"By the way, are you familiar with Princess Vera Duoduo?" Yang Feilong asked.
What he wanted to do now was to find Qingluan. Whether the Vera Empire was destroyed or not held no significance for him and wouldn't stir any emotional ripples within him.
However, there were people in the Vera Empire whom he cared about: Qingluan Alice and the cuckoo bird Pudding.
En, this nightingale bird that was so attached to him was half of them. Her voice was truly too beautiful. If there was a chance, what could be said? Beautiful ears wanted to become pregnant; this was precisely how Yang Feilong felt at this moment. Keeping her by his side, just listening to her voice, made him feel joyful.
Yang Feilong enveloped the nightingale bird with his power and flew towards the outside of the imperial palace.
The imperial palace of the Vera Empire was vast, but the formations were in ruins. This was the work of the three allied armies; many powerful cultivators had joined forces to break through the imperial palace's grand formation.
"You two, stop!" A man dressed as a general saw Yang Feilong and the nightingale bird flying out and immediately shouted.
Yang Feilong, naturally, was too lazy to pay attention.
"Attack and stop him!" the general ordered.
"Yes, Ninth General!"
Immediately, the people around him formed a battle formation and attacked Yang Feilong. This was a battle formation composed of Void Refining realm powerhouses, possessing immense power.
Clearly, this so-called general did not know about the scene of Yang Feilong's massacre just moments ago, or he wouldn't have been so careless!
And in the next moment, he would know his carelessness!
Because facing the battle formation composed of Void Refining realm powerhouses, Yang Feilong unleashed a punch. With a boom, the bodies of the numerous members forming the battle formation exploded, dying a complete death!
"What!" The general's expression changed drastically upon seeing this.
In the next moment, he gripped his spear and attacked, breaking through the air.
This was the Ninth General of the Feiyun Empire. His strength had reached the early stage of the Integration realm, and the spear in his hand was a half-step spirit treasure. He could even contend with mid-stage Integration realm powerhouses who didn't possess a half-step spirit treasure!
Facing the fully unleashed Ninth General, Yang Feilong let out a cold snort, used his power to place the nightingale bird behind him, and then unleashed a punch.
Boom!
It was like the scorching sun at noon, burning the firmament, instantly descending upon the Ninth General of the Feiyun Empire. Following that, a scream echoed.
"No!"
Crack!
The Ninth General, an Integration realm cultivator, had his body directly split open. Although he forcibly rejoined his body, the terrifying power surged again, incinerating him on the spot.
Integration realm, died tragically!
"He can even kill Integration realm cultivators!" The nightingale bird secretly witnessed this scene, her beautiful eyes shining brighter. The stronger the handsome human she followed, the safer she was.
She actually knew that with her looks and voice, no one would bear to kill her, but she detested those who weren't handsome!
Furthermore, the Vera Empire was her homeland. How could she become the woman of these bandits who invaded her homeland!
Hmph!
She was not a woman who didn't distinguish right from wrong.
Yang Feilong waved his large hand and drew the spear over.
Playing with this half-step spirit treasure, Yang Feilong marvelled, "It already contains some Law Dao intent. It's indeed more valuable than top-grade spirit artifacts!"
In fact, at his current level, the difference between a spear and a sword was not too significant, but this was under the premise of not using intent and some killing moves.
Yang Feilong's killing moves were all sword techniques. Using them with a spear greatly reduced their power. Moreover, he had mastered fifth-tier sword intent, while he had never comprehended spear intent. Of course, even if he did, reaching the third-tier spear intent level in a short period would be possible. However, with his current strength, the combat power augmented by third-tier spear intent was negligible.
Therefore, in summary, using a half-step spirit treasure-level spear was not as good as his own top-grade spirit artifact sword.
"I wonder if I can forge this half-step spirit treasure spear into the shape of a sword by refining it ten or eight times in my Ten Refinements Furnace?" Yang Feilong mused inwardly.
The level of that Ten Refinements Furnace was very high; it could forge treasures according to one's will. Such an ability was truly formidable!
Of course, this thought only flashed by. He collected the treasures of those people and then continued flying with the nightingale bird. After killing that Integration realm general, any subsequent obstructions could be ignored.
Not long after Yang Feilong left, two figures appeared at the location where Yang Feilong had just fought.
"The Ninth General of the Feiyun Empire died tragically!"
"It seems there is still an Integration realm expert in the imperial palace!"
Each of these two figures was no less formidable than the Ninth General of the Feiyun Empire. They were generals from the Moyue Empire and the Xinghai Empire, respectively.
There were a total of six Integration realm powerhouses attacking the Vera Empire's imperial palace. Three of them were responsible for breaking the formations and suppressing the main Integration realm defenders of the imperial palace, while these three Integration realm cultivators each occupied a quadrant to prevent any stragglers from escaping.
However, they hadn't expected that there would indeed be hidden Integration realm powerhouses who managed to escape.
"We rushed here as soon as we heard the commotion, but we were still too late. Clearly, the hidden Integration realm cultivator in the imperial palace must be much stronger than us! Who could it be?"
"Integration realm cultivators of the Vera Empire. According to the intelligence we have, there shouldn't be any other hidden experts in this imperial palace!"
Neither of them pursued. The reason for not avenging the Ninth General of the Feiyun Empire was twofold: first, the individual who could so easily kill the Ninth General of the Feiyun Empire was far stronger than both of them. Even if they pursued, they probably couldn't stop him, and might even be killed in return.
Second, the tragic death of the Feiyun Empire's general had nothing to do with them. They were allies, but also competitors. It was only because the Vera Empire was too strong that the three of them joined forces to kill Vera Wubing and destroy the powerful Vera Empire. How they would divide the spoils later would definitely involve disputes. In such circumstances, the more powerful cultivators that died, the better.
National warfare has always been driven by self-interest!
"Damn it! Who killed Little Jiu!" Just then, an enraged voice resounded.
"Greetings, Blood Lion Great Demon King!" Upon hearing the furious voice, the expressions of both of them changed. In the next moment, they saw a figure exuding an extremely violent aura.
The Blood Lion Great Demon King, one of the ten great experts of the Feiyun Empire!
A late-stage Integration realm powerhouse, possessing a spirit treasure.
"When we arrived, the person who killed the Ninth General had already escaped! Judging by the residual aura, it seems to be in that direction!" one of them said.
"No matter who it is, I will hunt him down to the ends of the earth!" the Blood Lion Great Demon King roared, and then pursued in the direction where Yang Feilong had disappeared.
After the Blood Lion Great Demon King disappeared, two more figures appeared. Their auras were no weaker than that of the Blood Lion Great Demon King. Like him, they were the main Integration realm cultivators from the Xinghai Empire and the Moyue Empire who were attacking the imperial palace, both top-tier experts ranked among the top ten in their respective empires.
They knew why the Blood Lion Great Demon King was so enraged, because the Ninth General of the Feiyun Empire was his biological son.
The Blood Lion clan had three Integration realm powerhouses. Now that one had died tragically, it was a heavy blow to the Blood Lion clan, and also a huge blow to the Blood Lion Great Demon King!