At first, the Great Chu Emperor thought he would be the winner, but in the end, he realized he'd been set up by Gavin Guo and the Ying Dynasty's emperor—and ended up dead.
Then, the Ying Dynasty's emperor thought he was the winner and tried to burn the bridge after crossing the river, but he too ended up dead. Giant River City hasn’t fallen yet, but it won’t be long now.
So, it really is just like that saying—when the mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole is right behind.
After wiping out the 1.2 million Ying Dynasty troops, Ian Song steered the battle formation toward another city gate.
Giant River City was the capital of the Ying Dynasty, with a total of nine city gates.
One hour later—
The east gate was breached. The army, in formation, smashed straight through the city wall like a primordial beast from ancient times—unstoppable.
They crushed all resistance and stormed straight to the imperial palace.
No one dared to stand against the fifty-thousand-strong battle formation anymore—the palace gates were flung open in surrender.
As for the few remaining Deity Transformation consecrated protectors of the Ying Dynasty, they’d already fled when they saw things turning bad.
Late at night, inside the palace—
Ian Song looked at the three Foxhaven princesses, all clearly unhappy, and asked, “What are you all doing?”
“Sir, we don’t want to be emperor!”
After the palace was taken, Gavin Guo immediately proposed restoring Foxhaven—and as the last surviving royal bloodline, one of the three sisters was naturally expected to become the new queen.
But the three sisters clearly weren’t keen on being queen, so they all came to Ian Song together to protest.
“You three are the last of the Foxhaven royal bloodline. If none of you become queen, then who will?”
Ian Song asked in a serious tone.
“Waaah, sir, do you not want us anymore?”
The youngest sister, Yura, suddenly started to cry softly.
“Sir, we don’t want to be emperor—we just want to stay with you!” Bella, the second sister, declared.