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Chapter 331: Large crisis

Miracle Commerce's headquarters.

Meng Yingying was sitting at Chu Tian's side, unable to stop her tears from flowing down. Nangong Yun was beside her comforting her, while Chen Bingyu, Feng Caidie, Yun Yao, and the others all had a painful look on their faces.

There was a group of old man circled to the side whispering to each other. They could not hear what they were discussing, but they all had knit brows and were constantly sighing.

The entire room was filled with a pessimistic feeling.

"Are you done yet? Watching that long, you should have come up with a result, right?" Nangong Yun had a fiery disposition and finally couldn't stop herself from exploding. She anxiously scratched her head, "Only knowing how to sigh, what are you sighing for! Just tell use the current situation, can we save boss or not?!"

The Meng sisters both focused their minds.

"Don't rush, don't rush….." Zhao Pu gave a few coughs before speaking in a serious voice, "I'll be frank, the chairman's situation is very bad. All his organs are failing and his meridians are all shattered, with his spirit energy fading away, but this is not the main cause. The most troublesome part is that the chairman has severely overdrawn his vitality."

Meng Yingying nervously asked, "What does that mean?"

"Old Zhao's meaning is that the chairman forcefully used a forbidden technique with large side effects, the price of this forbidden technique should be burning one's vitality, therefore there is a severe overdraw of vitality. Simply put, if the chairman could live to one hundred before, now he can only live to fifty. If his vitality keeps weakening….."

"Why is it like this?!"

Everyone revealed looks of astonishment, this side effect was too terrifying! Chu Tian was this young and had injured his vitality this early, wasn't this very, very bad?

Meng Qingwu finally understood.

Chu Tian had only displayed a small part of that heaven defying power. The main reason for this was not to use this power excessively, not because he wanted to avoid attracting attention, but mainly because it was very dangerous for him!

Meng Yingying was at a loss, "Then what should we do?"

"It is the initial stages of the injury, if he can heal soon, then he can hopefully recover. If it is left for a long time, the lost vitality will disappear and it will be harder than ascending the heavens to recover it."

Meng Qingwu quickly asked, "What materials do we need? It doesn't matter how much it costs!"

"Vice chairman, this is not a problem of money. Only with the resources of the Southern Summer Country, we won't be able to find this level of medicine!"

"We can't find it in the entire Southern Summer Country?"

The old men looked at each other and said with a sigh, "This is a medicine for overcoming nature, it has to be in the Immortal Grade!"

The girls' faces all turned pale.

Immortal Grade? Where would they find Immortal Herbs in the Southern Summer Country!

The Southern Summer Country was just a small country, the earth's spiritual qi was very barren and barely any Sacred Herbs could be grown, how could there be an Immortal Herb? They could only buy it from a large country or an empire, but an Immortal Herb was expensive. Even if Miracle Commerce had made several billion gold coins, but what did this bit of money count for in those places?

Immortal Herbs usually had no market value and even if Miracle Commerce had enough money, it could not be bought whenever one wanted. Chu Tian's condition could not be dragged on, otherwise there would be serious repercussions if his vitality disappeared. Even an Immortal Herb would not be able to help him at that time.

Meng Yingying said in a choked up voice, "Elder sister, what do we do!"

"Don't be afraid. No matter what the price, we must save Chu Tian!" Meng Qingwu clenched her fist. No one actually knew that the person feeling the most guilt in this moment was her. Chu Tian was this injured mainly because of her, so she had to save him no matter what, "The Southern Summer does not have the herb, so we'll search in other countries. I believe we'll surely be able to find it!"

Meng Qingwu then asked, "When will Chu Tian wake up?"

"That is hard to say." Zhao Pu stroked his beard, "Not only is the chairman's body injured, his spirit has also been overdrawn, I'm afraid he won't wake up in the next two days. I suggest letting the chairman have a proper rest, like this he can recover from his spiritual wounds."

They could only do this.

"Vice chairman, vice chairman!" A Miracle Commerce worker suddenly ran in in a panic, "The Burning Sun Ruler, the Refined Ruler, and the great scholar are all here. They want to see the chairman!"

The Burning Sun Ruler and Refined Ruler are both here?"

"Yingying, take care of Chu Tian. I'm going out to take a look."

Meng Qingwu came out with several people. The Burning Sun Ruler was in a set of scarlet red armour and the Refined Ruler was wearing a golden thread armour. There were several dozen important people behind them, including the great scholar Gu Qianqiu.

The Refined Ruler asked, "Where's Chu Tian? Have him come out!"

"What matters do you have?" Meng Qingwu was a bit afraid of the Refined Ruler. The Shangguan Family were not friendly with Miracle Commerce. There was no guarantee in this period that the Shangguan Family would not do something excessive, "The frontline matters suddenly happened and Chu Tian was helpless in regards to the Southern Summer King's death. Are you here to condemn him?"

"Mistake! Mistake! Refined Ruler, put away your stink face!" The Burning Sun Ruler looked at the Refined Ruler before saying to Meng Qingwu, "With a disaster over the country, how can the Southern Summer Country go against itself? We already know what happened and Chu Tian has made his contributions. If the frontline matters were to be blamed on anyone, it couldn't be blamed on Chu Tian. Not to mention Chu Tian was titled the Country Guarding Ruler by my king in the end, his nobility rank is even higher than the two of us!"

"Then you are….."

"Vice chairman, the Southern Summer Country is already in a life and death crisis." Gu Qianqiu came out and said, "We have thought it over, but we're afraid only Chu Tian has a method to turn the tide. We came to see him and ask if he had a plan!"

"So it's like this….." Meng Qingwu's heart sunk down. The Burning Sun and Refined Rulers put down their pride to see Chu Tian, this was grasping at straws and showed just how bad the situation was, "When Chu Tian was coming back, he fought with a War Hounds True Spirit Expert and is now heavily injured. He is in a coma and won't awaken for some time!"

"Damn!" The Burning Sun Ruler angrily said, "Why is it like this!"

Gu Qianqiu's face also changed, "The War Hounds Country has already shown signs of setting out, what should we do!"

Meng Qingwu was shocked, "What? They're coming this fast? The frontline battle was very tragic, don't they need more time to prepare?"

The Refined Ruler said with a dark face, "After the War Hounds army attack the Southern Summer's border army, their army was not weakened by much and they have added many siege troops from the War Hound Plains over the past few days. They will reach Imperial City in three days and the Imperial City defenses are not enough to stop the army personally led by the Fang King."

What should they do?

"Every county is rushing to Imperial City, but the garrisons can't come north in time." The Burning Sun Ruler tightly clenched his fists, "There's no other way. Even if we die, we can only fight this battle!"

This battle had a high chance of defeat!

The Southern Summer Country had four hundred thousand brave soldiers as well as the Burning Sun Ruler and the Refined Ruler, two powerful True Spirit Experts. Adding in the various garrisons rushing over from the counties, there was enough battle strength. Only by fighting through conventional methods, the Southern Summer Country was guaranteed to lose. So they came to ask Chu Tian, hoping that Chu Tian would have a few tricks for the Southern Summer Country.

Meng Qingwu did not think it would be this coincidental.

Chu Tian wouldn't wake up for this period of time, but who else had his skills in the Southern Summer Country?

If the country was lost, not only would Miracle Commerce lose their footing, if they lost Miracle Commerce, what would they use to trade for the Immortal Herb if they found it? The War Hounds attack would come soon and they couldn't escape this large battle, so what should they do?

If it was Chu Tian, what would he do?

Chu Tian would always have an idea to turn the tide, there was nothing that could baffle him!

The reason why the frontline fortress was in such distress this time was purely because Chu Tian was not clear on the circumstances and didn't have all the information he needed. Otherwise with Chu Tian's attitude and skills, even the powerful War Hounds Country could not make him suffer a loss!

Meng Qingwu suddenly felt helpless. She was just an outstanding merchant without Chu Tian, she could not do anything big!

Wait a minute!

There was something!

It wasn't certain Imperial City would lose!

The Calm Martial Ruler had secretly constructed a weapon factory outside the city and it had at least over ten thousand pieces of Source Energy Weapons. If these Source Energy Weapons were used to equip the soldiers, it would greatly enhance the power of the garrison!

Meng Qingwu immediately told the Burning Sun Ruler and the Refined Ruler her idea.

The two of them were very shocked. Imperial City had already prepared this many Source Energy Weapons? The two of them did not know about this at all, the Southern Summer King had hid it too well!

Gu Qianqiu also said, "If there are enough Source Energy Weapons, this fight may be possible. Only the Source Energy Weapon Factory has only operated for a short period of time and at most over ten thousand Source Energy Weapons were made. Although they will have a large effect on the battle, they will not be able to turn the tides!"

"If the Source Energy Weapons aren't enough, we still have to prepare something else?"

"What is it?"

"You all just wait!"

Meng Qingwu returned to the room and took out a communication device, immediately calling Central State's Yun Sect.

"Vice chairman, is it you?" Yun Tianhe's voice came from the communication device, "I heard about the large matter in Imperial City, the Divine Wind Marquis has already left last night. What is the situation over there right now?"

"Time is of the essence right now, let's not talk about this!" Meng Qingwu did not want to explain everything, "Has the Yun Sect had any success researching the 'Source Energy Bomb' over the past few days?"

"We've taken the initial steps, but it still can't match the chairman's requirements."

Meng Qingwu felt a bit of light, "Use the Image Transferring Mirror to sent the technology over to me, this might be related to Imperial City's destiny so be quick!"

Yun Tianhe knew Imperial City's current situation and immediately said, "Alright, I'll send it now."

"Wait a minute, I'm not done yet."

"Does the vice chairman still have something else to discuss?"

"Immediately inform the Giant Shark Gang's Boss Yu to make the fleet head north to Cang State's port. If there is a mishap in Imperial City, perhaps they can help us escape. Even if we can't escape Imperial City, they can at least help the Calm Martial Ruler and protect the final elite troop of the Southern Summer Country!"

