Defecting to the Enemy
Under normal circumstances, if someone said that the eldest prince had colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country, probably no one in the entire court would believe it.
But things are different now. The Barbarian Clan army is now eyeing us covetously in the north, and the Immortal Kingdom has lost nearly one-fifth of its territory in less than a month.
The facts speak for themselves, and there's no way to deny them.
And just as Zhuo Dao finished speaking, a pale-faced middle-aged man walked in from the side hall.
Upon seeing that person, even the Immortal Emperor, who was sitting steadily on the dragon throne, couldn't help but stand up.
"Fellow Daoist Qin! I am still recovering from my serious injuries, and I feel truly guilty for troubling you again!"
The middle-aged man, addressed as Fellow Daoist Qin, shook his head at the Immortal Emperor to indicate that he was unharmed.
They directly applied Imaging Technique.
A huge beam of light and shadow instantly appeared before everyone's eyes.
The interplay of light and shadow depicts the battles in the north.
In the interplay of light and shadow, the Barbarian Clan army was already at the city gates.
Above the army, hundreds of the Barbarian Clan were arranged in a very regular shape, staring ahead with predatory eyes.
As a shout rang out from the Barbarian Clan army, a powerful energy surge suddenly erupted from the hundred Barbarian Clan in the sky.
A massive array formed in the air and rapidly pressed forward.
The scene shifts, and the array diagram descends directly above a fortified city.
Meanwhile, many otherworldly figures stood atop the city walls.
As the array drew closer, these people also began to form hand seals.
Their handprints quickly responded to each other, and another array gradually formed above the city.
The two array diagrams collided wildly in mid-air, and the booming sound was as if the sky had collapsed and the earth had caved in.
On the city walls, only those with an air of otherworldly grace could still stand amidst the aftershocks of the battle formation.
The other soldiers were all staggering and falling, with those of lower cultivation levels even lying face down on the ground.
Everyone in the imperial court understood that in this war between immortal kingdoms, those who still had the strength to resist were all loose Loose Immortal.
In other words, those standing on the city wall at this moment, driving the great formation to fight against the enemy, are all Loose Immortal sent to the north by the Immortal Kingdom.
However, in terms of numbers, the number of Loose Immortal on the Barbarian Clan side is clearly greater than that on this side.
As the great formations continued to collide, some of the Loose Immortal on the city walls gradually began to run out of steam.
"Bang!"
The first Loose Immortal collapsed to the ground, exhausted of his energy.
As if receiving a signal, the Loose Immortal atop the city wall fell to the ground one after another.
In the end, only the six people standing in the very center were still struggling to hold on.
Upon closer inspection, the cultivator surnamed Qin who used the Imaging Technique was also among them.
As for the other five, they were also very familiar to everyone in the court.
These are the five Supreme Elders of the Royal Family, the most influential figures in the entire royal family.
Through the Imaging Technique, everyone understood that the remaining six people were merely delaying the inevitable deaths of the others; the Barbarian Clan experts on the other side had not lost a single one!
Six to one hundred!
If they could win, wouldn't that be too fantastical?
As expected, with the Barbarian Clan experts exerting their strength once again, the Barbarian Clan formation in the sky burst forth with dazzling light.
In an instant, it crushed the defensive array of the Blazing Sun Immortal Kingdom into fragments.
The six powerful Loose Immortal on the wall also blushed instantly.
Although they were still standing there, motionless, they were now at their last gasp.
They were only holding on for the sake of the morale of their troops.
But to everyone's surprise, this was something no one had anticipated.
The Barbarian Clan who breached the city's defenses did not immediately launch a full-scale attack; instead, the entire army fell into an eerie silence.
As time went on, unrest gradually began to emerge in the center of the Barbarian Clan army.
Upon closer inspection, the five royal elders on the city wall wore expressions of anger.
Because standing at the very front of the Barbarian Clan army was none other than the eldest prince!
At this moment, the eldest prince was wearing a dragon robe that looked exactly like the Immortal Emperor's.
He was surrounded by a group of the Barbarian Clan, who were the center of attention.
And then, the Barbarian Clan army began to split to both sides.
An army dressed in very familiar attire slowly advanced from behind and soon arrived at the Crown Prince's side.
That was the army of the Immortal Kingdom, the army of the Immortal Kingdom under the command of the First Prince!
They have now joined forces with the Barbarian Clan, preparing to attack their former country!
And it wasn't just ordinary soldiers; even the experts who had served under the First Prince appeared on the opposing side without exception.
Among the royal elders on the city wall, there were even many royal elders of equal status to him.
They couldn't understand what promise the eldest prince had made to them that could cause these royal Loose Immortal, all powerful cultivators, to turn against them.
"Traitor, you shall die a horrible death!"
"You unfilial descendants, colluding with the enemy and betraying your country, I wonder how you will face your ancestors in the afterlife!"
The royal elders on the city wall were all seasoned veterans, so they did not show any sign of being distraught in the face of the scene.
However, they all looked at the Qin-surnamed cultivator in the middle without prior arrangement.
"Fellow Daoist Qin, you flatter me!"
Faced with the ashamed expressions of the elders, the middle-aged man surnamed Qin simply waved his hand. "Esteemed elders, it's too late to say anything now. Let's think about how to convey the situation here to your country's Immortal Emperor!"
He pointed to the distant sky and said:
"The Barbarian Clan came prepared this time. Judging from those dark dots on the horizon, they're probably part of the Barbarian Clan backup plan. It seems like contacting the outside world will be extremely difficult for us now!"
The other royal elders also looked extremely grim after scanning with their Divine Sense.
The obvious barriers erected by the Barbarian Clan outside must have restricted their means of communication.
After pondering for a moment, one of the elders looked at the cultivator surnamed Qin with a serious expression and said, "Fellow Daoist Qin, we have a request!"
Upon hearing this, the other elders also turned their gazes to this Fellow Daoist Qin.
"When the Barbarian Clan army attacks, I will lead my troops to fight them to the death! I hope Fellow Daoist Qin can leave immediately with the Twenty-Seventh Prince! I will do everything in my power to break through the Barbarian Clan barrier, and I ask that you inform the Immortal Emperor of the situation here as soon as possible!"
As the middle-aged man nodded, the scene shifted again, transforming into a brutal battlefield.
This is no ordinary battlefield; it's a battlefield for cultivators.
The brutality of the battlefield was beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
Technique Method, Law Treasure, formations—all sorts of new methods are readily available on the battlefield.
The battles between Loose Immortal were particularly evident on the battlefield, which consisted of numerous vacuum zones that ordinary cultivators couldn't even set foot in.
Meanwhile, in one corner of the battlefield, under the cover of several royal elders, the middle-aged man surnamed Qin finally broke through the encirclement and quickly left the battlefield with the twenty-seventh prince.