Kong Xiangxi did not hesitate, and immediately said: "Kong family disciples, form the Confucian military formation, hold the line for me!"
A large number of Kong family disciples unleashed earth-shattering Confucian energy. This energy soared into the sky, carrying the power to write the history of civilization. As a new force, they plunged into the brutal battlefield.
Seeing that the Qin, Li, and Kong families had all moved, Wang Quan Gui did not hesitate and directly ordered an attack!
"My lads, since the Qin, Li, and Kong families have gone, how can our Wang family fall behind? Wang family disciples, charge!"
Seventy to eighty thousand Luoming Bird and Beast legions, after forming battle formations, charged directly towards the imperial capital Chang'an!
The four major families of Wang, Qin, Li, and Kong, in this battle, had truly brought out their bottom line. This time, it was to fight to the death!
There was no retreat, the path forward meant death, advancing meant survival.
The gap between the Liu royal family and the four major families was not too large. Under immense pressure, they had almost no reserves left, each unleashing their accumulated heritage of countless years and joining the increasingly brutal battlefield!
The Li family's Crystal Puppet Army!
The Qin family's Yin Soldier Ghost Legion!
The Kong family's Confucian Legion!
The Wang family's Luoming Bird and Beast Legion!
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"Dong! Dong! Dong!!!"
On the city walls of the imperial capital Chang'an, the battle drums sounded even more fiercely.
Under the command of Liu Xie, the most elite Dragon Tiger Imperial Guards of the Liu royal family marched out of the imperial capital Chang'an and joined the battlefield that had already become a meat grinder!
This was an extremely massive army of elite cultivators. The cultivation realm of these cultivators was not only all at the Foundation Establishment stage, but even the Flood Dragons they rode were no weaker than them.
They were a Flood Dragon Knight Legion that could sweep across the cultivation world and possessed extremely astonishing combat power!
Riding on Flood Dragons, both the cultivators and the Flood Dragons wore armor made of obsidian, exuding a terrifying aura.
These Flood Dragon cavalrymen held heavy lances flashing with cold light, gazing with icy eyes at the legions of the Wang, Qin, Li, and Kong families!
"Dragon Tiger Cavalry, raise your lances, strike at their heads, kill, kill, kill, kill!"
Cold voices echoed in the sky.
With a roar, this Dragon Tiger Imperial Guard of tens of thousands, like a breaching flood, directly charged at the legions of the Wang, Qin, Li, and Kong families with crushing force!
The tens of thousands of Flood Dragon legions, after accumulating power, charged forward almost unstoppable. Many cultivators did not even have time to react before they were crushed into a pulp under the hooves!
Large swathes of cultivators fell under the heavy lances!
"Hahahaha, brothers, for the future of our families, we'll drag them down with us even if we die!"
"That's right, we brothers once swore, not seeking to be born in the same year, month, and day, but only wishing to die in the same year, month, and day. Now it seems that it might truly come true..."
"However, we are dying for our family's great cause. May our families remember us, let's fight them, kill, kill, kill!!!"
Upon seeing the terrifying destructive power of the Dragon Tiger Imperial Guards, the disciples of the Wang, Qin, Li, and Kong families not only showed no fear but fearlessly charged forward, not afraid of death!
Due to their accumulated grievances over many years, the war between the Liu royal family and the four major families had no room for compromise from the very beginning.
In a short period, the casualties on both sides had already reached hundreds of thousands. If the non-human beasts and puppets were included, the death toll would be even higher, at least doubling.
Those who usually appeared unremarkable and secretive, at this moment, completely unleashed the hidden power they had accumulated.
Elite legions, cultivated with immense resources, appeared one after another, thrown into this battlefield!
The piles of bones grew higher, the blood flowed more profusely, and countless broken magical artifacts and treasures were scattered on the ground, yet no one picked them up...
A thousand miles in front of the imperial capital Chang'an had, at this moment, become a land of blood...
The family heads who were seizing opportunities in this battle stared dumbfounded at the frontline with a near one hundred percent mortality rate, their pupils contracting sharply, and they subconsciously retreated!
"Is this the strength of the Liu royal family and the four major families? A battle involving millions of cultivators, is it this brutal?"
"What a terrifying war, this is true war, a war of annihilation..."
"This is just the beginning, what kind of powerful elite cultivator legions will appear next..."
"Madmen, they are indeed a group of madmen, willing to sacrifice their own lives without hesitation. Are they truly not afraid of death?"
"These guys are all mad, all mad..."
"This is an annihilation-level war of the realm, comparable to the extremely terrifying great wars of the Primordial, Ancient, and Archaic eras."
As the cultivators of the Liu royal family and the four major families began to kill with red eyes, many wise individuals were quietly retreating.