Yun Tianhe was very shocked, was the Imperial City situation already that bad?

Meng Qingwu was not as impulsive as Chu Tian, she was always discreet with anything she did, so she prepared an escape route beforehand. If Imperial City couldn't be defended, Miracle Commerce's only road to survival was on the water.

The War Hounds lived on the prairie their entire life and mainly had land cavalry in their army. If they escaped on the water, it would not be easy for them to chase them down.

"That's right, there's also something else…." Meng Qingwu would not forget the most important matter, "Activate all the Miracle Commerce stations and send a purchase order across the nation."

Yun Tianhe calmed down, "Vice chairman, please give your order."

"We need a level two Immortal Herb, one that can restore innate vitality."

"What? Immortal Herb! How can this be bought in the Southern Summer Country? Even if there was one, what can Miracle Commerce even use to buy it?"

"I know it is very hard, but this is related to Chu Tian's survival so we have to try every possibility!"

"Could the chairman be….." Yun Tianhe's voice trembled a bit before he said in a hoarse voice, "Be assured, this old man will do everything possible!"

"I'll leave Miracle Commerce's survival all up to you!"

Meng Qingwu let out a long sigh after hanging up the communication device. She could only do this for now, as for the final outcome, Meng Qingwu could not predict it at all.

Chapter 332: Large army sieging the city

Meng Qingwu gave the Source Energy Bomb blueprint send from Central State to Gu Qianqiu. Perhaps with these destructive weapons they could strike back the War Hounds Kingdom, winning back the situation of the battlefield.

"We only have this plan at present!"

They began using the Source Energy Guns!

They would make the Source Energy Bombs!

The Source Energy Weapons had been top secret and the Burning Sun Ruler and Refined Ruler knew little about them. However, it was impossible to completely hide it from the two of them. They would at least already know Chu Tian had a weapon factory in Central State when they investigated him, only they didn't know how strong the Source Energy Weapons were.

With the Southern Summer King dead, the Calm Martial Ruler not present, and the Southern Summer Country facing a crisis that could eliminate them, all resources and powers were being used at this time. So under the strong support of Gu Qianqiu, the two rulers went against the king's prohibition order and forcefully opened the Source Energy Weapon Factory.

Meng Qingwu personally took stock of the factory. There were around fourteen thousand Source Energy Pistols, around two thousand Source Energy Submachine Guns, around five thousand pistol magazines, and around ten thousand submachine gun magazines. The magazines were sent over from Central State and weren't manufactured in Imperial City, so there weren't many of them right now.

Now it was too late to send more over.

These magazines should be enough to use for a while.

The Source Energy Pistols were strong enough to kill cultivators and demon beasts at the 2nd Awakened Soul Layer and below, but they had a slow fire rate and their range could not compare to bows or long range weapons. They were only suited to being used in close range combat.

The Refined Ruler suggested, "There aren't many Source Energy Weapons. It can't be used to arm the entire army, it can only be used for special situations."

"From the report brought back from the frontlines, the War Hounds have a special wolf cavalry. The demon wolves are fast and have quick reactions, so it is hard to injure them with long range arrows. These Source Energy Weapons suited for short to medium range combat can be used to deal with them." The Burning Sun Ruler gave this suggestion, "The Nangong Family's Wild Flame Army is one of the best heavy infantry unit in the Southern Summer Country, they are even stronger than the southern barbarians, they can stop the charge of the demon wolves. If they are equipped with Source Energy Pistols, they could create a strong resistance."

"That stands to reason!"

The two rulers decided to give all the ten thousand Source Energy Pistols to the Wild Flame heavy infantry, as well as giving them five hundred submachine guns to increase their firepower. This infantry unit was personally directed by the Burning Sun Ruler, having powerful close range combat abilities. Now that they had this weapon, it would surely greatly increase their power!

Gu Qianqiu suggested, "As for the extra two thousand Source Energy Submachine Guns, this old man suggests we equip them to the royal palace's griffin knights. The griffin knights are already the Imperial City's and even the Southern Summer Country's strongest unit, as well as having the advantage of being airborne. If they were equipped with the submachine guns, they would become a nightmare for the War Hounds!"

The griffin knights perfectly had two thousand members remaining!

This unit was already very strong and with an increased firepower, their power increased by several times. In a time of crisis, they would be able to suppress the enemy from the air.

"No wonder my king was confident in launching the northern expedition!" The Burning Sun Ruler was filled with spirit, "My Southern Summer Country had such strong weapons, it really is capable of trampling the War Hound Plains!"

It's a pity!

They never calculated the War Hounds would be a step faster!

It finally ended in a tragedy that resulted in the death of their leader!

Could this be heaven's will? If the War Hounds attacked a month later, the first batch of Source Energy Weapons would have been used to equip the army. When the Southern Summer Country had over a hundred thousand Source Energy Weapons, would it have been easy for the War Hounds to break through the border defenses?

There were no what ifs in this world.

Meng Qingwu was not optimistic, she had seen the battle strength of the War Hounds army. Even though ten thousand Source Energy Weapons were enough to increase the Southern Summer's battle strength, the degree it could increase it by was limited. It was impossible for them to resist the hundreds of thousands of War Hounds.

Depending on the Source Energy Weapons were far from enough!

Meng Qingwu gave the order to take out all Source Energy Batteries stored in Imperial City!

Gu Qianqiu gathered several thousand scholars to help with the production and the various Source Energy Batteries were transformed into Source Energy Bombs, manufacturing large amounts of Source Energy Bombs. The Burning Sun Ruler and the Refined Ruler were also quickly gathering military strength. They were preparing talismans, medicine, arrows, battle equipment, and etc.

The entire several million people of Imperial City were mobilized.

Could a nest with no eggs survive? No matter what contradictions the families normally had, they were united to fight against a foreign enemy!

Large amounts of Source Energy Bombs were soon created.

"These bombs are very unstable, so you need to be very careful when using them, otherwise you might hurt yourselves. It will be a dangerous situation that is hard to imagine." Meng Qingwu instructed the scholars on how to use the bombs, "The bombs we have are limited, so we have to use them the best way possible. It would be best if we could surprise them head on!"

While Meng Qingwu was busy deploying her troops, some good news came. Other than the Cang State's Green Cloud Marquis, the other seven marquises had arrived in Imperial City, including the Divine Wind Marquis, the Golden Arrow Marquis, the Western Marquis, and the others. They had been very rushed and could only bring their personal guards, which added up to a total of three thousand people, but the strength of those three thousand people was very good.

After Meng Qingwu learned of this situation, she immediately went to the royal palace to see them.

When the Western Marquis saw Meng Qingwu come in, his face was dark and covered in anger. Miracle Commerce had shamed him and he could never forget that. Although he did not see Chu Tian, seeing Meng Qingwu alone was enough to make his teeth ache.

Meng Qingwu was most worried about problems within Imperial City. Why did the frontline collapse? A large part of it was Wang Tianlong defection. Dongfang Zhan had to personally put down this rebellion and because the marshal had left, they couldn't respond to the sudden situation that occurred which accelerated the frontline's collapse.

"Qingwu greets the Western Marquis." Meng Qingwu nodded, "Chu Tian may have offended the Western Marquis, but those matters are in the past. Qingwu personally offers my apologies, but with an enemy at the gates, I ask for the Western Marquis' cooperation."

"Shangguan Hong, you are still a second grade military marquis of the Southern Summer Country!" The Refined Ruler revealed a look of dissatisfaction, "With a national disaster present, personal grudges are not worth mentioning. This ruler does not wish for the Shangguan Family to take the blame of causing the country to perish!"

The Burning Sun Ruler also said, "Chu Tian has already been titled the Country Guarding Ruler and is the head of the rulers, you will not be shamed suffering a loss by his hands. Now that the War Hounds are here, we must work together!"

"Yes!" When the Western Marquis saw the two rulers speak up, how could he still dare act up. He cupped his hands and said, "Shangguan Hong will throw myself into any dangerous situation and fear no death!"

Meng Qingwu was assured seeing this. She looked at the Divine Wind Marquis and the Golden Arrow Marquis, "You all came this fast?"

The Divine Wind Marquis nodded, "My king had already sent out a royal proclamation telling the southern states to be prepared, working with the northern expedition. We were prepared to come to Imperial City at any moment and when we learned of the situation in Imperial City, we immediately rushed over."

"It's a pity!" The Golden Arrow Marquis said with a sigh, "We rushed over, but we couldn't bring our armies."

There was no other way. Although the garrisons of the various states could not come, the marquises were all top experts of the Southern Summer Country, each one being experienced generals. It was enough for them to take up important duties.

With these people helping out in Imperial City, this battle's chance of success would be much higher!

The Divine Wind Marquis said in a low voice, "I heard the senior marshal, he….."

Meng Qingwu gave a heavy nod.

In that moment, all the marquises could not say a word. Whether it was the Divine Wind Marquis, the Golden Arrow Marquis, the Western Marquis, or the others, they all had to respectfully call Dongfang Zhan marshal. This was because they had all served under Dongfang Zhan before and were filled with admiration for him.

With the pillar of the country collapsing, how could they not sigh?

"What is the current situation?" The Green Wood Marquis said, "How should we fight?"

Meng Qingwu had already made many contributions. The Source Energy Guns and the Source Energy Bombs, these items could increase the Imperial City's defense success rate by several times, but the final fate of Imperial City was not something Meng Qingwu could predict and depended on the heavens. Meng Qingwu was a merchant and did not have any experience analyzing the battlefield. She only knew that the War Hounds were strong, very strong, and deploying the troops would depend on these people.

