Chapter 319: Second Lord

Chapter 319: Chapter 319: Second Lord

The Yun Mansion.

"Have you guys heard? Our young master completely defeated the Pill King in an Alchemy Skill competition!"

"I just heard about it from outside, too. That Pill King is a real piece of work!"

"Everyone outside is saying how incredible our young master is. They say he’s also the Grand Alliance Leader of the Chaotic Alliance Domain. No wonder he can summon so many powerful Alliance Leaders!"

Yi Xiaoyao and Yun Mengling had just returned from outside when they heard the discussion coming from a corner of the courtyard.

"You’re pretty incredible, Grand Alliance Leader!" Yun Mengling giggled at Yi Xiaoyao.

Yi Xiaoyao just shook his head and smiled. Then, a thought occurred to him, and he said, "We’re planning to head back to the Chaotic Alliance Domain next. Your Yun Family should come with me."

Yun Mengling pursed her lips and nodded. She understood that after this incident, the Yun Family could no longer remain in Great Xia.

"Grandfather will have to make the final decision on this, but I’m sure he understands that the Chaotic Alliance Domain is your territory. It’s the only place we’ll be truly safe," Yun Mengling said.

"My territory? Not quite yet."

Yi Xiaoyao smiled. "But soon, I will be the king of the Chaotic Alliance Domain... and the king of this Great Xia."

Without any further delay, he immediately summoned everyone to prepare for the retreat to the Chaotic Alliance Domain.

In the main hall, twenty-seven Alliance Leaders and Yun Cang sat around Yi Xiaoyao.

"Senior Yun, I was a bit presumptuous before. I hope you can forgive me. But now, if you wish to protect the Yun Mansion, you must mobilize your people and retreat with us to the Chaotic Alliance Domain," Yi Xiaoyao said to Yun Cang.

Yun Cang nodded repeatedly and ordered his men to inform the people of the Yun Mansion to prepare to leave.

Yi Xiaoyao then turned to the Alliance Leaders. "You all did very well this time. We’ve certainly made a show of our power in Great Xia. Now, it’s time to make a strategic withdrawal."

"Alliance Leaders, hear my command! Time is of the essence. Return to the Chaotic Alliance Domain immediately!"

At Yi Xiaoyao’s command, the Alliance Leaders acknowledged the order in unison and went to summon their armies, which were blockading the twenty-one cities.

The time it takes for an incense stick to burn later, Yi Xiaoyao was waiting in the void. One by one, the Alliance Leaders arrived from all directions with their forces, assembling behind him.

Just then, Bai Ye, riding his Great Day Aurora Ruler, appeared before Yi Xiaoyao as a streak of white light.

"Commander! This is bad! The Imperial Army Mansion has caught on to us! They’ve broken through the blockade with a large force and are heading this way."

Bai Ye reported in a rush, his expression fraught with anxiety. From the look on his face, it seemed the experts under his command had been completely wiped out.

Hearing this, Yi Xiaoyao’s heart sank. "How strong are they?" he asked.

"They’ve dispatched the Second Lord of the Imperial Army Mansion’s three Lords, along with four Ninth Realm Nascent Soul Transformation experts. There are countless other experts as well. If we fight, I’m afraid we’re no match for them," Bai Ye said with a frown.

Yi Xiaoyao’s brows furrowed as well. The Imperial Army Mansion had actually sent a Lord of the Mansion.

Lord of the Mansion was the highest position in the Imperial Army Mansion. There were three in total. Although all three were at the Ninth Realm of Nascent Soul Transformation, each Lord possessed the overwhelming power to easily kill other experts of the Same Realm!

As far as Yi Xiaoyao knew, even Xing Jian Gang, the Alliance Leader of the Criminal Alliance, couldn’t compare to the Third Lord in terms of strength or status.

Back when Yi Xiaoyao had fought Xing Jian Gang, they had only been evenly matched. If not for the help of the other Alliance Leaders, neither would have been able to defeat the other.

Using Xing Jian Gang as a benchmark, Yi Xiaoyao would most likely be defeated if he faced the Third Lord.

