Things about the female knight in black stockings

The Dragon Emperor tapped the armrest of his chair with a little force, and the minister vanished as if he had never existed.

The other ministers in the hall were even more terrified, lowering their heads even further and not daring to breathe too heavily. Many of the large and stout men were so nervous that their faces turned red.

"In short, with Yu'er on the front lines, I don't think we'll lose. We just need to wait for the results."

The Dragon Emperor continued tapping the armrest of his chair as if nothing had happened:

"Tell me about the situation within the Empire... Those rebels have always been cowards, where did they get the guts to launch a full-scale uprising, and even receive so much support, with some Imperial soldiers even defecting en masse?"

"This..."

The ministers looked at each other for a while, and finally their gazes all fell on one person, with the Turtle Prime Minister constantly giving him meaningful glances.

That man was the Minister of War of the Central State Empire. Rebellions were breaking out everywhere within the empire, and many local armies had even joined the rebels. He was primarily responsible for this.

Knowing he couldn't escape it, the Minister of War gritted his teeth and knelt down with a thud.

"This really isn't my fault for being incompetent; those bastards were just too cunning, Your Majesty!"

"Oh?"

The Dragon Emperor narrowed his eyes, and the fingers that were tapping the armrest stopped moving.

"Then tell me, how cunning are those useless rebels?"

"They're so cunning!"

The Minister of War took a deep breath and gritted his teeth, saying:

"They actually gave those lowly people free food! And a lot of food at that!"

As Your Majesty and all of you know, the reason why the Empire has a continuous supply of high-quality soldiers is entirely due to its control over the food supply of the common people.

As long as those lowly people aren't fed, they'll have no choice but to join the army to survive, and after intensive training, become loyal imperial soldiers.

However, the elite soldiers who have completed their training have all gone to the front lines, and those who remain to guard various places are mostly reserves, whose training level and loyalty are far from sufficient.

The rebels seized this opportunity, lavishly distributing food to the common people to win their hearts. Coupled with news of the major defeat at the front, many scoundrels genuinely believed that the empire's fate was sealed and chose to join the rebels to plan for the future.

Even those Imperial soldiers who chose to fight to the death against the rebels were not killed after being defeated. Instead, the rebels treated them, reunited them with their families, and sent supplies to their homes… and so those Imperial soldiers also defected.

"Buying large quantities of grain to win people's hearts... Hmph, it's a tactic of the church."

A cold glint flashed in the Dragon Emperor's eyes:

“I have been intentionally controlling the empire’s grain production and distribution for hundreds of years. Even if the rebels had extraordinary abilities, they could not possibly obtain so much grain... They must have received help from external forces, and the only force with such capabilities is the Church of the Sun.”

"Those damned slaves of the gods!"

The Turtle Prime Minister cursed angrily, seemingly recalling the humiliation of being wantonly insulted by Zero:

"They kept saying they would never intervene in civil wars between human regimes, and this is what they got?"

"They did not intervene in the civil wars of human regimes; they would say that they were just providing free aid to starving civilians."

The Dragon Emperor quickly regained his composure:

“If Prime Minister Turtle takes this matter to the Divine Continent to protest, the Church will definitely give you another batch of the same living supplies, saying that they can also provide us with assistance.”

"But what use would we have for those supplies?"

Another minister also spoke up indignantly:

"The Empire has never lacked resources and wealth. Making the commoners suffer a little is just to make them more obedient... The Church of the Sun is clearly showing favoritism!"

"This isn't the first time they've shown such bias... If they didn't lack a legitimate reason, the Church would probably have taken action against the Empire long ago."

The Dragon Emperor calmly waved his hand.

"I already know that the resistance is receiving material support from the Church of the Sun... And what else? You don't mean to say that the resistance could have grown to its current size with just a batch of food, do you?"

"And...this..."

The ministers looked at each other for a while, and finally the Prime Minister Turtle spoke up:

"It is the Vermilion Bird, Your Majesty... This old minister has received definite news that the Vermilion Bird from the Southern Kingdom has escaped and recovered most of its strength. The current momentum of the resistance army and the crushing defeat of the imperial army at the front are both inextricably linked to the Vermilion Bird."

General Yu, who was in charge of guarding the Vermilion Bird, and her personal guards... were all killed in action.

"Oh?"

The Dragon Emperor's eyes suddenly flashed with a sharp light:

"Who did this? You're not going to tell me it was the rebels who did it, are you?"

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"It shouldn't have been done by the resistance; they don't have that kind of ability!"

Without much thought, Prime Minister Turtle answered without hesitation:

“There must have been other experts involved… General Yu was one of the strongest people besides Her Highness the Imperial Concubine, yet he died almost without a sound. There are definitely only a handful of strong people in the world who could do something like that, and there certainly aren’t any in the resistance army!”

"It makes sense."

The Dragon Emperor squinted, his fingers tapping on the armrest of his chair again, creating a thumping sound.

"Speaking of which, the female knight from the Barbarian Continent, who was rumored to be almost divine, didn't seem to have personally participated in the battle with Yu'er, and she only made a move once during the war before disappearing?"

"Based on the intelligence that came back earlier, that's the case."

