Chapter 109: Battle Ends

Outside the Great Zhou city gate, Zhou Qing stood in mid-air, his Nine Flames Spear blazing with fire and lightning. A powerful aura surged from his body, like a furious tempest, enveloping the entire world.

Countless people gazed at his figure, as if they were once again witnessing the majestic King of Great Zhou from its glorious heyday.

"Your Majesty!""Your Majesty!"From atop the city walls, countless shouts of reverence erupted, deafeningly loud.

Zhou Yuan also looked at Zhou Qing's mountain-like back, joy emerging in his eyes. Zhou Qing had managed to break through the shadow in his heart, and his strength would gradually recover. Zhou Yuan was genuinely happy about this.

"Father, you didn't lose to King Wu, because the infant you protected with all your might back then... has now begun to grow up," Zhou Yuan murmured, slowly clenching his fingers.

"Retreat!""Quickly retreat!"While the morale of the Great Zhou forces soared, the Great Qi forces completely collapsed. Even Qi Yuan looked terrified, roaring.

As his voice fell, he was the first to shoot out, attempting to flee.

Zhao Tianlun and the others also retreated in panic. At this moment, Zhou Qing's strength had reached the fifth layer, rendering them no longer a match for him.

"Stop them! Since they've come, none of them will leave," Zhou Yuan declared, a cold glint flashing in his eyes, upon seeing the situation.

Wei Canglan and Black Poison King both nodded, swiftly pursuing.

In mid-air, Zhou Qing looked on with an indifferent gaze, his eyes fixed on Qi Yuan. He slowly tightened his grip on his long spear.

"For all these years, I've allowed you to act recklessly in my Great Zhou. Now, I will personally correct all these mistakes," Zhou Qing said calmly.

Potent crimson Genesis Qi surged around him, faintly accompanied by rumbling thunder, radiating a formidable aura.

With a single step, Zhou Qing's figure transformed into a crimson rainbow, shooting out directly towards Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan, sensing this, immediately looked horrified and dared not hesitate for a moment, pushing his Genesis Qi to the limit as he retreated frantically.

However, Zhou Qing's strength had greatly increased at this point, far surpassing Qi Yuan's third layer of the Alpha Origin Stage. Thus, after a few breaths, his figure appeared directly behind Qi Yuan.

Zhou Qing remained expressionless. The long spear in his hand moved like a dragon, bringing forth a flash of fire and rumbling thunder, seemingly shaking the void as it aimed directly at Qi Yuan.

Sensing the spear's ferocity, Qi Yuan was greatly alarmed. Light patterns emerged on the blade of his longsword as Genesis Qi was frantically poured into it, as if emitting a metallic gleam.

Qi Yuan thrust his sword out with full force. This strike, poured with all the Genesis Qi in his body, was incomparably fierce.

However, when the crimson rainbow spear tip touched the sword blade, thunder seemed to erupt, and an astonishing force burst forth with crackling sounds.

The space violently vibrated and subtly distorted. Qi Yuan let out a miserable shriek as the Profound Origin Weapon-level longsword in his hand shattered completely.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I surrender!" Qi Yuan exclaimed, his face filled with horror.

But his response was Zhou Qing's decisive, deadly spear strike. The spear shadow flashed past, piercing Qi Yuan's heart with a squelch. Hot and violent Flame-Thunder Qi surged madly into Qi Yuan's body, shattering it completely within mere seconds.

The horror on Qi Yuan's face froze. He clutched the spear embedded in his chest, his eyes fixed on Zhou Qing, and murmured, "Zhou Qing... King Wu won't let you get away with this!"

Zhou Qing remained expressionless. With a shake of his spear, Qi Yuan's body fell from the sky, his life force completely extinguished.

"King Qi has been executed! Those who do not surrender will be killed!" Zhou Qing's cold, sharp cry, like thunder, resonated across the battlefield.

