Eternal life begins with saving my clan-Chapter 235: Surrender or Die

The sun rose slowly from the East, marking a new dawn. However, for those living in Zizhu Prefecture, it was a day they would never forget.

Out of the 48 cities in the prefecture, 10 cities were attacked overnight, leaving everyone flabbergasted. The attack took less than an hour before the 10 cities fell into the hands of the Celestial Heavenly soldiers.

Adding Baiyun City, there were now 11 cities under the control of the Celestial Heavenly sects. This was unprecedented in the history of the Empire.

Thousands of miles from Qianlong City, on a vast expanse of land, thousands of military spread over the grassland. Each region of the barracks had a flag representing different cities. Suddenly, an ordinary Southern Windy Horse was ridden at high speed into the barracks.

The guards at the entrance looked at the messenger with wide eyes. They exchanged subtle glances, seeing the confusion on each other's faces before shrugging as if they saw nothing.

At the center of the barracks was a big tent. Surrounding the tent were thousands of soldiers in their armor with expressionless faces, eyes darting back and forth, ready to respond to any threat.

The previous horse rider jumped down from his horse and rushed toward the entrance of the tent. The surrounding soldiers looked at him but didn't make a move.

Inside the big tent, ten veteran soldiers sat around a wooden table. Each of them was a general in their cities, but now, they needed to come together to fight the hidden expert in Baiyun City.

Today, they were planning their strategy before marching forward to attack the city. The leader of the campaign was an old man with a deep scar on his left face.

"Should we give them the chance to surrender?" the old man asked.

Just as they prepared to respond to the question, the messenger rushed in.

"Commander…" The messenger shouted, falling on one knee, clasping his hands together.

All the generals turned their attention to the messenger with slight confusion on their faces. The leader, the old man, asked with a deep voice brimming with authority.

"Is there any news?"

The messenger took a scroll from his inner pocket and gave it to the old man. The old man received the scroll and unfolded it slowly.

Reading the content of the scroll, his calm and commanding expression turned into shock before slowly transforming into anger.

Bang!

"How dare them!" He banged the table and stood on his feet with an aura of a Peak Foundation Building realm spreading from his body.

The lowly messenger trembled on his spot, and beads of sweat dripped from his forehead.

"What happened?" One of the generals asked what was in the mind of everyone.

The old man looked at the generals with an unsightly expression and said, "My city has been invaded by some unknown soldiers, and the command of the city has fallen into the invaders' hands."

What!

All the generals jumped to their feet with shock etched deep on their faces. How was that possible?! Qianlong City was one of the strongest cities in the surroundings. Besides, it housed the strongest experts in the surrounding.

"What should we do?" Another general asked with a face brimming with fury.

These battle-hardened generals wouldn't take lying down when one of their cities had just been invaded by some unknown people. They were warriors who lived and would die for their motherland.

How could they allow some unknown forces to take over their city?

Just as they were trying to come up with a plan to take back the city, another messenger rushed inside.

Boiling with the anger of his city being invaded, the old man snapped at the messenger. "What!"

The messenger trembled and quickly passed the message scroll to him. He received the scroll and read the content.

Instantly, his eyes widened, and he turned to look at the messenger. "Is this true... that your city has been invaded?"

The messenger didn't have the courage to open his mouth and could only nod.

"How is this possible!" He shouted, losing all the composure of a veteran general.

All the generals were stunned, not believing their ears. How could this be?!

How could their enemies invade two cities at the same time?!

This was an impossible feat. To invade a city, it would take weeks, even months of planning just to attack a city. But now, two cities were attacked in quick succession without anyone noticing it.

They thought this over, but when eight other messengers delivered the same message, all the generals were too stunned to even have the thought of doing anything.

They sat dumbfounded on their seats with their mouths ajar. For a good ten minutes, the tent was silent like a graveyard.

Suddenly, a huge commotion came from outside the tent, jolting the stupefied generals back to their senses. They looked at each other and saw the shock and confusion on their faces.

Still, no one spoke. They picked up their weapons and marched out of the tent.

