One Week Later,

Badum!

Badum!

Loud beats rippled across a gigantic plain. It was only a deserted place a few days ago. A place that only a few travelers would chance upon when they were visiting the capital and they strayed their path.

But now, thousands upon thousands gathered here. And these here thousands were not normal people. They were cultivators.

Each one of these cultivators could be considered a true expert of their own right. In a small city, they would be treated like kings. And yet, they were the weakest of the weak.

Not a single cultivator below the Core Formation Realm could be found. And even those in the Core Formation Realm were frowned upon, because of their weakness.

And as for the number of Xiantian experts, this was probably the biggest concentration of Xiantian experts in a single place of Tiandu since twenty years ago.

There was a large strip of land between two sides. Two armies faced each other off, with their strongest experts hovering above everyone else, coldly looking at their opposition.

“To think that they have so many Soul Evolution Stage experts. Looks like we will have to work for this victory.” Liu Man was standing right next to Liu Feng, calmly analyzing the situation.

“You know my problem. That happened. I was forced to stop.” Liu Feng said.

“One day or the other, you should drop everything that you are doing and should go find whoever gave you that blessing that acts like a curse.” Liu Man sighed and shook his head.

Behind Liu Feng and Liu Man, there were a few familiar faces.

Shen An, Shen Qiang, Min Wan, Cai Guo, and the rest of the Cai family’s Soul Evolution Stage experts.

Clearly, the Cai family did not send the Soul Evolution Stage experts to the front lines like promised.

They had a total of ten Soul Evolution Stage experts on their side. The last one being Tian Xiu’s Imperial Advisor, who was in the very back, calm as he could be.

He was also privy to the deal between Liu Feng and Tian Xiu. Few were, but clearly, Tian Xiu trusted this imperial advisor enough to tell him.

Liu Feng looked straight at the man who wasn’t hovering in the air, but was still surrounded by the experts of the opposition.

The crown prince was not in the Xiantian realm. He was in the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm, and didn’t seem to have a wonderful affinity to cultivation.

But his mouth was clearly glib enough. His side had a total of thirteen Soul Evolution Stage cultivators. Five from the Tiandu Sect, three or four from the Imperial Palace, and many more from his brothers’ factions.

Convincing all of these people was only made easier by Liu Feng himself, as he did not pursue anyone else. He had to stay put because of the annoying quest that came form the system that he was forced to obey.

No one from either side moved. Liu Feng looked to the left, where the capital of Tiandu was very much visible.

The area around the capital wasn’t very developed, even though there were trade routes everywhere. The city just swallowed everything around it and became the size that it was, and that meant that there was no business to be done outside.

So there was a desert on one side, plains on another, roads that led to the rest of the kingdom on the remaining two.

The war here was happening on the plain. It was called a war, but both the crown prince and Liu Feng received the scroll from the imperial palace.

Casualties were not tolerated for the Soul Evolution Stage cultivators, and that when someone was in his or her death’s gate, that person needed to admit defeat and refrain from fighting any longer.

Liu Feng understood why they needed to do that. Losing six or seven cultivators alone made the king flip out so much that his curse acted out and he suddenly died.

Clearly, each Soul Evolution stage cultivator was treated like a national treasure, and he also didn’t feel the need to take lives.

He just wanted to finish the fight and take the throne.

But another thing was constantly stressing his mind out. The fact that they were not in the capital.

The war here wasn’t to become the king. That was clearly the side effect. Everyone wanted the throne that the position came with more than the position itself. The throne clearly gave more power than the position did.

So leaving the throne unguarded seemed a little counter productive.

While Tian Hun and Tian Gan were clearly within the palace, as they were not visible anywhere near here, it was obvious that they were not strong enough to fight off whoever was going to come for the throne.

Liu Feng needed to complete what was to be done here, and go claim the throne for his own. Having all that power in his hands, even if it was going to be for just a few hours, was worth it.

“What are we waiting for, family head? Why is neither side moving? Why aren’t we starting the war already? We have wasted an entire week doing nothing at all.” Jake said.

“That’s right. We did nothing. We couldn’t even fight because you kept saying that we shouldn’t waste our energy. Now, the fight here didn’t even start. I am getting way too bored.” Shen Qiang nodded.

Liu Feng looked at him wierdly.

He had the gall to compare his impatience to Liu Feng’s worry?

“Just a few more minutes, Young Noble. We are waiting for someone to come here and start the war officially.” Cai Guo said.

“What is going to happen? Who is going to come?” Liu Feng asked.

“Oh! He is here!” Cai Guo straightened up, and everyone above looked down at a black spot within the wide chasm between both armies.

One man coming to the center of the battlefield.

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