Chapter 144: Taking Down Sunflower

  The Cheetah Legion was defeated, and the Sunflower City didn't have the capital to defend itself. The city gate guards also had no reason to continue defending.

  The city gate opens.

  It was not the city gate guards who opened the gates, but a large group of nobles and soldiers lined up along the entire street connecting to the city gate.

  Li Xie rode on the purple mist, standing high and looking down, overlooking the nobles kneeling on the street.

  Zain and Van Di, who had flown up into the sky, flew back down and nodded at Li Xie.

  Li Xie smiled, the right corner of his mouth rising high, revealing a small white canine tooth.

  Chrysanthemum City is finally going to become Sunflower City, but there are still three more cities to offer sacrifices to.

  Sunflower City East Sea Port.

  Gudge, Dais and Lundson, three brothers of the Panson family, took twelve close relatives and boarded a large sailboat.

  On board, there was only one reception soldier and a few sailors on deck, with no other passengers.

  This was a ship that Gugu had prepared long ago, used for smuggling, but even in his dreams, he didn't think this ship would be useful one day.

  The bodyguards sat down on the deck, and the three brothers of Gug also sat down on the deck, leaning against the side of the ship.

  Long De's hand covered the bandaged stump of his arm, tears streaming down his face as he gritted his teeth in frustration and exclaimed in a sobbing tone: "Why! Why is Li Xie a demigod! Why would a demigod join the battle! Is heaven destroying my Pan family!"

  Gu Ge and Di Si's faces were gloomy, their eyes revealing sorrow, this battle was lost too reluctantly.

  Gu Ge sighed: "If we had known earlier that Li Xie was a demigod, we should have surrendered early on and not provoked him. Alas... I don't know how my third brother is doing! What about Mudan City?!"

  Di shook his head and sighed: "Peony City is probably impossible to keep! As for Third Brother, he should be able to escape, the Imperial Capital doesn't have anyone who can hold him back yet. Big Brother, this time we lost unjustly, but with a Demigod joining the battle, what could we do? As long as there are green hills, we won't worry about no firewood to burn, if we go to the Great Day Dynasty, we can still conquer a piece of heaven."

  "Exactly! With the strength of us three, plus Third Brother's tenth-stage Sword Saint power, where can't we conquer?"

  "Sorry to disturb you three." Several people walked out of the cabin, and it was Arte Rayo, Brad Pitt, and several others from the Divine Mercenary Group.

  Yi Renlei's face was apologetic: "You want to conquer the world, wait a bit and do it later, or follow us for now."

  "Mercenary?"

  The three men of Guge were greatly shocked and hastily prepared their defenses.

  Guge saw the golden thread wrapped around Yate's hand and the golden light all over Brad Pitt, and suddenly he was shocked again: "9th-level summoner! 10th-level sword saint! What do you want to do?"

  La La walked to the front of several people, with her hands on her hips and said: "That little boy said you would run to this side of the harbor, telling us to guard it. Hmph! Not even letting us participate in the battle! Miss is very unhappy, what can she do? Fight you!"

  Gu Ge's face turned pale as soon as he heard it. Are mercenaries also participating in the war? Yes, the opponent is a demigod, why can't mercenaries participate in the war?

  "Evil Duke's orders, you'd better follow us quietly and we won't make things difficult for you. If you resist, we'll have to break your four limbs and drag you away. Now, choose!"

  Guge three people bitterly smiled, what choice is there?

  Sunflower City, the main hall of the city lord's mansion.

  Li Xie sat in the main seat of the city master, Jack Van Dyke and others sat on both sides, and a group of people knelt under the hall, mainly the nobles of Sunflower City and the three brothers of the Pan family who were locked in iron chains.

  These nobles were very honest, they all knew that Li Xie had won, and the Sunflower City from now on belonged to Li Xie. They wanted to live, they wanted to continue being nobles, so they obeyed without any resistance. Because they knew they were facing a noble butcher!

  The blood of those aristocrats in Chrysanthemum City has already given them enough lessons.

  The three Guge people were as pale as death, the situation had already gone, and now they could only follow suit, praying for a last chance to survive. The trend has passed, as long as human life is still there, it will be time to rise again.

  Li Xie smiled brightly as he gazed at the people below, the small ball of fluff in his arms also staring with wide eyes, curiously watching them. The little cat on Li Xie's head jumped down and wandered around in front of the kneeling nobles, scaring them pale, but they didn't dare move because above them was an existence even more terrifying than the harbinger of doom.

  "The nobles of Sunflower City, I won't kill." Li Xie's one sentence made the hearts of these nobles much more at ease.

  As for why he didn't kill them, Li Xie had no grudges against them, so why would he kill them? Moreover, in the early days of Chrysanthemum City, there were many things that couldn't be done smoothly, precisely because Li Xie had killed off all the nobles of Chrysanthemum City.

  "But..."

  But two words made all the nobles' hearts skip a beat.

  Li Xie smiled: "I like gold coins, shouldn't everyone know that? I also extremely dislike corrupt officials, have you guys heard of it? If not, no big deal, I'm saying it now. So here's the deal, you guys continue being the nobles of Taiyang Flower City, and all the gold coins you've collected before, just give them to me, oh, and fine wine too! As for in the future, if you guys can earn money, that's your skill, I won't rob or seize it. Who is the deputy city lord?"

  "Junior officer Mabry Wallace reporting for duty, sir." He was a very thin middle-aged man with a pair of sharp eyes.

  It turned out that he led a group of nobles to surrender.

  "You continue to act as the agent of the city lord, temporarily helping me arrange all matters in Sunflower City. I don't want to see Sunflower City still affected by war, nor do I want to see it still under the influence of the Pan family from days past."

