Swing the sword at the future female devil

Chapter 452 I have rendered meritorious service to the imperial court, and I have shed blood for the imperial court!

Immediately afterwards, several figures exuding powerful auras soared into the sky from the steel fortresses built against the mountainside below!

They were clad in uniform jet-black armor, the surface of which flowed with pale blue energy patterns, and the insignia representing the military were engraved on their shoulder armor. The leader, in particular, possessed a highly refined aura, having reached the early stage of the Golden Core realm; his face was stern, and his eyes were as sharp as a hawk's.

He stood on a runic chariot, hovering in front of the carefree boat, his right hand resting on a tiger-head token hanging at his waist. The token faintly emanated a powerful aura that seemed to freeze the very space around him.

"Listen up, you inside!" The Golden Core officer's voice boomed, carrying the iron-blooded aura of a soldier. "I am Zhao Tieying, a guard of the Seventh Army of the Kunlun Ruins Garrison!"

"You are now to leave the flight vehicle immediately and state your identities and purpose! Anyone who dares to trespass into a military restricted area will be considered a traitor and will be executed without exception!"

Inside the airship, the violent shaking caused Yan Qiuxi and Xiao Jiang, who had just stabilized, to stumble again.

"The military's inescapable net?" Yan Qiuxi frowned, looking at the dense golden rays and rune array on the light screen. "These guys might not be that good at fighting Taiqing, but they're really good at stopping their own people!"

Xiao Jiang was even more furious, her face tightening again: "Hmph, what kind of ants dare to block our way? Xiao Duan! Charge straight over there! Let's see if they dare to make a move!"

Duan Huaige: "..."

Xiao Jiang, are you out of your mind? Me? Go and wipe out the entire military headquarters of Kunlun Ruins?

Did you see the chariot he was driving? Even Taiqing would feel intimidated by the original bronze chariot!

"Trying to force our way in will only waste time and cause more trouble. I'll handle it."

Duan Huaige spoke in a deep voice. Although he had not come here on the orders of the imperial court, he was still a hero who had fought against the demoness, so he should be given some face.

He took a deep breath, suppressed the defensive aura of the flying boat, and activated the sound transmission array of the Free and Easy Boat, allowing his voice to be transmitted clearly:

"Gentlemen, I am Duan Huaige. I am not here to trespass, but because I have an extremely urgent matter concerning the safety of Kunlun Ruins and even the entire plane. I have come to issue a warning!"

"If you don't believe me, you can call my father-in-law... his name is Xie Changming!"

As soon as he shouted those words, Duan Huaige immediately felt two murderous gazes directed at him. So he quickly and sheepishly explained in a low voice, "It's just a temporary measure, nothing more than a temporary measure... I was just trying to borrow Uncle Xie's name, wasn't I?"

Xiao Jiang: You'd better be really just bluffing! And not be thinking of turning a fake son-in-law into a real one!

The Kunlun Ruins guards were all taken aback upon hearing this, and the leader, a Golden Core expert with a cold and hard face, had a strange expression on his face. His gaze involuntarily drifted to the back.

The doors of the steel fortress slid open silently, and a middle-aged man in a crisp military uniform with general's stars on his epaulets slowly stepped out and stood at the bow of the ship.

He had a square face, an imposing presence even without anger, and eyes as deep as a cold pool. He was an old acquaintance, Xie Cangling's father—Xie Changming!

"Oh? How come I didn't know I became someone's father-in-law?" Xie Changming glanced at Duan Huaige and said indifferently. "Dad...wasn't this just a matter of time?" Duan Huaige said shamelessly, "We're family, no need for formalities. Let us in quickly, I have something very important to report to you, it's about Kunlun Ruins!"

Xie Changming remained expressionless, his sharp gaze piercing through the void and landing on Duan Huaige, as if trying to see through him inside and out.

“Duan Huaige,” Xie Changming’s voice was not loud, but it carried an undeniable penetrating power, clearly reaching Duan Huaige’s ears and echoing in the ears of every soldier, “The military doesn’t need an outsider like you to teach us how to do things. We have been guarding this place for decades, and we know it just as well as you do.”

"Kunlun Ruins is a treasure of our nation, containing ancient secrets and a key resource for us to resist future changes. Unauthorized personnel are not allowed to enter."

Upon hearing this, Duan Huaige laughed in anger. "Fine, fine, so this is how you take revenge on others? You just made your precious daughter, Xiao Xie, cry... I'll make it up to her later!"
What you're doing now could have a huge impact.

Duan Huaige patiently said, "General Xie! If my intelligence is correct, have strange things already begun to happen inside Kunlun Ruins? Are there peculiar beings escaping from Kunlun Ruins, devouring spiritual energy and destroying spiritual veins?"

"This thing is called the Kunlun Ruins Nightmare, a terrifying existence that parasitizes the crevices of Kunlun Ruins and feeds on spiritual energy and the origin of the world!! We can't dig any deeper! We must find the source and completely seal or expel it! Otherwise, let alone the revival of spiritual energy, we'll be forced to regress to the primitive era of eating raw meat and drinking blood!"

"Nonsense!" Xie Changming's eyes flickered violently, a fleeting and complex emotion seeming to cross his deep, unfathomable gaze—was it shock? Was it fear? Or... some kind of heavy feeling that he had already known all along?

His expression remained as firm as a rock, unwavering, but his tone suddenly became even more stern, almost rebuking:
"Duan Huaige, you are nothing more than a common cultivator. Relying on your talent and fortuitous encounters, you dare to presume to discuss matters of national importance and question the military's decisions?"

"The exploration and protection of Kunlun Ruins are governed by the laws of the imperial court and professional assessments! How dare you spread alarmist rumors and mislead the public here!"

His gaze was fixed on Duan Huaige, and deep within his eyes, besides the sternness on the surface, there seemed to be a hint of...a warning?
Unfortunately, Duan Huaige didn't realize this. When he heard Lao Deng being so disrespectful, he immediately wanted to have a good argument with him about what it meant to say that he had rendered meritorious service to the court and had shed blood for the court!

Yan Qiuxi, who was standing nearby, keenly noticed the odd tone in Xie Changming's voice. She stepped forward and subtly tugged at Duan Huaige's sleeve, saying, "Huaige, don't say anything... something's not right..."

Duan Huaige was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, then suddenly realized what he meant.

Although Lao Deng was furious that he had run off with Xiao Xie, he was not one to let personal matters interfere with important matters. But this scene... could it be that Lao Deng was hinting at something to me?

He immediately shrank back and said awkwardly, "In that case, we won't bother you any longer... Goodbye!"

Just as he was about to turn the airship around and slip away, another officer emerged from inside the fortress, handed Xie Changming a blood test report, and whispered:

"Chief Xie... The results are in. The other chiefs have instructed you... to proceed according to the original plan. Do not disobey orders."

Upon hearing this, Xie Changming's eyes darkened, and he remained silent for a long time. Finally, he sighed inwardly and waved his hand, saying:

"Get him."

(End of this chapter)