Zhan Shen: I am the spokesperson for the Great Love Immortal

As Emperor Wu of Han finished speaking, Fang Si, though somewhat helpless, had no choice but to obey and get up.

After all, he wasn't Lin Qiye, who had the power to ignore everything. Even though he had awakened now, he was only at the first realm.

Not to mention anything else, Cai Yuan, the Director of the Imperial Observatory who is standing next to him now, is a master of the fourth realm.

Therefore, Fang Si dared not do anything disrespectful in front of the palace.

Of course, it's impossible for him to kneel. He's a modern person, and although he's been here for three years, he's still not used to kneeling. That's why he hasn't made any progress in politics in the past three years.

Fortunately, because of Lin Qiye, Liu Che did not make things too difficult for Fang Si. After he straightened up, Liu Che looked at him for a while and then spoke.

"Alright, no need to be so cautious. With that young friend here, I won't touch you."

If you feel you have nothing to do, why don't you tell me about the situation outside?

In fact, Liu Che was not entirely unaware of the situation outside. Even when the palace was besieged, he had secret guards who would report information from inside and outside the palace at any time.

The reason he asked Fang Si about information outside was simply to give Fang Si a way out.

Of course, it's also a way for him to save face.

As an emperor, one cannot be threatened by one's subjects, because that would be a loss of face.

The principle behind this is that one should not easily retract one's words of wisdom in later generations.

Logically speaking, in the case of what just happened, not only should Lin Qiye and Fang Si be beheaded, but also the innocent Cai Yuan and the soldiers who rushed in to rescue the emperor should be executed to uphold the dignity of the emperor.

Of course, that's impossible now. Faced with a combat power like Lin Qiye's, who is also a top-tier fighter helping Huo Qubing fight the enemy, Liu Che truly felt powerless.

While they were discussing the situation outside, on the other side, Lin Qiye, along with Chloe and Gongyang Wan, were rushing towards the place where the fog was spreading.

Unlike Fang Si, who was an ordinary person, Chloe was a seventh-step expert, and Gongyang Wan was a sixth-step expert.

Under these circumstances, both of them could help Lin Qiye while also protecting themselves, so Lin Qiye allowed them to accompany him.

Of course, one of them was not there voluntarily.

As they approached the mist, the first thing they encountered was not anything else, but tens of thousands of troops who had been bewitched by the Kryptonian forces.

Looking at the army of nearly 40,000 men in front of him, Lin Qiye felt his scalp tingle.

Chapter 544 The Mighty Chloe.

A top-tier expert cannot be overwhelmed by sheer numbers of ordinary people, but it would still require a great deal of effort for such a large number of ordinary people to kill.

Of course, this applies to people who only have single-target attack capabilities and no area-of-effect attack capabilities.

With so many people in front of him, Lin Qiye would have to kill them all by dawn. If he didn't kill them, they would surely rush into Chang'an once he entered the fog.

At that time, it will surely cause widespread devastation and bloodshed throughout the city.

"Oops…"

Looking at the large army in front of him, Lin Qiye frowned anxiously.

But at that moment, Chloe patted him on the shoulder.

“Brave warrior, you don’t need to worry about these soldiers. If you trust me, leave it to me.”

Lin Qiye was stunned and looked at Chloe in disbelief.

Although he had previously allied with Chloe, due to the urgency of the situation, he did not exchange names with Chloe, which is why Chloe called him a hero.

Unlike Chloe, who was unaware of his situation, he easily guessed the identity of the red-haired girl in front of him from the reaction of the covenant on her chest.

Chloe, Yeland's agent.

What shocked Lin Qiye at this moment was naturally the power of the [Holy Covenant].

Therefore, Lin Qiye asked another question uncertainly.

"Are you sure there won't be any problems? Although I know you can definitely beat them, if we can't resolve this in a short time, no one knows what might happen next."

Hearing Lin Qiye's words, Chloe nodded and waved with a smile.

"Don't worry, if I wasn't confident, why would I take on this task?"