  "Yes! Sir!"

  "Alright, Jack, Kano, you two take care of things here. Vandy, Zean, Big Brother, Second Brother, come with me to the Imperial Capital!"

  In the imperial capital, there is still a master who has not fallen into the net. Li Xie worries that Mercedes VII does not have the ability to catch Marquess Panson yet.

  "What about us?" Lala frowned, not very happy.

  Li Xie smiled and said, "Of course you'll stay behind. Do whatever you want, after all, you're the honored guests of Chrysanthemum City and Sunflower City. Just stay and do as you please."

  "Acting as a benefactor?" Lala nodded: "Mm, not bad, then we'll stay and act as a benefactor!"

  Oster slapped his forehead, "Girl, we're staying behind to enjoy a peaceful life, not to show off our power! Do you understand the meaning of this word?"

  From start to finish, Li Xie never went to deal with Gugu's three people, and Jack also knew how to handle them.

  Tudor dynasty capital, imperial palace library.

  Mercedes VII sat in a chair, rubbing his temples. These days, he couldn't sleep or sit still. Every time he returned from court, he would pull the Left Prime Minister into the study and sit there without speaking.

  The Lion Legion has launched an attack on Peony City, and the Evil Army is marching towards Sunflower City. The specific situation of the war is unknown to Mercedes VII for the time being, and she can only wait.

  The taste of waiting is unbearable, especially when it comes to the fate of a dynasty.

  This made Mercedes VII look rather disheveled.

  The left prime minister saw him like this, and said in a soft voice: "Your Majesty does not need to worry, the Crazy Lion Army will surely win, and even if the evil army is not defeated, it can make the Cheetah Army of Sunflower City suffer heavy losses. This way, the situation in our dynasty will be stable, and it is the time for Your Majesty to show off your talents, Your Majesty should be happy instead."

  "Alas..." Mercedes VII sighed, worriedly saying: "News from the south has arrived, the evil army is launching a full-scale attack. With their strength, how can they possibly engage in a head-on battle with the Hunting Leopard Army? What I fear most is that the evil army will be completely defeated, and those 100,000-strong Hunting Leopard Army will occupy our dynasty's southern territories. In that case, Kevin's side won't dare to continue making moves either."

  Zuo Xiang smiled lightly: "Indeed, if the South can't hold on, Kevin must return immediately to defend Rose City, lest the Great Day Dynasty takes advantage of the emptiness and coordinates with the Southern Leopard Army. However, Your Majesty, you forgot that Evil Duke is a demigod!"

  Mercedes VII shook his head: "I know, but will he take action? If he wants to take action, he would have done so long ago! There's no need to wait until today! The power of a demigod is more than enough to overthrow my dynasty! He just treats all this as a game, and winning or losing isn't what he cares about. What he cares about is the process of the game, like the chess he invented!"

  "Your Majesty!" Erl's voice came from outside the study: "The Duke of Evil has entered the imperial capital airspace and is flying towards the Imperial Palace!"

  "What?"

  Mercedes VII and Zuo Xiang were both shocked.

  Isn't Duke Xie at war? This will count as a delay, and it should be the time when the Xie army arrives at Sunflower City. When the two armies are facing each other, how did he come to the Imperial Capital?

  "Hurry up!"

  Soon, Li Xie arrived at the study. He didn't let the few people waiting outside, but instead brought them directly into Mercedes VII's study. Moreover, when Li Xie saw Mercedes VII, he only called out "Your Majesty" and didn't even kneel down.

  All that can be said is that times have changed. Li Xie is no longer the country bumpkin who had just arrived in the imperial capital and was seeing the emperor for the first time.

  Sitting in the city of chrysanthemum, holding a hundred thousand evil troops, with numerous masters by his side, Li Xie had already gotten used to being high and above. Especially after his own strength increased, he was cultivating an air of arrogance that belonged to him. Perhaps it wasn't obvious yet, but asking him to kneel before the imperial emperor again would be basically impossible, unless there were benefits involved.

  Calling out "Your Majesty" was Li Xie's way of repaying the kindness he had received in the past, although Li Xie also understood that he was being used by Mercedes VII. But who wasn't using someone else? Only those with value were being used! At least, Li Xie wouldn't forget that he owed his current status to Mercedes VII's efforts.

  All of this, Zuo Xiang saw it with his own eyes, and Mercedes VII also saw it with her own eyes, but the two didn't think that this was a change in Li Xie, instead they thought it was only natural. Does a demigod still need to kneel down to the emperor of the imperial court?

  "My lord, how did you come? What about the battle of Sunflower City?" Mercedes VII was more concerned with what was happening in Sunflower City than any changes in etiquette.

  Li Xie said casually: "It's already been settled, the Sunflower City is now in my hands, and the 100,000 Leopard Troops have all become prisoners."

  "Has it fallen?" Mercedes VII's eyes widened in shock, while the Left Minister stood up from his chair with an extremely uncertain expression.

  "Otherwise, Your Majesty thinks I came to the Imperial Capital for what?"

  "This……" Mercedes VII's face was filled with incredulity. Although the news from Sunflower City hadn't reached Mercedes VII yet, judging by the time, it should be around the time when the two armies clashed. Even if the evil army won a great victory, there would probably still be a period of siege warfare, so how could they have taken the city already?

  Could it be...

  Mercedes VII realized something and exclaimed: "You've made your move!"

  Li Xie smiled and didn't respond, letting Mercedes VII guess instead. His gaze suddenly turned cold: "Where are Earl Panseng and the Right Minister?"