Son-in-law Heaven Emperor Xiao Yi-Chapter 516 - My Territory, My Rules

Outside Northern Bing City.

Liu Yi and the others had returned after their departure.

They had originally delayed the pursuit of the Sword Dynasty's great army with the Explosive Flame Formation, fleeing far away, but with Xiao Yi's prolonged absence, they worried that an accident had befallen him and circled back.

To their surprise, they had fallen into the encirclement of the Sword Dynasty's vast army.

No matter how elite they were, they numbered only a thousand.

Facing the siege of more than two hundred thousand soldiers of the Sword Dynasty, they suffered heavy casualties; over a hundred had paid with their lives.

More than three hundred were injured.

The group, backs against each other, remained vigilant as they watched the surroundings, facing the ferocious soldiers of the Sword Dynasty like a pack of hungry wolves encircling a stray lamb. In the eyes of every soldier were the colors of cold brutality.

Within the military formation.

Three figures clad in the armor of high-ranking generals stepped out.

These three were existences whose reputations paralleled that of Wanyan Lang, each a battle-hardened and valorous general.

The man in silver armor on the left was named Tie Ying.

With cultivation at the Eighth Layer of the Dharma Manifestation Realm, he commanded the Iron Eagle Army, ranked second among the Sword Dynasty's archery forces.

The middle-aged woman in red armor on the right was the Sword Dynasty's only female general, Mu Yan. She joined the military in place of her father, later establishing extraordinary military achievements and ascending to the position of high-ranking general.

At the pinnacle of the Seventh Layer of the Dharma Manifestation Realm, her Heroine Army was equally ferocious in battle.

The person in the middle, clad in green armor with a dragon-shaped helmet and two fierce scars crossed into an 'X' on his face, appeared particularly savage. He was the fourth-ranked existence among the Sword Dynasty's generals, at the Ninth Layer of the Dharma Manifestation Realm, known as Slaughter Thousand Blades!

Slaughter Thousand Blades looked at Liu Yi and the others with icy eyes, and said coldly, "Just a mere thousand dare to trespass into our military camp; is it because the people of the Great Qian Dynasty are recklessly audacious, or do you simply not take the Sword Dynasty seriously?"

Liu Yi scoffed coldly, saying, "What are you worth? Even if we had only ten people, or even just one, we would still dare to fight to the death against you!"

The Sword Dynasty, located in the north, boasted a fierce culture and was even more brutal.

In similar battles of conquest.

The Great Qian Dynasty had never slaughtered a city, but in the Sword Dynasty, looting a conquered city was trivial, often delighting in the slaughter.

These were existence as ruthless as starving wolves.

"What a man you are, general. I can give you a chance to live. A one-on-one duel—if you win, you can go; if you lose, you stay!",

Slaughter Thousand Blades's eyes were ghostly as he lightly lifted his finger, a faint cold gleam flickering, staring at Liu Yi, "Do you dare?"

"I'll go first!"

A Golden Core Realm Seventh Layer soldier from the Great Qian Dynasty stepped forward; his name was Xu Yi, with a fair complexion, originally intending to go into business before joining the army. His parents had perished in a war of Sword Dynasty invasion, and since then, he had abandoned commerce for military service.

"Be careful!"

"Xu Yi, don't be careless!" the others warned.

Xu Yi nodded, took a step forward, and said, "Who wishes to battle?"

"I'll meet you!"

Boom!

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With a thunderous roar, an Eighth Layer of the Golden Core Realm powerhouse holding a three-meter long saber landed in front of Xu Yi, sneering, "I am Ying Yi of the Sword Dynasty's Iron Eagle Army; don't forget to state my name in the underworld!"

"You talk too much!"

With a cold snort, Xu Yi stepped forward with his saber.

The opponent's cultivation was a minor realm higher than his own, yet Xu Yi showed no trace of fear, though he became much more cautious in combat.

After a brief exchange,

Xu Yi, relying on his nimble movement technique and an almost divine mastery of the saber, seized an opportunity to sever Ying Yi's arm. Stepping on Ying Yi's chest, Xu Yi looked towards Slaughter Thousand Blades and declared, "I've won!"

"Hmph!"

Slaughter Thousand Blades snorted coldly, and the finger he had raised sharply fell.

Swish!

