The Peerless Emperor
Chapter 663: 664: Gathering from All Directions

Chapter 663: Chapter 664: Gathering from All Directions

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

The continuous sound of cutting through the air arose from the skies above, fleeing towards the distance. Both the Imperial Army and the War Beast Army, upon departure, kept their formations neat and orderly, not the least bit disordered.

The well-organized Imperial Army and War Beast Army took to the skies and departed in batches, their Soul Power bursting forth, constantly vanishing into the wilderness, dispatching off in all directions.

The Sky Soaring Battleships and the Assault Battleships were mobilized according to different battle situations.

Especially on the Sky Soaring Battleships, not only were there members of the Imperial Army and the War Beast Army, but also a large number of scholars from the Heavenly Art Department and craftsmen from the Fire Department. Their responsibility was to break Arrays, construct new Arrays, and set up soul cannons.

In the battles between the two armies, positional warfare was inevitable, and that would be the time for them to demonstrate their power.

Moreover, for the Huaxia Empire, technology that surpassed the Cultivation civilization of Soul Martial Continent was their strongest weapon for victory, and they needed to firmly grasp it.

Countless members of the Imperial Army and the War Beast Army scattered and departed, soon to face the top eight forces of the Human Clan in the Central Domain, and also to dispatch large forces to deal with the alien races attacking from the Eastern and Western Domains and those plotting in the North.

The deployment of the large forces was only known to the Huaxia People within the territories of the Huaxia Empire, but those eight powers and the alien races did not yet know that the Huaxia Empire had already revealed its formidable presence, ready to confront them head-on.

Within the territory of the Yuan family, the descendants of the Yuan family, under the arrangements of the family elders, had followed Lin Qian’s orders to retreat, resulting in the family’s original eight hundred states dwindling to just four hundred. Their vast territory had shrunk by half.

However, such a tremendous sacrifice had not been without reward. By following Lin Qian’s orders, the casualties among the Yuan family’s descendants drastically decreased, with hardly any losses.

After all, Lin Qian’s initial order to retreat was a desperate one, prioritizing the preservation of life above all else.

Still, many Yuan family descendants were extremely reluctant to hand over their homelands to others so easily.

And even now, many Yuan family descendants couldn’t understand the actions of the other powers in attacking them.

Over the years, their Yuan family had served loyally as defenders, always safeguarding the safety of the Human Clan Territory, paying an exorbitantly high price for their duty.

However, those forces within the Human Clan Territory, which they had protected, instead of thinking about unity and facing the outside threat together, turned around and attacked their Yuan family when the alien races launched a major offensive.

In the Yuan family’s Governor’s Office, a group of Yuan family members was fleeing towards the inner parts of the territory. Descendants of the Yuan family, emanating the aura of Soul Martial Artists, bore injuries all over their bodies, looking back with sorrow and distress.

Among these Yuan family descendants, there were quite a few women, children, and youngsters. In addition to the Yuan people, there were also many collateral branch members living in this territory.

However, the direct lineage of the Yuan family did not abandon them because they were from collateral branches but tightly led them, to prevent scattering.

“After a short rest, we must hurry on our way. The pursuers behind us are close,” said a middle-aged Yuan person, glancing up at the sky, speaking to the hundreds of people in front of him.

The hundreds of people in front of this middle-aged Yuan person nodded in agreement upon hearing his words, their faces still showing fear.

Meanwhile, far away on a peak far from the Yuan family’s territory, eight figures gathered atop the mountain, gazing down at the roiling sea of clouds below.

“This is the moment of reckoning, the layout of the Central Domain is set to change, and with it, the whole Soul Martial Continent will change,” said Jiang Wuxin, the elderly ancestor of the Jiang family among the eight, looking at the sea of clouds and speaking out loud with an excited tone, “Once we swallow up the Yun family, our combined strength as the Eight Powers will increase substantially. When the otherworldly invasion throws the Human Clan’s territories into unparalleled chaos, we’ll then take the opportunity to consolidate our power.”

“At that time, within the entire Human Clan territory, only we, the Eight Powers, will have the final say, establishing an everlasting foundation.”

Jiang Wuxin, with the vigor of youth despite his white hair, spoke with wild excitement and lofty ambition, then turned to look at the other seven, “In this period, you’ve taken quite a bit of territory from the Yuan family, how does that feel?”

“But the Yuan family’s reaction seems off, they resisted at first, and later they just retreated. What does their joining the Huaxia Empire truly mean?” However, none of the others present directly answered his question; only the opulently dressed, plump man with furrowed brows did.

That man was none other than the current President of Yuanling Commerce, Ling Yunfeng, who had replaced Lingtian.

On the other hand, the President of Jinhua Commerce, Jin Yuan, whose chubby fingers were covered with storage rings, sneered, “Instead of worrying about that, you might want to focus on your former president Lingtian; it seems as though he is causing trouble. Shouldn’t you hurry up and deal with him?”

“There’s no need for you to be concerned about that,” Ling Yunfeng replied coldly, hearing Jin Yuan’s words.

On the other side, Bai Tao, the pale and icy Sect Master of the Demon Spirit Sect, was staring intently at Jiang Wuxin, “But the ambition of those otherworldly beings this time seems quite big. Are you sure we can really hold them off?”

It wasn’t just the Sect Master of the Demon Spirit Sect who was concerned; the elder of the Nangong family also opened his eyes and furrowed his brows. The Sect Master of the Saint Spirit Sect and the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain were also visibly worried.

The otherworldly forces were fierce and unlike any invasion of the past, reminiscent of the ancient battle scenario.

“If I didn’t have a plan in place, would I have even cooperated with those otherworldly beings? Rest assured, once we consume the Yuan family’s territory and eliminate that damned Huaxia Empire, and take over the entire Human Clan territory, it will be time to deal with those otherworldly beings.”

“Besides, now, with the forces of our Eight Powers invigorated, who can stand in our way? Hahaha…” Jiang Wuxin laughed heartily, looking up to the sky, filled with pride.

“Hahahahaha…”

In the room in Zhizhou, the middle-aged man from the Yuan family looked on with an ugly expression at the jubilant figures in gold-and-white robes—clearly the disciples of the Saint Spirit Sect, the same group that had been relentlessly pursuing them.

He simply couldn’t have imagined that they would arrive so quickly.

“Run, keep running! It doesn’t look like you’re getting very far,” the leading disciple of the Saint Spirit Sect sneered wildly, swaggering with the Primordial Weapon in his hand, “I’m curious to see who can come to your rescue at a time like this.”

“That’s right, didn’t your Yuan family join the Huaxia Empire? Call on those from the Huaxia Empire to come, hahaha!”

The middle-aged man from the Yuan family, his face grim, was filled with regret. If only he had followed orders without hesitation, not delaying the timing of their retreat, how could they have ended up in this situation?

Whoosh!

But in the next moment, one of the Saint Spirit Sect disciples’ head, who had been looking up and laughing wildly, was suddenly blown apart by a massive soul power arrow, and he fell to the ground.