With the Calm Martial Ruler absent, the Burning Sun Ruler was the highest military officer, so he was in charge of the deployment, "From now on, the city will fall under martial law. All the food will be collected, none of the citizens may leave, and the mercenary groups will participate in the fight. Green Wood Marquis, Divine Wind Marquis, you will defend the south side. Golden Arrow Marquis, West Suppressing Marquis, you will protect the east side. Western Marquis, Far East Marquis, the west side will be given to you. The Refined Ruler and I will be responsible for the north side. As for the distribution of forces…..

The Southern Summer Imperial City quickly deployed their troops, but the War Hounds Kingdom was also quickly gathering and increasing their marching speed. This was because the Fang King was clear that he had a limited time. The Calm Martial Ruler's two hundred thousand cavalry and the Green Cloud Marquis' two hundred thousand cavalry, once they retreated from Cang State, this four hundred thousand cavalry team will head for Imperial City and the War Hounds will fall into a crisis.

The key to this battle was speed!

The Fang King had to capture Imperial City before the Calm Martial Ruler could return. Once they took the Imperial City, the Southern Summer Country would have no power to resist.

Finally, the War Hounds army appeared to the north of Imperial City.

That vast wave of War Hounds far surpassed their imaginations and the Imperial City army could not help swallowing a mouthful of saliva. The flags was like a wave in the sea, with around seven hundred to eight hundred thousand soldiers in front of them. There was no difference from when they attacked the frontlines.

This was strange.

An army could not increase as they fought!

The defenses were winning before the War Hounds broke through, they lost at least two hundred thousand people. Why was there more people in the army now?

The Burning Sun Ruler and the Refined Ruler found the problem, there were many old enemies in the the large army. From the information they had, these old War Hounds tribes had not participated in the war for a long time.

If was clear the War Hounds had not completely submitted to the Fang King, there were some old War Hounds tribes that had not joined the war yet. The Fang King was making a gamble, if he could break through the frontline defenses, those old tribes would join the battle. If the Fang King was defeated, these old tribes would leave the Fang King and the Fang King would be alone.

Those old tribes not accepting the Fang King's power wasn't allowed.

The Fang King's army had a rare airborne unit.

There were close to twenty thousand people who were all riding vultures. It was a group of vulture knights that were clearly for resisting the Imperial City's griffin knights.

It was too unbelievable.

The vulture unit and the demon wolf unit, they both had the same armour and mounts. It was clearly built and cultivated with great ability.

The War Hounds' cultivation skills were quite good, but they couldn't breed this many of the same mounts. The War Hounds' equipment forging ability was very crude, how could they create such an army?

The Fang King rode a three headed demon wolf and walked out towards Imperial City.

"Is this the newly crowned Fang King?" The Burning Sun Ruler felt a pressure coming from the Fang King. This person's cultivation was probably higher than his and even the Calm Martial Ruler might not be able to compare, "It's actually an unknown person!"

A large group of War Hounds Kingdom members came with the Fang King. There were three-four True Spirit Realm experts who were all tribe leaders of the old tribes as well as the Southern Summer traitor, Wang Tianlong. The Fang King had brought out all his strength this time, clearly prepared to take Imperial City in one fight!

The disparity in strength was too bid and the Southern Summer's capture was imminent. However, the Fang King did not show any excitement as he said with a stern expression, "Was Malim killed by the two of you?!"

Who was Malim? The Burning Sun Ruler and the Refined Ruler were both stunned!

"I killed him!"

A female's voice sounded from the walls.

Meng Qingwu was not wearing her usual white robe, rather she was wearing a silver armour that made her look like a valiant general.

Gu Qianqiu was shocked, "Chairman Meng killed that person!"

The Burning Sun Ruler asked in a strange voice, "What? Is that person's background big?"

"Of course!" Gu Qianqiu angrily said, "Malim is the vice leader of the Hell Song Tribe and was the True Spirit Realm Expert that killed my king with Wang Tianlong!"

"True Spirit Realm Cultivator?"

Everyone was shocked.

Meng Qingwu was such a weak woman and she actually killed a War Hounds True Spirit Cultivator?

This news was just too shocking. Just based on the merit of this severed head, Meng Qingwu could already be named a marquis. After all, throughout the years, the Southern Summer Country had never killed a War Hounds True Spirit Expert. If a War Hounds True Spirit Expert fell, it was from their internal struggle.

The entire War Hounds army fell into turmoil.

Malim was actually killed by this weak girl? The Fang King's face looked very sinister and his eyes seemed like they would shoot out flames!

Chapter 333: Great war begins

The Nether Flame Blade Malim was the Hell Song Tribe's vice leader and he had died in the hands of a weak Awakened Soul Realm girl? This news was just too shocking and all the War Hounds tribes began to talk.

"You are disgracing our tribe's warrior!" The Fang King roared out, "Just depending on you to kill him?!"

"Do you recognize this storage bag!" Meng Qingwu did not waste words as she took out the storage bag. Then she took out a black blade from the bag which was covered in a cloth. Because this blade was a Soul Contracting Item, Meng Qingwu could not be recognized by it and she could not use it, "Even if you don't recognize the bag, you shouldn't be unfamiliar with this blade!"

"Nether Flame Blade?"

"Malim really died by her hands?!"

The War Hounds leaders talked in whispers, all revealing strange gazes.

Malim had died, but no one sympathized with him and most people actually revealed looks of disdain.

The Fang King was in an uncontrollable rage. Makim was his little brother and the most trusted subordinate of the Fang King. If Malim had died on the battlefield, he wouldn't have lost his warrior's pride. But Malim had died in the hands of this weak girl, which was not only shameful to Malim, it also made their Hell Song tribe look weak!

The Purple Gold Thunder God Drum was suddenly raised!

"Thunder!"

Fang King released a bolt of thunder with a wild roar which erupted through the clouds, striking at Meng Qingwu on the city walls. Striking from such a distance, it could generate such a great strength? The Fang King's power was truly terrifying, enough to leave the Southern Summer soldiers in shock.

The Refined Ruler gave a cold laugh and took out a golden pen from his sleeve. He drew a circle and the thunder was instantly stopped. The golden pen was raised and the energy flew backwards, shooting at the Fang King like a beam of light. The Fang King blocked with the golden drum and sucked it all back in.

The Fang King softly asked, "You are the Southern Summer Refined Ruler?"

"I am the ruler!"

"The chaos in the War Hounds was all from your secret movements. The Southern Summer Country being able to live to this day, you have contributed quite a bit."

"It's a pity that your recent actions weren't noticed by this ruler, otherwise how could the situation fall to this state? This ruler is clear on the situation of the War Hound Plains, it does not have the capability to launch this kind of attack. As for you, someone unknown silently appeared, just where did you come from."

The Burning Sun Ruler coldly said, "What are you wasting words for? Since these War Hounds bastards have come, let them taste the strength of our Southern Summer arrows!"

"Burning Sun Ruler, Refined Ruler, I suggest you surrender." Before the Fang King spoke, Wang Tianlong slowly walked out, "Could it be you still think the Southern Summer Country is only facing the War Hounds Kingdom after everything that has happened? Wrong! A big mistake! You don't know what happened at all, you can't win this fight!"

The Southern Summer people had already suspected this Fang King's origin. This was because this Hell Song Tribe had only recently risen on the War Hound Plains in the past ten years, so they were different from the other War Hounds tribes. Establishing themselves in this short period of time, it was not likely for them to establish a mature and complete army.

Where had the hundred thousand demon wolf cavalry and twenty thousand vulture riders come from? There was one possibility, the Hell Song Tribe was a representative of a foreign power! That's why Wang Tianlong was this assured!

"The Hell Song Tribe are nobility from the Eagle Burial Kingdom!" Wang Tianlong loudly shouted, "The War Hounds Kingdom is already a vassal of the Eagle Burial Warring Kingdom and are within the power of the Eagle Burial Kingdom. Do you all have the strength to fight a warring kingdom?!"

Everyone's expressions drastically changed.

The Eagle Burial Kingdom? Although this country did not have contact with the Southern Summer Country, there were people that had heard of it. This was a kingdom and one that was at the warring kingdom stage! It had to be known, for a kingdom to be known as a warring kingdom, they first had to have a strong national power and plenty of citizens. They needed military power that surpassed all the other countries in the region, allowing them to wildly expand!

A warring kingdom was still a kingdom, but its strength far surpassed normal kingdoms, even surpassing normal large kingdoms. In the future, they even had the potential to become an empire!

Didn't the past Heavenly Demon Cult create the Heavenly Demon Warring Kingdom? They were all very clear on the strength of the Heavenly Demon Cult at its peak, each one of the ten main branches had several True Spirit Realm experts to hold command. A small kingdom like the Southern Summer Kingdom did not have any chance of winning against a warring kingdom.

The War Hounds Kingdom had already become a vassal of a warring kingdom. This generation's Fang King did not come from the War Hound Plains, rather he was a king sent by a Spirit Beast Warring Kingdom to rule over a vassal, he was not an independent king!

No wonder the Fang King could lead such a strong army. For the War Hounds, this army could not be raised even with several dozen years, this was clearly the army provided to the War Hounds by the Spirit Beast Warring Kingdom backing them. It was because of this that the Fang King could sweep through all oppositions, allowing the Southern Summer frontlines disappear in a single night!

"Now you understand that you do not have any chance of winning!" Wang Tianlong spoke with a cold smile, "Not to mention winning today, it's already good enough if you aren't destroyed today. The warring kingdom will send several times the forces in a few days, can you still defend against them? How long can you keep defending!"

"You traitor! Shut up!"

"One who understands the times is outstanding. The Fang King will rule the prairies and it will all become the Fang King's today!" Wang Tianlong removed completely unmoved, "The Southern Summer Country's destruction is certain, only surrendering to the War Hounds can we ensure that the two hundred million citizens will not burn in the flames of war! The Southern Summer Country will remain the Southern Summer Country, we will just become a vassal to the War Hounds and become a tiny part of the Eagle Burial Country's circle of power. People can still live their lives and we will obtain the protection of a warring kingdom, what is there not to be happy about? Do not be stubborn, there is no other path except surrender!"

