"Maintain your positions, rest and recuperate properly.
Continue to recruit soldiers and expand the military power of our imperial house.
Also, send people to investigate, to ascertain the true strength of the Ziwei Sect. Only when we have sufficient confidence should we dispatch a great army to launch a punitive expedition."
That was what the State Preceptor said.
"Very well, we shall do as the State Preceptor advises.
Ziwei Sect, just you wait! To dare provoke Us, this grievance will certainly be avenged!"
The emperor nodded, agreeing with the State Preceptor's suggestion.
However, at that very moment.
"Dog emperor! Roll out here and accept death!"
A world-shaking roar, like rolling peals of thunder, swept from outside into the capital.
Boom...
The power of this roar was too terrifying. The rolling sound waves, like a typhoon sweeping through, rampaged wildly within the capital.
On the streets, countless weak martial artists were directly stunned unconscious, splayed out in disarray, covering the ground.
The entire capital was a chaotic mess.
Fortunately, many important buildings within the capital were furnished with formations. These formations rose up one after another, unaffected by the roar.
After the roar, the imperial house fell deadly silent for a moment.
Everyone was briefly stunned.
Then.
"Audacity!
Who dares to provoke our imperial house like this!"
"Enemy attack!"
Commanders of the Imperial Guard, both major and minor, emerged leading batch after batch of Imperial Guard soldiers, shouting and yelling.
"Your Majesty, grave news! The Ziwei Sect army may have arrived!"
Inside the Golden Luan Hall, a minister said in a panic.
"Issue the orders! Activate all defensive formations within the capital! Assemble the entire army and prepare to engage the enemy!
I want to see for myself exactly what abilities the Ziwei Sect possesses to dare come to the capital and provoke us!"
The emperor, his face twisted with rage, shouted.
Boom... Boom...
Within the capital, defensive formations were activated continuously. Batch after batch of the imperial army assembled, guarding the capital securely within a short time.
Within Yan Country's borders, the imperial house's power was actually the strongest! Stronger than the three major powers: the Sheng Yuan Sect, the Qianyang Sect, and the Ziwei Sect.
Now, enemies had actually dared to attack the capital. The entire imperial house poured out, with troops positioned in tight, dense defense formations inside and out, an extremely grand sight.
The Imperial Guard in particular, the emperor's most trusted troops, bore the heavy responsibility of defending the capital.
General Tianfu, commander of the Imperial Guard, led the troops, killing intent radiating from them as they charged out of the city.
"Where are the enemies?"
However, General Tianfu soon realized something was amiss.
He searched the entire area around the capital but did not find the imagined enemy army.
There were hardly even any people around the capital!
As for the soldiers who had been guarding the city gates earlier, they had long been shocked by the roar until blood leaked from their seven orifices, each prostrate on the ground, their condition unknown.
Only above the main gate of the capital stood a young man in mid-air, hands clasped behind his back, motionless.
"Could it be him?
A fellow with only Dao Molding Realm strength?
Unlikely. A mere Dao Molding Realm cultivator wouldn't dare cause trouble in the capital.
Besides, the power of that roar was terrifying; it definitely wasn't something a Plastic Dao cultivator could produce!
This kid is strange though. Seeing me, he isn't afraid in the slightest!"
General Tianfu examined the youth standing in mid-air with suspicion.
This young man was Ye Yunfei.
"Kid! Did you see?
Who was the one roaring outside the capital just now!"
General Tianfu glared and demanded.
"It was me.
I came today to annihilate the Yan imperial house.
Hurry up and have your dog emperor roll out here to accept death!"
Ye Yunfei replied coolly.
"Kid! So it really was you!
Men! Take him!"
On hearing this, General Tianfu flew into a rage.
Immediately, a dozen Imperial Guard soldiers surged forward, charging toward Ye Yunfei.
Ye Yunfei kept his hands clasped behind his back, unmoving.
Ah... Ah...
Suddenly, those dozen-plus Imperial Guard soldiers all cried out in pain together, their bodies flying backward one after another, falling to the ground in the distance where they lay motionless.
To these Imperial Guards, the Heavenly Soul Sword, unleashed with Ye Yunfei's current strength, was practically overkill.
Ah... Ah...
