Three Kingdoms Mythology World.

Guan Yu, who had climbed onto the city wall, suddenly swung his Green Dragon Crescent Blade, and a terrifying blade of light burst forth, shooting towards the city's guards.

However, just when he thought he had cleared a space of several dozen feet, the terrifying blade light suddenly disappeared in mid-air!

Guan Yu's expression changed drastically as soon as he landed on the city wall.

"What's going on?" Zhang Fei's voice rang out.

Zhang Fei was the second to climb the city wall, followed by Liu Bei and others.

“Brother, there’s something strange on the city wall. This isn’t a place to put up a sign and sell one’s head,” Guan Yu said solemnly.

"Retreat!!!" When the soldiers on the city wall saw the enemy climbing the wall, they did not rush up to their deaths recklessly, but retreated.

Huang Zhong and Le Jin, who followed behind and climbed the city wall, also frowned slightly. They could sense a faint sense of crisis enveloping them.

So they, like the others who had climbed the city wall first, waited quietly and observed.

Lin Mu, watching from afar, raised an eyebrow upon seeing Huang Zhong and the others' actions. Dong Zhuo's garrison had truly used their trump card!
"Kill!!" Zhang Fei, skilled and daring, disregarded everything else and directly brandished his spear, leaping off the city wall and charging towards the retreating soldiers.

However, as he leaped off the city wall to launch his attack, a terrifying shockwave rippled outwards.

A black beam of light shot into the sky from the city wall, which was dozens of feet away from him.

The next moment, a huge stone pillar slowly emerged from the black pillar of light.

Not only here, but also elsewhere, at the same time, a similar scene is unfolding.

Those were twenty enormous stone pillars evenly distributed along the long and thick city wall.

Intense black light emanated from the stone pillars. Upon closer inspection, one would discover that each pillar was carved with lifelike black dragons!
"What is this?" Guan Yu stared at the stone pillar, his brows furrowed.

He had a strong premonition that this stone pillar posed a threat to him, a threat to his life!

"This is the Dragon Pillar that protects the nation!!!" Liu Bei, clearly aware of something, exclaimed with an ashen face.

His grim expression wasn't due to fear of the pillar; it was because he was heartbroken for the Han Dynasty. The very power that protected the nation was being wantonly toyed with by Dong Zhuo—it was truly laughable!

"Roar!!!!!" The next moment, a dragon's roar that resounded through the heavens and earth suddenly rippled outwards.

Thick black mist billowed from the twenty national-guarding dragon pillars. The black mist rose into the sky, gathered together, and formed a vast black cloud.

The enormous dragon roar came from the black clouds.

The next moment, a colossal black dragon, so large it blotted out the sky, emerged from the clouds.

The dragon's head was shrouded in black clouds, obscuring its appearance. Much of the dragon's body was also hidden in the clouds, and the entire sky was shrouded in mist.

The appearance of the black dragon overwhelmed the dozen or so divine generals on the city wall, including many celestial generals.

Liu Bei stared at the black dragon, his eyes slightly narrowed, a sharp killing intent flashing within them. However, as if considering something, Liu Bei suppressed his killing intent.

"Roar!!!!!!~~~~" The black dragon roared again, then suddenly rolled over, its three black claws slowly emerging from the clouds...

Suddenly, the enormous dragon claw, as big as the sky, swung out, and a gigantic energy claw that could tear everything apart appeared out of thin air and shot fiercely toward the Kwantung Allied Army on the riverbank.

"BOOM!!!!" A tremendous roar resounded, and three deep ravines, hundreds of feet long, appeared on the ground, while the surrounding Kwantung Army soldiers were all reduced to ashes!

With a single claw, hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Kwantung Allied Army perished—it was utterly terrifying!
The soldiers of the Great Wilderness Territory, including Huang Ying, retreated relentlessly, their faces grim. That claw attack had also affected the soldiers of the Great Wilderness Territory, sending nearly 50,000 soldiers back to their deaths! "Kill!!!" Zhang Fei's roar rang out again, and a black shadow soared into the sky, wielding a spear to attack the black dragon's body.

"Brother Fei, no!!" Liu Bei and Guan Yu exclaimed in alarm upon seeing this.

However, they were quite fast, and they also soared into the sky wielding their weapons.

Seeing this, the others followed suit, soaring into the sky to attack the black dragon.

They are all unruly heroes of heaven and earth, how could they fear the black dragon in the sky!

"Nine Yuan Divine General level, it seems that the strength of the Heavenly Black Emperor Dragon is only at the initial Heavenly level!" Lin Mu, who was watching from a distance, thought to himself.

Clearly, this black dragon is merely an avatar of the Heavenly Black Emperor Dragon!

……

While a fierce battle was taking place at Hulao Pass, a robbery was also occurring in the distant capital city of Luoyang.

Of course, it wasn't about Dong Zhuo exterminating the entire Yuan family—that hadn't happened yet—but rather that the Xiliang army began to disregard the rules and wantonly plunder ordinary people and wealthy merchants.

Luoyang, the capital of the Han Dynasty, was the most prosperous city at the time. The people living there all had considerable wealth. While they might not be rolling in money, their combined wealth was certainly enough to rival that of a nation.

Dong Zhuo's army then formally turned its butcher's knife on them.

However, the Xiliang army was much kinder this time. They did not indiscriminately slaughter the people, but only plundered money, food and various resources.

Dong Zhuo openly robbed the people of Luoyang, the capital city!
Inside Dong Zhuo's residence, a weary traveler, Li Ru frowned as he looked at the intelligence report, awaiting the arrival of his lord, Dong Zhuo.

After Hua Xiong was killed, the first phase of his scheme was over, and he hurriedly returned to the capital to take charge of the overall situation.

"No more than 10% of the population is willing to relocate... It seems the people's hearts are still not with us." Li Ru sighed softly as he looked at the intelligence report.

"Hmph! So what if they don't side with us? We'll force them to move the capital. If they don't agree, we'll kill them!!" At this moment, Dong Zhuo's furious voice rang out.

Dong Zhuo walked in with a livid face.

Hua Xiong's death enraged him greatly.

"My lord, perhaps... we should use that plan!" Li Ru said in a low voice, hinting at something.

Upon hearing this, Dong Zhuo's anger vanished, replaced by a look of hesitation.

"Do you really intend to exterminate the entire Yuan family?" Dong Zhuo hesitated for a long time before asking in a low voice.

That's right, Li Ru's plan was to exterminate the entire Yuan family in Luoyang, the capital city!
These wicked schemes were devised by Li Ru!
Of course, when Li Ru proposed this plan, Dong Zhuo trembled all over.

On the surface, he was considered a member of the Yuan family and had received favors from them. Now, faced with the prospect of exterminating the entire family, even he, with his heart of iron, hesitated.

"My lord," Li Ru said forcefully, "this plan has four major advantages. First, it will intimidate the people and families of the capital, thus accelerating the relocation of the capital. Second, it will intimidate the officials, severing their connection with the Guandong Coalition. Third, it will intimidate the Guandong Coalition, causing their leader, Yuan Shao, to lose face. Fourth, it will plunder the Yuan family's resources, enriching our own!"

Upon hearing this, Dong Zhuo's hesitation lessened somewhat.

(I was too tired yesterday and wanted to rest before updating, but I ended up sleeping until dawn, so I didn't even ask for leave yesterday. Please forgive me.) (End of Chapter)