Just as Zhou Ningdong was about to order his subordinates to speed up, dense formations of black armored soldiers suddenly appeared on the main road ahead. Countless plumes of smoke, stirred up by boiling lava in the sky, enveloped the entire Dark City, plunging the already dim city into utter darkness.
"I wonder where your meager human strength comes from, daring to run amok in my Dark God City!"
"And the two of you, a demon and a demon immortal, colluding with humans like this. Aren't you afraid of bringing disaster to your God City!"
A general clad in black battle armor stepped past the Dark God City soldiers and confronted Zhou Ningdong and his group. Had it not been for the six small silver-white vertical stripes on his armor, no one would have known he was a general of this Dark God City army.
"I didn't expect a mere patrol general to be so arrogant and conceited! I'd like to see what you people of Dark City can do to me!"
Among them, Xuan Yuan, the demon prince, had the worst temper and could not tolerate provocation.
"A mere patrol general?!!" The general's eyes widened. He looked at Xuan Yuan and Ji Wu Mei with surprise, followed by boundless rage.
"Uncle Ping, take your men and retreat. An Chen Shang is not worth you fighting so desperately for him!" Just then, An Chen Yu, who had been ignored, suddenly spoke, interrupting the general's command to attack.
How could someone with six silver stripes be just a minor patrol general? He was the former commander of the Imperial Guard! He controlled the million most elite soldiers of the Dark Imperial Guard in the God City, and was the most loyal subordinate of his father before he entered awakening!
However, after the original Lord of Darkness entered awakening, the entire Dark City fell into the hands of the Young Lord, An Chen Shang, who was An Chen Yu's elder brother.
An Chen Shang was nothing like his father; he was ambitious. As soon as he took office, he severely suppressed his brothers and sisters who he felt threatened him. He even removed all of his father's former loyal followers from their positions and replaced them with his own men. In short, his criteria for selecting people was simple: not ability, but loyalty!
It could be said that although the City Lord's mansion appeared to be united as one, its overall strength had declined significantly compared to before. Especially after the attack on Fengle City, the number of Dark race members who died in Fengle City had exceeded twenty million, almost wiping out all non-City Lord direct forces.
"Who are you?!" Uncle Ping asked sternly, looking at An Chen Yu, who was also surrounded by black armor. Although he was unfamiliar, he could feel the aura of a fellow clansman from him.
"I am Xiao Wu. I am back! I am back to reclaim what belongs to me!" An Chen Yu said. He had returned this time specifically for An Chen Shang, not only because he wanted to become the ruler of this city, but more importantly, to seek revenge.
An Chen Yu was the fifth son. Among the many descendants of the Dark King, he was not favored. However, even so, he had managed to raise an army of a million men solely on the basis of being the fifth son of the Dark King.
He knew he could not compare to his other brothers, so he had never expanded his private army. Instead, he had trained these million soldiers into elites. That way, even if another brother ascended to the throne, he could rely on this million-strong private army to secure a good position.
It was just that he could never have imagined that one-third of the soldiers he had painstakingly trained with so much effort and resources were actually An Chen Shang's men!
That discovery had almost shattered An Chen Yu's mental state. But he also knew he had to endure it. However, he never expected that his constant forbearance would result in him being sent to the front lines to attack a human God City!
At that moment, he knew that An Chen Shang would not let him live! But he had already been put on the battlefield by one-third of his own army, and it was no longer up to him, the master, to decide.
"Xiao Wu? Chen Yu? Weren't you reported dead? How can you..." Uncle Ping looked at An Chen Yu with shock. He desperately wanted to ask how he had become like this, how he had colluded with humans, but after thinking about it, he ultimately did not.
"Uncle Ping, let us pass. Just consider it a civil war between brothers." An Chen Yu said indifferently, simultaneously urging his mount, a fierce tiger, forward. It was a tradition in Dark City that the God City's military would not intervene in the struggle for succession among the sons.
Uncle Ping looked at An Chen Yu leading his hundred thousand troops forward, his face changing repeatedly. His heart was filled with turmoil. Finally, he raised his great saber!
"Fifth Young Master, I cannot let you pass. Dark City is the pride of our Dark race. Even if there is a dispute among brothers, it does not allow for human intervention! Fifth Young Master, retreat immediately, and I can pretend nothing has happened."
Uncle Ping gripped his long saber, pointing it towards the sky, and stared coldly at An Chen Yu.
"Uncle Ping, I am pressed for time. If that is the case, then Xiao Wu will be impolite." An Chen Yu's voice betrayed no emotion, as bland as narration. However, at this moment, his mount suddenly swelled in size, and an incredibly terrifying aura erupted from him.
"Those who block me, die!"
As the word "die" was uttered, a hundred-meter-long surge of battle qi shot forth, directly scattering the unprepared Dark City soldiers.
Screech...
The long saber and sword scraped against the Great Dao, creating a spark trail tens of meters long on the ground.
"This... How is this possible..." Uncle Ping knelt in the middle of the Great Dao, ignoring his severely worn saber and sword, and looked at An Chen Yu with utter shock.
"Kill!"
This was the first order An Chen Yu had given since arriving at Dark City! He knew very well that among these hundreds of thousands of soldiers, only twenty thousand had been assigned to him by the master. If he did not deal with these obstructing soldiers quickly, then once the various factions of Dark City reacted, he would face hundreds of millions of Dark soldiers!
Swish...
As soon as An Chen Yu spoke, tens of thousands of arrows and spells flew over his head, directly attacking the Dark army ahead. Simultaneously, the poison stingers no longer dispersed but converged, charging directly towards those soldiers. Their target was the City Lord's mansion.
"No! Impossible!" Uncle Ping was blown away by the aftermath of a spell. He turned around and saw that the hundreds of thousands of soldiers he had brought were being cut through by a mere tens of thousands of cavalry, falling like cabbages, with none able to last a second against those humans.
"What's impossible? You clearly don't know how terrifying your Fifth Prince is now. Do you really think his goal is just the position of Dark City Lord? With such a limited perspective, it's no wonder you're only a patrol general. If you had a broader vision, perhaps the master would have spared you."
Ji Wu Mei's mount was also a fierce tiger. She looked at the stunned Uncle Ping, who hadn't even launched an attack, and sneered.
"Not just the Dark City Lord?! Master!" Uncle Ping seemed not to have heard Ji Wu Mei's mockery, as he was already petrified by her words.
"Alright, goodbye then!" Ji Wu Mei uttered a catchphrase she had learned from an alien race, then flicked her fox tail, and the dignified sixth-rank general of Dark God City was instantly killed with a single blow.
An Chen Yu showed no expression at this. Ever since he had taken up the mantle of a general, his mindset had undergone a profound change.