Chapter 2144 - 2137: Too Late

"Menglong’s strength is actually this terrifying?!"

Not only did those Generals under Chaimet fail to see Zhang Menglong’s movements clearly, even Xiwat couldn’t catch them! Those two Deputy Generals were only First Grade Transcenders, but even for him, taking down two warriors with rich battlefield experience in an instant was not an easy task.

"Little General, where is Xiwat?" Seeing Zhang Menglong’s strength, the Emperor’s heart settled a lot.

"Oh, he’s right nearby!" Zhang Menglong waved toward the direction of Xiwat and Karon.

The two simply stopped hiding and revealed themselves directly.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, your subject has come late to your rescue and deserves death!" Xiwat dropped to one knee at once. Seeing his own father kneel, Karon followed suit.

"It’s enough that you’re here! It’s enough that you’re here!" The Emperor’s eyes grew slightly moist.

In fact, the Emperor and Xiwat were of the same generation. Xiwat’s elders had followed the former Emperor to conquer the land. Back when the current Emperor had not yet become Crown Prince, he and Xiwat had been childhood playmates. Their relationship was practically as close as brothers, which was why he had entrusted him with this vital mission of recovering the lost territories.

Moreover, the Emperor had always believed: as long as Xiwat had not been captured, then no matter the circumstances, his loyalty would be absolute.

"How are things at the border?" Even at this moment, the Emperor did not forget to care about matters of state.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty. The two cities we lost have all been taken back, and those national treasures and cultural relics that were once lost are also being returned. Your subject has fortunately not disgraced his mission."

"Good! Excellent! Hahahaha!" The Emperor’s heart instantly felt incomparably at ease.

"Was today’s poisonous rain your doing?"

"It was Menglong," Xiwat said. "Your subject was able to take those two cities all thanks to relying on Menglong’s achievements."

"Xiwat, your family is all under house arrest in the General’s Mansion, but for now their lives should not be in danger."

"I understand," Xiwat suddenly shouted in a low voice, "Flying Corps, move out! Objective: immediately retake control of the Imperial City. Any who resist—kill without mercy!"

In fact, when Xiwat and the others set out, he had ordered the entire Flying Corps to come to the capital with them. It was just that their numbers were too great and their target too obvious, so they had not approached too closely.

If the entire Mansha Kingdom’s army still maintained combat strength, then these five million men facing a force of a billion would still find it extremely difficult. They could truly be annihilated completely by that huge disparity in numbers!

But now the combat power of the whole Imperial City had almost completely collapsed. Aside from these Generals and Deputy Generals, among the remaining people, although a small portion had sensed something wrong ahead of time and put on nano-protective suits, their numbers didn’t even reach ten thousand, and more or less all of them had inhaled some of the poisonous gas.

Though not enough to completely strip them of combat strength, their hands and feet had gone weak, practically wax figures—utterly unable to withstand a single blow!

Five million Flying Corps facing these dozens of Transcenders probably still had the power to fight a war, let alone just occupying the entire capital!

In an instant, clusters of wings flickering with violet light appeared in the night sky, and those densely packed silhouettes practically lit up the whole sky above Shayan City.

"Xiwat, all of these are your soldiers?" The Emperor stared, dumbfounded, at those hundreds of thousands of iron-blooded warriors in the sky. Since when did their Mansha Kingdom have so many Transcenders?

"Your Majesty, they’re all just Beginners from your subject’s corps. Have you forgotten? Not long ago I requested the purchase of a batch of Warcraft wings. These Warcraft wings can be used to cultivate a special Transcendence Techniques, allowing Beginners to manifest Energy Wings and fly directly, greatly boosting their combat power. Your subject relied on this Flying Corps to defeat the Hongteng Kingdom."

"With a corps like this, our Mansha Kingdom’s national strength will soar from today forward!"

The Flying Corps had already begun swiftly seizing the key routes of the capital. All the Transcenders were gathering in the central area of the Imperial City; there was simply no one capable of stopping them.

Chaimet also felt a heavy sense of threat. Shayan City’s troops were hollowed out; according to this Flying Corps’s strength, they needed at most half an hour to take the entire Shayan City!

"Xiwat, don’t celebrate too early," Chaimet showed a treacherous smile, "your family is still in my hands. Although those watching them have already collapsed, they’ve all swallowed my poison. Without the Antidote to suppress the toxicity, in three days they’ll all be dead without a doubt!"

Chaimet had long since prepared this backup plan for himself. Even if no one was guarding them anymore, he could still use them to threaten Xiwat.

"Chaimet, you’re underestimating me far too much. The nation comes before the family—if the nation is gone, what use is a family? My family will only feel proud of my choice!"

Having said this, he looked at the other Generals with their heads lowered. "You lot of cowards, are you even worthy of being soldiers? Threatened with your families and you just forget your duty and mission? Our Mansha Kingdom’s predecessors poured how much blood and sweat to build the foundation we have now, and you’re actually helping a traitor and rebel?"

The other Generals were also unable to explain themselves. In fact, choosing family was not incomprehensible; if you can’t even protect your own family, what right do you have to talk about defending home and country? It was just that everyone had made different choices.

"General, don’t worry," Zhang Menglong said softly, "no matter what poison it is, as long as it’s not the kind that kills instantly upon onset, I can strip it out!"

Zhang Menglong’s Strange Fire could burn all things; a bit of poison was nothing worth mentioning.

"Really?" Joy rose in Xiwat’s heart. To him, the nation was more important than his family, but if he could protect his family as well, then that was naturally a win for everyone!

"I’m confident!"

"Good!" Xiwat shouted loudly to his former colleagues, "You all heard, didn’t you? Menglong says he’s confident he can strip out the poison. Are you still not going to renounce darkness for the light? His Majesty the Emperor is magnanimous and benevolent; he knows you were coerced and will definitely forgive you!"

But each of them still had hesitation written on their faces. It was obvious they didn’t quite believe Zhang Menglong’s words! If they had a way to remove this toxin, how would they have ended up being coerced by Chaimet?

"Xiwat, stop tossing out lies that wouldn’t fool a three-year-old," Chaimet laughed. "The poison I used was bought from a poison-refining master of the Qinglan Kingdom. Aside from his Antidote, this poison is incurable!"

"Forget it, General, don’t waste your breath on them. Knock every single one of them flat—that’s the most straightforward way," Zhang Menglong was so bored he had started yawning. "Honestly, just dealing with these few dozen people... this is the smallest job I’ve taken in my life!"

"Generals, attack together. There are only three of them—take them down at once!"

Although those Generals showed some hesitation, in the end they still chose to stand on Chaimet’s side.

Dozens of people attacked at once from all directions, their movements swift as lightning.

Zhang Menglong slowly raised his palm. In an instant, the space around them erupted into turbulence, and that chaotic current left Xiwat and his son deeply shocked.

"What Transcendence Techniques is this?!"

"What terrifying power. Just how much strength is Teacher hiding? He absolutely isn’t some ordinary First Grade Transcender!"

"Fall back quickly! This brat has definitely concealed his realm—there’s no way he’s only a First Grade Transcender!" At this moment, those rebel officers also felt a fatal sense of danger.

"Too late now!" A smile curled at the corner of Zhang Menglong’s lips. "Spicy Heaven Seal!"