"Pa!"
The whip lashed down, and the ice sculpture shattered, exploding into countless shards that scattered through the air.
"To dare say such words so boldly, I admire your courage!" Esdeath sneered coldly.
Immediately afterward, her expression turned even colder as she issued an order to the soldiers behind her.
"Find that man immediately. I want him kneeling before me, licking my feet!" Esdeath spoke with icy indifference.
As the youngest female general of the Empire, her sadistic personality and the bloodthirsty, battle-hungry aura she emitted filled every soldier with fear. Naturally, no one dared disobey her orders. At once, soldiers began moving out rapidly.
"Interesting… such a powerful man has appeared."
"You've truly stirred my desire to conquer."
Esdeath licked her lips, a gleam flashing in her eyes.
At the same time, inside the secret base of Night Raid.
The remaining survivors were gathered around a round table, all curiously looking at Qin Yi.
"Let me introduce everyone. This is my older brother. His name is Qin Yi."
Qin Xiyao had already awakened. After suppressing the grief in her heart, she took a deep breath and introduced him to everyone.
"Wow, Sister Xiyao, you actually have an older brother? He's really handsome. I wonder if he has a girlfriend?"
Mine, with her long pink twin ponytails, squinted her eyes in a mischievous smile as she spoke.
Qin Yi smiled.
"If this lady doesn't mind, I could let you become my eighteenth queen."
"A queen? The eighteenth?"
Mine froze for a moment, then pouted and collapsed back into her chair, staring at Qin Yi.
"Qin Yi is the king of a powerful kingdom. Everyone should try not to be disrespectful."
Tatsumi said cautiously.
"I've already heard the details from Xiyao. Thank you very much, Qin Yi, for being willing to lend us your help this time."
Najenda, the boss, said with a smile.
Qin Yi nodded, indicating there was no need to be so polite.
"I should be the one thanking you for taking care of Xiyao all these years."
Najenda nodded, then her expression turned serious as she went straight to the main topic.
"I heard that you're willing to help us. How exactly do you plan to do that? And where is your army?"
Beside her, Leone blinked curiously while taking a bite of the apple in her hand.
"An army?"
Qin Yi smiled faintly after hearing that.
"There's no need. My presence here alone is enough."
Everyone present, except Tatsumi, was stunned, their expressions turning somewhat strange.
"Brother, the Empire has hundreds of thousands of troops. And Esdeath is also a terrifying super S-rank battle maniac."
Qin Xiyao reminded him.
She knew very clearly the size of the army under Qin Yi's command. Compared with this world, it was a truly terrifying scale. Sending less than a single division would already be enough to conquer this world with ease.
"From Qin's Nation, whether it's General Yang Yi or General Fang Lan leading the army, any of them would be more than enough!"
Qin Yi smiled again and spoke calmly.
"A world like this doesn't require that."
"I alone will handle everything."
His gaze sharpened as he looked directly at Najenda.
"I heard you still have troops on your side. Just have them prepare to take over."
"I also know what you plan to do next. Are you preparing to assassinate the Empire's high officials and then launch the final assault?"
Najenda was startled for a moment before nodding.
"That's right."
"There's no need to make things so troublesome."
"When do you plan to act?"
Qin Yi tapped the table lightly with his index finger as he asked.
"Our actions during the day have already attracted the Empire's attention. They'll probably find us soon, so we plan to act tomorrow."
Najenda said in a deep voice.
"Good. Tomorrow, I will settle everything."
Qin Yi nodded.
His calm and confident tone made the eyes of everyone present flicker with doubt, they found it hard to believe.
"Your understanding of the world you've seen has limited your imagination of power."
"But someone with strength like Esdeath is nothing to worry about in my world."
"As for the Empire's hundreds of thousands of troops, in my eyes, they're simply laughable."
Seeing everyone's expressions, Qin Yi curled his lips and let out a cold sneer.
Then he turned and left the table.
After he walked away, Mine immediately started complaining.
"Sister Xiyao, does your brother even understand the situation? He's so arrogant."
"If something goes wrong during tomorrow's operation, we won't have any spare hands to save him!"
Leone also spoke up in agreement.
Qin Xiyao hesitated slightly before explaining.
"I'm not sure just how powerful my brother has become now."
"But before I left, he was already far stronger than Esdeath."
"And the army under his command is made entirely of elites. Every general is an expert capable of facing ten thousand enemies alone. As for the scale of his army…"
Taking a deep breath, Qin Xiyao raised her head and looked at everyone present.
Perhaps they couldn't imagine it, but she knew very clearly in her heart. For her brother now, conquering a world like this posed absolutely no difficulty.
The only reason he was personally here and willing to take action… was because of her.
Everyone present stared at Qin Xiyao. They had occasionally heard before that her brother was a king who controlled vast lands and a powerful kingdom, but they had never seen him before. Nor had they ever heard of such a country existing in this world. Now that they had finally met him, his arrogance and disdain naturally made them doubtful.
"The number… reaches an astonishing thirty to forty million."
The shocking figure left Najenda stunned, while the others were completely dumbfounded, unable to believe such a number.
"Sister Xiyao… are you sure it's really thirty to forty million??"
Mine asked with a trembling voice.
"I'm sure. I've been to Qin Yi, our king's, world. Everyone there is extremely powerful."
"They don't possess any Imperial Arms, but the strength they display is not inferior to us who wield Imperial Arms!"
"At that time, when I faced three or four ordinary soldiers there, I was subdued instantly before I could even activate my Imperial Arm!"
Tatsumi said loudly, his voice still filled with deep shock.
"And their nation's territory is incredibly vast, far beyond anything I've ever heard of, and prosperous like a paradise!"
"I don't know the exact number of their troops and couldn't tell, but from the conversations of ordinary soldiers, I heard that even a small county alone has hundreds of thousands of standing troops."
"They even have naval, land, and air forces, along with special units."
"They're extremely powerful!"
Tatsumi's following words shocked everyone even more.
They finally realized that behind Qin Yi stood an unimaginably powerful foundation.
Najenda took a deep breath, a smile appearing on her face.
"With Xiyao's brother supporting us…"
"It seems our operation this time has a great chance of success!"
"I only hope that after everything that happens next, we can all still meet each other alive."
"We've already lost too much for this battle."
Soon after, everyone dispersed.
Qin Xiyao, however, went to Qin Yi's room.
"Brother, what do you plan to do tomorrow?"
Qin Yi smiled faintly.
"Do you know what a flying sword is?"
"Taking the enemy's head from a thousand miles away."
"I only need to strike once with my sword."
Qin Xiyao was stunned.
(End of Chapter)
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