Chapter 313 Prelude to the Final Battle

"Today I will annihilate the entire Song army outside the city!" Wanyan Sheng's voice like thunder reverberated in the palace, shaking the entire palace as if it were trembling. Its majestic momentum was so frightening that for a moment, no one dared to answer.

At this time, in the darkness of the palace, Wang Xiaoshi and Shen Huchan had sneaked in quietly with a group of elite spies.

"Brother Hu, this Wanyan Sheng seems to be possessed by a demon. He must be difficult to deal with! The evil wind outside the city is probably caused by him." Wang Xiaoshi said in a low voice with a serious expression, his eyes full of worry and vigilance.

Shen Huchan tightly grasped the Ananda Demonic Knife in his hand, and the blade emitted a faint cold light. His face was gloomy, and he responded in a low voice: "Take a deep breath for a while and see what Wanyan Sheng is up to."

At this moment, an old man with snow-white hair came out from the audience. This man was the third uncle of the current emperor, Wanyan Zongfu. He was the third son of Wanyan Aguda, the founding emperor of the Jin Dynasty. In his early years, he followed Aguda in his expeditions and made great military achievements. Wanyan Zongfu was always kind and had no greed for power. He was known as a "good guy" in the court and had a very high prestige. Even the current emperor had to show him some courtesy.

Wanyan Zongfu's cloudy eyes looked at Wanyan Sheng. As an important figure in the core power of the Jin Dynasty, he naturally knew the benefits and disadvantages of Wang Yun, and was also well aware of the terrible price it brought. When he saw Wanyan Sheng's devilish eyes at this moment, his eyes trembled involuntarily. But for the sake of the Jin Dynasty, he still mustered up the courage to stand up.

"Emperor! I don't want to say anything, but there are 500,000 troops outside the city besieging the city! And the King of Song is extremely powerful, with many capable soldiers under his command, and even huge sails and cannons. Let alone defeating them, once the wind and sand settle, the great city of Bianliang will surely fall in less than half a day. It is better for me to stay in the capital, and you, the emperor, lead the elite cavalry to break out..." In Wanyan Zongfu's view, the situation in Bianliang City at the moment is like a replica of the siege of the Northern Song Dynasty by the Jin soldiers 20 years ago. The wisest way now is to abandon the prosperous world of the Central Plains and lead everyone back to the bitter cold land of Guandong to recuperate and wait for a counterattack in the future.

As soon as Wanyan Zongfu finished speaking, the ministers below the stage followed suit.

"Hmph!" Wanyan Sheng let out a furious roar like a dragon's roar. This sound was like thousands of thunders exploding at the same time, shaking the mountains and rivers. His pair of black pupils swept across the entire imperial city with disdain. The ministers who were just restless were instantly shocked by this momentum and fell silent again. They were so silent that they dared not say a word.

"Uncle Wang! The Song army only relies on the advantages of weapons and armor, but my Great Jin has an invincible prestige! Are you trying to boost their prestige and destroy your own morale?" Wanyan Sheng glared at Wanyan Zongfu and scolded loudly.

Wanyan Zongfu quickly knelt on the ground, his body trembling slightly with fear, and said in a terrified manner: "Your Majesty, I dare not do that. However, the main force of the Great Jin was completely wiped out in the battle of Xiangyang, and there are less than 8,000 soldiers in the entire capital... It will take more than 20 days for the foreign reinforcements to be mobilized, and our chances of holding on are really slim."

Wanyan Sheng smiled cruelly, and that smile made people shudder: "Who said we have no chance! As long as all of my Hundred Refined Imperial Guards can break through the Xiantian realm, eight hundred Xiantian masters will be able to flatten the million Song troops outside the city."

Wanyan Zongfu was speechless for a moment, with an expression of disbelief on his face: "This... Your Majesty, the Xiantian realm is not easy to break through. There are only about ten people in our Great Jin Dynasty. Although the Bailian Imperial Guards are powerful, they are still far from the Xiantian realm."

"Don't worry, Third Uncle Prince. I have a way to save one second!" A strange light flashed in Wanyan Sheng's eyes.

Wanyan Zongfu knew Wanyan Sheng's personality. He never liked to brag, and he was quite like his grandfather. So, his eyes were full of surprise: "Your Majesty, what is your magic plan? We are all ears!"

Wanyan Sheng raised his lips and revealed a cruel smile. His cloak fluttered without wind. He pointed at the Bagua furnace burning fiercely with black fire and said word by word: "This wonderful method is to melt your flesh and blood into a great medicine! For my son, to help him break through his cultivation!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole audience was in an uproar. The ministers were terrified, their faces turned pale as paper, and some even collapsed to the ground with their legs going limp.

