Chapter 1505: Chapter 1603: The Beginning of Turmoil in 9 Countries

“You’re awake.” Fang Lin said with a hint of a smile, looking at Dugu Nian who had just awakened.

“How did this happen to me?” Dugu Nian was a bit confused, feeling as if she had slept for a long time and had been talking to Fang Lin just before she inexplicably lost consciousness.

“It’s fine now, I’ve just resolved some hidden dangers within you,” Fang Lin explained.

“Hidden dangers?” Dugu Nian grew even more puzzled.

Fang Lin simply explained a bit, and although Dugu Nian found it slightly complicated, she ultimately understood.

“So, was it the power left by your father that helped me resolve the hidden dangers within me?” Dugu Nian asked.

Fang Lin nodded.

Dugu Nian looked at Fang Lin with a strange expression, remembering Bai Qingxue after the incident in Xuan City years ago.

Back then, Dugu Nian had been puzzled about why Fang Lin’s mother was so powerful. Now, with the emergence of Fang Lin’s father, it confused Dugu Nian even more.

“Well, my father and mother are both hermits from beyond this world, you could say that,” Fang Lin remarked.

Dugu Nian did not dwell on these points; as long as Fang Lin was by her side, nothing else mattered.

“I also have some matters to tell you,” Dugu Nian said, and shared her arrangements before the great battle in the Extreme North Icefield with Fang Lin.

After listening, Fang Lin looked at Dugu Nian somewhat surprised, not expecting her to have such grand schemes. While handling the joint encirclement of strong enemies from three parties, she also intended to cause great chaos within the Nine Countries.

Such a woman is indeed a heroine!

“By now, it should have already begun,” Dugu Nian said with a smile.

Fang Lin pinched her cheek: “You really are remarkable, but it’s fine, let the Nine Countries be a bit chaotic.”

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In the northern border of Yuan Country, there lies a vast and endless plain.

This territory, belonging to Yuan Country, was won over with formidable military force, at a great cost, almost completely exterminating the Demon Beasts from these plains.

With these vast plains, Yuan Country trained the strongest cavalry among the Upper Three Countries and bred many fine horses.

Further north of this plain lies barren and desolate land.

After conquering these plains, Yuan Country drove the Demon Beasts that once lived here to that area and stationed heavy troops, established several fortified cities, and had several powerful figures from Yuan Country stand guard to prevent the Demon Clan from entering the plains.

Originally the plains of the Demon Beasts, now forcefully occupied by Yuan Country, the Demon Beast tribes living in the north harbored resentment but could do little due to Yuan Country’s power and the disappearance of the Demon Saint in those years.

However, an opportunity for the Demon Beast Clan had finally arrived.

Deep in the night, within one of the heavily fortified cities on the back of the plains, the defense was extremely tight. It was protected not only by arrays but also by many elite soldiers who patrolled and monitored day and night. Some Demon Beasts had tried to attack here before, only to leave a pile of Demon Beast corpses outside the city walls.

It can be said that Yuan Country invested enormous manpower and resources in these few heavy cities, and each year more troops were dispatched here, hosting nearly half a million Yuan Country troops, almost half of all its military power.

Under the dark and windy night, a mysterious figure wearing a Tiger-Head Mask quietly appeared.

“Who goes there?” The patrol on the city wall reacted swiftly, immediately spotting the figure and loudly challenging him.

Without a word, the man in the Tiger-Head Mask drew the treasure sword from his back and charged towards the city gate.

The so-called array was instantaneously shattered under his treasure sword.

“Oh no! This person must be a spy from the Demon Clan, intent on breaking through the city gate!” The defending general recognized the intentions of the man in the Tiger-Head Mask and directly led his troops with a long spear to capture him.

The man in the Tiger-Head Mask had a hint of complexity in his eyes. With swings of his treasure sword, he slaughtered all the Yuan Country soldiers present.

BOOM!!!

Even the sturdy and massive city gate was broken through under his blade.

Suddenly, the city was thrown into chaos, with many Yuan Country soldiers pouring out like a tide.

Behind the man in the Tiger-Head Mask, an even larger army of the Demon Clan appeared.

“Kill!!!!”

The cries of battle shook the heavens, and beastly roars surged!

After enduring for hundreds of years, the demon beasts of the north finally seized this opportunity to storm these long-standing fortresses.

The man in the Tiger-Head Mask disappeared from the spot; he had completed his task. As for what followed here, it was no longer his concern, nor was it his place to intervene.

“It’s over!” Seeing the unending swarm of demon beasts, the soldiers inside the city turned pale with fear, and some of the younger soldiers from Yuan Country were so frightened that they stood frozen in place, completely at a loss.

Although the veteran soldiers who had been stationed here for a long time were somewhat more composed, seeing such a force also led them to despair. The number of the Demon Clan was too great, it seemed they were not merely assaulting the city, but intended to break through and march directly into the plains.

Although only one fortress was attacked by the Demon Clan, once this spot was breached, even if other fortresses came to the rescue, it would be too late. Once the Demon Clan forces broke into the plains, they would be unstoppable.

Moreover, the timing of the Demon Clan’s attack on the fortress in the plains was deadly, precisely when the situation in Yuan Country was unstable.

Following the battle in the Extreme North Icefield, the Yuan Emperor fell, and the old Yuan Emperor was detained within the Sky Swallowing Palace. However, few in Yuan Country knew of this; it was only after the Qin Emperor escaped back to Qing Nation and informed the Crown Prince of Yuan Country that they learned of the fall of the Yuan Emperor.

It was said that upon hearing this news, the Crown Prince of Yuan Country immediately vomited blood and fainted, and soon, the princes also learned of the news and hurriedly traveled from various places towards the capital of Yuan Country.

What for? Naturally, to seize the opportunity to contend for the throne!

Make no mistake, although the death of the Yuan Emperor was shocking, his sudden departure also provided all the princes of Yuan Country with an opportunity to compete for the throne.

Also, with the old Yuan Emperor also gone, each prince wanted to exert their strength at this moment to seize the throne and become the next Yuan Emperor.

This was an unavoidable problem within the royal family; with supreme imperial power, in front of the throne, nothing else counts.

For a moment, the competition between several princes unfolded, and after his period of mourning, the Crown Prince also employed tactics to secure his foothold, ensuring the throne wouldn’t fall into other princes’ hands.

It was exactly at this time that the Demon Clan attacked from the northern plains, shocking everyone at court.

Because the Crown Prince and several other princes were preoccupied with fighting for the throne, no one paid attention to the affairs of the northern plains, leading to the continual spread of war and the entire northern plains falling into the hands of the Demon Clan.

“It’s over! I fear Yuan Country is doomed this time!” A veteran minister, who had served two generations of emperors, stood in the great hall, lamenting deeply.

ps: The fourth update, I hurriedly ate and typed hurriedly, I will continue tomorrow, I need to see a doctor, hoping to completely stabilize my cervical spine before the New Year and prevent another episode, blue thin mushrooms.