Towards Eternity
Ch 515's. Conquest (I)
South of Fanrong Island, where the capital of the Fanrong Empire was located, and where the palace where the emperor and his family lived.
A few hundred meters outside the capital, a gigantic Kirin figure stood firmly among the dense trees. On top of Kirin's head, Weng Lou, Ye Lao, and also Qian Yu were sitting and paying close attention to the state of the Imperial capital which was their destination.
At this moment, Ye Lao was observing the capital closely while putting on a sarius face, "From what I can feel, there are about 300 heavily armed troops patrolling the entire city. While the rest were in the barracks near the entrance gate of the palace. The total should be no more than 1,000 troops, not including those in the palace of course."
Among the three of them, Ye Lao had better scanning abilities, so he was in charge of counting the number of troops present in the capital.
Hearing the number called by Ye Lao, Weng Lou and Qian Yu seemed to nod in understanding. They then began to organize their assault strategy further.
"It will be difficult to find one by one these people, given how large and vast the capital is. I suggest using Qi and spreading it throughout the city, then killing these soldiers simultaneously to reduce the time," Ye Lao advised quickly.
Weng Lou stroked his chin and turned his head towards Qian Yu to listen to her opinion of Ye Lao's plan.
Qian Yu immediately shook her head quickly, "Our Qi is not that much to be able to cover the entire capital. At most it's only half of it, and we won't be able to kill those people if we can't close the entire capital perfectly."
Ye Lao silently listened to the criticism from that Qian Yu. It was true that none of them had that much Qi to be able to seal the entire capital. Kirin who was with them though would not be able to do so, either, the maximum that could be done by him was only to seal the entire capital but not be able to kill the soldiers because all his Qi was depleted just to seal the entire city.
The same goes for Weng Lou. Although he could control large amounts of Qi beyond the limits of his practice level, there was a limit to the control he had for it. But that limitation was that when he had not opened the first seal he had, he did not know how many restrictions he currently had after successfully breaking his first seal. There was a possibility that he could control a Qi that was much greater than before.
"Teacher, I want to try my limits," Weng Lou said with a meaningful look at Qian Yu.
Looking at his disciple's gaze, Qian Yu immediately rejected him, "No, we don't know yet what will happen if you unleash such a huge force. Before you even nearly destroyed the barrier separating the Slums just for patting it down, what would happen if you covered the entire city with Qi under your control?
The worst possibility is, you killed everyone in the city, even innocent people! And even worse, there's a good chance that Zhi Juan has managed to track us down!"
Weng Lou immediately gulped down his saliva, what Qian Yu said was making himself worried as well. Yet on the other hand, he was still curious as to how much power he possessed.
Qian Yu smiled faintly, she understood what her student felt, she was also like Weng Lou when she was young back then. The strength he possessed made him curious about his own limits. But he has lived a very long time, and knows that not always the curiosity ends well, especially in the case of Weng Lou who has not been able to fully control his strength.
"Yes, even so, it doesn't hurt to have a curiosity towards one's own strength. After all, there are both of us here, we can help you control Qi and you do the rest yourself" Qian Yu said, looking at Weng Lou's happy smile as soon as she heard it.
"Hm.it can be done. Because our soul is also embedded in his body, we are also indirectly joined to him, just as my soul entered into the Book of Eternity and your soul entered into the Night Dragon Sword. Makes sense!" Ye Lao confirmed the suggestion of Qian Yu.
Since they had already agreed to the plan, Qian Yu also told Weng Lou to start closing his eyes and controlling Qi to start covering the entire city.
Without asking much, Weng Lou did as Qian Yu had said. He started to counteract the Qi that was inside his body and drain it out. Simultaneously, Weng Lou began to absorb the Profound Power present in the surrounding environment, and instantly turned it into Qi at the same time.
As a result, a large amount of Qi was created and began to move to the imperial capital. To save the amount of Qi used, Weng Lou made a straight path, before then starting to expand the Qi range controlled by him.
In the capital, the Qi that Weng Lou controlled began to move to cover the city bit by bit. No one was aware of this because most of the people inside were just ordinary humans, the soldiers who were Martial Practitioners were also unable to see or feel this Qi as they were all only at the Foundation Base realm.
People just passed by like nothing happened, as well as the soldiers who were on patrol, they kept doing their job.
When the Qi that Weng Lou controlled it reached three-quarters of the area of the entire capital, there was a disruption to Weng Lou's control. In the western part of the capital, Qi Weng Lou moved a little slower than the rest, and this was discovered by Ye Lao and Qian Yu.
"He's starting to lose control" Ye Lao said casually.
"He can still do it, the limit of his control should be more than that," Qian Yu denied.
At this moment, Weng Lou who was closing his eyes and was busy controlling his Qi, started to sweat. He gritted his teeth, and increased his focus.
'Relax, Weng Lou. It's easy for you, let's go beyond our limits and be the strongest.....' Weng Lou spoke in his heart.
Before long, the entire capital had been sealed off by Weng Lou's Qi perfectly. And even more amazing, there was no sign that the Qi controlled by Weng Lou would lose control so as to make Qian Yu smile at Weng Lou's persistence.
"You're better than I thought, son, at least you're beyond my expectations" Ye Lao said.
"Good job, Lou. Now, begin to control your Qi and find all the warriors scattered throughout the city. Don't lose your focus, and stay relaxed. You can do it."
Weng Lou nodded in return. The cords of Qi started to radiate out from the Qi that had covered the entire city and passed through the people who were walking inside the city.
One by one, the soldiers in the city managed to find Weng Lou, and all of those soldiers had now been tied up with the Qi ropes he had created.
Initially it was only 1 soldier, then increased by 3, 10, and continued to grow until then it reached the number of 987 soldiers who had been bound by Qi Weng Lou, who had been tied up by Qi Weng, less than the amount that Ye Lao had said before. There were some soldiers who entered into the palace, so the number was reduced. This was good news for Weng Lou because he did not need to control any further his Qi to bind those soldiers.
Right now, Weng Lou's entire body had been drenched in sweat, and he bit his lips to the point of bleeding. It was obvious that he had almost reached the limit of his control.
He did not dare to speak or make the slightest sound, afraid that his concentration would be disturbed.
"You're my student, Lou. Now, let go of all your burdens, and finish them off" said Qian Yu, who sounded like a voice from heaven to Weng Lou.
Quickly, Weng Lou stimulated all of the Qi ropes he had created, and then all of those Qi ropes exploded and killed all of the soldiers in the city.
*PLAK!* *SPLASH!*
Like a thin balloon, the bodies of the soldiers exploded and shattered into pieces. Their blood, and pieces of their bodies all scattered and hit the people who were in the city.
Fear filled the city, and panic spread like a tornado.
Above Kirin's head, Weng Lou was currently lying down and breathing irregularly.
"Haah.haahhh. The explosive power of Qi that was on the soldiers' bodies almost put the people around them at risk." Weng Lou wiped the sweat on his forehead and heaved a sigh of relief.
On the other hand, Ye Lao and Qian Yu looked at each other and smiled wryly. What Weng Lou did was far from their estimation. Killing the soldiers meant by the two of them was enough to blow their heads, or their hearts alone, not their entire bodies as Weng Lou had done.