The Turtle Prime Minister nodded and stroked his beard again:

"Your Majesty, do you mean... the rebels and the barbarians have joined forces, and a legendary figure among the barbarians has infiltrated the empire? Your Majesty must be careful... I heard that the female knight's claim to fame was that she single-handedly infiltrated the enemy headquarters and killed the enemy commander and hundreds of thousands of elite troops!"

Her infiltration of the Empire might very well be a ploy to replicate that battle, while Her Highness the Imperial Concubine is temporarily bogged down at the front lines and unable to escape… This old minister suggests that we disregard those insignificant rebel forces for now and concentrate all our resources on strengthening the capital's defenses, finding and eliminating that female knight first.”

"...No, quite the opposite."

The Dragon Emperor suddenly shook his head, a smile appearing on his lips, and straightened up from his chair.

"Prime Minister Turtle, you should personally lead the men to deal with the rebels first... Most of the elite troops of my empire have participated in the expedition to the barbarian continent. The local armies are probably unreliable. A single Vermilion Bird is enough to terrify them and cause them to collapse... You should take all the Imperial Guards from my palace, along with the real bodies of the Azure Dragon and the White Tiger. That should be enough to suppress the rebellion."

"A mere rebellion is enough with Lord Qinglong and the old ministers. The true form of the White Tiger and the Imperial Guards should remain to protect the capital..." Prime Minister Turtle, his face full of worry, wanted to persuade him further.

"No need for further words, my mind is made up, let's do it."

The Dragon Emperor interrupted the Turtle Prime Minister directly, his expression leaving no room for negotiation.

"...Yes, Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

The Prime Minister sighed silently and could only agree.

. . . . .

Western part of the Central Continent Empire, outside the city of Wanxiang.

Wanxiang City is considered a large city in the Central Continent Empire, with a permanent population of over 30. In the past, 2 elite imperial troops were stationed nearby.

But now all 2 elite troops have participated in the expedition to the continent of Frenoia, leaving the city with less than 5000 defenders. Of these, more than 3000 are new recruits who have not been trained for half a year, and the remaining 2000 are wounded soldiers and veterans who have withdrawn from the front line for various reasons.

With such fighting strength, it should have been easily defeated by the rebels who had obtained the Vermilion Bird. Like other fallen cities, it would have been occupied by the rebels after the city defense forces were reduced to ashes in the Vermilion Bird's flames, or it would have surrendered without resistance.

But Vientiane City is different. After learning that the main force of the resistance was going to attack it, Prime Minister Turtle personally led the Imperial Guard to quell the rebellion, along with the real Qinglong and Baihu fierce-faced figures.

The Azure Dragon was originally one of the sacred beasts of the Tianxuan Continent and the guardian sacred beast of the Zhongzhou Empire.

But now the Azure Dragon has clearly lost all its sacred beast demeanor. Its scales, which should have been azure, have all turned into a strange dark green. Some of the scales have even grown eyes. As it breathes out clouds and mist, it causes the entire sky above Wanxiang City to be filled with rolling black clouds and gusts of demonic wind.

This is already a demonic beast, the Azure Dragon.

The true form of the White Tiger Mask is a giant white tiger mask with a diameter of approximately 20 meters. Beneath the mask is an incredibly foul-smelling blood mist, and its power is extremely evil.

This is also the source of power for the White Tiger Mask used by the Central Continent Empire's fleet on the front lines; it is a powerful and malevolent spirit that the Central Continent Empire has cultivated over a century at the cost of millions of lives.

The power that can greatly increase the attributes of the mask wearer but cause them to lose their sanity and life is the malevolent aura and resentment of this evil spirit.

With the Imperial Army deploying its two trump cards, plus the Turtle Prime Minister, the resistance quickly crumbled.

Although the Vermilion Bird was reborn from the ashes, it had been imprisoned and tortured for hundreds of years, and its strength was only a little over 7% of its peak. It struggled to even defeat the Azure Dragon, and now, being attacked from both sides by the Azure Dragon and the White Tiger, it was even more helpless. It cried out incessantly, and large amounts of burning blood and feathers fell from the sky, burning the unfortunate Imperial Army and the resistance army to ashes.

The old tortoise Prime Minister is quite powerful; he is a Moon-Radiance expert over a thousand years old.

Saint Zero can humiliate him at will, and Valencia can now treat him like trash, but that doesn't mean the Rebels have the same ability.

The resistance was really weak; before they had Suzaku, Dong Hui was their strongest.

Now, Dong Hui's face is as white as paper as he keeps spitting blood; he's about to be beaten to death by the Turtle Prime Minister.

The main force of the resistance suffered heavy losses... Some were slaughtered by the Imperial Guard, some were caught in the battle between the sacred beasts and the demonic beasts, and some fled in disarray when the situation turned bad.

It looks like they've already lost no matter how you look at it.

But Dong Hui did not give up hope... After discovering that Prime Minister Turtle had personally led the Azure Dragon, White Tiger and the Imperial Guard to suppress the main force of the resistance, Dong Hui contacted Valensa for help.

Although Valensa didn't say she was coming back, she promised to arrange for two powerful helpers to assist her.