"Let the Southern Summer Country become the Spirit Beasts' puppet? Let the Southern Summer Country pledge allegiance to the War Hounds? Impossible!"

"Do you want to drag our Southern Summer Country to its destruction?" Wang Tianlong shouted out, "The lives of the several million citizens in Imperial City depends on you now. If you resist the War Hounds today, they will massacre the city, you know this clearly!"

The defense army was a bit shaken.

The strength of a warring kingdom was too terrifying, the Southern Summer Country couldn't even fight the War Hounds. The War Hounds were still a large kingdom and they were an unstable kingdom, how could they fight a warring kingdom? The War Hound Plains became the War Hounds Kingdom with the help of the Heavenly Wolf Warring Kingdom. With a warring kingdom pressuring them, the War Hounds' internal strife will be greatly decreased.

The War Hounds kingdom became a vassal of the Eagle Burial Kingdom, what qualification and strength did the Southern Summer Country have to resist being their dependent country? There were three kinds of kingdoms on the continent.

First there was an independent kingdom. This was a kingdom with absolute sovereignty, diplomatic power, and resource control. They weren't suppressed by any powers and didn't have to pay tributes to foreign powers.

The second were vassal nations. A vassal nation was not necessarily a nation, but it could be a marquis kingdom or a ruler kingdom, which was a nation given to a titled noble. The current Fang King was a titled king of the Heavenly Wolf Warring Kingdom, so he was titled the king of the War Hounds Kingdom. Although the nobles had a large amount of independence, the highest ranked officer in the War Hounds Kingdom was still the king. A certain percentage of taxes also needed to be paid to the governing country each year.

[TL Note: I don't know why it suddenly changed to Heavenly Wolf Warring Kingdom either.]

The third kind were dependent kingdoms and were completely different from the other two. Dependent kingdoms were defeated kingdoms or kingdoms with a clear inferiority of power, pledging themselves to another country. These dependent countries did not have dignity and didn't even have their own sovereignty. Not only do they need to give tributes and pledge allegiance, they weren't allowed to have an army. The main purpose of a dependent country was to work hard, providing food, cultivation resources, breeding demon beast, and etc. for the main country. They were not allowed to have a state treasury and had to present it all as tribute.

Once the Southern Summer Country became the War Hounds Country's dependent country, the citizen's resources would no longer belong to them!

But if they fought back with the Southern Summer's national strength, could they block the invasion of a warring kingdom?

"Scram! You waste selling the pride of your ancestors, what qualification do you have to be shouting here?"

"Then I want to see how long you can remain arrogant in front of the War Hound Kingdom's strength!" Wang Tianlong did not plan on leaving them behind. Although the Fang King had allowed him to become the Southern Summer King, there was no meaning in letting the Three Great Clans remain. Otherwise with Wang Tianlong's current strength, how could he stop them? Kill, he had to kill them all!"

Wang Tianlong was clear on the personality of the Burning Sun Ruler. Since they did not give up in face of this grim reality, there would be no way to convince them and they could only use strength!

The Fang King did not waste any time.

Because the time the Calm Martial Ruler gave the Fang King was not long.

A series of deep war horns sounded and the War Hounds army prepared to attack!

The vanguard was a group of giant beasts, leading around a group of around fifty thousand War Hounds elites. Many of them were wielding wall climbing equipment, they were the War Hounds' first attack team!

Those giant beasts that looked like apes were over ten meters tall and each one was covered in thick armour. The Southern Summer arrows could only have a limited effect against them and even the arrows of True Spirit Realm Experts would not have a large effect.

Dong, dong, dong!

The war drums began to beat faster.

The army's charge speed quickly increased!

The Burning Sun Ruler knit his brows, "Will this really work?"

"Relax!" Meng Qingwu clenched her first, "Just wait and see!"

Some of the giant beasts stepped on something and a stream of energy was released from beneath their feet. It was a quick burst of light and heat, that surged forward like a wild storm, instantly blowing up the entire leg. That enormous blow had hit several hundred War Hound soldiers and sent quite a few of them flying, creating chaos in the War Hounds Kingdom's charge.

Hong, hong, hong!

Several large explosions sounded.

Several other buried Source Energy Bombs also exploded!

Those giant beasts did not have any warning before they were suddenly hit with the explosion, basically blowing up their entire bodies. This explosive force was very strong and with each explosion that was released, a giant, dark hole appeared in the earth.

Even a True Spirit Realm Expert hit by the explosion would be seriously injured or would lose their lives.

"Fire!"

Meng Qingwu gave her order.

Several catapults shot from the wall and several heavy bombs were sent flying from the city wall. They flew in a parabola as they fell into the War Hounds formation.

Hong!

Another shining mushroom cloud was formed!

Several hundred War Hounds soldiers were in the attack zone and were blown up by the force of the explosion.

The War Hounds Kingdom's first charge suffered a heavy blow before they could even fight. The originally low morale had been restored quite a bit. No matter what happened in the future, they would win this battle first! After all, the Burning Sun Ruler and the Refined Ruler were not foolish. If the situation developed to one where they could not resist, they would take the corresponding evacuation measures.

"Bring your bows!"

The Southern Summer's bombs were too strong and had caused large casualties to the War Hounds. The War Hounds experts were not feeling good when the Southern Summer Country prepared to launch bombs again.

The War Hound Experts picked up their bows to shoot the bombs in mid flight.

Hong!

The bomb was directly blown up in mid air.

Several Southern Summer soldiers on the wall were injured by the impact. When the Source Energy Bombs were shot down, the flames and fragments fell onto different locations. Each fragment caused a large explosion, dealing damage to the War Hounds army.

What was this thing?

The War Hounds were very shocked!

"Mind's Eye!"

Wang Tianlong used his Divine Sense to scan the land in front and he was shocked by the result. There were many high energy items hidden in the ground in front of Imperial City, these were what had exploded the War Hounds' giant beasts.

"Humph!" The Fang King had also noticed this and coldly raised his golden drum, "Fire arrows forward!"

The War Hounds archers drew their bows and a dense rain of arrows was released. Those Source Energy Bombs that hadn't blown up yet, the majority of them were exploded by the rain of arrows.

Like this, all the buried landmines had lost their use.

It was a pity that they didn't have time, Miracle Commerce did not have time to make enough Source Energy Bombs. The War Hounds wildly charged forward without fearing death, they reached the wall in the blink of an eye. The following battle would be very difficult and this would not be an easy fight!

Chapter 334: Imperial City siege

The drums were like thunder and the ground trembled as the waves of War Hounds charged forward. The general attack was finally starting and after they entered the range of the Southern Summer archers, a terrifying whistle came from the sky. Like a black cloud enveloping everything, the sunlight was instantly blocked by the dense amount of arrows.

Ice arrows, fire arrows, and explosive arrows. The power of these talisman arrows were very shocking, instantly causing casualties amongst the War Hounds army.

"Fire!" A War Hounds chief personally led the charge, "Fight back! Kill them all!"

The War Hounds army roared as they charged, with a group shooting arrows as well. Countless arrows fell onto the city walls, attempting to suppress the Southern Summer soldiers with arrows.

The Refined Ruler coldly ordered, "Activate the symbol arrays!"

The Shangguan Family members were standing in a row with each person lifting a large flag covered in talismans. They suddenly inserted them into the wall and the energy of the talismans interweaved with each other, forming a protective layer over the city walls. The War Hounds' arrows were knocked back by the protective cover.

The War Hounds tried to scale the city walls, but the Southern Summer troops had already placed large amounts of talismans on the city wall. As long as the War Hounds touched them, they would immediately burst into flames, be covered in frost, or would explode. Did the War Hounds think it was easy to attack the walls?

The Southern Summer troops just need to hold on, they would win as long as the walls were not broken through. The Calm Martial Ruler was killing his way back from Cang State, so the war could change at any moment. The Fang King also knew about this, so he did not hesitate to go wild.

The Fang King's cold eyes swept across the battlefield, "Send out the vulture unit!"

Black spots began to appear above the clouds. Countless vulture riding War Hounds directly passed the defensive line and appeared in the sky above Imperial City.

Imperial City was not a fort after all. The frontline fortress was completely sealed, but it was impossible to completely seal Imperial City, so an airborne army can pass through the defensive lines. They could attack the center of the city from the sky and break the defenses from within.

Large amounts of War Hounds soldiers fell down from the sky like dumplings. The War Hounds vulture knights sent at least thirty-forty thousand elite soldiers into Imperial City.

With these thirty-forty thousand elites and the twenty thousand vulture knights attacking, it would create a large disturbance for the Southern Summer troops.

"Have the Wild Flame Army block the ground portion of the airborne enemies!" The Burning Sun Ruler immediately ordered for the Nangong Family's Wild Flame heavy infantry to move out, guarding the inside of Imperial City, "Griffin knights, head out and stop these airborne enemies!"

The two thousand majestic griffin knights were on standby. When they received the Burning Sun Ruler's order, they immediately flew out, charging at the vulture knights that were ten times their number. Although the griffin knights did not have the advantage in numbers, their aura was not lacking in the least. The griffins were already level two demon beasts and each knight was an one in a thousand elite. Even if they were outnumbered one to ten, they would still be able to fight!

"This is the Southern Summer's strongest ace unit?" The vulture knights' commander gave a cold laugh, "They really are stupid fools!"

The griffin knights were the strongest power guarding the Southern Summer Country and the Imperial City. In order to train the griffin knights, the Southern Summer Country had to spent large amounts of money to purchase the griffins from other countries and spend large amounts to train the knights. These griffin knights could represent the power of the Southern Summer Country and if they were defeated, it would be a huge blow to the Southern Summer morale.

"Since you're seeking death, then I'll let you see the the power of our Eagle Burial Kingdom's airborne forces!" The vulture knights' commander loudly ordered, "Kill!"

