Son-in-law Heaven Emperor Xiao Yi

Chapter 1271: Chapter 1257: Rivers of Blood, The Tragedy of Southern State!

Linhai City.

This is the largest coastal city of the Beast Emperor Sea, located in the east of the Great Qian Dynasty.

At the same time...

It is also a city that has endured many vicissitudes and calamities.

Back then, when the powerful figures from the Turbulent Sea Region first invaded the Great Qian Dynasty, they plundered and cruelly slaughtered Linhai City.

However.

After years of recuperation and revitalization, Linhai City not only restored its former prosperity but also surpassed it.

Once, Linhai City’s port in its prime could only accommodate around a hundred cargo ships simultaneously loading and unloading goods, but now it can accommodate more than five hundred cargo ships simultaneously.

Moreover.

The population of Linhai City has grown from a peak of over fifty million to over one hundred and thirty million now.

This is all because of Xiao Yi’s leadership.

Linhai City opened up the sea routes between the Beast Emperor Sea and the Turbulent Sea Region, making it the primary hub connecting these regions to the Southern State.

Here, as long as the locals are not lazy, they can earn multiple times the wages found elsewhere with their own hands and enjoy a prosperous life.

Zheng Le, whose parents died early, took care of his younger siblings from the age of ten, having to chew on tree bark, steal, and wander.

Until he came to Linhai City.

With his own strength, he made quite a bit of money at the docks and even partnered with others to form a labor team handling the business of contracting cargo loading and unloading.

Life became increasingly comfortable.

No more wandering.

No more fighting stray dogs for food.

No more leading his siblings to sleep in the open...

They now have their own house, enjoy fresh and delicious fish meals every day, and his siblings are no longer malnourished, with spare money to find martial arts cultivation techniques for them.

Recently, he has also developed mutual affection with the daughter of a foreman at the docks and is preparing to save up some money to propose marriage.

Life is thriving, and happiness is within reach!

"Phew!"

After unloading the cargo from the ship, Zheng Le sat on the dock, looking up longingly at the colossal structure several hundred meters high in front of him: "Someday, I want to buy a ship like this, and take my siblings and Axiang to see the Beast Emperor Sea and the Turbulent Sea Region!"

"Le, I made you some soup..." A clear voice chimed in as a fair-skinned young girl approached shyly, smiling.

This was Axiang, the girl Zheng Le was fond of, and they were mutually in love.

Zheng Le smiled as he stepped forward, savoring the soup Axiang had prepared, and the dockworkers around teased, "Wow, Axiang’s soup sure is fragrant! I can smell it from way over here!"

"Little Le is really lucky!"

"My wife only knows how to cook sweet potato porridge, I’m really tired of it..."

"Divorce her and find someone who can make soup!"

"Pah, my love with my wife is as strong as gold..."

"Hahaha..."

Amidst the laughter, Zheng Le grinned from ear to ear, looking at the shy girl beside him, his heart stirred: "Axiang, in two months I’ll have saved enough money. Then I’ll propose to your father!"

"Mm!"

Axiang lowered her head and replied sweetly.

Suddenly...

A startled cry came from the crowd: "Look, what is that?"

"It looks like someone is flying in the sky..."

Woo woo woo!

Alarms suddenly sounded in the sky above Linhai City, and the voice of the City Lord, Shadow Demon, echoed: "Who are you? How dare you cause trouble in my Linhai City? Aren’t you afraid of angering my lord Xiao Zhenguo?"

As Linhai City grew increasingly prosperous, its status in the Great Qian Dynasty became more important as well.

Yang Ling specifically invited the Shadow Demon from Xiaoshanhe Institute to serve as the City Lord, guarding Linhai City.

But now...

The Shadow Demon was leading an army of a hundred thousand, watching tens of figures in the sky with a solemn expression, exuding an overwhelming battle intent.

He had just broken through to the Ninth Layer of the Human Venerate Realm.

Guarding a city was more than sufficient.

However...

Facing this group of mysterious experts in the air, he still seemed lacking.

In the void.

Lin Maotian, one of the Vice Sect Hierarchs of the Changsheng Sect, glanced sideways at the Shadow Demon and sneered coldly: "Just the Ninth Layer of the Human Venerate Realm, and you dare speak loudly before me? If you know what’s good for you, retreat quickly, and I might spare your life. Otherwise, you’ll be the first I kill!"