"Your Majesty, this is not possible!" Wanyan Zongfu's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief, his voice filled with despair and fear, "We are all loyal subjects of the Great Jin Dynasty, how can Your Majesty treat us like this?"

Wanyan Sheng was unmoved and said coldly: "Loyal minister? At this critical moment of life and death, this is the only way to protect the Great Jin. Your sacrifice will bring glory to the Great Jin!"

Wang Xiaoshi and Shen Huchan heard it clearly in the dark and were both shocked.

"This Wanyan Sheng is simply insane!" Wang Xiaoshi cursed in a low voice, his teeth chattering and his fists clenched tightly.

Shen Huchan's face was so gloomy that it seemed like water could drip out of it: "Using humans as medicine is unheard of! Such evil thieves are intolerable to heaven. We must pass the news to the regent as soon as possible and not let his conspiracy succeed."

"Brother Hu, what should we do now!" Wang Xiaoshi asked anxiously, with beads of sweat on his forehead.

"Let's wait and see!" Shen Huchan said in a low voice, his eyes fixed on the front.

Seeing the swords being thrown at them, the ministers fell into extreme panic. They gathered around Wanyan Zongfu and said, "Third Prince, please advise His Majesty. Doing this will only shake the country!"

Who would have thought that Wanyan Zongfu would push away the people around him, clean up his clothes, come to Wanyan Sheng with a serious expression, be silent for a while, and then say: "Your Majesty is right, what's the use of these people if the Great Jin Dynasty is gone? They are worthy of being good sons of my Wanyan family, and I have underestimated them! If our flesh and blood can accomplish your majesty's great cause, then let me start first!"

After saying that, Wanyan Zongfu slammed into the white marble pillar without hesitation.

There was a loud bang, and blood splattered everywhere, brain matter burst, and red and white substances covered the entire ground.

However, Wanyan Sheng turned a blind eye and waved his hand expressionlessly. Naturally, someone carried the Third Prince's body away and threw it directly into the Bagua furnace where black fire was burning.

There was a hush in the audience, and everyone was stunned by the bloody and cruel scene.

At this time Wanyan Sheng waved his hand again, and the palace guards came up with more than a dozen people who were either middle-aged, young or teenagers. These people turned out to be the princes and princesses that Wanyan Sheng had raised in his life!
The princes and princesses had completely lost their usual royal dignity at this moment. They all cried bitterly and struggled desperately.

Wanyan Sheng saw the ugly appearance of the princes and princesses and said angrily: "Where is the royal dignity! You are all born from my flesh and blood. Why are you resisting my offering of flesh and blood for your father's immortality today? Where is your filial piety?" Hearing the emperor's words, the princes and princesses in the audience became even more terrified. Some fainted on the spot, and some urinated and excreted. Suddenly, a group of women in luxurious clothes came and knelt in front of Wanyan Sheng and kowtowed repeatedly. These were the concubines in the harem, the biological mothers of the princes and princesses. They looked miserable, kneeling on the ground and begging, hoping that the emperor would show mercy. Some of them were even more daring and cursed him, saying that he was crazy and destroying his own country!
Wanyan Sheng's eyes widened with anger, and he shouted, "Shut up!" He waved his hand, and the imperial guards threw the princes and princesses into the Bagua furnace without any explanation. For a moment, the crying and cursing stopped abruptly, leaving only the strange sound coming from the Bagua furnace.

Witnessing this horrific scene, the ministers fell into despair and fear. They knew that Wanyan Sheng had completely lost his humanity and became a demon devoured by the Forgotten Battle Book.

Wang Xiaoshi and Shen Huchan, who were in the dark, were also furious.

"Brother Hu, this Wanyan Sheng is simply not a human being!" Wang Xiaoshi gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, his joints turning white from the force.

Shen Huchan's face was so gloomy that water could drip out of it: "This evil villain is intolerable to heaven. We must pass the message to the regent as soon as possible and not let his conspiracy succeed."

Wanyan Sheng, who only cared about the Great Jin Dynasty, blushed when he saw these ugly behaviors and advices. He pointed his finger at the audience and cursed loudly, "The whole world belongs to me! All your luxurious clothes and delicious food are given by the royal family. Anyone who dares to obstruct me will be killed without mercy. Hahahaha! Generals, listen to my order. Kill everyone in the audience on the spot!"

The Bailian Imperial Guards drew their beheading knives and approached the huge crowd in the imperial city, seeing that a bloody massacre was inevitable.

Shen Huchan took a deep breath, tightened the Ananda Magic Knife in his hand, and said to Wang Xiaoshi beside him: "Xiao Shitou, you must leave the city quickly and report this matter to King Song!"

"Brother Hu, what about you?" Wang Xiaoshi looked at Shen Huchan worriedly.

