I've announced that I'm destined to have many children, and my father has bestowed upon me

Xiao Chuchu was taken aback by this sudden comment.

A ruthless and ambitious figure?

This word doesn't sound entirely positive.

She blinked her pure, large eyes and looked at her master with some confusion.

In her heart, the Emperor of the Great Zhou was Chen An's father, a dignified yet loving elder, and a hero who could personally lead troops into battle for the country.

How could it be associated with a word like "tyrant" that carries a sense of coldness and domineering?

Mo Yuqing offered no further explanation.

She simply closed her eyes again, and her aura returned to stillness, as if her words just now were nothing more than a fleeting illusion.

But Xiao Chuchu knew it wasn't a misperception.

Master has truly undergone a significant change in his opinion of that Emperor.

……

One day later.

Blackwater Pass.

The battle in the sky had been going on for a day and a night.

The raging energy tides never ceased, and fragments of laws flew everywhere, rendering the entire sky bizarre and fantastical.

The ten Dragon Transformation Realm retainers of the Great Xia Dynasty were all injured and their auras were weak.

They were scared.

They were utterly terrified of being beaten!

One day and one night!

Zhao Daoting was like a tireless war machine; he had more wounds than any of them.

Golden blood almost completely soaked through his tattered black dragon robe, but the power with which he wielded the Nine Dragon Demon Halberd did not diminish in the slightest!

Instead, it became even more violent!

With all ten of them working together, it should have been an absolute crushing victory.

But now, they don't even have the courage to confront Zhao Daoting head-on.

They can only rely on their numerical advantage to constantly move around, maneuver, and wear each other down.

They tried to wear him down, to exhaust his last bit of strength.

However, Zhao Daoting showed no signs of exhaustion whatsoever.

The Great Dao Heavenly Evolution Scripture circulated wildly within his body, and the abundant life essence continuously repaired his damaged physical body, supporting him in such a high-intensity battle.

"Pfft!"

Another worshipper was a little slower to dodge and was grazed across the chest by the blade of the Nine Dragons Demon Halberd. A deep wound that revealed the bone appeared instantly, and blood gushed out.

The worshipper let out a scream and retreated violently, his face filled with terror.

Seeing this, the others felt an even greater chill.

They are paid to do things, not suicide bombers!

If they continue fighting like this, even if they manage to wear down Zhao Daoting in the end, how many of the ten of them will survive?

For a moment, the ten men's offensive slowed down again, and they became more wary and distant of each other.

Nobody wants to be the unlucky one who gets taken away by Zhao Daoting's dying counterattack.

Zhao Daoting took all of this to heart, a cold sneer appearing on his face.

A mob.

His offensive continued relentlessly, the demonic halberd in his hand transforming into streaks of black lightning that tore through the sky, chasing after the ten streaks of light and slashing wildly!

He wanted to use absolute madness to completely shatter the psychological defenses of this group of people!

Meanwhile, the battlefield below had already transformed into a hellish landscape.

Shouts of battle, cries of agony, the clashing of weapons, the sound of city walls collapsing...

Countless sounds mingled together, merging into an apocalyptic symphony.

The army of Da Xia has gone mad.

Regardless of any casualties, they surged like a black tide, wave after wave, relentlessly crashing against the walls of Blackwater Pass.

On the city walls, the border guards had long since become numb to the fighting.

The rolling stones and logs had long been used up, and the kerosene had run out.

They could only use their own flesh and blood, and the swords in their hands, to stop the endless enemies.

Li Qingcang was covered in blood, and the blade in his hand was already chipped and dulled from all the cutting.

With a single stroke, he decapitated a Great Xia general of the Fourth Realm who had climbed onto the city wall, scalding blood splattering all over his face.

He glanced around.

The guards who used to be by his side have been replaced time and time again, and now only a few remain, all of them wounded.

More than half of the border guards have been killed or wounded along the entire eastern section of the city wall!

Limbs and torsos were everywhere, and blood flowed like rivers.

An atmosphere of despair began to spread among the defenders.