The Shadow Demon stood proudly in the void, his expression unprecedentedly grave.

Although he couldn’t see through Lin Maotian’s true cultivation level, the mere suppression of his aura made him feel breathless, showing that his strength was definitely far above his own.

But still...

The Shadow Demon didn’t retreat, but instead took a step forward. With a cold and sharp gaze, he fixed his eyes on the opponent and said word by word, "Aren’t you afraid of the retaliation from the Xiaoshanhe Institute and Xiao Zhenguo?"

"Humph, what is the Xiaoshanhe Institute to me? Kill them!"

Lin Maotian waved his large hand.

In an instant, the world was filled with wind and clouds. A massive sphere of golden light formed above his head, like a blazing sun hanging in the void.

It radiated an incomparably dazzling light.

With a swishing sound as it tore through the air.

This gigantic sphere of light shot swiftly in the direction of the dock.

"Not good!"

The Shadow Demon’s face changed suddenly. The terrifying energy contained within this sphere of light was capable of destroying the entire dock and harbor. If the dock was destroyed, Linhai City would be mostly crippled, especially with countless innocent civilians at the docks facing certain death.

"Xiao Zhenguo gave me a new life. Otherwise, I’d still be in the Slave Battlefield. Since they entrusted me to guard Linhai City, even if it costs my life, I cannot retreat..."

With this thought in mind.

The Shadow Demon let out a great roar and charged into the sky, directly colliding with the massive light sphere.

With a loud explosion.

The energy sphere burst violently.

The Shadow Demon’s figure, like a falling star, plummeted fiercely into the sea with a swoosh, causing a huge column of water thousands of meters high to explode upwards, with waves surging like a tsunami.

Countless large cargo ships at the port were overturned.

The waves turned into merciless beasts, pounding the port.

In an instant.

The port was filled with cries of distress: "Run for your lives..."

"Damn it, who is attacking our Daqian Dynasty? Aren’t they afraid of Xiao Zhenguo taking revenge for us?"

"Someone, help me save my child..."

"No, I haven’t even married yet..."

Amid the cries of agony.

Zheng Le watched the collapsing cargo, hurriedly pulling Axiang into his arms. With a loud crash, something heavy slammed into his back.

Blood spurted from his mouth as he was pinned under the cargo.

Yet Axiang was pushed out by him at the last moment.

"A—Axiang, save me..." Zheng Le cried out in despair.

However...

Axiang looked at the cargo weighing down Zheng Le’s back, then at the terrifying battle in the sky, and without hesitation, turned to flee into the distance.

"No... Axiang..." Zheng Le shouted in despair as the woman’s silhouette grew more distant.

"Why? Why is this happening..."

Zheng Le’s face was full of despair.

As he watched the city guards and civilians slaughtered by the Changsheng Sect’s strongmen, his eyes were filled with only despair and hatred: "Strength, if there’s a next life, I must have enough strength. All who betrayed me, abandoned me, and bullied me must die..."

Immense hatred.

Axiang’s ruthless abandonment during calamity planted a deep seed in the heart of this once sunny boy.

His vision was awash in red.

The ground was covered with corpses, a mountain of bodies and sea of blood formed from flowing gore.

Tens of thousands of city guards suffered heavy losses.

The Shadow Demon was directly beheaded.

The vast Linhai City was engulfed in smoke.

"Oh? This boy with half his body crushed still has such a strong will to survive? Not bad, not bad, he’s a seed worth cultivating..." Unconscious Zheng Le didn’t know that Lin Maotian’s gaze was drawn to him.

He scooped up Zheng Le and, with a group of strongmen, continued the slaughter...

At the same time.

The entire Southern State was witnessing similar situations. noveldrama

Countless tiny, insignificant existences like Zheng Le, as numerous as the stars. However, those people weren’t as lucky or unlucky as Zheng Le, who was saved by Lin Maotian.

The frenzied slaughter lasted for two full days and nights, and during this time.

More than two hundred cities of the Southern State’s Daqian Dynasty and the Nantian Dynasty were attacked, resulting in military and civilian casualties exceeding twenty billion.

On this day.

It would later be known as the Tragedy of the Southern State...