"In life, there are things you should do and things you shouldn't do! I can't just watch these golden dogs slaughter innocent people!" Shen Huchan's eyes were firm, like a burning flame, "Remember, you must be quick!"

Wang Xiaoshi knew Shen Huchan's character. Once he made a decision, even ten bulls could not change it. Besides, the situation in Bianliang City was indeed extremely serious. So, he gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Hu, take care of yourself! I will definitely suggest Brother Song to attack the city as soon as possible!" Then he turned around and ran out of the palace.

"For the first half of my life, I never knew why the heaven and earth sent down a demon like me! Today, I know that the heaven sent down a demon tiger like me to defeat the demons and protect the world! Devil, die!"

"Kill Zen, the Demon-killing Blade!"

Shen Huchan shouted loudly, wielding the Ananda Demon Sword and rushing towards the Bailian Imperial Guards. For a moment, the sword light flashed like a dancing silver snake, and blood splattered everywhere, like a blooming flower of death.

Shen Huchan, who has been promoted to the high level of innateness, is the second most famous master in the Song army after Song Tianen. Even though this master is an emotional time bomb, his strength can never be questioned!

The innate battle pattern it manifested was the most evil killing Buddha in the nine heavens and ten earths. The terrifying sword energy had not yet arrived, but the violent sound waves had already swept across heaven and earth!
For a moment, everyone in the square covered their ears and screamed. As for the imperial guards who were specially targeted, they fell to the ground with painful expressions. Some of them who were weaker in power even had blood coming out of their mouths and noses and internal injuries!

"Who are you, a rogue, so bold as to break into my palace?!" Wanyan Sheng shouted angrily, his voice filled with endless anger and majesty.

He stomped his foot on the ground hard, and the entire platform collapsed instantly. He used the powerful recoil force to rush towards Shen Huchan at an extremely fast speed, like a black lightning.

"Ten thousand swords pay homage!" Shen Huchan shouted softly, and the scimitars on the waists and hips of the soldiers in the palace seemed to be attracted by a mysterious force, and were drawn by Shen Huchan's huge true energy like the sea that accepts all rivers.

Under the guidance of Shen Huchan, thousands of long swords were unsheathed, forming a sharp sword formation and flying towards Wanyan Sheng. Wherever the sword formation passed, the air was cut and made a sharp whistling sound.

"How dare you!" Wanyan Sheng's eyes were wide open with anger. In his opinion, it was unreasonable and treasonous that someone dared to wield a knife against the emperor who owned thousands of miles of territory.

Under the influence of Wang Yun, his murderous intent boiled like surging magma.

Wanyan Sheng, who was still in midair, saw the dense swords and knives coming at him, but he didn't panic at all. Instead, he said contemptuously, "It's just a trifle." He opened his ghost mouth and spit out a hundred feet of netherworld ghost fire, which rushed into the sword formation. How could ordinary iron withstand the burning of this terrifying ghost fire! They all turned into molten iron and fell to the ground, sizzling and emitting bursts of green smoke.

Seeing the sword array being easily broken, Wanyan Sheng laughed wildly and said, "The world-famous Seven Killing Demon Sword Shen Huchan is no more than this!"

As one of the most famous masters in Song Dynasty, Wanyan Sheng naturally knew the famous name of Shen Huchan!
But he didn't expect that after putting on the Wangyun mask, Shen Huchan's innate attack would be so weak. This made Wanyan Sheng extremely excited, and his arrogance became even stronger.

Shen Huchan was not willing to argue with this demon. In his eyes, Wanyan Sheng was the biggest demon in the world, and slaying demons and defending the Way was his only belief at the moment. He silently drew out the Ananda Knife. When the sword came out, the world was chilled, and the roar of the demon tiger sounded, as if it was going to tear apart this chaotic world.

"One knife" Shen Huchan simply thrust forward, and a fierce tiger covered with angry fire on Ananda's knife heard the sound and flew up, then circled around Wanyan Sheng in the air. The fierce tiger spread its wings, majestic and awe-inspiring! Every time it flapped its wings, it brought a cold and sharp green knife energy, which blew towards Wanyan Sheng like a storm.

Wanyan Sheng snorted coldly, waved his hand, and the Netherworld Ghost Fire rolled back, forming a solid layer of Ghost Fire Flame Armor on his body. When the rain-like and fog-like evil tiger sword energy collided with the Ghost Fire Flame Armor, it was like rain falling on a lake, making a violent crackling sound, and the flame armor was even more flickering due to the impact of the sword energy, like a candle in the wind.

"Two swords!" Shen Huchan in the distance hooked his sword finger, and the roaming evil tiger let out a sharp roar, stretched out its sharp claws, and fiercely grabbed Wanyan Sheng's back.

This claw is so strong that even the demonized Wan Yan Sheng cannot stop it! (End of this chapter)