Chapter 534 - 319: King Shuo’s Invasion! Dynastic Upheaval! (Part 3)

Emperor Qin’s eyes flickered.

Back then, when he ascended to the throne, his first imperial decree was not to reward his imperial brother, Chang Qin Wenzheng, with North Snow County, but to execute Chang Qin Wenzheng.

However, for some unknown reason, Chang Qin Wenshuo managed to reach North Snow County alive.

Chang Qin Wenzheng, the master of North Snow County, both scholarly and martial, was a thorn in Emperor Qin’s side.

All these years, he had been using every means possible to get rid of Chang Qin Wenshuo.

The Empress Dowager Duaan, long dwelling in the Imperial City, accustomed to intrigue and deceit, surely understood what had occurred.

"Zheng’er, was it your order for Shuo’er to be assassinated back then, almost costing him his life?" she walked to Emperor Qin’s side and whispered in his ear.

Emperor Qin paused, not responding.

Not arguing was akin to admitting.

The Empress Dowager Duaan felt her world spin, her body swayed.

"Mother!" King of North Snow, anxious, wanted to rush over to support her.

"Help the Empress Dowager to rest!"

Emperor Qin angrily commanded first; he had brought the Empress Dowager here to break King of North Snow’s psychological defenses.

Little did he expect that the events of that time were known to Chang Qin Wenshuo, and he even revealed it publicly.

Given so, today, he could not spare any member of the North Snow Army.

"Yes."

The palace maids helped the Empress Dowager away.

"Wenshuo," Emperor Qin, with a sinister glare at King of North Snow, "I have indeed underestimated you."

"I thought you opposed me over a woman, but now I understand, you covet my throne!"

"Yes." King of North Snow clutched the Ice Spear tightly, his voice low, "Back then, when I found evidence that you sent people to kill me, I was in disbelief."

"But reality was, one failed assassination led to many more secret murders, assaults."

"It took me over a year to realize only one of us could survive."

"Good! Very good!" Emperor Qin’s eyes shone with Condensing Light, laughing coldly: "This thorn in my heart has lingered for long, today, it will finally be extracted."

"Kill!"

The eight Marrow Cleansing Realm masters from the Astronomical Bureau and the Huang Forbidden Army charged at the North Snow Army.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

In an instant, weapons clashed, blood splattered.

King of North Snow’s side, with six Marrow Cleansing Realms, a hundred Meridian Unlocking North Snow Army forming formations, and King of North Snow at Marrow Cleansing Realm Perfection could barely fend off the fierce attack from Emperor Qin’s side.

Emperor Qin did not need to act personally. The eight Marrow Cleansing Realms from the Astronomical Bureau, coupled with the tightly encircling Huang Forbidden Army, meant that King of North Snow’s side today was unlikely to escape disaster.

As the battle intensified.

The six Marrow Cleansing Realm experts and the hundred Meridian Unlocking Realm soldiers from King of North Snow’s side were all heavily injured, their Qi Blood depleted, relying solely on Elixirs for support.

At this rate, it wouldn’t be long before King of North Snow would fall in battle before Jinluan Hall.

Emperor Qin held the Golden Bow, its string drawn like a full moon.

Swish!

"King Shuo!"

A Marrow Cleansing Realm expert leapt to block.

Thud!

The golden arrow pierced through this Marrow Cleansing Realm expert.

After two days of fighting, a Marrow Cleansing Realm expert finally fell.

"Hmph!"

Emperor Qin snorted coldly, ready to draw a second arrow.

But at that moment.

Pow! Pow! Pow!

One of the eight Marrow Cleansing Realm experts from the Astronomical Bureau turned traitor, ambushing and killing one Master Liu from the Marrow Cleansing Realm, seriously injuring Master Hong.

"Go!" Pei Changkong suddenly erupted, blasting open an escape route for King of North Snow’s side at lightning speed.

"Your Highness, hurry!"

Five Marrow Cleansing Realms from King of North Snow’s side, along with a hundred Meridian Unlocking Realm soldiers, protected him as they fought and fled.

"Stop them for me!"

"I want them to wish for death over capture!"

Emperor Qin roared in rage.

However, Pei Changkong’s defection left the Astronomical Bureau three Marrow Cleansing Realms weaker. King of North Snow was determined to escape, making it near impossible to stop them.

From Jinluan Hall to the Imperial City, under the heavy snow, corpses lay everywhere, staining the ground red.

Breaking out of the Imperial City, only half of the hundred Meridian Unlocking Realm soldiers from King of North Snow’s side remained, and two of the five Marrow Cleansing Realms failed to escape.

"Go!"

But now was not the time for sorrow, as King of North Snow led the remaining fifty-plus Meridian Unlocking Realm soldiers, three Marrow Cleansing Realms, and Pei Changkong northward.

A day later, King of North Snow escaped with his life, returning to North Snow County.

"Order the troops, attack!" King of North Snow sat atop the grand hall, his voice icy to the extreme.

"Yes."

"..."

That day, the Great Qin Thirteen Prefectures simultaneously underwent military mutinies.

Emperor Qin had long been prepared, with eight Marrow Cleansing Realm experts from the Astronomical Bureau in Qin Capital, and another six Marrow Cleansing Realms defending the Thirteen Prefectures.

At the first sign of mutiny, these Marrow Cleansing Realm experts, accompanied by the already well-prepared local armies, took action to suppress the uprisings.

But this time, King of North Snow had the upper hand.

In the Great Qin Thirteen Prefectures, the mutinies in the east and south were mere diversions; King of North Snow’s true target was the northern Taiping County, Taihua County, and the four counties west of Qin Capital: Lindu County, Chi’an County, Pingzhong County, and Xirong County.

Not only had King of North Snow planted the Blood Demon Army in these six counties in advance, but he also controlled the high officials and Commandery Mansions before setting out for Qin Capital.

Taiping County and Taihua County were overrun in three days by 300,000 soldiers from North Snow County in a landslide.

Subsequently, Lindu, Chi’an, Pingzhong, and Xirong counties were besieged as 100,000 Blood Demon Army joined forces with 300,000 North Snow Army, first capturing Chi’an, then Pingzhong.

Qin Capital reacted, deploying 300,000 Huang Forbidden Army, reaching Lindu County first, clashing with enemy forces at the border between Lindu County and Chi’an County.

Simultaneously, the Tiger Armor Army from Xirong County secured the defense lines of Nine Hordes Kingdom, with 100,000 Tiger Armor Army stationed at the junction of Xirong County and Pingzhong County.

Thus, Emperor Qin barely managed to hold onto Xirong County and Lindu County.

Even so, within merely ten days, four of the Thirteen Prefectures had already fallen into King of North Snow’s hands, showcasing the ferocity of his tactics.

...

Qin Capital, Yunwu Mountain Villa.

Chu Ming, clad in a white robe, opened his eyes.

"The internal organs have been reshaped, next is the reshaping of the meridians and acupoints."

The Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm requires reshaping the flesh, muscles, bones, internal organs, and meridians and acupoints.