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The journey to Jinling was indeed bustling with excitement, as countless people from all directions came with aspirations, hoping to snatch a piece of the pie from the corpse of the Supreme Church.

Lu Yao also saw many martial artists who were only in the Bone Tempering Realm; with a ragged sack on their back, they set off on their journey, eyeing the Liao Family's luxurious carriage with envy, quickly stepping aside to clear the way.

For most of the lower-class martial artists, seizing an opportunity meant risking their lives to break through, otherwise, they would never be able to advance to the Jin Realm in their lifetimes.

With shorter daylight in winter, the three of them traveled while enjoying themselves along the way, and by the time they reached Changzhou, night had already fallen.

Changzhou, less than 150 kilometers from Jinling, was already under military control, where ordinary people couldn't move around at will; a crowd wishing to enter the city was blocked at the gate.

The nonchalant guards, spotting the trio's car from afar, quickly shouted and whipped around, driving away the civilians blocking the city gate and shifting the barricades out of the way.

Just as the car approached, the guards snapped to attention, saluted, and saw the trio off, without the slightest intention of conducting an inspection.

Liao Ya smiled, "Junior brother, although this car isn't as fast as us, it can save us a lot of trouble. At least no one dares to stop us at the checkpoints."

Lu Yao shrugged his shoulders and smiled.

The three rested there for the night and took the opportunity to gather some information—

Jinling was encircled tightly by the Government Forces as if it were an iron barrel, and all food supplies to the city had been severed; both sides surrounded Yuhuatai, embattled for over a month.

However, since the fighting began, the high ranks of the Supreme Church had not been seen, casting doubts in people's minds.

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The next day, at the break of dawn, the three continued their journey westward.

This area was already considered a war zone, if the scenery before was still barely tolerable, from this point forward, it truly resembled "Bones exposed in the wild, with no chickens crowing for thousands of miles."

All the villages and towns along the way had been abandoned, filled with ruins and broken walls; there were often corpses that had died violently on the road, stripped bare and left out under the broad daylight.

After traveling several dozen miles, faint sounds of chopping and wailing carried on the wind.

Someone was engaged in an armed conflict, with all sorts of noises from blades, swords, clubs, and firearms.

Lu Yao reached out of the car window and waved his hand, and three Spiritual Sparrowhawks immediately flew into the car, then Liao Qe operated a drone to take to the sky, becoming the eyes above.

Fours kilometers away, a gang of bandits was attacking a village. This was common in times of chaos, but the composition of this group of bandits was incredibly diverse.

The Commanders supervising the battle behind were two Westerners, one of whom was a priest in a black robe;

The ones attacking the village were Shunchao People, Tianzhu People, and even some Africans, the group's composition was indeed extremely complex.

Upon seeing this scene, Liao Ya angrily remarked, "The Imperial Court should never have allowed these Westerners to come in!"

"Menes mercenaries and Frandi priests, let's take them out. They're all just small fry, perfect for the Grenade Sniper."

Lu Yao loaded two armor-piercing rounds into the Grenade Sniper, while the rest were high-explosive rounds; Liao Ya and Liao Qe both loaded high-explosive rounds as well.

Once the three were within a kilometer, they climbed up a tree and aimed at the bandits who were close to victory in the distance.

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Mark made no attempt to hide his sharp teeth, occasionally sticking out his tongue to give them a lick.

This unseemly act drew the disdain of the nearby Lyon Cleric:[Barbaric Menes People~]

Lower-class vampires cannot retract their fangs, and gentlemen in civilized societies would usually wear face coverings.

In the eyes of the Lyon Cleric, Mark's behavior was no different from not wearing pants.

Mark also found the arrogant cleric beside him unbearable, but the village they were currently facing was essentially a dirt fort, and it would be difficult to maximize benefits without cooperation.

At this moment, the two foreigners who could hardly stand each other were cooperating with all their might, precisely because each could obtain what they needed—Mark wanted people, and the Lyon Cleric wanted land.

The Imperial Court had already signed the "Treaty of Tianjin," agreeing to allow missionaries to preach deep within the mainland and to purchase land.

But land in the Shun Dynasty was very valuable, and it was commonly believed that selling land was tantamount to squandering family assets, so...

The Lyon Cleric, watching the battle that was about to be won, smiled contently and said, "With this, the Lord's flock shall obtain a fertile piece of land."

Mark chimed in, "The people inside are mine, we'll split the money evenly, it's only fair. I hope the Lord will bless me with a good catch of female slaves. The price of female slaves has been rising on the international market."

The Lyon Cleric casually remarked, "Queen Victoria likes to bathe in the fresh blood of virgins, and the demand is huge."

"The masters of Einheit sure know how to live it up, but there's no need to kill them all, right? Keep them and slowly drain their blood... You sons of bitches, what are you doing! Put the cannons away!"

Mark was chatting when he suddenly saw some of his men trying to bombard the earthen fort with cannons. His face turned pale, and he rushed forward to stop them, kicking and punching. Stay updated via empire

"Idiots! We are slavers, no firing of the cannons! What if it kills the virgins, they're worth a lot of money!"

A black servant nodded and bowed, "Master, there's a cellar, we can't get in because the people inside are guarding the entrance with guns..."

Mark's fangs elongated slightly as he looked coldly at him, "Then charge it down, you go first."

The black man looked at the crude nail hammer in his hand and let out a dry laugh.

As he was dilly-dallying towards the battlefield, he suddenly saw countless shadows violently hitting his companions in front, followed by violent explosions.

In a continuous series of loud booms, countless fragmented corpses and severed limbs blasted into the air; many others were pockmarked with shrapnel, wailing briefly before lying still in pools of blood.

"Where is this bombardment coming from!"

"Save me..."

The scene was instantly thrown into chaos, as many bandits clinging to the walls of the earthen fort fell off as well.

Following that, they were covered by successive 40MM high-explosive fragmentation grenades!

The grenade's lethality against unarmored targets was enormous; even if they were not killed by the explosion, the shrapnel over a 20-meter blast radius would do the job.

In less than half a minute, the attacking bandits were reduced to a ground full of moaning dying people.

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The Lyon Cleric held the Sacred Glow to his chest as two tentacles reached out, quickly carrying him away like Dr. Octopus in an escape for his life.

Just by witnessing the barrage, he knew that the approaching forces were not something he could withstand.

Moreover, the Cleric leading his followers in murder and land theft would be quite the scandal if word got out; it was best to flee first.

The vampire Mark transformed into a shadow and fled in the opposite direction with a speed not slower than that of his allies.

But the very next second, two armor-piercing grenades caught up with the two of them!

The Lyon Cleric was hit first. He wrapped one tentacle around an armor-piercing grenade, but the high-temperature metal jet produced by the grenade burnt right through the tentacle, followed by igniting the fat in the Cleric's body!

He became a human torch on the spot, screaming inhumanely as he was burnt alive. Before his death, his tentacles flailed in vain and were of no use whatsoever.

The vampire Mark fared much better as it suddenly vanished from the spot and reappeared elsewhere, having dodged the grenades—apparently possessing a "blink" like ability.

Lu Yao said to Liao Qe, "Here's a test for you, aim for the leg and capture this vampire alive."

Liao Qe nodded, pulled out the M500 from her waist, and took aim at the target a hundred meters away!