Seeing that Chloe was indeed not joking, Lin Qiye didn't ask any more questions. He immediately grabbed Gongyang Wan, who was looking around, and rushed into the depths of the mist.

As Lin Qiye and his companion left, Chloe turned her gaze to the tens of thousands of soldiers before her.

As the covenant was activated, a strange light suddenly gathered in her bright eyes.

She slightly raised her right hand, gently pointed at the tens of thousands of soldiers in front of her, and softly said.

"Evening breeze, oh evening breeze, please... commit murder."

As Chloe finished speaking, a tiny breeze, almost invisible to the naked eye, suddenly shot towards the tens of thousands of soldiers in front of her in the shape of a wind blade.

Furthermore, as the wind blades flew from her hand, they rapidly multiplied from one to two, from two to four, and continued to fission.

Soon, it transformed into an overwhelming barrage of invisible wind blades, easily beheading the tens of thousands of soldiers in front of them in an instant.

In just a few breaths, the army that had just given Lin Qiye a hard time was wiped out without a sound.

At this moment, the difference between a mage and a warrior is fully demonstrated.

Meanwhile, in the Star Gazing Hall of the Imperial Palace, Emperor Wu of Han and Fang Si, among others, watched this scene from above, remaining silent for a long time.

Because Emperor Wu of Han was a mortal who had just died and had only recently awakened, they could not see the specific situation at the army's location. However, they could see that Chloe in the distance merely raised her hand, causing the heads of tens of thousands of soldiers to fly overhead.

Then, the originally orange-yellow earth was dyed blood red.

And finally, they all transformed into a single willow branch.

Looking at the willow branches covering the ground, Liu Che remained silent for a long time before asking Fang Si a question.

"Such power... to cure disease... is it possible?"

After Emperor Wu of Han asked his question, the scene fell silent for a while.

Then, Fang Si recalled the scene of Huo Qubing shattering stars with a single blow and stirring up a whirlwind, and fell silent for a moment.

"Each has its own merits."

Huo Qubing might not have been able to annihilate an army of 30,000 as easily as Chloe, but Fang Si believed that if he really wanted to kill ordinary people, he could probably kill a seven-figure number of them before he was exhausted.

Upon hearing Fang Si's words, Liu Che remained silent for a while.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Lin Qiye also led Gongyang Wan closer to the mist.

As they walked, Lin Qiye asked Gongyang Wan a question.

"Your eyes can distinguish fakes, so can you now look through this fog to see what's inside?"

Although Lin Qiye had exceptional eyesight, without the help of the forbidden abyss, he could not see through the seven-colored mist to observe what was inside, since it was a product of the restraining element.

Upon hearing Lin Qiye's question, Gongyang Wan thought for a moment, then frowned and looked into the mist.

Because she had previously ingested a substance of the Kryptonian type, which caused her eyes to become distorted, the mist was naturally invisible to her.

Therefore, after a while, she said to Lin Qiye.

"Yes, I can see the scene beyond the fog, and within the fog, there is a tree with a very strange shape."

"A strange tree?" Lin Qiye frowned, then asked again, "What kind of tree?"

Upon hearing Lin Qiye's words, Gongyang Wan pondered for a moment, seemingly considering how to explain.

"Hmm...it has feet, and the base of its stump isn't straight like a normal tree, or has roots."

Instead... it has legs like human legs, and a very dense circle of human legs.

Aside from the ring of human legs surrounding the tree stump, its branches didn't resemble tree branches at all; they looked more like human hair!

Upon hearing Gongyang Wan's words, Lin Qiye narrowed his eyes again.

He was now certain that, although he didn't recognize the tree, it was definitely the source of the incident.

"Go, destroy that tree as soon as possible!"

As he spoke, Lin Qiye pulled Gongyang Wan into the mist, and as they followed the path Gongyang Wan pointed out, they soon came to see the strange tree.

In addition to the appearance that Gongyang Wan had just described, the tree in front of them also had numerous abscesses and pustules on its trunk.