Dong Hui chose to believe in Valensa and would stick with her until the very end.

Valensa did not disappoint him.

Just as Dong Hui's legs were being broken by the Turtle Prime Minister's jade and he was about to be blown up, the powerful helper Valensa had mentioned finally arrived.

The first to appear was a giant mech, 50 meters tall, which immediately launched a barrage of missiles to bombard the Imperial Guards.

The Imperial Guard members were all martial artists who had comprehended innate true qi, including some experts at the Celestial Realm. They were supposed to be immune to conventional missiles, and they all used their protective qi to shield themselves.

But the missiles fired by this mech are quite different... Although they don't have the power of nuclear bombs, each missile emits a strange fluctuation before exploding, interfering with the flow of martial artists' true energy and causing their meridians to temporarily twitch as if blocked by blood clots.

As a result, the protective qi and true qi of the body collapsed, and the missile took the opportunity to explode, turning into fireballs and shock waves that killed a large number of Imperial Guards... Many Imperial Guards died in a daze, their eyes wide open on their blown-off heads, unable to close their eyes in death.

With just this one strike, the situation on the battlefield was almost completely reversed.

This is not over yet.

After bombing the Imperial Guards, the giant mech directly intervened in the battle against the Vermilion Bird. Its huge iron hand grabbed the Azure Dragon's head and lifted it up like a snake catcher grabbing a snake.

The Azure Dragon, naturally, would not stand idly by while being attacked. Like a snake constricting its prey, it tightly wrapped its body around the giant mecha, trying to crush it to pieces.

But this mech is no scrap metal; it's made entirely of high-tech super alloys, and it didn't deform at all under the Azure Dragon's enormous constricting force.

Meanwhile, the energy engine on the mech's chest emitted a deafening roar, clearly indicating a significant increase in power, even operating at overload.

The two sides were locked in a stalemate for about 30 seconds. In the end, the mecha's power engine prevailed, successfully breaking free from the Azure Dragon's entanglement. It then grabbed the Azure Dragon's head and slammed it back and forth like a broken rope, creating ravines in the ground with each blow. The surrounding area shook violently, and buildings in Wanxiang City collapsed on a large scale.

After smashing the Azure Dragon until it was completely dazed, the mech gave it another powerful shove, throwing it diagonally into the air. Then, it extended its palms to aim, rapidly filling the palm cannons with energy.

boom! boom!

Two orange light cannons were then fired, hitting the Azure Dragon and causing it to explode into fireballs in mid-air.

While the giant mech battles the Azure Dragon, the White Tiger demon also encounters a new enemy.

She was a beautiful girl with long, straight black hair, dressed in a red and white shrine maiden outfit that exposed her armpits. She was very sweet and cute, and the energy fluctuations around her were not very strong, even weaker than Dong Hui's.

The White Tiger spirit initially didn't take the witch seriously at all, casually lashing out with its claws, intending to tear her to shreds.

Unexpectedly, the witch's spell was very strange, even more effective at suppressing the evil spirit's aura than the Sun Church's divine magic... The white tiger evil spirit's claw not only failed to kill the witch, but its entire claw was also exorcised by that strange spell, and the only way to restore it was to consume its own essence.

It's been completely suppressed! Completely suppressed at that!

Those controlled by the White Tiger Mask will lose their minds, but the White Tiger spirit itself is not stupid; on the contrary, it is very cunning.

It immediately wanted to exchange targets with the Azure Dragon or the Turtle Prime Minister, but found that it was impossible.

The Azure Dragon had already been thrown away by the giant mech... Although it wasn't killed by the Palm Runner, it was far away from the battlefield and was currently engaged in aerial combat with the giant mech in the distance, so it couldn't pay attention to this side at all.

Meanwhile, the Turtle Prime Minister was being brutally beaten by Dong Hui, who had recovered considerably, and the enraged Vermilion Bird; his tortoise shell was almost smashed to pieces.

As a sacred beast, the Vermilion Bird is also very intelligent and has fully accepted Que'er's memories, paying close attention to Dong Hui.

Dong Hui is the biological father of Que'er's daughter.

So after Azure Dragon and White Tiger were pulled apart by two powerful helpers, Vermilion Bird immediately saved Dong Hui, who was about to be killed by Prime Minister Turtle. It even used the regeneration property of Vermilion Bird Fire to heal Dong Hui. After that, they joined forces to beat up Prime Minister Turtle.

If I can't beat the Azure Dragon and the White Tiger, can't I at least beat you, you cowardly green-haired turtle?

Suzaku vented all the humiliation and anger from being brutally beaten on Prime Minister Turtle.

White Tiger could only continue to endure the one-sided restraint and fight the priestess.

The giant mechs and the red-and-white-armored shrine maiden who came to help the resistance were naturally Valensa's two time-traveling friends, Via and Asakura Mai.

Within the Tianxuan Continent, Valensa could only summon powerful allies as quickly as they could.

We're all successful transmigrators, and none of us are that much worse than the others.

Although Wei and Asakura Mai didn't have the same power-up as Valensa, who had the bloodline of an evil god to help them, they still completed their own evolution within these 4 years.