[TL Note: It switched back again, I have no idea….]

The griffin knight commander was faced with the dense amount of vulture knights and he immediately raised his long spear as he shouted, "Prepare to fight!"

The two airborne units quickly made their moves and when the two sides were about to clash.

The griffin knight commander shouted, "Wind Blade Formation!"

The two thousand griffins gathered their strength together to release a blue wind blade. The griffins were individually stronger than the vultures and this wave of stormy blades was truly powerful. If it were to hit the vultures, the vultures would not be able to resist and a large portion of them would be instantly destroyed.

But, were things that simple?

The vulture knights were a part of the Eagle Burial Kingdom's army, not only were they well trained, they also had ample battle experience. When the griffins condensed their energy, the vulture knights had already made their preparations. They instantly changed their movement pattern and passed through the blue wind blades, with close to none of them being hit.

After this first clash.

The straight line of vulture knights suddenly exploded and moved out in all different directions. They instantly formed a half circle, swallowing the griffin knights bit by bit.

"Kill them all!"

The vulture knights had completely surrounded the griffin knights and had sealed them in. After all, there were much more vulture knights and if they used this blockade strategy, the griffin knights would not be able to break through.

Although the royal knights were strong and the griffin mounts were fierce, the War Hounds' vulture knights were not that far off. Once they were surrounded by the vulture knights, they would be in trouble if they didn't break through soon.

The griffin knight commander's expression changed, "Break out!"

"How could it be easy? Fire!"

The griffin knights only had a single spear per person and most of their battles depended on their griffins. They had a strong charge ability and the griffins could release strong wind blades, so they had enough long range attacks, meaning the griffin knights were not equipped with long range weapons.

The vulture knights were not the same. The vultures had hard skin and strong flesh, as well as a good transport speed, only not having a long range attack. Because of this, during the process of picking a rider, the first requirement was being a divine archer. There were some vultures that had two riders, one for short range and one for long range, allowing them to coordinate flawlessly.

The griffin knights had just clashed with the first row of vulture knights when the second and third row released a large rain of arrows. The front was blocking while the back was shooting arrows, attacking in this long range method. The griffin knight's wind defenses could not last much longer and they were caught in a disadvantageous situation, failing to break through several times.

It really wasn't working!

The Southern Summer Country was still a small kingdom, they were lacking in air combat experience. Even with the elite griffin knights, they did not have proper air combat tactics. When faced with a properly trained airborne army, they were suppressed even if they had higher individual strength.

Dong, dong, dong!

The War Hounds Kingdom's black tide continued surging forward. Whether it was the Southern Summer defenders or the War Hounds attackers, their casualties continued to increase because of the troop of units placed into the city by the vulture knights. The city wall's defenses was in chaos and quite a few fearless War Hounds soldiers had already scaled the wall.

"Throw the bombs! Quickly!"

The Southern Summer defenders did not have any ways of dealing with the wild War Hounds soldiers, so they could only throw the last batch of Source Energy Bombs down the wall. The ground instantly trembled as large parts of the city wall's defense lines was filled with explosions. Each bomb released a terrifying heat and glow, causing Imperial City to tremble under this terrifying might. Each explosion fell into a dense crowd of War Hounds, instantly causing hundreds of War Hounds soldiers' deaths.

The War Hounds army was shocked by the terrifying might of the Source Energy Bombs!

The might of these weapons was just too terrifying.

"Don't worry about them, keep killing!"

"The Southern Summer city walls are about to break!"

The War Hounds were very fierce. Although these destructive Source Energy Bombs had forced the War Hounds back, it only lasted for a minute. The War Hounds quickly regrouped and climbed up the city wall like a group of ants.

The Imperial City's defensive power could not compare to the frontline fortress because there were too many people in Imperial City. They had nine city gates alone, with the War Hounds attacking seven gates at the same time. The amount of Source Energy Bombs made by Miracle Commerce was very limited and they had almost used all of it, so they didn't have another method of stopping the War Hounds from pushing through.

The Southern Summer's pride were the griffin knights who were currently being suppressed by the vulture knights, not having a way to support the defense. There were more and more War Hounds soldiers in Imperial City, lighting fires everywhere and creating more and more chaos.

Finally a War Hounds troop climbed over the wall and the following soldiers flowed in without stop. They fought wildly without fear of death, with the Southern Summer soldiers being much weaker in comparison.

Meng Qingwu saw many parts of the wall had already been invaded by War Hounds and she knew that Imperial City could not hold on much longer. She immediately said to the Burning Sun Ruler and the Refined Ruler, "It's about time!"

The two rulers nodded and the Burning Sun Ruler raised signal flag high up, causing a horn to sound through Imperial City. The Fang King suddenly knit his brows, could the Southern Summer Country still have another trick?

The griffin knights surrounded by the vulture knights suddenly launched a counterattack. The two thousand griffin knights had a spear in one hand and a Source Energy Submachine Gun in the other.

"This weapon is….."

Wang Tianlong was shocked when he saw the weapons of the griffin knights. Wang Tianlong was not unfamiliar with this, he had seen it before in Chu Tian's hands. He had assumed that it was a rare treasure, but now he was seeing one in the hands of each griffin knight.

Wang Tianlong had already experienced the might of this weapon. If every single person had one, how incredible was that?

The griffin knight commander loudly shouted, "Kill them all!"

The War Hounds could not even react before the muzzle of the Source Energy Submachine Gun exploded with dazzling white flames. Several thousand energy balls were shot out with incredible speed. The attack was too fast and sudden.

How could the vulture knights block it from this distance? Instantly several hundred vultures fell from the sky and a gap appeared in the blockade of the vulture knights.

The griffin knights use the storm of bullets to create a gap from within the vulture blockade, dealing over ten thousand in casualties. Then they dived down at the wall, sweeping out across the dense amount of War Hounds soldiers on the wall with the submachine gun.

The sky was filled with light bullets!

This was the result of two thousand Source Energy Submachine Guns shooting at once. Not only were the bullet small, they were also much faster compared to arrows. Shooting from this short distance, those War Hounds did not have time to dodge. A large portion of them were instantly taken out, easing the pressure on the city wall defenses!

The over ten thousand members of the Nangong Family's Wild Flame heavy armour troop also made their move. With a pistol in their left hand and a sword in their right, they were currently locked in a fierce battle with the War Hound soldiers that had landed in the city. There was no suspense as the War Hound army was defeated. How could they stop such a terrifying army?

The Nangong Family's Wild Flame Army had very strong close combat fighting abilities and now they even had the pistols as support, being able to easily penetrate Awakened Soul Cultivator's protective spirit energy from range. Even if the War Hounds that landed were elites, how many of them were Awakened Soul Cultivators?

This was an one sided battle!

Regaining air superiority, easing the pressure on the walls, and defeating the enemies within the city, the Imperial City seemed to stabilize the more they fought. If this continued, the War Hounds Kingdom would have no way to break into Imperial City.

"These humans actually have some tricks!" The Fang King's eyes seemed like they were about to shoot flames, but he did not lose himself in anger. Rather, he calmly said, "How prepared is that side?"

Wang Tianlong confidently said, "I ask the Fang King to be assured. Everything is prepared, those fellows cannot hold on for much longer."

"Good! Tell the Demon Wolf Army to prepare to attack!"

Chapter 335: Falling again

Those War Hounds warriors dropped in by the vultures were currently retreating from the Nangong Family's Wild Flame Army. The Wild Flame Army was the Southern Summer's strongest infantry unit, each one having incomparably thick armour which even initial stage Awakened Soul Cultivators would find hard to break. Moreover, the Wild Flame Army was trained with the Nangong Family's secret technique, so they didn't feel any pain. Although they were only in the peak 9th Body Refinement Layer, their strength was close to an Awakened Soul Cultivator.

All of the ten thousand Wild Flame soldiers had a giant sword in their right hand and a Source Energy Pistol in their left. The War Hounds trying to break through were forced back several times, finally gathering in a single spot.

Almost at the same time, the griffin knights supported the city walls, relieving the pressure on the Southern Summer defenses, allowing them to hold their ground. Although Imperial City was still filled with the flames of war, the most dangerous wave had been blocked.

The griffin knights began to fight with the vulture knights once again.

Each griffin knight had an extra energy magazine. In front of the power and fire speed of the submachine guns, the vulture knights could not form any sort of battle formation. After several charges from the griffin knights, the vulture knights' casualties were at least three-four times that of the griffin knights.

"Ha, ha, ha, ha!" The Burning Sun Ruler's fist slammed into the body of a War Hounds general. His body was covered in blood and his red hair was flying as he watched the retreating War Hounds Kingdom soldiers, while wildly laughing. "The War Hounds Kingdom is only this strong. Daring to offend my Southern Summer, I'll let them just stay here forever!"

The Refined Ruler had also killed at least several high level enemy generals. The most dangerous War Hounds wave had been blocked. The War Hounds' vulture knights had been heavily injured while the elites dropped into the city had been killed by the Wild Flame Army, with most of them already dead.

The besieging army of the War Hounds had been severely injured. If they were to retreat their army at this moment, it would not be easy for them to attack again! On one hand, the Southern Summer soldiers would be filled with morale and on the other hand, the Calm Martial Ruler would be back. The Southern Summer cavalry did not leave much time for the War Hounds Kingdom.

Miracle Commerce's Source Energy Weapons had played an important role in this!

Because of the powerful Source Energy Weapons, the griffin knights could break through their blockade and the Wild Flame Army could defeat the dropped War Hounds elites. It was also because of the Source Energy Weapons' deterrence that the War Hound Kingdom's main experts including the Fang King did not dare make a move, relieving the pressure they felt.

"Yi?" The Refined Ruler's dark gold pen was pulled out of the heart of a War Hounds general. His eyes swept across the War Hounds army in front of the city and he noticed something happening, "Where is their main cavalry going?"

