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Chapter 2714 Japanese Shinto Military Type: [City-Shattering Divine Warrior Army]

Liu Bei's visit was very formal. He was fully armed, followed by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who were also fully armed, as well as his third brother Zhu Xuan, who had been following his elder brother Liu Bei all along!

After the Heavenly Dao's restrictions were lifted, the aura emanating from Guan Yu and Zhang Fei was noticeably different. At this moment, their expressions were proud, their eyes were firm, as if they were unaffected by the outside world, giving off a sense of being detached from the world.

At this moment, Zhu Xuan finally realized that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were not stagnant or incompetent, but rather that they had been banned by the system.

After being freed, their cultivation and strength have increased dramatically.

Last night, with the help of their elder brother Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei directly broke through to the Seventh Elemental Divine General level. He also learned that this stage has a special name: [Spirit Fusion Divine General]!
As for the eldest brother Liu Bei, after leaving alone for a period of time, his strength skyrocketed to become a Three-Element Divine General. The strength of Liu, Guan and Zhang exploded in a very short time.

This left Zhu Xuan, who was still a high-level Earth-rank martial general, somewhat frustrated. He had a feeling that if he continued to stagnate, he might fall further and further behind the three of them.

Even if he used that extremely dirty trick to separate the three of them, if he didn't have the foundation and strength, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei wouldn't even give him a second thought!
Maintaining a sworn brotherhood on the surface is fine, but becoming their lord is impossible.

Zhu Xuan clenched his fists inwardly, a strong fighting spirit surging within him. He understood that to avoid falling behind, he had to work hard to improve his strength. But the problem was, where should he begin? He racked his brains, but still couldn't come up with a solution.

He had several extraordinary encounters, but unfortunately, he couldn't seize them; they slipped through his fingers like sand.

In fact, the Zhu family's advisors initially suggested that they should completely cling to Liu Bei and attach themselves to him, allowing Liu Bei to rise early and accumulate strength, instead of wandering from place to place in history, constantly relying on others in the early stages, and only starting to rise later after obtaining Zhuge Liang, which would be too late.

If Liu Bei had started accumulating resources in the early stages like Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, his achievements would have been ten times greater than the original trajectory!
Therefore, there was actually some debate within the Zhu family. If they wholeheartedly assisted Liu Bei, wouldn't they become Liu Bei's subjects? The Zhu family wanted to undermine Liu Bei's power and strengthen themselves, not Liu Bei!
Liu Bei is a man of destiny. If we strengthen him, how can we control him later? How can we sideline him? How can we seize his resources?

This completely contradicts the family's original intention, so there has never been a real consensus.

Zhu Xuan looked at the dashing figures of Liu Bei and his two companions ahead, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

Just then, his communication panel beeped with a message. He opened it and his pupils contracted sharply. He then turned to look at Lin Mu, who was now polite and amiable, with no trace of panic on his face.

He wanted to see panic on Lin Mu's face because he had just received news that the Dongying District had opened a cross-border passage directly in the dense forest west of Dongye County, near Wenyuan Town, Lin Mu's territory.

At least one million Japanese samurai have already entered the China region!
The Eastern Kingdom wanted to take advantage of the fact that the warlords were busy fighting against Dong Zhuo and had no time to attend to the national war, so they invaded at this time!

The Dongying District came with great force, and their target was clearly Lin Mu's territory, since Wenyuan Town was Lin Mu's core territory for external relations.

Lin Mu's territory has unfathomable depths and contains immense opportunities, which is why Japan is directly attacking Lin Mu's stronghold!

Lin Mu's resources may even surpass those of many forces in Japan. If his resources are completely plundered, his resources might surge, and Japan could regain its place on the list of national power rankings!
Zhu Xuan knew that this was a pre-planned invasion targeting Lin Mu, and that this crisis would be a brutal test for Lin Mu.

Once Wenyuan Town is captured, the Japanese forces will inevitably expose all of Lin Mu's secrets!

As for whether the situation in the Huaxia region would change after Lin Mu's territory fell, he would disregard that for the time being. He knew that the entire Huaxia region could not become as precarious as the Dongying region. Once the feudal lords made their move, they would all be nothing but chickens and dogs.

Therefore, he was not in a hurry about the invasion from Japan, and he was also very interested in knowing what kind of background Lin Mu had!
Zhu Xuan watched indifferently as Lin Mu and Liu Bei exchanged pleasantries and talked about some trivial matters.

After listening for a while, he subtly opened the live stream interface and found the live stream on that side.

The top-ranked streamer is none other than Ning Xinhua! And the second place goes to Jiu Zhuan Xiaobo, who previously received a tip from Lin Mu. Many players have discovered that Jiu Zhuan Xiaobo is actually a streamer employee under the Mu Huang Group. The boss tipping his employee explains why he's so generous.

Thanks to Lin Mu's support, Jiu Zhuan Xiaobo has now become a well-known streamer.

Zhu Xuan's expression changed slightly when he saw that Ning Xinhua's live stream was ranked first in popularity and Jiu Zhuan Xiao Bo was ranked second.

They were all Lin Mu's men, yet they were now leisurely broadcasting the Japanese army's advance towards Wenyuan Town, as if Lin Mu had anticipated this.

At this moment, the chat channel in the China region started to flood with messages, announcing that a million Japanese samurai had invaded China, and their first stop was to attack Lin Mu's Wenyuan Town!
Many players, seeing this situation and watching the live stream, became indignant. Many players spent gold coins to use the teleportation array and quickly arrived in Dongye County.

