Peace Order
Chapter 415 - 174: Schemes for the People, The Last Son

Chapter 415: Chapter 174: Schemes for the People, The Last Son

When Lu Youxian saw the emerging Qilin, the Mo Armor, and the lifted Battle Halberd, he felt a moment of trance, but in the next instant, he swiftly raised his warblade in hand, pointing forward, and said, "Charge!!!"

"As an Exotic Beast, the Qilin has been sealed for a long time, and after the battle at the Imperial Palace, its Primordial Qi is depleted."

"It is not invincible."

Just as he had speculated, and just as Li Guanyi had said when sending the Qilin to confront Xiao Wuliang, the Qilin now was indeed greatly diminished in Primordial Qi, its strength surely not as formidable as in its heyday, but the final barrier lay right before them, and the Qilin roared, rallying its remaining strength.

In Li Guanyi’s hands, the Divine Weapon burst forth with power, and amidst his trance, he truly entered the mental state of an Overlord’s last battle, the Qilin roared, and its Qilin Fire ignited even the rain, lighting up clusters of golden-red flames that soared toward the sky.

The Qilin’s stomping turned the gathering waters to steam in an instant.

The Qilin Armor shone with flowing light, and the blockade in front was shattered, arrows fell like rain, ignited by the Qilin Fire, and then Li Guanyi no longer retreated. Arrows that could pierce through the Imperial Guard’s heavy armor and turn them into porcupines, now fell on his Iron Futu heavy mail and were directly repelled.

Within the curtain of rain, such a fortress of dark steel charged forward.

Arrows could not get close, those who blocked were decimated, rain and arrows were pushed aside creating visible blasts of Jin Qi, the Divine Weapon sweeping horizontally, the enemies in front propelled away, and Li Guanyi bellowed, "I am a War General under General Yue’s command, huh, hidden within the Xue Family."

"Only to be seen through by that old traitor of the Xue Family!"

"I had planned to hold the little Commandery Princess hostage, yet you ruined my plans!"

"Now, General Yue has been rescued, I have no interest in Guan Yi City, you ruined my plans, whoever blocks me, dies!"

Li Guanyi severed his connection with the Xue Family.

At those words, everyone was deeply shaken, partly because of General Yue, and partly because this man merely intended to leave, so the will to fight to the death in their hearts immediately weakened significantly, Lu Youxian’s cheek twitched slightly.

"Sow discord with words, disperse the military spirit..."

"Are you truly under General Yue’s command, or are you, perhaps, the progeny of the Taiping Duke?"

"None of that matters now."

He thought to himself, and then he drew the blade in his hand and merged it with a long staff adorned with purple-gold phoenix patterns, turning it into a polearm, then mounted an Exotic Beast that resembled a tiger or leopard, and charged at Li Guanyi: "Then, General Yue’s War General..."

Lu Youxian said, "Come, battle with me."

Dressed as in the days of the Taiping Duke, to engage in combat with such a man.

It was exactly what the War General wished for.

The blade and the Battle Halberd collided, and even with the might of the Qilin, Li Guanyi could barely hold onto his Battle Halberd, but in that instant, the Fierce Tiger Sky Shouting Halberd burst forth with the sharpness and durability befitting a Divine Weapon.

Lu Youxian’s long-handled mystical weapon was directly severed.

The blade’s edge fell to the ground, ringing with a clear sound.

Thus, the defenders of Guan Yi City all changed color, believing that their Main General’s weapon had been broken, the Qilin’s power continuously branching out. It no longer regarded its own depletion of Primordial Qi, just like the time it transferred its energy to the Taiping Duke Li Wanli, now it passed it to Li Guanyi.

The young man was garbed in a suit of battle armor formed from the Qilin Fire.

Amidst the Iron Futu, a red radiance surged, the Qilin roared, Li Guanyi and the Qilin advanced together, the palm-held Fierce Tiger Sky Shouting Halberd suddenly swept, the Wave-Rolling Skill reemerging, the halberd tearing through the radiance, its Jin Qi forming whirlpools.

The reddish-gold flames became waves surging around Li Guanyi.

At last, the ruins of the Mountain God Temple vanished with a roar, Li Guanyi reversed his grip, and with the Mountain-Shattering force of the Battle Halberd, leveraging the smashing momentum of the Qilin’s charge, slammed directly into Lu Youxian, who withstood the blow.

But the Qilin’s power was so immense, it actually shook his mount to death.

With that push, Lu Youxian had no choice but to leap off, and in that instant, Li Guanyi had already broken out, constantly swinging his halberd. With Qilin Fire gathering around him, at this moment, wielding the Qilin Power, he was far more destructive than any Second Layer Heaven Martial Artist.

Lu Youxian rolled on the ground, his armor engulfed by the inextinguishable Qilin Fire, and it was only by forcefully suppressing it with his Inner Qi that he managed to stop it, his face seared with a charred mark, yet his cold combat intent remained, as he mounted anew.

"As a general, one should be loyal to their country and obey military orders, that’s the essence of duty, gentlemen!"

Lu Youxian clenched his teeth, his eyes calm: "Surround and kill him!"

"Before coming here, I had already reported to the Court, and Divine Generals are already on their way here, riding Exotic Beasts that can fly across the sky, rushing to our support at full speed, we only need to hold him off."

Li Guanyi, riding the Qilin, galloped across the battlefield. The Qilin’s transfer of Primordial Qi was slowly but steadily diminishing. After being tortured for ten years, and having just fought a top fifteen Divine General, it was at its limit. Now, like Li Guanyi, it was sustained by a fierce will to battle.

The halberd swung, any blocker, no matter who, was flung away.

From above, it seemed as if a Fierce General was carving through the army within the city.

Up ahead was the city gate.

Even the sturdy walls of the city, topped with soldiers wielding Break Armor and Qi Arrow taken directly from the Armory, and even the giant Mo Family Mechanism Mechanical Crossbows measuring over ten lengths, legendary terrifying instruments of warfare capable of hunting Exotic Beasts, could be directly smashed open.