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Chapter 353 Fanaticism
Meng Xiao fought his entire life, crawling out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and witnessed countless horrific scenes.

But this was the first time he had ever seen such a sight.

Whether it's the frigid wind that freezes the rain of arrows, the massive ice walls that rise from the ground, or the frost-white pillars that easily destroy military formations, none of these are things that can be created by human power.

All his life experience and the tactics he was so proud of now seemed like a joke.

The soldiers completely broke down.

They are not cowards, but to ask them to continue to forge ahead in the face of such an unreasonable, terrifying, and invincible opponent is itself a kind of harsh judgment.

They threw down their weapons and scattered in all directions. But after only a few steps, their bodies would mysteriously freeze, a layer of white frost would quickly cover their entire bodies, turning them into lifelike ice sculptures, and then they would shatter with a crash.

Meng Xiao watched helplessly as the elite army he had personally trained was wiped out.

His heart was bleeding, and his limbs were so cold they seemed to have lost all feeling.

But he had no other choice.

Resist?
But what can we use to resist?
When the enemy has transcended the realm of mortals, when war becomes divine punishment, any resistance seems foolish.

He suffered a complete and utter defeat.

On the other side of the wasteland, nearly five thousand female soldiers from the desert witnessed this miracle. The fervor on their faces transformed into the most devout worship.

They all knelt down, bowing and worshipping the lone figure, muttering incantations.

As the instigator of all this, the Third Princess Jiang Liuli did not even have a smug smile on her face.

She simply stood there calmly. To her, it was all perfectly normal.

She slowly withdrew her hand, her gaze not lingering on Meng Xiao and his remaining troops for even a second.

“Let’s go,” she said.

No one was willing to object.

Immediately, she led her group of fanatical followers away from Meng Xiao and the others who were barely clinging to life on the battlefield, and headed straight for Meng Xiao's camp.

Meng Xiao and the remaining soldiers stood frozen in place, watching them leave, and not one of them dared to step forward to stop them.

They even harbored a sliver of hope.

—That's great. You survived.

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Soon, the Third Princess and her entourage arrived at Meng Xiao's camp.

Those inside the military camp were unaware of the disastrous defeat at the front and remained steadfast in their posts.

The soldiers with bows and crossbows had sharp eyes, and patrol teams came and went in an endless stream.

However, this seemingly impregnable camp, guarded by elite troops, was a formidable fortress.

The third princess showed no expression whatsoever; she simply raised her right hand and pointed towards the gate.

In an instant, countless ice crystals gathered out of thin air and quickly condensed into a giant ice spear several meters long.

The ice spear let out a piercing shriek as it hurtled towards the camp gate!
boom!
A deafening explosion rang out, and the camp gate, which was stronger than the city wall, along with the wooden walls several meters around it, was instantly blown to pieces!
A violent shockwave, carrying ice crystals and wood chips, swept outwards, sending dozens of soldiers in the front row flying to the ground.

She swaggered in, followed closely by the female soldiers.

The camp erupted in chaos.

They didn't know how the camp gate had been suddenly blown open, but their years of fighting in the desert had ingrained their habits, and they immediately rallied to launch a counterattack.

A captain yelled at the top of his lungs, "Form ranks! Archers! Shoot the hell out!"

The archers drew their bows and nocked their arrows, which flew in such a dense barrage that it was like water being poured out.

But the arrows were frozen halfway through their flight, then fell to the ground with a crackling sound, shattering into pieces of ice.

The Third Princess waved her hand again, and countless ice spikes condensed in the sky, shooting out in all directions, causing the archers to cry out in agony.

At this moment, another group of infantrymen carrying long spears charged forward.

Seeing this, the Third Princess finally showed a hint of impatience on her face.

So she lifted her foot and stomped it on the ground.

Centered on the spot where she landed, countless razor-sharp ice spikes suddenly shot out from the ground without warning!
puff!puff!puff!

The charging soldiers were all pierced through.

The third princess made a series of moves, each more terrifying than the last.

In an instant, no one in the military camp dared to resist anymore. The five thousand female soldiers behind the Third Princess poured into the camp like a flowing river and quickly took control of everyone.

After successfully capturing the military camp, the Third Princess and her companions began to rescue the desert sisters who had been captured earlier.

