Despite the overwhelming number of soldiers in red robes surrounding them, there was almost no other noise except for the sound of their synchronized footsteps. All the soldiers stared at King Liang and his entourage with resolute and indifferent expressions.
King Liang's expression changed slightly. With his keen eyesight, how could he not see that this was a formidable army tempered by blood and fire? The Great Zhou Kingdom had been at peace for many years and had not fought a war for a long time. He wondered how Duke Mingyue had trained them to be like this.
However, despite his admiration, he quickly realized what was going on and said coldly, "What, are you planning to assassinate the imperial envoy? Are you rebelling completely?"
"Don't try to fool us with these titles," Qin Wanru said angrily. "When our Chu family was first established a thousand years ago, we established the principle of never abandoning or giving up. Our ancestor is our Chu family's son-in-law. How can we let you take him away for such a ridiculous reason?"
King Liang looked at Chu Zhongtian, who remained silent to the side: "Lord Mingyue, is this also your intention?"
Chu Zhongtian replied calmly, "That's right. Although our Chu family has never caused trouble, we are not the kind of people who will be bullied."
Qin Wanru glanced at her husband in surprise. Her husband was always kind and gentle, and she had been worried that he would hesitate at this time. She did not expect that he would stand firmly on her side.
Chu Zhongtian's face was ashen, clearly he also thought the reason was too absurd. Coupled with his previous imprisonment, even a clay figure has some temper, let alone a duke like him.
If we don't take this opportunity to teach those who intend to take over the Chu family a lesson, who knows what other messy things might happen later.
"Very well, very well indeed!" King Liang laughed heartily, then his face turned cold. "If it were more than ten years ago, I might have been somewhat wary of you, but back then you were seriously injured and your cultivation level dropped. Now you're just an eighth-rank cultivator. What right do you have to say such things in front of me!"
Chu Zhongtian said coldly, "The Chu family has never relied on individual strength, but rather on the unity of the people. Whether you are qualified or not, Your Highness can find out by trying."
"Deceiving yourself and saying such things only makes you a laughingstock!" King Liang sneered.
At this moment, General Liu Yao, who was standing nearby, hurriedly came to the side of Prince Liang and whispered, "Your Highness, be careful. These Red Robe Army soldiers are not easy to deal with."
Clearly, the loss he suffered last time left him with lingering fear.
"Then I really have to give it a try!" Despite saying this, King Liang still rushed towards Chu Zhongtian, clearly unwilling for his Imperial Guards and Red Robe Army to engage in a direct battle.
Firstly, he didn't have many soldiers with him; even with Liu Yao's imperial guards included, the number was far less than that of the Red Robe Army.
Secondly, if a large-scale battle between the two armies were to actually occur, the situation would be beyond his complete control, and no amount of concealment could hide the news.
Although the Chu family is definitely doomed, the other local bigwigs will surely feel a sense of shared fate and fear, and the Censorate will impeach him afterward, which he will have no way to deal with.
So it's up to you to take action; you can fight when you want and stop when you want. You have complete control over your own actions.
Of course, the best course of action would be for him to capture the leader first and directly seize Chu Zhongtian to end the matter once and for all.
Seeing Chu Zhongtian meet him head-on with a palm strike, he sneered inwardly. Chu Zhongtian's cultivation level was now similar to Sang Hong's. Sang Hong had just been severely injured by Chu Zhongtian's palm strike, and Chu Zhongtian would be no exception.
However, when their palms met, he felt a sudden jolt, because he realized that the other person was using a soft force and was not going to meet him head-on.
Chu Zhongtian used the recoil from the palm strike to retreat rapidly, returning to the Red Robe Army formation in the blink of an eye.
His years of military service clearly made him wary of a surprise attack from the start, so he made ample preparations.
Seeing that he had been tricked, King Liang was furious and continued to chase after the man, hoping to capture him from the Red Robe Army camp before he could gain a firm foothold.
However, the Red Robe Army was well-trained and had already made preparations, and countless arrows imbued with blue light shot over.
Feeling the terrifying impact of the whistling arrows, he dared not rush forward any further. He hurriedly rotated his hands slowly from above his head, and a transparent sphere surrounded him.
The arrows struck the transparent sphere, creating ripples like water, but they always managed to pierce through the seemingly thin membrane.
As more and more arrows were stuck into the sphere, King Liang shouted, and the sphere's thin membrane, which was wrapped around the arrows, suddenly reflected them back.
Chu Zhongtian, standing in the red-robed army formation, changed his expression slightly and hurriedly ordered, "Raise your shields!"
The red-robed soldiers raised their shields, and soon the phantom images of blue shields formed in mid-air, which together looked like a large tortoise shell lying across the sky.
All the arrows that came flying at them were blocked.
Liu Yao sneered inwardly. He had been rendered helpless by this move before. No matter how high your cultivation level was, if the enemy's military formation spread the power evenly among everyone, it would be easy to withstand.
Human psychology is so strange. If he hadn't failed before, he would want King Liang to win a great victory; but if he had failed first, he would rather the other party also lose, preferably a more devastating defeat.
Moreover, the Prince of Liang and the Liu family had never been on good terms, so he was naturally happy to see them suffer a setback.
King Liang's face remained calm and composed. He floated in mid-air with his arms outstretched and his hands slowly rising as if he were holding something heavy.
A rotating, transparent sphere appeared faintly in his palms. It rotated slowly at first, but its rotation speed suddenly increased after it appeared, quickly growing to the size of a lead ball.
Then he threw the two spheres directly into the Red Robe Army's camp.
The transparent sphere collided with the pale blue tortoise shell in mid-air with a loud bang, a shockwave spread out, the blue tortoise shell shook, and the blue light flowing on it flickered. Many soldiers below coughed up blood, clearly having suffered serious internal injuries from the shock.
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