field, littered with corpses and blood staining the earth red. The demons in the sky seemed tireless, relentlessly reaping the Life of the Star Luo Empire's soldiers. Zhu Nuo's personal guards did not give up. They knew that every strike, every attack, might buy their comrades a chance to survive, so they fought with all their might. But this was a battle with no suspense. Although the Star Luo Empire outnumbered their opponents, their strength was vastly different, and they were simply no match for them.
In the end, the remaining 100,000 troops of the Star Luo Empire were completely annihilated by Ning Fengzhi's forces. Ning Fengzhi stood quietly outside the tent, gazing into the distance at the battlefield, his face showing little emotion.
A blurry figure drifted by, and the Gui Mei appeared before Ning Fengzhi, tossing its head to the ground.
"Solved," Gui Mei said coldly.
"Thank you." Ning Fengzhi nodded slightly. "You two can leave now. Leave the rest to me."
"We are here to protect you on His Holiness the Pope, until you conquer the entire Star Luo Empire," Yue Guan replied. Although Bibi Dong was no longer the Pope of the Spirit Hall, Yue Guan still respected her immensely and addressed her as the Pope.
"What is the price?" Ning Fengzhi looked up at Xiang Yue Guan and asked. He didn't believe that Bibi Dong would be such a kind person who would selflessly help others. Even if she were, it would have to be back to her teenage years decades ago.
"It's simple, we want half of the Star Luo Empire," Yue Guan said with a smile.
"Okay." Ning Fengzhi agreed readily because he understood that the Heaven Dou Empire was simply not capable of taking on the Star Luo Empire, which was a lucrative prize. Moreover, Xue Ke had no talent to be an emperor, and he believed that the Heaven Dou Empire would soon be annexed by the Spirit Hall Empire. Therefore, taking half of the Star Luo Empire was not too much.
"I didn't expect Sect Master Ning to agree so readily. Alright, it's a deal."
Upon hearing this, Yue Guan smiled slightly, and then disappeared into the endless darkness along with the Gui Mei.
Ning Fengzhi stood on the makeshift command platform, looking in the direction of Star Luo City, a calm expression on his face. "I didn't expect Bibi Dong to come and pick the fruit. It saves me a lot of time. I can finally rest for a while."
Having lost Zhu Nuo, the Star Luo Empire was quickly conquered by the border army led by Ning Fengzhi, and the Star Luo Empire, which had lasted for nearly ten thousand years, finally came to an end.
The massive military crackdown led to a complete collapse of Star Luo City the city, the people fled in terror, many merchants packing up their valuables. However, with the redeployment of troops, large numbers of soldiers blocked all entrances and exits, trapping all merchants and civilians inside. Ning Fengzhi rode into the city with some soldiers. He coldly observed the fleeing crowds and slowly announced, "Slaughter the city. What you see is what you get. All the wealth found in Star Luo City will be used to reward the border troops; the Heaven Dou Imperial Family will not take a single penny."
As Ning Fengzhi finished speaking, the border troops immediately perked up, remembering the cries that came from Star Luo City, where people were fleeing in terror, only to find that no matter where they ran, they could not find a way to survive.
The soldiers swiftly drew their swords, and one Life after another vanished in fear. Blood stained the earth, and Star Luo City became a living hell.
Cries and screams rang out simultaneously in Star Luo City. The massacre lasted for three full hours, and not a single one of the Star Luo City's 20,000 inhabitants survived. Soldiers dragged their exhausted bodies out of the city, their bodies splattered with blood and brains, and some even clutching human flesh in their hands.
The relentless slaughter had temporarily extinguished the humanity of these soldiers. Now, their eyes held only coldness and numbness. In Star Luo City, Ning Fengzhi slowly walked out, his clothes also stained with blood, but his face remained expressionless.
He looked up at the sky above Star Luo City, a slight smile playing on his lips. " The Star Luo Empire ceases to exist."
As Ning Fengzhi finished speaking, a sudden downpour began, as if the sky were weeping for the pain of national annihilation.
Ning Fengzhi stood in the rain, saying nothing, simply observing everything around him. The rain had lasted for three days before finally stopping. In Star Luo City, all the bloodstains had been washed away by the rain, and the dismembered limbs of the corpses had been cleaned up and washed away by the soldiers. Everything was as it had been before, as if nothing had ever happened.
Half a month later, news came from the Heaven Dou Empire that the newly appointed Heaven Dou Empress Xue Ke, who had by then fully adapted to her new identity, had received a letter from Ning Fengzhi on the border of the Star Luo Empire. The content of the letter was very simple: Ning Fengzhi had cooperated with the Spirit Hall Empire without authorization on the condition that half of the Star Luo Empire's territory be given to him. He agreed in his capacity as regent and conquered the Star Luo Empire in just two months. Now the Heaven Dou Empire could go and take over.
Xue Ke slowly put down the letter in her hand.
A cold glint flashed in his eyes. He never expected that Ning Fengzhi would secretly reach an agreement with the Spirit Hall Empire, even giving away half of the Star Luo Empire's territory for free.
Of course, Xue Ke didn't understand at all that even if Ning Fengzhi really conquered the Star Luo Empire, he couldn't possibly control the entire Star Luo Empire firmly in his hands. After all, she was just a puppet chosen by Ning Fengzhi, because she had never learned the art of being an emperor since she was a child. In Ning Fengzhi's eyes, Xue Ke was just a tool that could be used and then discarded.
Of course, Xue Ke herself was unaware of this.
...(End of this chapter)