Chapter 1172: Nobody Believes The Truth (1)

While Su Yu was busy subduing the Myriad Race Cult.

Nanyuan.

The small city was filled with experts and geniuses.

The Martial Dragon Guard had formed a blockade around Su Yu's house. Nobody was allowed entry, generating a lot of dissatisfaction in the city. With the arrival of Hong Tan's group, that dissatisfaction started growing.

Outside the neighborhood.

An expert questioned furiously, "Is the Xia Family trying to monopolize the Nanyuan ruin? Yes, Nanyuan is within Great Xia. But the ruin belongs to all of humanity, not one single family!"

Zhao Rui floated in a lotus position above the neighborhood with his spear in hand. He did not say anything. Would anyone dare to intrude? If anyone tried that, he would start killing.

"Anyone taking even one step past the line will be killed without mercy!"

An official of the Martial Dragon Guard shouted furiously. This was the Xia Family's territory. Since when did outsiders gain the courage to run their mouths here?

Previously, the Xia Family had been mostly ignoring this place since the ruin had yet to appear. But with the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion's confirmation, as the army of Great Xia, the Martial Dragon Guard naturally wouldn't be willing to freely give the ruin away.

"Nanyuan is under Xia Family's rule. Nobody is allowed to ignore the rules of Xia Family."

One Martial Dragon Guard commander after another appeared. The Martial Dragon Guard had never been a big army. It was split into the Public and Secret Regiments.

In the Public Regiment, Infinite Strength cultivators would serve as the basic soldier. Skysoars would serve as 10-man commanders, late-stage Skysoars would serve as 100-man commanders, Cloudbreaches would serve as 1000-man commanders, and Mountainseas would serve as 10000-man commanders. Of course, this was only in theory. This regiment didn't even have ten thousand members.

Prior to this, there were only several 1000-man commanders in this regiment. Their Deputy General Zhao Rui was officially known as a peak Mountainsea. And now, the Secret Regiment had finally shown itself. The six highest-ranked commanders present were all Sunmoons. Including Zhao Rui, the Martial Dragon Guard had deployed seven Sunmoons here.

Nanyuan had turned into a location of strategic importance. The seven Sunmoons released their auras to deter the crowd. One of them ordered, "Martial Dragon Guard, heed my command. Assist the Nanyuan residents in withdrawing from the city. Even if we have to flatten the city in the course of battle, we will not tolerate any insult from these outsiders."

"Yes."

Numerous soldiers marched out. In truth, a lot of locals had moved away from Nanyuan. But a decent number of the locals were still unwilling to leave their homes. But at this moment, the Martial Dragon Guard had decided to move them forcefully.

Among the departing locals, sights of the elderly tearing up at the thought of leaving their homes could be seen. At their age, they only wanted to remain where there born until the very end. They lived in an era of strife.

Chaos and destruction were everywhere. But even if one had to live amid chaos, only one's birthplace would remain one's true home. No matter how much better the world outside was, it would not be the same.

Generation after generation, they had lived here. They fought the demonic beasts. They stood against the myriad races. All for the sake of protecting this tiny and remote city that was their home. And now, they had no choice but to leave their birthplace.

This was their home. But Great Xia had decided that even if they had to flatten the city, they would not allow the ruin to fall into the hands of these outsiders. Thus, the locals had to leave. Otherwise, the day of the battle would also be the last day they breathed.

"Nanyuan...Nanyuan!"

The elderlies, some of them retired soldiers, were tearing up as they raised the weapons they used to wield when they were fighting in the Allheaven Battlefield.

"Nanyuan!"

"Nanyuan!"

Their roars resounded throughout the city.

Today, they had to leave their home. A foreign land would not be the same no matter how much better it was over there. The eyes of the Martial Dragon Guard soldiers escorting the locals turned red as well. They felt incomparably sullen.

Today, numerous experts had arrived in their homeland. For survival, the local residents had to leave their hometown. Meanwhile, the experts gathered in the city merely watched indifferently.

One of them even sneered as he said, "A bunch of bugs."

For them, mere Great Strength and Infinite Strength cultivators weren't even real cultivators. Their feelings did not matter. If it wasn't for the fact that the Xia Family was still somewhat feared, these commoners would have been slain long ago.

Suddenly, a different person said, "The locals might have entered the ruin accidentally before. They should be searched as well lest they are carrying the treasures from the ruin—"

Boom!

A peak Mountainsea from the Mountainsea punched the Mountainsea who had just spoken apart with one strike. Then, he roared furiously, "Is war what you want? So be it! We do battle!"

"Battle!"

"Battle!"

"Battle!"

The retired soldiers also roared, as though they had returned to their youth. "Battle! Generals, we might be weak, but we are willing to raise our blade against the Myriad Realms!"

