"What's going on? Why are the two Northern Dynasty armies fighting each other?"

"Hiss, it's the flag of the Juque Army. Which army is from the Northern Dynasty? Tuoba Guanghe of the Juque Army has reached the capital, and Linxia has been lost?"

The night was dark, trumpets were blowing, drums were beating, and the defenders in charge of the north gate looked in amazement at the two armies fighting outside the city.

One was the Northern Dynasty army that had recently arrived at the city, besieging it without attacking and confronting the defenders.

The other team had just arrived. The soldiers with good eyesight saw the flag of the Juque Army through the flickering firelight. They were so scared that they saw the two teams fighting outside the city.

It was more of a one-sided massacre than a fight. The defenders did not understand why the Northern Dynasty army came to Neijiang, but they were happy to sit back and watch the fight, taking the opportunity to beat drums to call for warnings and make preparations for the war.

The war was raging outside the city, and it was not much better inside the city. The Tianji Tower turned into a ghost building, and corpses and spirit servants rushed out. They killed anyone they saw in the city with their bloodthirsty instincts.

Some of them broke into people's houses and killed people indiscriminately, while others engaged in fierce battles with the city defense forces. The Imperial City Division and some high-ranking city defense forces who had defeated the Zheng family were also in chaos and entanglement at this moment because Zheng Wenhan was dead.

They were well aware of Zheng Wenhan's rebellious intentions, and also knew that his entire clan would be exterminated. Now that Zheng Wenhan has been executed, the emperor will certainly liquidate Zheng's followers, and none of them will be able to escape.

But surrendering to the Northern Dynasty was also tantamount to seeking the skin of a tiger. The agreement between Zheng Wenhan and Tuoba Guanghe was based on the fact that the Zheng family was in power and controlled the Southern Dynasty.

Now that the two brothers Zheng Wenhan and Zheng Wenshi have been killed, the Zheng family is finished and the agreement is naturally invalid.

If Tuoba Guanghe's Juque Army were allowed to invade the capital, burning and looting would be inevitable, and even massacre would be the result. All their clans were in the capital.

Zhang Yuanqing rode a five-clawed golden dragon, flying over the capital, looking down at the raging fire outside the city. The Juque army penetrated the camp of the city defense army like a sharp knife, and wherever it passed, all the men and horses were killed.

This army belongs to the Yang family. They originally disguised themselves as the Northern Dynasty army to attack the city and tie down the Zheng family's troops. But now they have become victims.

The already limited defense force of the capital was further weakened, making the situation even worse.

The soldiers in charge of the outer city's defense swarmed up the city wall like ants, holding torches and carrying city defense equipment, and climbed up the steps to the top of the city.

In the inner city, the ghost servants of the Yin Zombies smelled the scent of humans and started a killing spree in the city. Some of the mansions of the wealthy families were flooded with blood, and several city defense forces were fighting fiercely with the Yin Zombies on the streets.

Fires broke out in many places on Guangping Street, Xiaguang Street and Chengle Street, and have not been extinguished yet.

In short, there was chaos everywhere, but looking towards the direction of the Imperial City, it was unusually quiet. The eight thousand elite soldiers of the Imperial City Bureau seemed to have heard nothing at all, and they all became deaf and dumb.

How can we defend this? Tuoba Guanghe can break into the city in minutes!

Zhang Yuanqing sighed silently in his heart.

The original plan was to eliminate the Zheng family and the national teacher, take over the capital, and then organize forces to welcome the retreating defenders from Linxia, ​​and finally fight a decisive battle with the Northern Dynasty.

Unfortunately, things in the world don't always go as planned. Although the national teacher was defeated, his counterattack before his death put Zhang Yuanqing, who had worked so hard to revive, into a desperate situation again.

The pure golden light shone down on the capital city below, dispelling the darkness mixed with fear and blood.

Zhang Yuanqing focused his mind and concentrated the power of the sun, forming a miniature sun above his head.

The raging underground creatures and spirit servants in the inner city were all rising with black smoke, howling and screaming as they turned into ashes. The civilians who were fleeing in fear and the city defense troops who were fighting fiercely looked up at the sky in confusion and astonishment, one by one blocking the golden light with their hands, their bayonet eyes sore. "Dragon?"

"It's a real dragon!"

"A true dragon has descended upon the world, bringing good fortune from heaven."

The city defense soldiers and civilians who were lucky enough to witness this scene either exclaimed or knelt down in shock. Zhang Yuanqing took a deep breath and said loudly, "Listen, citizens of the capital, soldiers. I am the current emperor, Zhao Shun. A few days ago, the Lord of Heaven appeared in my dream and bestowed upon me the divine beast, the five-clawed golden dragon, as a token of God's favor."

