Chapter 22: The Shattered Dynasty (On My Knees Begging for Recommendations)
In the "palace" where the original Blood Mosquito Queen resided, Liu Ting's entire skin was swollen like a balloon, turning into something like a pupa. Crackling sounds could be heard from time to time, with sparks bursting out in a string, or perhaps it was starry electrical lights. It didn't seem peaceful inside either, as if some kind of intense and unknown chemical reaction was taking place.
"It's so hot! I'm going to die! I'm going to explode, let me out quickly!" Old Liu didn't know how long he had been in a state of dormancy in the darkness, both his body and mind were lost in a daze-like state that was neither sleep nor wakefulness. Originally, this state would have lasted for some time, but unexpectedly, the elemental energy within Old Liu suddenly became violent, like an unstable compound producing a fierce reaction, which shocked him awake and let out a painful roar! In the void, a thin, fragmented electric snake flashed out, although it was fleeting, the elemental energy filled with violent properties actually managed to drill a small hole in the hard blood mosquito nest. (Of course, these blood mosquito nests were already full of dense entrances and exits, one more or less didn't make a difference.)
"Let me out! Let me out!" Liu Teng writhed his body, but the cocoon outside was abnormally solid. For a while, he couldn't break free and could only desperately twist his limbs that were unable to move freely, moaning as he tried to struggle out of this narrow space.
"Fire! I'll use fire, burn you with fire!" Liu Ting roared, wanting to release the infinitely expanding energy in his body. Suddenly, a faint red glow flashed in the darkness, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a burning flame that attached itself to the surface of the cocoon, igniting it!
In the midst of the stone forest, the barbarian high priest tilted his head to one side, making a gesture as if listening intently, with an increasingly intense look of shock between his eyebrows, muttering to himself: "Heavens! The God of War is above...!" This made all the other barbarians exchange suspicious glances, scratching their heads in confusion, unsure of what was happening.
Suddenly, the high priest furrowed his brow and anxiously said: "What's going on! Why don't they match up, and yet rejection is still happening? Ah, I see, it's because of the supernatural system's beast ability and the superpower system's beast ability causing a rejection, trapping this little guy inside the cocoon! It's really too chaotic, actually having three intermediate-level beast abilities accumulated in his body at the same time during his first growth. Aren't you afraid of being burst open?! No way, I'll help him!" As he muttered to himself, the old man flipped over his palm and somehow produced a rusty iron bell from who-knows-where, shaking it with a clanging sound that rippled out in visible waves, giving people the feeling that it was like a clear breeze blowing through a valley, but when it reached you, it suddenly turned back, leaving one with an inexplicable, indescribable feeling.
"The High Priest's insect breeding spell?" The middle-aged barbarian suddenly remembered the magical spell that he had heard from the elderly people in his tribe when he was a child, and for a moment, his face changed drastically as he hastily knelt down to the ground. It seemed that this middle-aged man also held great authority among these barbarians, and although the others were also ignorant of the truth, they saw their leader kneel down and hurriedly followed suit, prostrating themselves on the ground in a scattered manner. Only the young barbarian named Eagle was still stunned, wondering what had happened and why everyone was suddenly kneeling down with his uncle. It wasn't until his childhood friend pulled his pants leg that this young man finally reacted, hastily kneeling down to the ground and piling up together with the older men.
The brilliant Barbarian Empire, which dominated Gaya for thousands of years, was famous for its mysterious magic of cultivating insects and driving beasts. Decades ago, the two unprecedented wars that broke out on this land shocked the world, forcing the civilized nations on the mainland to re-examine these barbaric and backward indigenous people.
One of them was 30 years ago, when the old king of the Barbarian Empire died and his son succeeded to the throne. Because the royal power had not been consolidated, the new king's prestige was insufficient to win the trust of all the tribal chiefs, so a coup occurred shortly after the new king ascended to the throne. The situation in the Barbarian Empire suddenly became precarious. The neighboring Western countries had been eyeing this vast and fertile land full of treasures for years, and they would not miss such a good opportunity. Almost at the same time as receiving the news, 12 Western countries led by Guestco formed a Sacred Alliance (also known as the Twelve-Nation Alliance), under the pretext of eliminating heretics, mobilizing an army of 730,000 men, with the intention of swallowing up the entire land of Gaya in one fell swoop!