Outside, a massive beast hovered in the air with streaks of lightning flashing around its body. On its back were 20 terrifying soldiers.

The highest cultivation realm of the soldiers was in the Early Foundation Building realm stage 2, while the others were in Qi Refinement realm. Yet, those below were intimidated by the aura coming out from their bodies.

Besides, their armor was covered in blood, making them look more brutal and savage.

The Thunderbird beast only hovered in the air without the intention of landing. Suddenly, their leader jumped down from the back of the beast.

The thousands of men below gripped their weapons in trepidation and bravery. They were wary of these unknown people. Why? Because they could tame a beast.

And not just any ordinary beast, a Grade-2 beast. With the strength to tame a Grade-2 beast, the soldiers didn't dare rashly attack and wait for their generals.

Bang!

Watching the woman land at their center, they glared at her, and a nerve-wracking tension spread throughout the barracks. Everyone held their breath. The only sound heard for the next thousands of meters was the sound of the howling winds.

Creak!

Light footsteps came from behind, and slowly, a large path was created. The generals had regained their confidence and authority.

They marched forward, brimming with bravery and stopped a couple of feet from the woman. They looked at the woman dressed in strange armor for a couple of seconds before the old man spoke.

"Who are you, and why would you come to our barracks?" His voice was flat and demanding.

"I'm Commander Biyu of the Celestial Heavenly Army." Biyu said casually, but the pride and confidence in her voice were another story entirely.

She was surrounded by hundreds of thousands of soldiers and could still maintain her calm. It was like the soldiers were nothing to her.

Biyu knew what was going on in the minds of the soldiers and didn't care. She had gotten used to those gazes that meant nothing to her.

"We've taken over your cities. His Majesty hopes not to kill and hopes for your surrender."

Gasps!

All the soldiers sucked in a cold breath and rolled their eyes, looking at their generals for answers. They didn't dare believe their homes had been taken over by some unknown people.

What would happen to their families?

Even though the soldiers were worried, their training still allowed them to keep a semblance of their rationality.

"Why would you attack our cities?" The old man with a grave voice asked.

"Are you an idiot?" Biyu questioned without mincing her words. "Who are you to question our action? If my Emperor decided to kill you all, you all die peacefully. To you, it's an honor to die by our sword."

What!

A widespread gasp echoed in the still barracks. All the soldiers couldn't believe their ears. Biyu didn't care about their expressions and continued.

"You're old, I expected you to be wiser than this. Why did you all station your barracks here if not to attack, and now when those you wanted to attack retaliated. You dare ask such a stupid question. If you're not an idiot, then what are you?"

Huh!

Everyone sucked in a cold breath. They looked at each other, not expecting such a brazen response from the woman, but what irked them was her confidence.

She spoke as if they were nothing. Like they were some ordinary farmers with pitchforks in hand trying to kill a witch.

Even though the old man was furious, he controlled his expression and asked. "What happened to our families back in the cities?"

"Nothing. We only killed those that dared plot against us." She responded without thinking.

The soldiers breathed a sigh of relief. The thought of their families had been weighing heavily on their minds. But now, they could put their minds at rest. Find exclusive stories on m_v l|e-NovelFire

"So, what is your decision? Surrender or die?"

Instead of responding, three of the generals, together with the old man, launched a surprise attack. While the old man was speaking with Biyu, the old man was hashing out a plan through a voice transmission.

Watching four deadly attacks coming from different angles, Biyu didn't have a change in her expression. "As expected of a fool."

She clicked her tongue and moved. Her movement was so quick that no one saw how she moved.

A blinding sword light appeared before the old man. The old man didn't even have time to react when the cold hard steel cut through his body.

Biyu didn't stop there.

She sidestepped the three generals' attack and appeared right in front of another general. What followed was three blinding lights.

Everyone had taken a couple of steps back from the battle, ready to watch a long-winded battle, only to be stunned when they realized the battle was over.

The four strongest generals didn't even make a sound before they lost their lives. They were like weak chickens trying to fight their master. What would be the repercussion?

Standing at the center of the four corpses, Biyu looked at the remaining generals and asked once again.

"What do you choose? Surrender or die?"