There was an uproar below, but there was still no movement in the imperial city.

Zhang Yuanqing continued loudly: "Twenty-one years ago, the Northern Dynasty invaded the south and killed my people, seized my territory, and the people were displaced, with nine out of ten houses empty. Twenty-one years later, they are still burning my homes, abducting women, and killing children. This hatred is irreconcilable."

In the dark capital, a bright light lit up, and more and more people woke up.

Zhang Yuanqing continued his impassioned speech: "Right Prime Minister, Zheng Wenhan colluded with the Northern Dynasty and brought in the Juque Army to the city. As the king, I should personally guard the national border to repay the country. Zheng's followers have been eliminated, and the remaining officials in the court are all loyal and capable generals. Quickly join me in guarding the national border to suppress the foreign enemies."

The Imperial City's army quickly assembled with torches ablaze.

The inner city's defense forces rushed towards the outer city. The whole city came alive at this moment. The people came to the streets, bathed in the pure sunlight, kowtowed to the Emperor standing on the dragon's back, and worshiped the miracle.

Zhang Yuanqing finally breathed a sigh of relief and flew to the north gate in the five-clawed golden throat. His next task was to resist the Juque army and delay time. The order in the city, the mobilization of the army, the supply of equipment... all these could be left to the court officials including Yang Zheng.

It was not something he needed to worry about. A 400-man officer of the Juque Army rode up to Tuoba Guanghe and said, "Commander, the 3,000 enemy soldiers of the Southern Dynasty have been wiped out."

Tuoba Guanghe's true form is a 1.7-meter-tall burly man with broad shoulders and a big waist. He wears black fish-scale armor and has dreadlocks under his helmet. His facial features are also typical northern features: single eyelids, narrow eyes, a large face, and rough, dark skin.

He said "hmm", but did not order an attack on the city. Instead, he looked at the golden light in the distance and said, "Everyone says that the king of the Southern Dynasty is a second-generation heir who indulges in pleasure. He can be ranked among the top three incompetent kings in history books. Today I know that he is actually a genius who hides his talents under a low profile."

As he spoke, a ray of golden light came swiftly and stopped above the city gate.

The young emperor stood proudly on the dragon head, his sharp eyes swept across the Juque army, and finally fell on Tuoba Guanghe, and said in a deep voice: "Tuoba Guanghe, I heard that you had a three-sword agreement with Yang Ce in Linxia City. Today I will also bet with you. If you can kill me with three punches, the Southern Dynasty will offer both hands. If you can't kill me, how about you withdraw your troops?"

The defenders felt relieved when they saw the king arriving stepping on the five-gourd golden dragon, and the fear of the legendary Juque Army disappeared.

Tuoba Guanghe sneered, and his warhorse whined and knelt before appearing on the top of the city wall.

Bang!

Dozens of defenders and civilians around exploded on the spot, blood, flesh and bones splattered everywhere, dyeing the city walls red.

The defenders retreated like a tide with a "crash", and there was no one within thirty meters of Tuoba Guanghe.

The defenders' hands holding their swords were shaking slightly, and their hands drawing their bows were shaking slightly. No one dared to attack, and no one dared to step forward.

Tuoba Guanghe raised his head and sneered, looking at Zhang Yuanqing in the center of the sky and said, "Why are you standing so high? Are you afraid that I will hit you?"

"What can a mere Grandmaster have to bet with me? Why should he bet with me?"

The speed was too fast, I couldn't see clearly, and it felt like one punch could kill me in an instant. Zhang Yuanqing quickly calmed himself down and raised his lips, "I'll take the lives of your four hundred Juque soldiers!"

Woo..

The wind was blowing hard, and a dark and thick yin energy surged from the wilderness. Wherever it passed, the Southern Dynasty soldiers who had just died tragically under the hooves of the Juque Army opened their eyes one after another.

They climbed up slowly or sprang upright, their necks creaking and unusually stiff.

Their eyes were empty and dead, fangs protruded from their mouths, their skin was pale, and their nails were black. These corpses were corroded by Yin energy and had turned into corpses.

Behind these corpses, a beautiful woman in a white T-shirt and light-colored jeans stood expressionlessly, with the background being surging evil energy and howling cold wind.

Tuoba Guanghe narrowed his eyes, and Zhang Yuanqing added calmly, "Or, you go into the city to kill people, and I will slaughter your Juque army outside the city."

The purpose of his making the bet was not to delay time. If he delayed time, it would be more profitable to let the soldiers defending the city die. He didn't care about the defenders.

After all, this is not the real world in a copy. The real reason why Zhang Yuanqing proposed the bet is the main task, to prevent the Southern Dynasty from perishing.