One by one, the prison doors were opened.

Meanwhile, inside the dungeon.

The Khatun and Tiran were huddled on a haystack in the corner, talking quietly.

The constant noise from the outside world made the two of them extremely uneasy.

"What's going on outside?" Tielan asked in a trembling voice. "Are they fighting amongst themselves?"

Khatun's eyes were also full of confusion: "I don't know... This sound is too strange, and why are they fighting amongst themselves for no reason? And they quieted down so quickly, how could infighting happen so fast?"

Tielan said resignedly, "Fine, it doesn't matter anymore. Whatever happens, as long as we're not dragged into it..."

Just then, with a loud bang, the heavy iron door of the dungeon shattered!

The two were horrified; their hearts nearly stopped beating.

They instinctively raised their hands to shield their eyes and looked ahead. Through their fingers, they saw a tall figure standing quietly in the doorway, backlit.

The light was so dazzling that it outlined the person's features like a deity. She seemed to be draped in a holy aura, and wherever she stepped, even the filth of the dungeon seemed to be purified. The Khatun and the others couldn't help but gasp.

Once their eyes had adjusted to the light, they could see the newcomer's face clearly, and the Khatun exclaimed in surprise, "Princess!?"

Tielan exclaimed in surprise, his face filled with disbelief: "How did you get here? Were you also...?"

Upon hearing this conjecture, the Khatun's face immediately showed despair.

However, the third princess did not explain further, but simply said, "I'm here to save you. Come with me."

After saying that, she turned and left.

The two were startled at the sight, and like children abandoned by their parents, they exclaimed "Wait!" and then quickly chased after them.

After arriving at the Third Princess's side, the Khatun gradually came to his senses. Seeing that the Third Princess was dressed in fine clothes, she certainly did not seem to have been captured.

Unable to contain her curiosity, she asked, "Princess, how did you get in? Where is Meng Xiao? Where is his army? Did you win? But how did you win?"

“Go outside,” the Third Princess said, looking straight ahead. “You’ll find out once we’re outside.”

So she asked no more questions. The moment they finally stepped out of the dungeon and saw the scene outside, they both froze on the spot.

They looked at the vast, icy blue camp, at the corpses of soldiers pierced by ice spikes, and at the desert female soldiers, their faces filled with fervor, running back and forth in the camp, rescuing prisoners.

"What... what's going on?" Tielan's mind was no longer able to process what was happening.

The third princess answered casually, as if she were talking about a trivial matter: "I did these things."

"Did the princess make this?" the Khatun murmured to himself, his face still showing confusion and doubt.

Just then, several female soldiers nearby noticed their unusual behavior and immediately surrounded them, clearly displeased. The leader said, "Don't you believe the princess?"

Another female soldier chimed in, "That's right! That's right! This is what the princess did, it's absolutely true, we saw it with our own eyes."

A female soldier shouted with fervor, "The princess is a goddess! She is the goddess of winter! Those men are not even ants in front of the princess!"

Another person chimed in, "You didn't see it! When we were dealing with Meng Xiao and his group, they were so arrogant, they even attacked us first."

But the princess merely raised her hand, and the rain of arrows from the sky turned into ice pops! With another wave, an ice wall rose from the ground, and the cavalrymen who crashed into it were shattered into ice shards, men and horses alike! Finally, the princess pointed with her finger, and annihilated their entire infantry phalanx!
I'm not bragging, everyone saw it!

As soon as she finished speaking, the other female soldiers echoed her sentiments.

"Yes, yes, I saw it with my own eyes."

"That scene was absolutely amazing!"

"Meng Xiao and the others were so scared they cried!"

……

The Khatun and Tielan listened in stunned silence, overwhelmed by a profound sense of absurdity.

They suddenly remembered their self-righteous conversation in the dungeon, their suspicions about the princess, and how they blamed the princess's deception for their failure.

How ridiculous and foolish it all seems now!
The princess never lied; we are the ones who are wrong!

An indescribable sense of shame instantly overwhelmed them.

There was a pop.

The two of them knelt down heavily on the ground without prior arrangement.

“Princess! We are guilty!” Tielan cried out.

“Me too!” the Khatun shouted.

"Oh?" The third princess looked at them, her eyes filled with scrutiny as always. "What crime have you committed?"