Hundreds of arrows whistled through the air, hurtling towards them.

Xu Yi and Ying Yi were both riddled with holes, shot through simultaneously.

Hiss!

Everyone had a dumbfounded look on their faces.

The excited smiles on Liu Yi and the others' faces suddenly froze, and their eyes turned bloodshot in an instant, "Slaughter Thousand Blades, didn't you say you would let him go if he won the duel?"

Slaughter Thousand Blades shrugged his shoulders and sneered, "What if I did? This is my territory, my word is the law. If I want him dead, he must die..."

No sooner had Slaughter Thousand Blades finished speaking than a cold voice drifted over from inside the Northern Bing City, "Who said this is your territory?"

"Hm?"

People looked towards the direction of the voice.

In the midst of a hair-raising rustling sound, a swarm of black shadows, like a tidal wave of darkness, surged forth from within the Northern Bing City. Leading them was the golden-bodied God Devouring Ants queen.

"Ninth Prince?"

"No, that's not the Ninth Prince..."

Someone in the Sword Dynasty's army noticed it wasn't the Ninth Prince seated on the back of the God Devouring Ants queen, but rather a figure dressed in black—Xiao Yi.

Swish, swish, swish!

The army of more than ten million God Devouring Ants, like a black ocean, enveloped the two hundred thousand Sword Dynasty army in an instant. For a moment, the soldiers of the Sword Dynasty were dumbfounded, staring at the dark mass of God Devouring Ants, with terror in their eyes.

Slaughter Thousand Blades's face changed dramatically, and he rose to his full height, hovering in the air, glowering at Xiao Yi, "Who are you? How did you get your hands on the God Devouring Ants queen? Where is the Ninth Prince?"

"The Ninth Prince you're talking about, is it him?"

Xiao Yi cracked a smile, pulled out the Ninth Prince's head from behind his back, and with a whoosh, threw it in front of Slaughter Thousand Blades.

Hiss!

With both hands, Slaughter Thousand Blades clutched the Ninth Prince's bloody head as his pupils contracted violently and his breathing became incredibly rapid; his face showed sheer astonishment, "You, you, you actually killed the Ninth Prince?"

Xiao Yi shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently, "I've killed him, could it be fake?"

"You're dead!"

"The Ninth Prince was the emperor's most beloved prince, with strong backers from the Nantian Dynasty behind him, and you dared to kill him... You and the Great Qian Dynasty are both doomed," Slaughter Thousand Blades's eyes were a deep red as his figure trembled violently.

The death of the Ninth Prince was something for which he could not shirk responsibility.

Only by executing the murderer could he make up for his failing.

At that thought.

Slaughter Thousand Blades roared, "All men on my command, at all costs, kill them!"

However...

As his words fell, the typically obedient Sword Dynasty army didn't move an inch.

Slaughter Thousand Blades had a dumbstruck face, looking around, he suddenly felt his scalp tingle, his body as if plunging into a cold abyss of despair. He saw that the two hundred thousand-strong army had already been surrounded by the God Devouring Ants.

Over ten million God Devouring Ants looked on with cold eyes, eyeing them with predatory intensity.

These God Devouring Ants had each been captured and given to the God Devouring Ants queen to devour, after which they had reproduced. Now, those ten million plus God Devouring Ants staring at them made them feel as if they were seeing the spirits of those dead captives, grinning at them with bared teeth.

How could they dare to move?

Just as Slaughter Thousand Blades was in despair, Xiao Yi's voice languidly came, "I can give you a chance to live. Just kill one of your comrades, and I will let you leave. How about it?"

"Kill a comrade to leave?"

"If these ten millions of God Devouring Ants were to attack, none of us could leave alive, but if it's just killing a comrade..."

One after another, the Sword Dynasty soldiers couldn't help but look at the person next to them.

Slaughter Thousand Blades's face was pale, never having imagined that the very method he had just used to toy with Liu Yi and the others was now being used by Xiao Yi against him.

Seeing those soldiers looking at their comrades with cold eyes, beads of sweat the size of soybeans trickled down Slaughter Thousand Blades's forehead as he roared hysterically, "Don't listen to him, he's deceiving you..."

Swish!

Everyone's gaze turned swiftly to Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi, with an indifferent face, said, "My territory, my rules. Whether you believe it or not, that's up to you..."