There are only two ways: one is to really repel and kill Tuoba Guanghe, and the other is to defend the capital.

It is almost impossible to repel Tuoba Guanghe, let alone kill him, so the next best thing is to save the capital first.

If the capital falls or is massacred, the Southern Dynasty will perish. Tuoba Guanghe pondered for a few seconds and sneered, "It's the same if I kill you first."

Zhang Yuanqing immediately controlled the golden dragon and raised its altitude. "I will accompany you to the end!"

He expected that Tuoba Guanghe would agree. From Tuoba Guanghe's perspective, if a master-level emperor was killed, the faith of the soldiers and people of the Southern Dynasty would collapse, and the country would fall apart.

In addition, with Tuoba Guanghe's status, it would be easy for him to make the imperial capital surrender, but it would take a lot of time for him to massacre the city alone. After all, the ancient god of war was the king of melee combat and the ruler of the battlefield, but he did not have large-scale attack skills.

Therefore, in order to massacre the city in a short period of time, he must have the assistance of his subordinates.

The four hundred Juque soldiers, composed of the Lord of Mist and the Bewitching Demon, are the perfect killing machines.

Therefore, Tuoba Guanghe would protect the Juque Army. Tuoba Guanghe's Dharma body expanded from 1.7 meters in height to 3 meters, with eyes like copper bells, a wide mouth and a big nose, a ferocious head, and eight arms holding knives, spears, swords, halberds, sticks and thorns.

The dark golden skin gleams with metallic luster, and the knotty muscles look like they were created by a master sculptor, full of mechanical beauty.

He did not deliberately suppress his aura, nor did he deliberately release the pressure of a strong man. The defenders on the city wall just faced the figure like a statue of evil god, and their minds were filled with fear.

They were trembling all over, they were so bold that some of the soldiers became incontinent and urinated in their crotches.

Some soldiers prostrated themselves on the ground and trembled, while others screamed and fled from the city walls. The scene instantly became chaotic.

But the next second, thousands of defenders on and under the city walls suddenly calmed down, their emotions were soothed, and although they were still afraid, they were able to control themselves.

Zhang Yuanqing shouted, "The emperor's majesty can suppress ghosts and gods!"

The defenders suddenly realized and shouted, "Long live His Majesty!"

In fact, it was Zhang Yuanqing who secretly calmed the defenders, but there were too many people, and the effect would not be too strong if the rain and dew were treated equally, so he needed to use mysterious words to coordinate and make the defenders have the courage themselves.

The stone under Tuoba Guanghe's feet cracked, and he disappeared from everyone's sight.

So fast... A shadow was approaching Zhang Yuanqing, and he was startled. While letting the Five-Meal Golden Dragon fly high, he opened the inventory, took out the Purple Thunder Shield, and activated the absolute defense.

In the battle with the national teacher, the armor was torn continuously, and the energy has been accumulated, so he can use the rule-based skills of the Purple Thunder Shield.

That's why Zhang Yuanqing had the confidence to challenge the bet.

"With a buzzing sound, purple light lit up and condensed into a huge and thick prismatic shield wall. Tuoba Guanghe, who was absolutely confident in his own physical strength, shouted with all his eight skills, and at the same time, there was a loud noise. The piercing sound broke the eardrums of some of the defenders, and the shock wave caused the densely packed crowd on the top of the city to kneel on the ground.

The golden prismatic shield wall cracked with a "crack" sound.

This was the second time he encountered an absolute defense that was not so solid.

The first time was at a Free Alliance gathering, where the demigod-level Smokeman easily smashed through the shield wall.

But compared to that time, this time at least it was blocked. When it comes to level nine, low-level rule-based props are not so useful. After all, the ninth-level master is already involved in the power of rules.

Zhang Yuanqing put away the purple thunder, and used his shield to control the five-clawed golden dragon, quickly pulling away, and shouted: "The best master in the North is only this good, come again!"

The defenders on the city walls cheered like wildfire, while the bewitching demons and fog masters of the Juque Army shouted and cursed loudly, shouting "Kill Zhao Shun the bastard".

"The Southern Dynasty actually has such an extraordinary magic weapon!" Tuoba Guanghe was not surprised but delighted: "The defense is so strong, unparalleled in the world, it should belong to me."

He once again transformed into a shadow and rushed towards the fleeing emperor of the Southern Dynasty.

Zhang Yuanqing opened the inventory, took out the Green Emperor Jade Belt and wrapped it around his waist, then took out the Thunder Armor and covered his body with it, then switched to the form of the five-clawed golden dragon, changed it to a defensive form and let it wrap around his right arm. With the craftsman's ring to exempt him from the cost, the five-clawed golden dragon became particularly obedient.