Furthermore, many family heads were secretly discussing this war!
Although family-based powers had many disadvantages, their cohesion and loyalty were much stronger than sectarian powers.
"Cruel to enemies, and even crueler to themselves, this is the main reason why the Liu royal family and the four major families have been able to endure for so long."
"They have the character of wolves, understanding luxury and enjoyment, and even more so understanding sacrifice and preservation."
Centered around the imperial capital Chang'an, the Liu royal family and the four major families fought to the point where the sky was dark and the earth was shattered, and the world was turned upside down!
...
Various colossal battle formations were condensed, forming organized cultivator legions, and the most terrifying scene appeared!
"The Confucian Legion condenses the Sage of Confucianism!!"
"The Yin Ghost Legion condenses Yama the Great Emperor!"
"The Crystal Puppet Legion condenses the Emperor of Earth!"
"The Luoming Bird and Beast Legion condenses the King of the Void!"
The Wang, Qin, Li, and Kong families formed battle formations, and in an instant, under the shroud of endless spiritual energy, a large number of cultivators disappeared, replaced by four deities tens of millions of feet tall.
The phantom of the Confucian sage, clad in Confucian robes, evolved the process of human civilization's evolution behind him, filled with the power of epic ages.
Yama the Great Emperor, composed entirely of Yin energy, manifested the power of the Six Paths of Reincarnation and the Netherworld behind him!
The Emperor of Earth, condensed from the qi of the earth veins, seemed to be the master of the earth, drawing boundless power from it as he stood on the ground!
The King of the Void, though his body appeared very ethereal, possessed the strongest power, capable of easily altering the surrounding space!
Each of the four phantoms was enormous, and the aura they exuded was even more terrifying than that of ordinary Nascent Soul stage cultivators!
"Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!"
The Confucian Sage manifested the vast historical records of human civilization. Humankind only possessed its own civilization after the advent of writing.
Writing was the origin of human civilization, accompanying the development and growth of humankind, eventually becoming the protagonists of heaven and earth.
With a flick of his Civilization Brush, hundreds of thousands of Dragon Tiger Imperial Guards instantly turned to ashes!
The phantom of Yama the Great Emperor was even more direct. With a mere flick of his soul-hooking chain, a large number of Dragon Tiger Imperial Guards instantly lost the light in their eyes as their souls were reaped.
The phantom of the Emperor of Earth conjured numerous massive mountains out of thin air. These mountains rained down from the sky, crushing one Liu cultivator after another who fought with all their might!
The phantom of the King of the Void did not look impressive, but in terms of lethality, it was the strongest!
Endless void power formed colossal black holes, devouring Liu cultivators who stood in its path one by one!
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"The Dragon Tiger Imperial Guards are almost unable to hold on. Now we can release the heroic spirits from the imperial mausoleum to teach these traitors a lesson and let them know that we, the Liu royal family, are still their masters."
Liu Xie said as the defense line of the imperial capital Chang'an was on the verge of being breached.
The Wang, Qin, Li, and Kong families had indeed attacked ferociously with an extremely powerful offensive, but the Liu royal family was, after all, the master of the Purple Continent's cultivation world, and its heritage was still incomparable to other families and forces.
Countless prohibition runes flashed in the imperial mausoleum of the Liu royal family, and a huge opening appeared in the underground palace deep within the mausoleum!
"Souls return... souls return... heroic spirits descend..."
It could be seen that soul fragments of tens of millions of Liu royal family members, who had been sleeping in the imperial mausoleum's underground palace, were summoned and surged outwards like a torrential flood.
Tens of millions of soul fragments merged with endless Qi Luck, and amidst the devout prayers of countless priests...
Warriors made of souls and Qi Luck appeared in the sky above the imperial mausoleum.
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Hundreds of thousands of heroic spirit warriors stood densely in the sky above the imperial mausoleum.
Each heroic spirit warrior seemed not to be of ordinary flesh and blood, their bodies radiating a unique power, like divine bodies.
While they appeared devoid of consciousness, in the depths of their hearts, they harbored an unimaginable bond with the Liu royal family.
It was a will that existed for the rise and fall of their family, a fervor that surpassed faith, a courage and fearlessness to sacrifice at any moment.
"We are the heroic spirits of the Liu royal family. Eliminating the enemies who insult the name of Liu is our mission and our goal. We are warriors who transcend life and death, fearless heroes!"
These heroic spirit warriors, condensed from soul fragments and Qi Luck, transcending the cycle of life and death, marched towards the battlefield, singing praises of glory!
On the battlefield, these heroic spirit warriors performed even more ruthlessly than the Crystal Puppets who lacked self-will!