In the palace, those who could escape had already fled. Only some old servants who were too old to escape remained in the vast palace, and no one came to stop Wang Han and An Qi.
Wang Han, leading An Qi, dismantled walls and destroyed houses as they went, traversing the maze-like palace to pursue the royal family and ministers who had fled from the south gate of the palace towards the south gate of Blue Maple City.
After passing through the palace, the streets remained deserted, filled only with the chaos of the great escape.
Perhaps when the adult two-headed wolf appeared, people were only surprised and worried about being affected, but most were not in a state of chaos or panic. After all, Blue Maple City was the capital of the empire, home to countless experts. Even a three-headed divine beast could only perish there, and the battleground was far away, with the divine beast barely visible. However, when the giant serpent appeared, towering above the clouds and enveloped by its terrifying aura, everything changed. Everyone panicked and desperately fled towards the city's outskirts. At that moment, no one cared about the distance anymore, because even if the experts in the city could eventually join forces to kill the terrifying beast, the city would be largely destroyed in the battle.
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While Wang Han and An Qi were pursuing the royal family, in the distant Demon Beast Forest, a serpentine demon beast, 80,000 meters long and over 800 meters thick (different from the giant serpent, which was an iron-wire snake, this was a python-like demon beast), with an aura far more powerful and terrifying than the giant serpent, burst forth from the forest and rapidly crawled towards Blue Maple City, like a giant white high-speed train, leaving a winding, canal-like trail in its wake. Behind this serpentine demon beast, a dozen enormous demon beasts followed closely, each roughly the size of an adult two-headed wolf, all at the level of divine beasts. Two of them were even two or three times larger than two-headed wolves, true pseudo-divine level demon beasts. And they were now rushing towards Blue Maple City with all their might.
If the royal ancestors were here, they would surely recognize this enormous serpentine beast. It is the Serpent God they speak of—Jormungandr, a true god-level being, surpassing even false gods. He is also the culprit behind the destruction of the previous empire on this land. The Blue Maple Empire was established on the ruins of the previous empire only after the Serpent God—Jormungandr—destroyed it.
This is also why the experts in Blue Maple City fled in droves, afraid to resist. Even among professional gods and pseudo-gods, there is a vast gap between them and true gods. In terms of levels that Wang Han knows, it's the difference between the Warring States level, the Warring States level, and the Annihilation level. And gods with Annihilation level strength are the opponents Wang Han truly anticipates.
Meanwhile, as Wang Han led An Qi to the palace, his pets had already gone to block the gates. Now, except for the furthest south gate, which remained unblocked, the other three gates were sealed off. Inside the city, giant serpents were devouring everything. Trapped within, facing so many powerful magical beasts, many humans had given up hope. Others, unwilling to surrender, organized all available forces to break through Wang Han's pets' blockade, hoping to escape. Unfortunately, almost all the professional saints and gods in the city had already perished in the serpents' bellies. Even with their numbers, they lacked skilled warriors, and their repeated charges only hastened their demise.
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The South Gate, now the only place to escape, was teeming with countless commoners and nobles, pushing and shoving like a flood rushing out of the city.
However, the width of the city gate was limited. Without anyone organizing the crowd, they not only failed to leave the city faster, but the chaos and congestion slowed down their exit. People were stuck inside the city gate, cursing and shoving each other.
Behind the crowd, the royal family members and ministers, who had already fled to the vicinity of the South Gate, looked at the chaotic and congested crowd ahead. Their faces grew increasingly anxious; time was running out.
"Kill..." Knowing that time was of the essence, the king (the second prince) gave the order, and more than a hundred elite palace guards rushed forward. Area magic and sword energy rained down on the crowd of commoners and nobles, and one by one, those in front of them fell.
The royal procession continued forward, with over a hundred royal elite professionals and generals ruthlessly slaughtering civilians to clear the way. Dozens of elite professionals then flanked the procession, stepping over the corpses of the civilians ahead, and dragging the royal family's most precious treasure toward the city gate.
Some civilians attempted to resist, while others, more powerful than they knew, joined them or did the same, slaughtering their fellow citizens who stood in their way and clearing the way for escape. As the killings began, more and more people joined, or were forced to join, the killing.
The already chaotic city gate became even more chaotic, with blood, severed limbs, and various spells scattered around it. Even from a distance, one could see the various spells being fired haphazardly at the city gate.
"See that, Angie?" At the back of the crowd, on the rooftop of a multi-story restaurant, Wang Han, who had caught up, pointed to the chaotic killing below and said to Angie, "What's more difficult than cultivation in this world is understanding people's hearts. Everyone's thoughts and ideas are different, and everyone has selfishness to some extent. Even with the people you know best, you can't fully grasp their thoughts, especially in life-or-death situations like this. At times like this, the only people you can truly trust are those closest to you."
"Mm." Anqi nodded seriously. She glanced at Wang Han, who was now her only family and the only person she was close to.
“None of the royal family members and ministers have escaped the city yet. Let’s send them all to hell!” Wang Han said. He turned and walked back into the city.
“Hmm.” Angie nodded, her gaze fixed on the royal family and ministers who were slaughtering their way through the crowd. She wouldn’t be satisfied until she saw them die.
"Whoosh..." A strong gust of air shot out from the nostrils of the Armored Rhinoceros, and a red energy ball, resembling a Tailed Beast Ball, condensed in front of the Armored Rhinoceros's mouth.
"Boom..." A red Tailed Beast Ball shot out from the mouth of the Armored Rhino, creating a shockwave large enough to engulf everyone and everything in front of it.
After the explosion, everything in front of the Ironclad Rhinoceros had vanished, including the entire city wall, leaving only a wide, almost endless ravine.
"..." As everything in front of her disappeared, Angie silently shed tears.
“Let’s go, we have another guest,” Wang Han called out to An Qi.
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