Moreover, Lin Qiye clearly saw that there seemed to be many human-shaped traces within those pustules.

Seeing this, Lin Qiye frowned, while Gongyang Wan seemed somewhat at a loss.

This tree didn't seem like much from a distance, but when they got closer, they realized how tall it was.

Looking up, you can hardly see the end of it.

Upon seeing this, Gongyang Wan wiped the cold sweat from her brow.

The reason she was willing to help Lin Qiye and the others was that, besides having no other choice, she wanted to use this achievement to get Huo Qubing to remove the Heart-Returning Gu that he had placed in her body using the Forbidden Ruins [Controlling the Emperor], thereby freeing her.

But she didn't want to fight them to the death!

This tree in front of me doesn't look like it's going to be easy to deal with.

Therefore, Gongyang Wan swallowed and asked Lin Qiye.

"What do we do now?"

Lin Qiye thought for a moment and then took out the Kusanagi Sword, which was broken in half.

"The Marquis said that your ability is to possess all the abilities of the supernatural beings you have devoured. So, have you ever devoured any supernatural beings who have the ability to control objects?"

Upon hearing Lin Qiye's words, Gongyang Wan was taken aback for a moment, then thought about it.

"I don't have pure object manipulation ability, but I have devoured a beast that had the ability to control swords."

One of the murderers who killed his younger brother Gongyang Zhuo, Liu Jianlong, the leader of Qinglong Village, was a user of sword control.

Chapter 545 Lin Qiye was beaten into a pulp on the roadside.

Upon hearing Gongyang Wan's words, Lin Qiye immediately handed her the Kusanagi Sword.

"Try to see if you can control this sword using the Forbidden Ruins."

Gongyang Wan took the Kusanagi Sword and tried it out. As she nodded, the Kusanagi Sword flew out of her hand.

Seeing this, Lin Qiye pointed to the human-shaped pustules on the tree trunk and gave her instructions.

"See those boils? Cut them open with your sword!"

Gongyang Wan nodded and began to control the Kusanagi Sword to continuously slash at the pustules.

At this moment, Lin Qiye also rushed to the base of the strange giant tree with Zhan Bai in hand.

As Gongyang Wan manipulated the Kusanagi Sword to cut open a boil on the tree trunk, a soldier in black armor fell out.

At the same time, the attacked tree went berserk, constantly attacking Lin Qiye's figure with its jet-black willow branches that resembled black hair.

Under the attack of the strange tree, Lin Qiye dodged left and right, leaping through the air several times in succession, easily avoiding all the willow branch attacks, and successfully catching the soldier who fell out of the pus-filled sac.

The soldier, though not dead, was on the verge of death and looked extremely weak, clearly because the willow tree had drained his life force.

After placing the soldiers on the ground some distance away, he spoke to Gongyang Wan.

"continue."

With his continued cooperation with Gongyang Wan, Lin Qiye easily rescued many soldiers. However, even though he had rescued hundreds of people, the number of pustules on the tree trunk was still terrifying.

As he placed another soldier on the ground, Lin Qiye looked up at the eerie willow tree with its branches swaying wildly and took a deep breath.

"No, this is just a drop in the ocean. Although the willow tree grows by absorbing the life force of these soldiers, we are releasing them too slowly. By the time we have completely released them, it will probably be a long time. Besides... they can't hold out for that long."

After hearing Lin Qiye's analysis, Gongyang Wan was stunned for a moment, and then quickly asked Lin Qiye for more information.

"What should I do?"

Lin Qiye clenched his fist, looked at the willow tree in front of him that seemed to have gone mad, and smiled.

"It's very simple."

As he finished speaking, he stomped his foot on the ground.

Boom!

With a deafening roar, the ground cracked open instantly, and Lin Qiye used the force to accelerate his flight, soaring up like an arrow and flying straight towards the upper and middle parts of the willow tree!

At the same time, his words were also transmitted to Gongyang Wan.