The Burning Sun Ruler also noticed this.

The main army of the War Hounds was the Demon Wolf Cavalry, this was an army with a frightening battle strength. Only no matter how heated the battle on this side was, the Fang King had always kept his calm and never used this army to attack. Now they were shocked to discover that this nightmarish black army had already disappeared.

The Southern Summer troops gave cheers of celebration.

The Burning Sun Ruler watched the Fang King. Although they were separated by a large distance, he could see that there was no rage or frustration in the eyes of the Fang King. Rather there was deep thought, as if he was waiting for his plan to brew.

This is bad.

Did he have reinforcements?

When the Burning Sun Ruler and the Refined Ruler were feeling unsettled, there came the sounds of fighting from the center of Imperial City, including the sounds of angry wolf howls.

Those War Hounds elites trapped by the Wild Flame Army was suddenly filled with wild energy. Before the Wild Flame Army could react, from the roofs and corners of all four directions, even flying across the eaves and walls, several thousand black wolf cavalry suddenly surged forward like a wave!

"This is bad!"

It was too sudden, the Wild Flame Army did not even have time to fight back. Countless Demon Wolves charged forward like a swarm of bees, instantly cutting the Wild Flame Army to pieces. Moreover, they had more soldiers than the Wild Flame Army, so like a wild dog biting into a fresh piece of meat, they instantly threw the Wild Flame Army into chaos.

The War Hounds cavalry had appeared inside Imperial City! Everyone was shocked, what had happened? How could the War Hounds cavalry appear inside Imperial City!

A person quickly ran in to report, "The enemy is coming from the direction of the Nangong Family!"

"This is not possible!"

The Burning Sun Ruler simply could not believe this. That large group of savage black figures continued to charge forward. The Demon Wolf cavalry jumped from the roofs, continuously killing innocent citizens and soldiers.

Five thousand, eight thousand, ten thousand...twenty thousand, thirty thousand!

The Wild Flame Army deployed inside the city by the Burning Sun Ruler was completely swallowed.

There were more and more Demon Wolves, like a wave that wouldn't stop!

"Just what is going on here!" The Burning Sun Ruler angrily roared out before suddenly thinking of something, "Could it be the family's secret passage….."

The entire Imperial City was constructed by the Three Great Clans, so the Three Great Clans built secret passages out of Imperial City for certain reasons during construction. This was not a strange thing.

But the secret passage was a very restricted matter. It could not be opened from outside and could only be opened from inside.

There weren't many Nangong Family members that had the authorization to open it, especially in these special circumstances! Then why would the secret passage open for no reason?

At this time, there was a small Nangong Family group that appeared in the middle of the countless Demon Wolf cavalry. The leader was no one else other than the Burning Sun Ruler's son, the Departing Flame Marquis. There was also the several thousand Departing Flame Army that he had personally trained by his side.

"Departing Flame Marquis!"

"How could the Departing Flame Marquis be with the War Hounds Kingdom people?"

"Damn, could the Departing Flame Marquis have let the enemies in?"

If the Departing Flame Marquis opened the Nangong Family's secret passage, then everything would make sense. After all, the Departing Flame Marquis was the head of the eight marquis, the only first grade military marquis, as well as commanding the powerful Departing Flame Army. He had enough authorization to open the passage and even if the family resisted, he was strong enough to force it open.

"Ha, ha, ha!" A True Soul Realm War Hounds chief was laughing by the Departing Flame Marquis' side, "I never imagined that this would be your fates!"

The Burning Sun Ruler's face turned red and black as he spat out a mouthful of blood from his rage, "Nangong Ling, you disobedient son! Even going against your father and your entire family!"

"Old fool, you are confused!" The Departing Flame Marquis Nangong Ling coldly said, "The Imperial City has around seven to eight million people living here, this bustling city would have been destroyed by you ignorant people. I am just protecting the citizens. The Fang King has already promised me that as long as he takes Imperial City, he will not harm the citizens and will title me as a Southern Summer ruler! As for you? Why do you resist this hopeless situation!"

"Selling out our country and honour, yet you use an honourable excuse?" The Refined Ruler was filled with indignation. Imperial City would have been held, but who would have thought of this development, "You are the shame of the Southern Summer Country!"

Nangong Ling did not care, "No matter what you saw, the Dongfang Family will not be able to save the Southern Summer Country. The Nangong and Shangguan Families do not have to go down with them!"

The True Spirit Realm War Hounds chief was already feeling impatient, "You talk too much, attack!"

The Demon Wolves charged at the city walls. Most of the Southern Summer defenses were placed outside and now that the enemies had come in, how could they keep defending? The Fang King outside the city naturally could feel the changes coming from within. He revealed a cold smile and raised the Purple Gold Thunder God Drum in his hands.

"An opportunity is here, attack with me!"

The Fang King personally made a move.

Other than the Fang King, there were also another four True Spirit Realm Experts. Whether it was quantity, scale, or battle strength, they all far surpassed the Southern Summer Country. Now that they were attacking from both inside and outside, how could the Southern Summer troops keep defending?

"The two Southern Summer rulers, let me have a taste of your strength!"

The Fang King jumped off the ground, landing on the several dozen meter up on the tall wall. His feet created two more holes in the wall as he jumped several dozen meters high up, landing at the top of the wall.

The watchtower was already burning and the soldiers had trouble defending against the enemies coming in all directions. How could they concentrate fire on the Fang King? The Fang King raised the Purple Gold Thunder God Drum in his hands and the Southern Summer soldiers surrounding him were turned to charcoal by thunder!

The Burning Sun Ruler said to Meng Qingwu beside him, "You leave first, retreat to the royal palace!"

Chen Bingyu led Meng Qingwu to evacuate the battlefield. This battle was not something they could mettle with anymore.

The Fang King did not chase and he disdained from chasing because there were only two people that were worthy of being his opponent in the entirety of the Imperial City. The Burning Sun Ruler and the Refined Ruler both said nothing as they suddenly attacked the Fang King at the same time.

Hong, hong, hong!

A series of explosion came from the entire wall!

When three True Spirit Realm experts fought, the destructive power they created was very shocking. Large pieces of the wall fell down as the scene soon filled with chaos.

At this time, three figures fell down into the ruins. They had only exchanged a few moves, but the Refined Ruler and the Burning Sun Ruler were already injured in several places and the Fang King did not have a single injury, like this was easy for him. The large difference in strength between them could be clearly seen.

The Fang King said with a smile of ridicule, "The Southern Summer Three Rulers are only this strong?"

At this time, the War Hounds Kingdom army had surrounded them,

The Burning Sun Ruler and the Refined Ruler looked at each other, "Retreat!"

They turned to run. The War Hound Plains chiefs began to chase, but they were blocked by the Fang King. The Fang King calmly said, "These two True Spirit Realm experts will not cause worry, we need to subdue Imperial City right now. Even if the Cang State cavalry rush back, they can't do anything. No matter what tricks the other side uses, the final victory will still be ours!"

"Yes!"

"Take the soldiers to sweep out the Southern Summer army, break their final resistance!" The Fang King's eyes were as cold as ice, "As for those people, it doesn't matter if they live for a few more hours."

Chapter 336: Flames of war raging across the land

Chu Tian had been in a state of chaos for the past several days, constantly feeling like he was in an empty space with unclear voices sounding in his ears, which were sometimes close, sometimes far, sometimes strong, and sometimes weak. Chu Tian felt his body falling into chaos, like he was plunging into a bottomless abyss.

But at this time, a tall and dignified demon god appeared in the endless darkness. This demon god had nine eyes and each eye was a different colour. Each colour represented a different kind of profound power, as if each eye contained a great dao of the world.

The white was space, the silver was time, the green was life, the black was death, the purple was soul, the gold was Divine Sense…..Each of the nine eyes represented a rare and high class power.

The Nine Eyed Demon God, other than elemental energy, it was nine different powerful skills combined in one!

Chu Tian was very familiar with the powers of the Nine Eyed Demon God because he was Chu Tian and Chu Tian was him, however it was also related to his reincarnation. However, Chu Tian was very surprised that the Nine Eyed Demon God felt very unfamiliar to him in this moment. This was because there was an extra eye that appeared on the Nine Eyed Demon God. This eye had been closed the entire time, but it released an incredible energy.

"This eye is..."

Chu Tian felt like the tenth eye was about to open, but an irresistible energy enveloped it that suddenly made Chu Tian appear from the abyss of his consciousness.

That was just a dream?

Chu Tian was covered in sweat when he woke up. The tenth eye was the sealed power of the nameless ancient god. That ancient god had told Chu Tian that he shouldn't try to open the eye at will, otherwise it would bring a consequence that would be hard to imagine. What kind of power did that eye represent?

Chu Tian felt a strong headache come over him.

Although he had rested for several days and his body did not get better yet, his spiritual energy had returned to normal, so at least he could get out of the bed.

"Yingying, why is it so loud outside?"

"Chu Tian, you're finally awake!" Meng Yingying was looking out the window with an expression of distress. When she heard Chu Tian's voice, she turned around in pleasant surprise before speaking in a worried and fearful voice, "The Southern Summer army has been defeated and the War Hounds are inside Imperial City. The soldiers and citizens have either surrendered or fought to the death, and the entire Imperial City is in chaos."

"What? Defeated again!" Chu Tian immediately sat up, "What is the Southern Summer army eating? The front line was lost because of a sneak attack, that could not be guarded against, but how could Imperial City be lost?"

Meng Yingying let out a sigh, "I don't know either, elder sister did not let me out. However, I heard elder sister Nangong say that it was the Departing Flame Marquis changing sides, allowing the War Hounds army enter through a secret passage, collaborating with the forces outside to bring down the city!"

It was another betrayal?

Chu Tian felt his head ache. If the enemy were to even take the Imperial City, wasn't the Southern Summer Country done for? If it was like this, what had Chu Tian spent six months working hard to develop Miracle Commerce for?

