Saint Emperor Devourer of Heaven

The minds of everyone in the Xia Clan were buzzing.

They looked in shock at the young man on the platform, his powerful and confident words filling them with disbelief.

The Atu Empire, that's all? Kill as many as come!

These were the words of that young man, so powerfully confident, regarding the Atu Empire as nothing, not placing it in his eyes at all!

"What you need to do is wait quietly, and leave all other matters to me.

I promised your Totem God, and having accepted a task, I must be loyal to it.

The Dragon God has seen all the suffering you have endured over the years, but he is trapped in the Fiery Mountain Range and cannot come out.

Now, put aside all your worries, and just watch me kill the enemy.

The fate of your Xia Clan will be rewritten from today, and the powerful ancient blood within you, dormant due to the curse, will soon awaken.

The Xia Clan will reappear in the glory of countless ages ago!"

Jun Wuxie's words resonated like thunder, instantly igniting the blood of the Xia Clan.

Generation after generation, they had suffered too much oppression.

They could only endure in order to preserve the inheritance of their bloodline and ensure the continuation of their clan. Their tenacious will allowed them to maintain a considerable clan size even under such harsh living conditions.

All of this was to wait for the day when they could break free from all shackles, return to their former prosperity, and continue the glory that their ancestors had possessed, the glory that the Xia Clan should have!

The forbearance of the times had caused their blood to become dormant, not easily aroused, and most of the time, they had a Buddhist-like mentality.

In an instant, endless hope ignited in the hearts of the Xia Clan.

These hopes burned like raging flames, causing the eyes of each of them to light up, like lamps illuminating the night.

Jun Wuxie said no more, and he disappeared from the high platform, walking through this earthen city.

His speed was very fast, measuring the streets of this city with his footsteps. With each step, large swaths of runes bloomed beneath his feet.

These runes were dense and numerous, permeated with a mysterious and unpredictable aura, profound and arcane, sinking into the earth.

"Young Master, he is..."

"That is the Dao of Talismans. Young Master is actually a Talisman Master, and a Talisman Master with extremely profound attainments in the Dao of Talismans!"

"Does Young Master want to protect this city with a talisman array?"

"Young Master's talent is truly terrifying. He cultivates both martial arts and talismans, and both have achieved such unimaginable accomplishments!"

Some members of the Xia Clan looked into the air, seeing Jun Wuxie walking in the city. With each step he took, countless runes were imprinted into the earth, deriving endless talisman patterns, which flashed and then became silent.

This was clearly setting up an array!

Although their cultivation levels were not high, the Xia Clan was extremely powerful in ancient times, and there were those who were well-versed in the Dao of Talismans.

Regarding knowledge of the Dao of Talismans and the like, their ancestors recorded it in ancient books and left it behind.

However, only a very small number of people in the Xia Clan knew about these things, and the others had not seen those ancient books.

Not for any other reason, but to preserve these treasures left behind by their ancestors.

If too many people had seen the ancient books, the possibility of exposure would be greater.

Once the people of the Atu Empire found out, they would definitely forcibly seize them and take them for their own.

...

As time passed, Jun Wuxie had walked all over the streets of the entire earthen city, and then walked around the city walls of the earthen city.

He completed the talisman array layout of the entire city.

This city seemed very simple and crude, and it seemed that there was no vitality beneath the earth.

But in fact, it was not so.

Jun Wuxie discovered that there was a dragon vein beneath this land, and it was a top-level dragon vein.

The location of the city was exactly at the central position of the dragon's body of the dragon vein.

According to the trend of the dragon vein, the dragon's head of the dragon vein was in the Fiery Mountain Range.

Clearly, the dragon vein here controlled the range of vitality derivation, causing the entire dragon vein coverage area outside the Fiery Mountain Range to be in a state of dormancy.

Only the dragon's head within the Fiery Mountain Range had vitality derivation.

"The dragon vein should have a good relationship with that Fire Golden Dragon. This situation is mostly his idea."

Jun Wuxie's eyes flashed with the light of the Talisman Dao pupil technique, and he speculated in his heart about the reason for this situation.

Although the earthen city was inhabited by the Xia Clan, the Xia Clan was actually controlled by the Atu Empire.

This meant that even if there was a top-level dragon vein under this city, the Xia Clan would not be able to benefit from it.

When the time came, the powerhouses of the Atu Empire would definitely come and occupy this place, and all the vitality of the dragon vein would become their resources.

Just as Jun Wuxie finished setting up the talisman array and returned to the city square, a cold light flashed in his deep eyes, and he couldn't help but look towards the distant sky.

His powerful divine sense allowed him to sense that powerhouses were coming towards here, but their speed was not very fast.

Those powerhouses were not flying on their own, but were riding metal warships, a giant ship, with four ships on each side that were less than half its size, and six more behind, for a total of eleven including the mother ship!

The decks of these warships were full of people, and they were also equipped with giant crossbows.

The crossbow beds of those crossbows were very complex in structure, and they were covered with runes. The runes intertwined, deriving mysterious and powerful forces, strengthening and amplifying the rune crossbows.

"Does the Atu Empire have Talisman Masters with high cultivation levels?"

Jun Wuxie turned to look at the Xia Clan and asked their clan leader.

"Replying to Young Master, that is indeed the case.

There are many Talisman Masters in the Atu Empire. In their Imperial Royal Academy, a Talisman Dao Academy has been specially established to recruit all those in the empire with Talisman Dao talent and cultivate them.