There were numerous retired soldiers in Great Xia. All of them had spent their youth battling the Myriad Realms.

A murderous atmosphere gripped Nanyuan.

The small Nanyuan only had a small number of retired soldiers. They might be lacking in strength, but they did not lack in fighting spirit. They would rather fight and die in their homeland than leave their birthplace.

𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

In the sky.

Zhao Rui's eyes turned red. Among these retired soldiers, some had even followed him back then. Some were retired from the Devil Subduing Army, some were retired from the Martial Dragon Guard, and some were retired from the Great Xia Army.

Great Xia had warred for hundreds of years, reaching a certain peak during Xia Longwu's reign. They had fought everywhere. They had fought everyone. Because of them, the Myriad Realms had forgotten how to smile.

A majority of these retired soldiers had served during Xia Longwu's era. Like Su Yu's father, they had followed Xia Longwu as he waged war against the Myriad Realms. They had all survived amid mountains of corpses and rivers of blood.

They were not strong. Some were Great Strength cultivators, and some were Infinite Strength cultivators. Not a single one among them was a Skysoar. But they had witnessed countless bloodshed. They had stepped through the Eastrift Valley, crossed the Plain of Desires, attacked ancient cities, and battled even the divines and devils before. They did not fear death.

Grief gripped Zhao Rui's heart. Great Xia had existed for 351 years. When had they ever suffered so?

"Everyone!" Zhao Rui roared, "Please leave. The marquis has prepared everything for you. After some time, you may return. This place is ours. Nobody can take it from us. Even if something isn't ours, it will be ours so long as it is within Great Xia."

"After all the jackals and wolves coveting what is ours are dead, all of you may return. I, Zhao Rui, hereby swear that Nanyuan will forever remain Nanyuan. Great Xia's Nanyuan. Anyone, any race, will die if they covet what is ours."

"Long live the general!"

Once again, roars resounded throughout the city.

Feeling the murderous air in the city, the expressions of foreign humans blocking the way at the city gate changed. With his spear raised, Zhao Rui roared, "Move aside!"

Sunmoons were shocked. Mountainseas were alarmed.

That was a top expert who had followed Xia Longwu in his war against the Myriad Realms. He had slain divines and devils before. He had slaughtered the myriad races before. This was merely one of the generals under Xia Longwu.

There were more generals under the Xia Family. The others had yet to show up. Some were watching over the minor realms, some were watching over the Allheaven Prefecture, and some were watching over the three major seas within the Human Realm.

Zhao Rui was not the only Sunmoon general serving under Xia Longwu.

***

"Martial Dragon Guard. Xia Family's soldiers."

Some of the people in the city sighed with mixed feelings.

A non-human expert softly said, "The Martial Dragon Guard...is indeed a terrifying elite army. Back then, a unit from this army encountered a unit from the Thousand Divine Guard. They fought bitterly for three days. Ninety percent of them died. But ultimately, they were able to eliminate the Thousand Divine Guard that was feared across the Myriad Realms."

Was the Martial Dragon Guard strong? Strictly speaking, they weren't that strong. Even among their Secret Regiment, they only had six Sunmoons. Their number of top experts was pitifully low compared to what one could find in the Allheaven Battlefield.

And some of these Sunmoons had been fighting in the Allheaven Battlefield since before they were Sunmoons.

Back then, there were only two Sunmoons in the Martial Dragon Guard. Yet such an army had swept through the Allheaven Battlefield, killing their way out of the Eastrift Valley and waging war against the myriad races. For a period of time, even the Vanguard Regiment found itself out of a job due to the aggressiveness of the Martial Dragon Guard.

Spear of Qin, blade of Xia.

When the spear was raised and the blade was unsheathed, the Myriad Realms would tremble.

Today, the blade of Xia was once again unsheathed.

With only seven Sunmoons, they faced dozens of Sunmoons in the city fearlessly. They showed the grim determination to fight until the very end.

Xia Longwu, a Pseudo Invincible with the title of an Invincible, the Carnage King. He was the only titled Pseudo Invincible in history.

Ironically, the human experts knew too little about Xia Longwu compared to the myriad races. The myriad race experts were the ones who could truly appreciate just how terrifying Xia Longwu was. They had simply bled too much to not fear him.

In the Human Realm, Xia Longwu was simply one of the thirty-six prefects. And his seniority wasn't even as high as the others. But outside the Human Realm, who didn't know how ruthless Xia Longwu was?

From the moment he first served in the Devil Subduing Army, he had slaughtered his way to the very top.

Thus, the moment the Martial Dragon Guard showed signs of flipping out, the myriad races stepped back in fear. As for the humans, they might be alarmed, but they weren't terrified like the non-humans.