"Where are we now?"

Chu Tian found that this place was not Miracle Commerce's headquarters.

"The Imperial Palace. To be safe, elder sister ordered the destruction of Yun Sect's research facility and burned down Miracle Commerce's headquarters before bringing all of Miracle Commerce's staff into the royal palace. The Burning Sun Ruler and the Refined Ruler have around a hundred thousand soldiers fighting to the death outside the royal palace, but there are too many enemies. I'm afraid that….."

"Imperial City can't be held. We need to discuss our escape plans, you should all quickly come with me….." Before the words were finished, the door was opened and Meng Qingwu quickly ran in. When she saw Chu Tian sitting up, she revealed a surprised expression, "Chu Tian? You woke up just in time!"

Chu Tian knew nothing about recent matters, "Did you just say retreat? What do you mean!"

"There is no time to explain right now, every minute we stay here makes it more dangerous!" Meng Qingwu quickly said to Meng Yingying, "Quickly, we're going to the main hall!"

In the main hall of the royal palace, it did not look as magnificent as usual. All the soldiers inside were currently wearing their armour. Looking at the city from within the hall, half of Imperial City was on fire, with thick smoke already covering the sky.

Chu Tian saw a few familiar faces, for example the Burning Sun Ruler, the Refined Ruler, Gu Qianqiu, the Divine Wind Marquis, the Golden Arrow Marquis, the Western Marquis, and others. Everyone was covered in blood and looked injured.

They all revealed complicated gazes when they saw Chu Tian appear.

Chu Tian weakly said, "I've already heard the general situation. With the fall of Imperial City and only having two hundred thousand soldiers to defend the royal palace, I'm afraid we can't hold the War Hounds Kingdom off for long. Doing anything now would be too late, have you thought of how to retreat yet?"

The Burning Sun Ruler stomped his foot in lamentation, "Imperial City's fall is all this ruler's fault. How could the Nangong Family give birth to such an evil seed!"

"We have already lost, it's too late to lament!" The Refined Ruler also had a look of frustration at this time, "The Southern Summer's north cannot be defended. The Imperial Region, Cang State, and Cauldron State controlled by the Departing Flame Marquis are all lost, but the Southern Summer Country had six other states and they all have several hundred thousand soldiers. There are also several tens of thousands of miles of mountain ranges, as well as the wide Four States Lake as a natural barrier, perhaps we can avoid being swallowed by the War Hounds. The thing we should do now and strive for is to preserve the Southern Summer Country's strength, guarding the southern six states.

They could not turn the situation around right now.

The Fang King had experts like clouds, their army had an overwhelming advantage, and Imperial City was in chaos with serious damage. In this kind of situation, not to mention turning defeat into victory, even if they were to chase the War Hounds away by some miracle, what then?

The frontline forces had collapsed, Imperial City was destroyed, did this kind of Imperial Region have any meaning? It would be better to preserve their power down south and use the natural terrain advantage to stop the War Hounds invasion.

The problem was, how were they to get there?

The sounds of fighting outside became even more intense.

The Burning Sun Ruler said, "The Dongfang Family has a secret passage in the royal palace, crown prince Dongfang Haoran has the authorization to open it and knows how to do so. I ask the great scholar, the Country Guarding Ruler, and the vassals to bring the thousand royal knights and twenty three thousand elites away from the Imperial Region through this passage. Of the six other states, Central State has the best position and can become the new center of the Southern Summer Country, protecting the final bloodlines of the Southern Summer clans!"

Dongfang Haoran was also covered in blood, but he immediately came forward, "Understood!"

"If all these people leave, will the War Hounds let us go?"

The Burning Sun Ruler revealed a determined expression, "Be assured and leave. The Refined Ruler and I will lead the remaining Imperial City elites to fight the War Hounds to the final moment. With us stalling for time here, they will not be able to chase you!"

These words meant that the Burning Sun Ruler and the Refined Ruler were prepared to fight to their last drop of blood.

"Why do the two rulers cling to a broken city?" Gu Qianqiu immediately tried to convince them, "The remaining mountain may not have firewood!"

The Burning Sun Ruler said in a determined voice, "This ruler has the greatest fault in Imperial City's fall. I have let down the Nangong Family ancestors and all the heroic spirits of the Southern Summer Country, so I can only fight to the end to repay them. This ruler has already decided to preserve the Nangong Family's direct descendants and all the Nangong Family branch members who aren't twenty yet, sending them to the south. They will all be managed by Nangong Yun who will be the Nangong Family's new leader. I hope you can take care of the Nangong Family's descendants and will let the phoenix be reborn!"

Because of the Departing Flame Marquis' betrayal, the Burning Sun Ruler's heart was filled with guilt, so he was determined to stay behind and buy everyone time. This was reasonable, but why would the Refined Ruler remain? The Southern Summer Country did not have many True Spirit Realm Experts in the first place!

"The Southern Summer's intelligence system is managed by the Shangguan Family. The changes in the War Hound Plains and the War Hounds army's sudden attack, this ruler did not notice, leading to a disaster for the Southern Summer Country. This is the crime of the Shangguan Family in the end." The Refined Ruler said with a serious expression, "This ruler has lead the Shangguan Family for over a hundred years now, but I was only concerned with fighting political battles and forgot the principle of the family, this ruler has no virtue. The Shangguan Family's foundation is in Imperial city, so how could a nest survive with no eggs? The Shangguan Family is at fault, so we'll fight bravely to the last second!"

The display of these two people suddenly made Chu Tian realize something.

The Calm Martial Ruler had said that the Burning Sun Ruler and the Refined Ruler were not like the other families he had met before. Chu Tian had not understood what he meant then, but now he understood everything. From the two rulers, Chu Tian sensed something the local tyrants did not have, honour and dignity!

They were rulers of the Southern Summer Country, they had to fight to the last second even if they knew they would die!

"Chu Tian!" A low and deep voice entered his ear. The Western Marquis holding a blood soaked pen looked at him, "I'll be honest, even now, my hatred for you is still soaked into my bones, but it's a pity we don't have a chance to solve this grudge. If you are a son of the Southern Summer Country, then you will shoulder this responsibility. Otherwise, even if I become a ghost in hell, I will not let you off!"

Hong!

The sound of collapsing came from the royal palace's outer wall.

The Burning Sun Ruler shouted at everyone, "Retreat, otherwise it'll be too late!"

"The situation is tense!" The Refined Ruler also said, "Go!"

Chu Tian cupped his hands to the two of them, "Today is not only your shame, but also my, Chu Tian's shame. Today I, Chu Tian swear that I will one day trample the War Hound Plains!"

The Burning Sun Ruler gave a laugh, "This is enough for me, the War Hounds Country's destruction is right around the corner!"

"My king titled you the Country Guarding Ruler at his death because he clearly has high expectations of you. Now that the Southern Summer Country is facing its end, it'll all depend on the ruler to preserve the final territory of the Southern Summer Country." The Refined Ruler walked in front Chu Tian, "The grudges between you and the Shangguan Family will all be written off by this ruler now. Please treat the Shangguan Family's descendants kindly!"

"Go!"

"It'll be too late if you don't leave now!"

Gu Qianqiu said to Dongfang Haoran, "Quickly, open the secret passage!"

The youths and branch members of the Three Great Clans, the griffin knights, and the important scholars and talents made up a total of over twenty thousand people. They first went to the treasury to take some easy to move items and burned everything else down. Finally they followed Dongfang Haoran and escaped in the secret passage.

Hong, dong, dong…..

The royal palace's gates slowly opened.

The Burning Sun Ruler and the Refined Ruler faced a burning Imperial City as well as a dense War Hounds army, feeling sad and emotional in their hearts.

They never thought that the lively city of a few days ago would encounter such an earth shattering change in just a few days. The strength that the Southern Summer Country built over several dozen years had all been burnt down by these flames.

The Southern Summer King and the frontline marshal Dongfang Zhan were both dead, now there was just the Burning Sun Ruler and the Refined Ruler.

"Old man Nangong, our end in this manner, I'm actually a bit unwilling!"

"That's right, it's too unsatisfying. However, we're old and have to give the future to the young people!"

"At least we'll go out in a brilliant manner, not living our lives in vain!"

"Let's go!"

The two True Spirit Realm Experts jumped out at the same time. They lead the final experts and troops of the Three Great Clans to fight a final battle with the War Hounds army.

Fighting these beasts, everyone had the determination to die.

The War Hounds suffered this fierce attack and this tragic fight lasted for an entire half a day.

Early next morning, the flames finally subsided. The Fang King stood in the devastated royal palace and swept across the entire Imperial City. From this day forth, these lands could be considered conquered by him.

"Reporting to the Fang King, Dongfang Zhan, Shangguan Cangfeng, and Nangong Yan's corpses have already been been buried in Imperial City by my clan's warriors."

"Good!"

Wang Tianlong anxiously rushed in and said, "The corpses of Chu Tian's group hasn't been found yet!"

"What are you nervous for?" A War Hounds chief said in an uncaring voice, "In this kind of large battle, it is very likely for a corpse to be destroyed."

"Impossible!" Wang Tianlong had a premonition, "He's most likely still alive!"

The War Hounds warriors did not care, so what if he was alive? Imperial City had been captured and all the elite warriors had been killed, how could they rise again?

The Fang King thought about it and said, "I'll give you the vulture unit, search for their whereabouts!"

It was too late.

The escape route Meng Qingwu had prepared played a role this time.

At this moment, in the Cang State port, the Giant Shark Gang she had prepared were already waiting there. The youths of the Three Great Clans and the talents of Imperial City were orderly boarding the ships. Meng Qingwu looked at the hazy sky and her heart sunk. She never thought that she would be leaving Imperial City like this in the end.

