"My three esteemed ministers, lead the army to suppress the spirits of the dead!"
Seeing that General Yang's soldiers were already struggling to hold on, Li Ling immediately gave the order.
There were simply too many undead, and they were impossible to kill. General Yang only had five thousand soldiers under his command, and it was already quite remarkable that they had managed to hold out this long with the help of machine guns.
"promise!"
Wang Jian and the others readily accepted the order and immediately led their armies to flank the undead army from both sides.
Although the undead were numerous, they were not a regular army, and were completely defeated by the undead army in less than half an hour of fierce fighting.
The key is that the 100,000 elite Qin soldiers, after crossing the Great Wall, have gained immortality. The undead cannot kill them at all, and even if their heads are cut off, they can grow back instantly.
Given this shift in power, the defeat of the undead army was to be expected.
"Your Majesty, what should be done with this woman?" After defeating the undead army, Wang Jian captured Ziyuan in the chaos.
"A tyrannical ruler!"
As if foreseeing her impending doom, Shion struggled violently.
Unfortunately, she sacrificed her immortality to summon the dead, and now she is just an ordinary person with no fighting power whatsoever.
No matter how much she struggled, she could not break free from the Qin soldiers' hands, which were like iron clamps.
“Aster…”
Upon seeing Ziyuan captured by the Qin army, Guo Ming, among the undead, lost control of his emotions. A muffled voice came from his head, and the flames in his eye sockets flickered continuously.
"Guo Lang!"
Looking at the broken skeleton, Ziyuan let out sobs.
"Ying Zheng!"
A muffled voice came from Guo Ming's head, staring at Li Ling with intense hatred.
"I said not long ago that if I can kill you once, I can kill you a second time!"
Li Ling's clear voice rang out, and although he was smiling, his eyes were filled with a chilling coldness as he stared at Guo Ming.
"Kill!" (The following appears to be a series of seemingly random characters and symbols, possibly a corrupted or incomplete text. A direct translation is not possible without further context.)
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Chapter 227: The Soul Returns!
As Li Ling finished speaking, two Qin soldiers raised their swords and beheaded Zi Yuan in front of Guo Ming.
Looking at the head rolling on the ground, Li Ling refused to believe that she could be resurrected!
"roar!"
Witnessing Ziyuan's beheading, Guo Ming instantly flew into a rage, letting out an unintelligible roar.
"I cannot tolerate betrayal. You may go and join her!"
Five-colored divine light flowed in Li Ling's hand, transforming into a five-colored rainbow bridge that descended from the sky to suppress the enraged Guo Ming.
Guo Ming brandished his broken sword, charging left and right, but he couldn't budge the Rainbow Bridge in the slightest.
"I hate it..."
A roar of resentment erupted from Guo Ming's head.
Watching the woman you love beheaded right before your eyes, with your enemy right in front of you and you powerless to do anything about it—this kind of pain is beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
"The Dragon Emperor treated you well back then, yet you betrayed the Great Qin for a woman." Looking at Guo Ming's crumbling soul, Li Ling's eyes were filled with indifference.
Through the Dragon Emperor's memories, Li Ling learned that the Dragon Emperor had once highly valued and trusted Guo Ming greatly.
If the Dragon Emperor didn't trust Guo Ming, he wouldn't have asked Guo Ming to help him find the way to immortality. But Guo Ming betrayed the Dragon Emperor and the Great Qin for a woman. Such a person deserves to die.
Moreover, if the Purple Orchid Curse hadn't sealed the Dragon Emperor, the Qin Empire wouldn't have perished, and China wouldn't have fallen to its current state.
"This is what happens to traitors!"
Under the suppression of Li Ling's Five Elements magic, Guo Ming's remnant soul was on the verge of collapse and could be scattered at any moment.
"Your Majesty's divine might is unparalleled. It is our great honor to be able to follow Your Majesty!"
Upon hearing Li Ling's self-talk, General Yang did not hesitate at all and immediately knelt down to express his loyalty.
"Get up."
Li Ling didn't say much. The Yang family had been loyal to the Qin Dynasty for generations, and they hadn't forgotten their roots even after more than two thousand years, which was truly commendable.
"You tyrant, even if I can't kill you today, I won't let you get away with this!" Guo Ming made a final struggle as he was about to be annihilated.
Guo Ming's head exploded with a bang, and the billowing dark light suddenly contracted, transforming into a palm-sized black flame that rushed towards Li Ling in an instant.
"snort!"
Li Ling snorted coldly, and his body radiated the Five Elements Divine Light.
To Li Ling's surprise, the dark light ignored the Five Elements Divine Light and directly entered Li Ling's brow.