And now, they had sent the Second Lord, an expert even stronger than the Third Lord and second only to the Great Mansion Lord. The current Yi Xiaoyao was absolutely no match for such an individual.

Furthermore, the Second Lord had brought four other Ninth Realm Nascent Soul Transformation experts with him. Even though Bai Ye had broken through to the Ninth Realm of Nascent Soul Transformation after taking the elixir and could handle one of them, there was no one to deal with the remaining three.

To fight would mean certain defeat!

But before Yi Xiaoyao could come up with a countermeasure, a vast wave of auras surged from the distance, and numerous figures could be seen rapidly approaching them.

Sensing this shift in the situation, the Alliance Leaders and experts behind Yi Xiaoyao all showed looks of apprehension.

"Escape... it’s impossible now."

Yi Xiaoyao sighed guiltily toward the experts behind him. "It’s all my fault for staying here an extra day. I’ve implicated all of you."

When the experts heard this, the tension on their faces instantly vanished, replaced by a look of unwavering resolve.

"Grand Alliance Leader, you only delayed a day to refine elixirs for us. How can you take all the blame on yourself?!"

"Besides, just because we might not win doesn’t mean we’re pushovers! Even if we’re all wiped out, we can make sure the Imperial Army Mansion suffers a devastating blow and has its strength severely depleted!"

"None of us are cowards who cling to life! We are willing to follow the Grand Alliance Leader and fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death! Fight to the death! Fight to the death!"

One after another, impassioned roars erupted from the army behind Yi Xiaoyao, shaking the heavens and the earth with their overwhelming momentum!

At that same moment, the army led by the Imperial Army Mansion’s Second Lord had just arrived. They were immediately met with these earth-shattering roars and could feel the unshakable determination within them.

This display caused the Second Lord and the experts behind him to pale.

What kind of enemy is the most terrifying? An enemy that does not fear death.

’I refused to believe it when I heard that the scattered sands of the Chaotic Alliance Domain had been brought together. I never imagined the one who gathered them would have such charisma, to be able to unite these disparate forces so completely.’

The Second Lord looked grimly at Yi Xiaoyao and the still-roaring army behind him.

"Lord of the Mansion, that’s not all. The current situation seems to be vastly different from our intelligence!"

One of the Ninth Realm Nascent Soul Transformation experts said to the Second Lord.

The intelligence report said that Yi Xiaoyao had gathered the twenty-six weakest alliances among the top one hundred in the Chaotic Alliance Domain to annihilate the Criminal Alliance.

But now, the forces behind Yi Xiaoyao were clearly the twenty-seven strongest alliances of the top one hundred.

The Second Lord nodded silently. With such a massive intelligence failure, even if they could annihilate this army from the Chaotic Alliance Domain, their own casualties would be severe.

Realizing this, the Second Lord raised a hand to halt his army, maintaining a thousand-zhang standoff with Yi Xiaoyao’s forces.

"You are Yi Xiaoyao? The one who controls the Azure Heaven Order and summons the alliances?"

The Second Lord stepped forward and questioned Yi Xiaoyao.

Yi Xiaoyao gave a faint smile and also stepped forward, his expression as serene as an ancient well.

"I never expected that on my trip to Great Xia, the esteemed Second Lord of the Imperial Army Mansion himself would come to welcome me. I’m truly overwhelmed by this honor."

The Second Lord snorted. The emergence of the Azure Heaven Order posed a massive threat to Great Xia.

He had come personally this time to seize the Azure Heaven Order and kill the one who wielded it to command the alliances, thereby nipping the threat in the bud.

"Yi Xiaoyao! You killed Great Xia’s Second Prince and wiped out the City Lords of twenty-one cities. Your crimes are already unforgivable!"

The Second Lord’s tone left no room for negotiation as his voice, laced with violent Spiritual Power, boomed at Yi Xiaoyao.

"Now, if you hand over the Azure Heaven Order and come forward to surrender and confess your crimes, my Imperial Army Mansion will spare these remnants of the Chaotic Alliance Domain behind you."

"Otherwise, everyone, including you, will be exterminated!"

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