After doing all this, Zhang Yuanqing felt a strong wind blowing on his face. The enemy was right in front of him. Without thinking, he held the purple thunder shield in his left hand and raised it forward.

At the same time, activate electromagnetic protection and golden dragon body protection.

A bright blue barrier stood up in front of him, and the shadow of a five-clawed golden dragon wrapped around his body, protecting him inside.

Bang!

The electromagnetic protection was the first to shatter and dissipate into dense knife-like arcs that filled the night sky and then dissipated.

Then the purple lightning shield was smashed into "raindrops" by a punch and splashed in all directions, and finally the five-clawed golden dragon transformed into dragon shadows and exploded into a ball of dazzling golden light.

Tuoba Guanghe's fist penetrated through the layers of defense and hit Zhang Yuanqing in the chest. The defenders below heard a clear "puff" sound, like a siege hammer hitting a flesh and blood body.

Their emperor, their king burst into a cloud of blood mist and smashed towards the ground.

"Boom!" A shallow pit with a diameter of six meters was smashed into the ground, and the pit was full of blood and flesh.

His Majesty the Emperor, who was favored by the Lord Haotian, had his bones shattered and his meridians severed, and he no longer had a human form.

There was complete silence and expressions of despair appeared on the faces of the soldiers defending the city walls. The soldiers of Juque Army outside the city could not see the tragic end of the enemy emperor, but witnessed the scene where their leader punched the enemy away.

There was thunderous cheering.

At this moment, a soft green light lit up in the pit, and the corpse that had lost its human form quickly recovered and returned to its original state in the blink of an eye.

Zhang Yuanqing jumped out of the shallow pit, flew into the air, and said loudly, "I have been appointed by heaven to live forever, and no one in the world can kill me."

He couldn't win, he couldn't win at all, he could only use his life to buy time... Zhang Yuanqing, who appeared to be as calm as an old dog, was actually very panicked. He tried his best and used all means, but he could only rely on his "thin life" to prolong his life.

Two moves. In fact, two moves were the limit of his two lives. At this moment, he had run out of tricks.

The defenders, who were already in despair, experienced great emotional ups and downs. They raised their arms and shouted wildly, but the shouting outside the city stopped and turned into angry curses.

Tuoba Guanghe's face finally turned gloomy, no longer relaxed and calm. He looked at Zhang Yuanqing's waist and snorted coldly, "I want to see how many magic weapons the Southern Dynasty has!"

The muscles shining with metallic luster suddenly swelled and the blue veins bulged out. The eight arms spit out wisps of black light, condensing into a large black bow, four arms holding the bow and four arms pulling the string.

The blood in his body boiled and overflowed, turning into a blood-red arrow.

As Tuoba Guang pulled the Hera bow, a strange phenomenon appeared in the sky. Black clouds rolled over and two blood-red lightning flashed in the clouds.

Zhang Yuanqing felt the crisis of death.

At the same time, sensing that he had been "marked", he put the Green Emperor Jade Belt, the Five-clawed Golden Dragon, and the restored Purple Thunder Shield Armor back into the inventory, stood quietly in the air, gave up resistance, and waited for death to come!

He could not avoid it, the "demon" of Gu's "mark" had a tracking function, the sound of the bowstring was deafening, and the blood-red arrow shot out, turning into a blood-red rainbow that swallowed Zhang Yuanqing.

The body of the Southern Dynasty emperor exploded in the air, with bones and flesh splattering like rain, leaving no intact body.

"Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty died in battle!"

At this time, a woman in red came riding on the wind, holding a small bronze pot. She gently stroked the mouth of the pot, and golden wine came out like rain, just like a goddess sending down fairy dew with a wave of her hand.

The blood and flesh that had splattered in all directions began to gather together, reorganizing as if time had gone back. Within a few breaths, the shattered emperor was resurrected.

The Demon Refining Pot can bring the dead back to life. As long as the time of death does not exceed a quarter of an hour, the person can be resurrected once within two hours.

Back then in the gang copy of the Dionysus Club, it was thanks to this demigod-level item that they were able to survive when trapped in the enemy camp.

"Three moves have been made!!" Zhang Yuanqing said loudly, "Commander Tuoba, retreat."

Tuoba Guang: "Hey" said "I just said that it's the same if I kill you first, when will I agree to your bet?"

His face became serious and his eyes became sharp. "He shouted, Zhao Shun, I want to see how many times you can be resurrected." He drew his bow and shot again.

Suddenly, Tuoba Guanghe stopped, turned his head and looked behind him, only to see a sword light whistling under the night sky in the wilderness.