After several invasions of other regions with Lin Mu, many players became rich; a few teleportation coins were nothing to them.

Of course, besides the players who wanted to go and help, there were also many who wanted to see Lin Mu's territory destroyed and wanted to see what was hidden deep within Lin Mu's territory!
To be honest, if he weren't still with Liu Bei at this moment, Zhu Xuan would have liked to go and watch the battle live right now.

Thinking of something, Zhu Xuan opened a family group chat and sent a message asking, "Can the third phase of the [Ice-Digging Project] begin?"

"It started just three minutes ago. Five thousand elite troops have begun to enter the mountains from outside. This time, while Lin Mu's territory is undefended, let's see what he's hiding in his core territory!" A voice immediately responded to Zhu Xuan.

"All ten team leaders have started their live streams; you can search for them to watch." Another voice rang out.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Xuan immediately began searching for the live streams of the family's military commanders.

Sure enough, when the keyword search interface appeared, there were only ten live streaming rooms listed.

Clicking on one of the images revealed a scene of rapidly traversing a dense forest. Currently, we're still on the outskirts; there aren't many ferocious beasts, and the area is quite peaceful.

“Actually, we should join forces with other families and send all the high-ranking generals in. The survival rate will be higher, instead of just a mere ten Earth-rank generals, one hundred Profound-rank generals, and three hundred Yellow-rank generals…” At this moment, another dissenting voice rang out in the family group. “Let’s try it on our side first. Anyway, they can be resurrected.”

"Based on our calculations, it should take only twelve days to cross the mountains and reach Lin Mu's core territory!"

"I think it will take a lot of time for Japan to invade Lin Mu's territory, and they won't be able to break through his defenses in one fell swoop."

"Heh heh... This is a region invading a player's territory and taking a lot of time. Your conclusion is too arbitrary. I think Lin Mu's territory may be breached in three days."

"Don't argue yet. First, coordinate with the other player lords. Make sure to guard the teleportation array in Dongye County. We can't let the Japanese samurai infiltrate and destroy it, otherwise it will take a lot of time for us players from the China region to get there."

"Yes... I'll go tell them."

The family group chat was as lively as ever.

Zhu Xuan glanced at the messages for a while, then looked up at Lin Mu, only to find Lin Mu still looking calm and collected. Wasn't he afraid of the core territory being breached?

The Japanese definitely came prepared. Are they really not afraid?!

In this way, the focus of the player community shifted directly from the warlords' campaign against Dong Zhuo to the Japanese samurai's invasion of Lin Mu's territory.

And this time, players have indeed seen just the tip of the iceberg of Lin Mu's Great Wilderness territory!
While exchanging pleasantries with Liu Bei, Lin Mu was actually distracted by the battlefield at Wenyuan Town. However, he wasn't genuinely worried; he simply wanted to see what kind of resources the Lord of the Eastern Kingdom could muster this time.

Ningxinhua's live streaming interface is an overhead view.

At this moment, she is sitting cross-legged on a flying mount. This is the perspective she prepared in advance.

The Japanese actually had many skilled archers who also saw the eagle in the sky, but they did not attack it; instead, they left it to observe.

The first Japanese attack force, numbering around 200,000, was clearly a well-organized legion, as its armor, helmets, weapons, and other equipment were all standardized.

The banner this army flew had only one word: "City".

Lin Mu frowned slightly as he looked at the banner. In his memory, the Japanese army did not seem to use this banner.

"Boom!!!" The Japanese army, vast and imposing, made no attempt to conceal their presence and finally arrived in front of Wenyuan Town.

The city wall, which was about twenty feet high, was densely packed with soldiers, and their exact number could not be counted quickly.

On the city wall, Feng Zhong, who was in the lead, was dressed in a dazzling divine armor, like a firefly in the darkness.

"Boom boom!!!" At this moment, the Japanese army, which had paused for a while, began to beat the drums of attack.

"Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!" The next moment, amidst the deafening drumbeats, a series of powerful and resounding clangs rang out.

Suddenly, huge shields appeared in the front row.

"Boom!!!" In an instant, the giant shield began to move.

"Boom!" The army began its charge, rushing towards the twenty-zhang-high city wall. Upon closer inspection, one could see that the Japanese soldiers were carrying something on their backs. Everyone assumed it was for siege warfare.

"Whoosh whoosh!!!~~~" A rain of arrows shot out from the city, falling like a torrential downpour of black rain.

"Clang! Clang!" Countless clanging sounds rang out, but some of them hit the enemy.

The legion charged ever closer, yet few soldiers fell in the procession.

As they approached the city wall, the soldiers behind the giant shields pulled out iron hammers from their backs!
Then it slammed down hard on the city wall!
"BOOM!!!" The moment the hammer touched the city wall, it exploded, leaving a huge crater in the wall.

"Wow, this is a special unit designed specifically for sieges!!!" Players immediately began speculating in the live stream.

As a series of booming sounds rang out, countless pits quickly appeared at the base of the entire city wall, and the city wall continued to tremble violently.

"What's going on? Aside from firing a few arrows, why haven't the garrison made any other defensive actions?"

"Lin Mu is in Suanzao City, not in Wenyuan Town. Does this mean he's going to lose?"

Various speculations began to emerge in the gaming community.

Lin Mu received the report immediately: This army is a Shinto troop type from Japan: the [City Shattering Divine Warrior Army]!
(End of this chapter)