Tielan was the first to confess: "In the dungeon, I actually asked the Khatun if he had been lying to us from the beginning..."

She poured out her heart as if she were vomiting her very soul: "Back then, I was almost killed by a skinny male soldier. I couldn't understand why I lost. So I started to doubt you and regretted listening to you."

I've even started to miss the old days, and I feel like you're the one who ruined me!

Then, Khatun spoke up, her voice filled with self-loathing: "I am guilty too. When I was on the battlefield, watching my sisters being slaughtered, I also wavered."

When Tielan asked me, I couldn't answer, because I also felt in my heart that you were lying to us.

"We actually blamed our incompetence on you!" She raised her tear-streaked face. "Please punish us!"

The third princess looked down at them and slowly said, "Get up."

The two looked at each other and slowly stood up.

The third princess continued, "You don't need to do this. People who haven't experienced hardship won't have unwavering faith. I won't blame you."

The Khatun and Telan stared at the Third Princess in shock, for a moment thinking they had misheard. They had prepared themselves for cruel torture, after all, in their memory, this Third Princess was never a merciful person.

“I will not stop here.” At this moment, the Third Princess’s gaze passed over the camp and looked towards the distant Central Plains. “I will keep going until the entire Central Plains dynasty kneels at my feet.”

These words were powerful and imposing.

The Khatun and Tielan stared blankly at the Third Princess, and suddenly they understood why the Third Princess hadn't punished them.

Compared to such a grand goal, what is my little bit of wavering?
The two looked at each other again, the confusion in their eyes completely gone, leaving only unwavering loyalty until death.

They knelt down again, shouting in unison, "We are willing to conquer the Central Plains for the princess!"

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Beijing.

When the news of Meng Xiao's defeat reached the court, the entire court was in mourning.

The ministers, who had been cheering and jumping for joy because of their consecutive victories, now looked ashen-faced, as if their souls had been ripped out.

"Defeated? How could they have lost?!"

"Tens of thousands of troops... all gone? This... this is impossible!"

The ministers were in chaos, their panicked discussions buzzing around them.

Prime Minister Shen Shi'an forced himself to remain calm and stepped forward to report: "Your Majesty! This matter is too unbelievable! General Meng is a veteran of the battlefield, and our army is even stronger and more powerful. How could we have suffered such a crushing defeat in just one day?"
The sorcery described in the battle report is utterly absurd! There must be some deception involved. I implore Your Majesty to immediately order a thorough investigation!

"Yes! Please give the order, Your Majesty!" the ministers echoed.

Chu Lu looked at the chaotic scene of his ministers below, but his heart remained unusually calm.

After all, this was something that was expected.

After a series of defeats, the Third Princess could not stand idly by, and once she stepped into the arena, Meng Xiao and his group would have no chance of winning.

There's absolutely no need to investigate anything now, or even explain anything to them.

The only thing to do is to keep stalling for time.

Once they catch Tian Shu, everything will be completely over. Both the Third Princess and Fei Wu can then wait to die.

"Issue my decree," Chu Lu said slowly. "Order all prefectures and cities to immediately enter a state of high alert, close the city gates, and defend with all their might."

Upon hearing this, the assembled officials were immediately taken aback.

After a moment of deathly silence, Chancellor Shen Shi'an spoke in an extremely cautious tone: "Your Majesty, forgive my ignorance, but to retreat across the board and wait for our doom... isn't that too much of a show of weakness?"

"Show weakness?" He raised an eyebrow. "Then, my esteemed ministers, do you have any strategies to defeat the enemy?"

He pushed Meng Xiao's battle report off the imperial desk: "You've all seen the battle report. Now, who can tell me what military strategy to use to deal with that sorcery that can freeze arrow rain and create ice walls from flat ground? Or are you insisting that General Meng thinks we're all fools and is telling such stupid lies?"

Silence fell upon the hall once again.

The ministers couldn't help but think: Yes, how can we fight this?
Seeing the bewildered and helpless expressions on the faces of His Highness and the others, Chu Lu slowly said again, "Since there is no other way, then do as I say. Issue the decree immediately."

The courtiers were speechless.

"Your Majesty, we... obey your command."

Everyone knelt down.

(End of this chapter)