Therefore, the Talisman Dao of the Atu Empire is particularly strong, and the number of Talisman Masters is very large, famous throughout the entire continent.

Since ancient times, Talisman Masters from the Atu Empire have been sent to all parts of the continent, so that in every empire or great sect, there are Talisman Masters of the Atu Clan in high positions.

Therefore, if Young Master is to confront the Atu Empire head-on for us, he may eventually face the targeting of other empires and sects on the continent.

This old man believes that Young Master might as well send us into the Fiery Mountain Range, and then Young Master and Miss should leave as soon as possible.

The kindness of Young Master, our entire Xia Clan will remember it in our hearts for generations, and we will not dare to forget it. If there is an opportunity in the future, we will definitely repay it!"

Jun Wuxie did not respond to the Xia Clan leader's words about repayment.

Whether there would be repayment or not, it was too early to talk about these things now, but if they could contribute some strength in sweeping away the darkness in the future, he would be very welcome.

After all, the Xia Clan's bloodline was powerful, and the proportion of people with inherited ancient blood in their bodies was extremely high.

This meant that as long as they had a good cultivation environment, a large proportion of them would be able to go far, achieve great accomplishments, and become powerhouses.

Such a powerful clan, yet encountered such a situation before countless ages, and was controlled by the Atu Clan.

It could be imagined how many people the Xia Clan sent out to fight against the darkness in that era.

Their powerhouses should have all left at that time. Probably more than half of the entire clan's population went to the battlefield to fight against the darkness, otherwise, how could the Atu Clan have succeeded?

Before long, a powerful aura of slaughter surged from the distant sky.

A warship fleet appeared in sight, riding the wind and breaking through the clouds from the end of the world, mighty and vast.

Even from a very far distance, that kind of murderous aura made people feel uneasy.

Everyone in the earthen city felt it and couldn't help but shudder.

The entire Xia Clan looked in that direction, their bodies trembling slightly, and their faces turned pale.

That was the Atu Empire's warship formation, the Atu Empire's powerful armed forces.

In addition to the army, there were also many powerhouses standing on the warships.

Obviously, those people had received the news and came prepared.

"Do not panic, they cannot break the talisman array I have set up.

You can all relax, don't think about anything else, don't have any pressure.

You have been living hard enough these years.

Take out whatever food there is in the city, form small groups, make some delicious food, and have a carnival."

Jun Wuxie's voice was not loud, but the sound spread out without diminishing, reaching every corner of the city, and resounding in the ears of everyone in the Xia Clan.

At this moment, those warships had approached the slaughter city.

Under the command of the mother ship, all the warships stopped.

On the deck of each warship stood many generals, the ones with high cultivation levels were in the Eternal Saint Realm, and the ones with low cultivation levels were in the Hunyuan and Supreme Saint Realm.

At this moment, the Atu Empire's legion generals all looked coldly at this city, their gazes were very indifferent.

They stood on the warship decks in the air, looking down at the Xia Clan people in the city from a distance, their eyes were so indifferent that there was no emotion at all.

Jun Wuxie understood the eyes of the Atu Clan people. It was not the kind of look that one should have when looking at people of the same kind, but more like looking at low-level creatures, like the kind of indifference to the lives of low-level creatures.

Just like humans looking at other animals, they always feel that they are supreme, and on a whim or any small excuse or reason, they want to kill and plunder, depriving them of their lives.

In fact, the Xia Clan was not only a human clan, but also a top clan among the human race, it would not be an exaggeration to say that they were the royal family of the human race.

They were born with talents that were so powerful that other races could not compare with them.

If it had not been for the fact that the clan became too weak due to the fight against the darkness in the past, and was attacked by the Atu Clan, they would not have fallen to such a state.

Outside the city, the stopped warships set sail again.

The mother ship did not move, and the other warships sailed from behind it and on both sides, surrounding the entire earthen city.

Although their spacing was very far, with their power, as long as they took action, they could completely cover it seamlessly.

"How many years has it been? There are people who are ignorant and seek death on their own again.

You, an outsider, don't know how small you are like an ant in front of my Atu Empire, and you dare to help the Xia Clan, these lowly slaves, resist us, and even kill people of my empire and injure a prince of my empire!"

On the mothership, the white-bearded elder spoke coldly, his voice like thunder, echoing in the heavens and earth, shaking the surrounding sky.

"You stand up for the lowly and humble Xia race, empathizing with them, which shows that you are also lowly and humble!

My imperial prince, what status and position does he hold? Today, he was injured by you. Not only will you suffer a fate worse than death, but tens of millions of the entire Xia race will lose their heads because of this!

If it weren't for the need for the Xia people to mine the Flame Crystal Mine, the entire Xia race would be exterminated for committing such a heinous crime!"

The white-bearded elder was high above, acting like a ruler, controlling the power of life and death.

His white beard was over a foot long, he wore a gray-white robe, and he held a cane carved with complex patterns, inlaid with dazzling gems.

"The Xia race is much nobler than you Atu people."

Jun Wuxie stared indifferently at the white-bearded elder on the mothership, "Their ancestors shed blood and sacrificed their lives to fight against the darkness, giving people like you a pure land for survival.

As a result, you launched an attack when the Xia race was at its weakest, controlling and enslaving them to this day.

How dare a group like you, so mad and devoid of humanity, have the courage to tout yourselves as noble?"