Chapter 337: Starting to prepare for battle

The day Imperial City fell, a large storm appeared out of nowhere. This bad weather made it hard to chase and it meant the heavens did care about the Southern Summer Country. The Giant Shark Gang's ships smoothly exited the Cang State channel to reach the Four States Lake. Once they reached the Four States Lake, they no longer needed to worry about the War Hounds' pursuing troops.

"Ke, ke….."

Chu Tian put on a coat and sat up on the bumpy ship. He placed an electric light in front of the desk and began drawing one blueprint after the other. His body clearly had not recovered yet, his face did not have any blood and he looked very weak.

Chu Tian understood his injury better than anyone else.

In order to kill the True Spirit Realm Expert Malim, he had paid too heavy of a price, but that didn't matter. As long as he didn't die right away, Chu Tian had a method of recovering.

Meng Yingying pushed open the door and walked in with two heated cans of food, "Your injury isn't better yet, I think you should rest early still."

"This wound wants to overthrow master Chu Tian? It's not that easy!" Chu Tian gave a laugh, like he was trying to look very relaxed. He walked leaned against the window to look at the black lake, making himself look like a ruffian, "Father has never been chasen off like this before, but I've actually been sent running by those low grade spirit beasts. What god damn Fang King? Wait and see, this battle must be taken back no matter what!"

This was the Chu Tian Meng Yingying knew!

When Meng Yingying saw Chu Tian act like this, if it wasn't for Zhao Pu, Gu Qianqiu, and the others telling her otherwise, she would have really thought that Chu Tian had recovered! This fellow was clearly half dead, but he was still thinking of taking revenge. People really had no way of dealing with him.

"Forget about it, forget about it!" Meng Yingying gave the canned food to Chu Tian and snappily said, "I think you should rest up first. First find a way to protect your little life and Miracle Commerce before thinking about taking vengeance!"

Chu Tian was very confident in Miracle Commerce, but for any talent or large existences, it is easy for them to be destroyed before they grew up. With how chaotic the continent was, it was not easy surviving in these times.

But it was because of this that Chu Tian wanted to found Miracle Commerce!

Not only would Miracle Commerce provide large amounts of resources to Chu Tian, it could also protect Chu Tian and the people beside him when Chu Tian became stronger. Miracle Commerce had been developing smoothly up to this day, but now that came to a stop because of the northern invasion.

This only meant that Miracle Commerce wasn't strong enough yet!

However, Chu Tian had already secretly pledged that he wouldn't let this happen again.

After the battle in Imperial City, which was basically destroyed, the Southern Summer's territory shrank by one fourth and their loss of elites was even more serious. Even if the armies of the six states were added together, they were far from comparing to the Imperial City army. So, after the War Hounds subdue the north, they will certainly continue invading the Southern Summer Country. The crisis had not been solved yet and the situation was very serious.

However, Meng Yingying was very confident in Chu Tian still.

In fact, Meng Yingying was the person most confident in Chu Tian.

When the frontlines were attacked, Chu Tian could not react and when Imperial City was attacked, Chu Tian had fainted, so the fate of running after the fall could not be avoided. The situation was different now, Central State was the origin of Miracle Commerce and Chu Tian had enough time to prepare now. This time the War Hounds Kingdom was not facing the Southern Summer Country, but rather Miracle Commerce being led by Chu Tian.

The Giant Shark Gang's fleet arrived in Central State port.

Everyone began to disembark off the boat. In just a few months, Central State had undergone some earth shattering changes. There were several industrial areas that formed outside the city, with over a thousand ships in the port, and there were countless airships flying through the sky. This lively scene even went beyond what Imperial City looked like!

It was like the northern tension had not spread here yet and Central State looked very rich and busy.

The Meng sisters, Nangong Yun, and Chen Bingyu were all filled with sighs, they never thought that they would be back this quickly. But they did not have time to be emotional, the first attack point of the War Hounds would inevitably be Central State. Once Central State fell to the enemies, not only would the Southern Summer Country have no hope, Miracle Commerce would also fall.

Chu Tian would not allow such a matter to happen. When they arrived at Central State's Yun Sect, they directly called everyone together, "If my estimates aren't wrong, a minimum of ten days and a maximum of half a month is what we have before the War Hounds attack Central State!"

The high level personnel of Imperial City and Central State were all currently in one place, listening to Chu Tian with heavy expressions.

There were several thousand miles of mountain ridges to the north of Central State that will not be easy for the War Hounds to scale. The best method was for them to steal the Southern Summer battleships and launch an attack on Central State from the water.

"The War Hounds soldiers all grew up on the prairies, so they will not be skilled in aquatic battles. We have an advantage here, but this advantage is not enough because the War Hounds will continue having the support of the Eagle Burial Country's airborne unit. The airborne unit will protect the aquatic units, so if we have a lack in airborne firepower, we will be at a disadvantage." Chu Tian gave the orders, "I am now giving the order that from this moment forward, the state will be placed under military law. Everything must go towards preparing for the fight. This battle, not only do we have to win, we must make it a brilliant victory!"

Everyone was very anxious, was there any hopes of winning?

There were the full forces of Imperial City's garrison and half of the troops in the Southern Summer country gathered, which was around 80% of the total forces in the Southern Summer Country. There was also the frontline fortress that the Southern Summer Country had spent several generations to build. Even with these strong defenses, they still fell within a week!

The disparity in strength between the two countries was just too great. There were many natural barriers in the southern states, but in front of this overwhelming strength, how much use were the defenses?

"Relax, once the War Hounds come to Central State, I will make them unable to return!" Chu Tian had half a month to prepare. Although it looked like it was very rushed, it was actually more than enough time, "We will use all the strength of the Yun Sect's research facility and the industrial sector Miracle Commerce had built over half a year in Central State to create a new weapon for the Central State fight!"

The scholars whispered with each other, revealing looks of excitement.

Yun Tianhe asked in a curious voice, "What weapon does chairman want to invent?"

Chu Tian displayed a blueprint and when the Yun Sect scholars saw it, they all felt this was very familiar because this blueprint was similar to the Source Energy Bombs they had designed before. Only, Chu Tian had made some large revisions, making these Source Energy Bombs look perfect.

"That's right, these are Source Energy Bombs. I've made changes and improvements based on the bombs designed by the Yun Sect, making it more controllable and safe. Other than that, I've developed some crude oil refining techniques that will allow us to make it stronger, creating explosions with even more power!"

Everyone's hearts were filled with excitement. Imperial City had too little time to prepare and Miracle Commerce hadn't been in Imperial City for long, so their industrial sector was not established yet. Although Meng Qingwu wanted to use the Source Energy Bombs, she lacked the resources and time to prepare for it. Even with how small the effects of the bombs were, they still left a deep impression on everyone.

The situation was different now.

Central State was the origin of Miracle Commerce and Miracle Commerce had been quickly developing in Central State for half a year now, developing a basic commercial sector. Whether it was resources or production strength, they couldn't compare with what they had in Imperial City.

Chu Tian took out several other blueprints, these were all thought up by him on the ship ride back, "This is a single soldier Source Energy Bomb. With the high refinement crude oil, it can be used for form small bombs which can be carried by people, allowing it to be given to each soldier. Its range is not wide, but it is very strong. I've named them Source Energy Grenades."

The Source Energy Grenades had very simple designs. It didn't aim for large scale destruction, but mainly to give the warriors a weapon with a high destructive might to attack enemies from mid range. So long as the Source Energy Grenades hit the enemy, even a True Soul Realm expert would be heavily injured or even killed.

"Other than that, the safety of launching them with catapults cannot be guaranteed and the efficiency and accuracy is quite low." Chu Tian revealed another design, "We must make an even more accurate Source Energy Bomb launcher. Not only will it be automated, it will have a much higher accuracy. Different launchers will shoot out different bombs and we can achieve a greater killing effect like this!"

"..."

Chu Tian laid out several more designs.

Source Energy Bombs mixed with crossbows, shooting out the bombs as arrows. There were also mines to be placed inside the water.

Everyone was filled with praised.

Genius, what was called a genius.

Chu Tian gave the designs to the Yun Sect design department and how many they could finish all depended on luck. Chu Tian was just responsible for improving the designs and as for how the weapons were used, it would all depend on the Miracle Commerce research department.

"Regarding the Source Energy Bombs, I have introduced everything." Chu Tian changed the topic, "The Source Energy Bombs are powerful, but with our current resources, technology, and manufacturers, the Source Energy Bombs we make can only threaten Awakened Soul Cultivators. For True Spirit Cultivators, there are flaws with the range and other aspects. We need to make a more powerful weapon to specifically deal with True Spirit Cultivators!"

Actually the effects of the Source Energy Bombs were already shocking!

With Central State's current resources and productivity, they would be able to create large amount of bombs to deal with the War Hounds and this was already enough to change the tides of the war. Could Chu Tian have an even more powerful weapon?

Chu Tian took out a huge blueprint that stunned everyone that saw it!

This design looked like a Source Energy Pistol, but it was on a much larger scale. Just the barrel alone was four meters long and the design itself was much more complex, needing at least four magazines to power it.

It looked like a larger version of the Source Energy Pistol!

As for the source energy arrays, whether it was complexity or grade, the Source Energy Pistol was unable to compare to it.

"Everyone look clearly, this is Miracle Commerce's newly invented weapon!" Chu Tian pointed at the blueprint and introduced it, "As you can all see, this weapon is the Source Energy Gun, but enlarged by several dozen times. I've named it the Source Energy Cannon! The power of a Source Energy Cannon is at least two hundred times that of a Source Energy Pistol!"

Two hundred times? What kind of concept was this!

Even with the protective energy of a True Spirit Cultivator, it would be hard to safely take several shots from this cannon!

It was not only the Yun Sect scholars that were stunned, even the normal people that did not understand it were shocked. Once this super terrifying weapon came into this world, a single cannon would be enough to tear through an enemy's ship. Even a True Spirit Expert would find it difficult to resist this weapon's might!

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