It was not known that the new king of the Barbarian Empire had great talent, and immediately quelled the domestic coup, mobilizing the entire country to fight against the Sacred Alliance. To know that the military strength ratio at that time was 73:20, which means that even if the Barbarian Empire went all out to war, it could only muster around 200,000 troops, including old people, women and even children in their teens. However, this seemingly weak miscellaneous army was driving a large number of demons and insects to fight, among which the most famous were the 16 barbarian empire high priests leading the double-legged flying dragon legion, high-ranking insect tribe, and Dolcla giant beast. Therefore, as soon as the war started, the Sacred Alliance, which had an overwhelming advantage in numbers, was defeated by the Barbarian Empire's driven demons and insects, and was defeated. However, the Sacred Alliance was after all a behemoth that could sweep across the entire continent, although it lost at the beginning of the battle, but in the subsequent battles, it always maintained an overwhelming advantage, and actually managed to defeat the Barbarian Empire's carefully trained demon and insect army, forcing 200,000 barbarians into the depths of Gaya, where they could only counterattack with terrain. At this time, the Sacred Alliance could be said to have already won, and as long as it took one more step, it could swallow up this land that had been coveted for many years. However, they made a strategic mistake similar to Germany's during the Battle of Moscow in World War II!
Due to the decision-making mistakes within the Sacred Alliance and the unadaptability to the drastic changes in Gaya's internal environment, they had to endure the biting of poisonous insects that penetrated everywhere. The originally powerful army that had infiltrated the enemy camp and was already sure of victory could only retreat after abandoning the bodies of more than 2 million comrades who died from infectious diseases or plagues. On their way back, they encountered the interception and attack of the Barbarian Empire, were defeated several times, and in the end, less than half of the soldiers returned to their homeland. Even Fernand, the Duke who had proposed attacking Gaya, was lynched by the people of Western countries who lost their loved ones and the nobles who did not receive any returns, being hanged alive on the gallows.
This historic turning point was not accidental, and nine years later, the painful defeat of the Sacred Alliance was reenacted on the Eastern First Power, the Slavis Empire. This powerful empire, known as the Unfalling Dynasty, drew lessons from the failure of the Sacred Alliance, and after researching various possible events, suddenly mobilized a 150,000-strong army, lightly equipped and simply advancing crazily at lightning speed, crossing tens of millions of kilometers in just two months, killing to the holy land of the Barbarian Empire, also the birthplace of their ancestors, the Barbarian War God, thousands of years ago - Shandora. Before launching this war, the Slavis Empire had already made sufficient preparations, with 100,000 of the 150,000-strong army being champion knights from their country, led by the Duke of Storms, one of the four dukes of the empire, who were unparalleled in endurance and combat power on the entire continent. The remaining 50,000 included more than 120 dragon knights and a large number of lion griffin legions carrying a large number of magicians to counter the magical beasts and insects that the Barbarian Empire might drive.
The war began with lightning speed, the Barbarian Empire was caught off guard and had no time to react, they could only hastily respond and held on for less than half a day before being breached. When the city fell, the Barbarian King took his own life defending the city, staining the graves of their ancestors with his blood. Then, the 6 High Priests who survived the last great war joined forces to unleash the forbidden ritual, releasing the totem that had been sleeping in the ancestral tombs for thousands of years, guarding this land and triggering a terrifying insect plague!
That day could only be described as a catastrophic disaster, with an endless tide of poisonous insects covering the land, devouring everything in sight, and swallowing all in their path. The 15W army of the Slavia Empire fled in disarray, unable to turn the tide despite the presence of powerful dragon knights and the legendary mage corps, who were even unable to protect themselves. If it weren't for the timely intervention of Elvira, the so-called "King of No Night", a super-powerful being who accompanied the army, who used the divine artifact "Lingyuan's Roar" to unleash the power of heaven and earth to defeat this terrifying insect tide, not a single soldier from the Slavia Empire would have escaped. Even so, the empire suffered heavy losses, including the loss of Duke Bao Feng and 10W soldiers, which dealt a severe blow to their vitality, from which they had yet to recover. Meanwhile, the Gaya Empire, which had been trying to revive its ancient glory for decades, finally collapsed after years of turmoil, disappearing into the annals of history like the Asherbi dynasty established by their ancestors. However, the legacy of the barbarians did not end there, as evidenced by the appearance of this high priest in Liu Ting's territory, who was one of the survivors from back then.
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What a tragedy! The results are terrible. Now, how can we get readers to willingly pay for tickets?