Ye Yunfei continuously employed Heavenly Soul Sword. The Imperial Guards following General Tianfu cried out and fell to the ground one after another.
Within just a few breaths, several hundred people had fallen, unmoving.
"Kid, you're courting death!"
An old man beside General Tianfu boldly struck out, reaching out a large hand to grab Ye Yunfei.
This old man possessed mid-stage Spirit Transformation Realm strength and was a trusted aide of General Tianfu.
Boom...
The old man's hand continuously enlarged, like a cloud closing in on Ye Yunfei.
Ye Yunfei raised his hand and punched out, without any fancy technique, simply wrapping his fist in potent spiritual energy. With a *pfft* sound, he directly sent the old man flying backward, where his body then shattered into pieces.
With Ye Yunfei's current spiritual energy density, dealing with a mid-stage Spirit Transformation cultivator was far too easy.
The other Imperial Guards stared, wide-eyed and slack-jawed, their entire bodies trembling.
This old man had been a minor commander within the Imperial Guard, somewhat renowned. To be shaken to death by a single punch from this youth before them...
By now, General Tianfu finally realized this youth who only displayed Dao Molding Realm strength was highly unusual and possessed extraordinary power.
"The enemy is over there!
General Tianfu has people surrounding him!"
By now, more and more troops were pouring out of the capital, surrounding the area.
Boom...
Ye Yunfei stretched out a finger. A small silver mountain peak flew out, continuously expanding. In the end, it transformed into a giant mountain over a hundred meters tall, towering into the heavens, rumbling and roaring as it suppressed the imperial troops below.
From this giant silver mountain poured vast amounts of silver light, like countless silver arrows. Their power was terrifying.
Ah... Ah...
Wherever the silver radiance shone, the imperial troops screamed, their bodies pierced through by the silver light, riddled with holes like sieves.
Most terrifyingly, this silver mountain emitted a mysterious energy that transformed into a magnetic field, enveloping a large area. Everyone within this area was incapable of moving.
Only General Tianfu was able to shift his body!
Clang... Clang...
Simultaneously, the weapons gripped by the Imperial Guards were assailed by a terrifying force of attraction, slipping from their hands one after another. Eventually, they were all sucked towards the silver mountain.
Profound Magnetic Mountain!
This Profound Magnetic Mountain contained immense quantities of primordial magnetic force and magnetic law. The stronger Ye Yunfei's power, the more terrifying the might he could unleash!
Ever since obtaining this Profound Magnetic Mountain, Ye Yunfei had rarely used it. Few within Canghuang Realm knew of it.
Thus, using it now posed no risk of revealing his tracks.
The power of the Profound Magnetic Mountain was too fearsome. In barely an instant, all the Imperial Guards and imperial troops in the vicinity were utterly annihilated!
"Kid! You deserve death!"
Furious to the extreme, General Tianfu let out a roar, took out a great steel blade with nine rings, and swung it at the Profound Magnetic Mountain.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
General Tianfu was an early-stage Destiny Realm expert. At this moment, with full power behind his strike, he unleashed massive arcs of saber energy that violently collided with the Profound Magnetic Mountain.
Unfortunately, he couldn't possibly damage the Profound Magnetic Mountain!
The Profound Magnetic Mountain was incomparably hard and, moreover, specialized in countering all kinds of metal weapons. Using blades or swords against the Profound Magnetic Mountain was useless.
"Destiny Realm experts should be saved for last."
Ye Yunfei said coolly.
Then he stamped a foot on the ground.
Boom... Boom...
All the ground around the capital began to tremble violently. Then, Earth Dragons emerged from the ground one after another, soaring skyward, roaring furiously as they charged into the capital.
On his way to the capital, Ye Yunfei had specifically entered famous mountains and great rivers to capture large numbers of Earth Dragons. Combined with those he had left from before, there were several hundred in total.
Before acting, Ye Yunfei had already arranged a large-scale Earth Formation around the capital.
This large-scale offensive Earth Formation was centered on several hundred Earth Dragons and also channeled the earth energy from thousands of miles around, gathering it here. Its scale was immense.
"What is going on here?"
At this moment, the emperor had just rushed out of the Golden Luan Hall leading a group of civil and military officials, rising into the air. Seeing Earth Dragons carrying powerful earth energy charges rushing into the capital, they were both shocked and furious.