Li Qingcang's heart sank, but he knew he couldn't give up.

He's the head coach!

The moment he fell, the morale of the entire army completely collapsed!

He looked up at the sky, where the golden figure still fighting against ten powerful enemies was the last pillar in his heart.

"Get your act together, all of you!"

Li Qingcang mustered all his strength and let out a deafening roar.

"Look at the heavens! His Majesty is still fighting to the death for us, for the Great Zhou!"

"We are soldiers of the Great Zhou! Behind us lies our homeland! We cannot retreat!!"

"For the Great Zhou! Kill!!"

His roar ignited the last vestige of fighting spirit in the hearts of the soldiers around him.

"For the Great Zhou! Kill!"

"Kill all these sons of bitches!"

The remaining defenders roared hoarsely and once again clashed with the enemy who surged onto the city walls.

But everyone knew that this was just the last gasp of a spent force.

The disparity in troop strength is too great.

Just then.

"Thump—thump—thump—"

Behind the Great Xia army formation, the dull sound of war drums rang out again, this time with an even more rapid rhythm!

Li Qingcang stared intently, his pupils suddenly contracting.

The dark, imposing army broke apart, and at least 50,000 fresh troops joined the siege with shouts!

This is... the final assault!

It’s over.

Li Qingcang's heart sank to the bottom in an instant.

The soldiers around him also wore expressions of utter despair.

Heishui Pass cannot be defended.

Just when Li Qingcang was about to give up and prepare to lead his last brothers to perish together with the enemy.

"Waaaaah—waaaah—"

A desolate, powerful, yet completely different bugle call suddenly came from the distant horizon!

The bugle call pierced through the noisy battlefield and clearly reached everyone's ears.

It is... the bugle call of the Great Zhou!

Li Qingcang suddenly turned his head and looked in the direction from which the horn sound came.

On the left flank of the battlefield, at the edge of the plain, rows of black flags embroidered with the character "禁" (forbidden) fluttered in the wind!

The black torrent, with unparalleled momentum, crashed into the bloated rear of the Great Xia army from the side!

It was Zhao Daoting who brought 100,000 Imperial Guards!

These 100,000 cavalrymen had been on guard and stationed outside the Blackwater Pass.

Now, with the arrival of reinforcements, they finally unleashed their full killing spree!

On the battlefield, wherever the Imperial Guards went, men and horses fell, and the Great Xia's military formation was instantly torn open with a huge gap!

Li Qingcang was so excited that he trembled all over and was about to cheer.

However, an even bigger surprise was yet to come!

On the right flank of the battlefield, another cloud of dust rose into the sky!

It was a white ocean!

Two hundred thousand soldiers, all dressed in white, though their formation was not as orderly as that of the Imperial Guards, their indomitable spirit and determination to fight to the death were even more terrifying!

They are like a red-hot arrow.

From another direction, at an even more cunning angle, they plunged fiercely into the main force of the Great Xia army!

The leader, dressed in white, rode ahead on horseback; it was none other than Zhao Chen'an!

Beside him, a smaller figure moved with the wind.

Xiao Chuchu, the official concubine of the King of Wei!

"Reinforcements! Reinforcements have arrived!"

"It's His Highness Prince Wei! His Highness Prince Wei has come to our rescue!"

On the city wall, someone was the first to shout out.

The next moment, a deafening cheer resounded throughout the entire Blackwater Pass!

"The King of Wei has arrived! Reinforcements have come!"

"The Great Zhou will surely prevail!!"

"The Great Zhou will surely prevail!!!"

All despair and exhaustion vanished in that moment!

The deathly silence on morale was instantly reignited, reaching its peak!

Li Qingcang looked at the friendly forces that were flanking him from both the left and right flanks.

Upon seeing that familiar figure in white, a layer of scalding mist instantly welled up in the tiger's eyes.

He threw his head back and let out a wild laugh, raising his sword once more and pointing it at the dumbfounded enemy soldiers below the city.

"Brothers! Reinforcements have arrived! Follow me... and launch a counterattack!"