The routed Great Qi army, who had been fleeing, completely lost morale upon hearing that King Qi had been slain. Countless soldiers knelt, discarded their weapons and armor, leaving the ground in utter disarray.

Meanwhile, Zhao Tianlun and the other two Alpha Origin Stage experts were in disarray under the encirclement of Zhou Yuan, Tun Tun, Wei Canglan, and Black Poison King.

"Zhou Qing, don't go too far! If you kill us, do you think King Wu will let this go?" Zhao Tianlun yelled angrily, dodging clumsily.

"Even if I don't kill you, King Wu and I won't let this go!" Zhou Qing sneered. With a shake of his spear, he joined the fray. Instantly, Zhao Tianlun and the other two Alpha Origin Stage experts were utterly routed and, after a dozen rounds, were successively slain.

The continuous fall of three Alpha Origin Stage experts, with blood spilling, made countless Great Qi rebels tremble, prostrating themselves on the ground, daring not to make the slightest move.

Inside the city, the Imperial Army surged out like a tide, quickly taking control of the battlefield.

At this moment, the flames of rebellion were finally extinguished.

Inside Great Zhou City, countless citizens erupted in earth-shattering cheers as they witnessed this scene.

"Long live His Majesty!""Long live His Highness!"Amidst the widespread cheers, Zhou Qing landed on the city wall. He held the Nine Flames Spear with one arm, a smile gracing his resolute face. The long-standing gloom between his brows had completely vanished.

After this battle, the King of Great Zhou from yesteryear seemed to have returned.

"Congratulations, Father, on breaking through your shadow. You will surely reach the peak again in the future," the silver-armored figure, Zhou Yuan, landed and smiled at Zhou Qing.

"Yuan'er, this time, it's truly all thanks to you," Zhou Qing sighed. If not for Zhou Yuan, Qi Yuan might have achieved victory without even needing to produce King Wu's imperial decree.

And naturally, Zhou Qing would not have had the chance to break through his shadow.

Zhou Yuan smiled, staring at the corpses of Qi Yuan and others on the ground not far away. "However, with the suppression of King Qi's rebellion this time, I'm afraid the news will truly reach King Wu's ears."

A hint of gravity appeared in his eyes. While Qi Yuan and his group were troublesome, they could be dealt with. However, the Great Wu Dynasty was a formidable mountain weighing on the hearts of Great Zhou, full of danger.

The Great Wu Dynasty was currently at the peak of its prosperity, with numerous strong experts. Compared to it, Great Zhou was still too weak.

"The Great Wu Dynasty is currently contending with top dynasties like the Sword Dynasty, so they won't be able to spare attention for us in the short term. As long as I can recover my strength, their ordinary methods won't be able to harm us," Zhou Qing said slowly.

"However... once they free up their hands, they will likely make a decisive move against our Great Zhou."

Zhou Yuan nodded gently, then smiled, saying, "It seems we still have some time to breathe..."

*Crack!*

Suddenly, he heard a faint sound. His gaze sharpened, and he saw a crack appear on the silver ring on his finger.

"The consumption was too great; even the Genesis Treasure is damaged."

Zhou Yuan gave a wry smile. He could feel the spirit in his glabella gradually weakening, and a sharp pain began to erupt. He knew this was the onset of the aftereffects from forcibly amplifying his soul to activate "Silver Shadow."

"Father... the aftermath will likely have to be handled by you."

The silver armor on Zhou Yuan's body began to melt, eventually retracting as silver liquid. Zhou Yuan's body was revealed from within, his face terrifyingly pale, his glabella dull and lifeless.

"Yuan'er?" Seeing his appearance, Zhou Qing was also startled.

Zhou Yuan, however, was too weak to reply. His eyelids slowly drooped, darkness completely enveloped his vision, and his body collapsed with a thud.

Just before completely losing consciousness, Zhou Yuan let out a helpless sigh in his heart.

"Still too weak..."