This was a blessing in misfortune for Lan Haolin, and he was naturally quite happy, especially when he remembered that Shen Zhong, who had all kinds of envy and jealousy before, died like this, and he still died in smoke, which was even more joyful.

He even had a faint thought in his heart, that is, what about Master's partiality towards Shen Zhong? In the end, it was himself who survived after all, not him. It can be seen that he is still blessed with great fortune, and he will inevitably be the greatest in the future.

But not long after being proud, Lan Haolin couldn't be happy, because Shen Zhong was dead, Xia Fan was still alive, and he had an enmity with him, and he was already eyeing the Divine Eye Kingdom, if he was caught, it would definitely be over.

And with Shen Zhong's death, it is impossible for him to stay in the Divine Eye Kingdom anymore.

"What should I do?" After thinking about it, Lan Haolin suddenly had an idea, and said secretly: "I went to the Holy Dragon Kingdom to find Long Xiaoshu, although my relationship with him was not very good before, but it was not so bad that I had a grudge, we are the same family, now I go to him, he has no reason to drive me away." ”

"As long as he is willing to take me in, I will tell him some secrets of the Shenmu Country, and encourage him to send troops to annex the Shenmu Country, so that he can show goodwill to Long Xiaoshu, and secondly, let the Holy Dragon Kingdom and Xia Fan face off, as long as they can fight and lose, I will be able to reap the benefits in the future." ”

As soon as he thought of this, Lan Haolin completely made up his mind, and after hastily treating his injuries, he went straight towards the Holy Dragon Kingdom.

He was in such a hurry to leave, also because he knew very well that the news of Shen Zhong's killing could not be hidden at all. Now that he went early, it would naturally be more valuable to tell Long Xiaoshu before everyone else, if he went late, the news would be meaningless after Long Xiaoshu knew everything.

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As Lan Haolin expected, the news of Shen Zhong's defeat and killing was indeed impossible to cover up, and it quickly spread.

First, because Shen Zhongtang, a lord of the country, personally led a million troops to conquer Xia Fan, which was too eye-catching, whether it was someone who had anything to do with the warring parties or not, the forces and the country were paying close attention to the progress of the matter.

Because the battle between Shen Zhong and Xia Fan will inevitably result in the defeat of one side and a great victory of the other, and the winner will inevitably increase in strength after gaining the territory of the loser, and become a great power that can influence the situation in the surrounding countries.

Even if such a large country cannot be compared with a behemoth like the Han Dynasty, it is still enough to make the surrounding countries that border it or even small countries that do not border but are not far away be terrified. How can one ignore such a big fight.

The second reason is that Xia Fan did not deliberately instruct his subordinates to suppress the spread of this news.

It was because he knew that this kind of thing could not be suppressed at all, and because he also felt that there was no need to cover it up. If you win a battle, you should let others know that only by showing your muscles can you win the awe of the enemy country, which is a very simple truth.

Although the Shenmu Kingdom is half destroyed, the battle is not over, not only to fight with the Holy Dragon Kingdom, but also to beware of the Han Dynasty, and even more to a brilliant victory to boost the morale of the people.

Under such circumstances, Liu Xingchen, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, obtained the information submitted by Qianlong Wei about the outcome of the war.

Originally, Liu Xingchen had just received a report, saying that the Han Dynasty had a head-on battle with the Eagle Breaking Army, killing more than 30,000 enemies and greatly demoralizing the enemy, which made him quite happy, and when he was thinking about how to reward him, he saw that Xia Fan not only killed Shen Zhong, but also annihilated the million army led by him, which made Liu Xingchen immediately feel that his victory was too insignificant.

"What is Geng Qingping doing? Let him go to suppress the bandits, why is there no result for a long time?" Liu Xingchen said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, Geng Qingping led his troops to attack after receiving the order, but he was stopped by Lu Chuan, who had served Xia Fan, and the two sides had been fighting on the border for many days, because there was no winner so far, so the slave did not report to the emperor. Liu Jixiang hurriedly explained.

"Urge him. Liu Xingchen said.

"Yes. Liu Jixiang agreed.

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In the blink of an eye, three days passed, and although there were many things after the war, they were properly handled with the concerted efforts of the Thirteen Princes and others, as well as a group of officers.

Of the more than 300,000 captives, as many as 250,000 were willing to submit and were integrated into the existing army, while those who refused to submit were escorted to White Rock City to work as coolies.

After everything was dealt with, he should have told Xia Fan to ask him what to do next, but no one from top to bottom dared to disturb Xia Fan, and he didn't even dare to approach the big tent where Xia Fan was.

It's just that the aura emanating from Xia Fan's big tent in the past two days has become more and more vast and powerful, and the coercion is like a mountain and a sea, making it impossible for people to get close to the door of the big tent at all. Not to mention ordinary officers, even if they are the thirteenth princes with the strength of the Divine Spirit Realm, Fairy Yunxi and the others are still not good.

In this regard, the Thirteen Princes and the others were not worried but happy, just because this could only show that Xia Fan was about to complete another breakthrough.

Especially today, the aura of heaven and earth within a radius of tens of thousands of miles is surging, constantly surging towards Xia Fan's big tent.

Because the aura of heaven and earth is too strong, it feels as if you can grab a handful of air around the tent and grab the liquefied aura.

The Thirteen Princes, Shi Yong, Jian Guts, Yunxi Fairy, and Qinglian Dao Maiden stood thousands of zhang away from the big tent, looking at the big tent with concern. It's not that they don't want to get closer, it's that it's really hard to do. If it weren't for their lack of hostility, they would have been suppressed by coercion farther away.

The wind was howling, but the clouds in the air were not blown away, but kept gathering, conjuring into various shapes, looking ethereal and agile, like a fairyland.

The existing army of 750,000 under Xia Fan's command was standing farther away, looking at all this with awe and admiration.

I don't know how long it took to wait anxiously and anxiously, the aura in the big tent suddenly became stronger, and the coercion covered a larger area, so that the 750,000 troops that were already more than ten miles away were still affected, and they only felt a powerful and terrifying coercion enveloping them, and they couldn't help but fall to their knees.

At this moment, they no longer looked like brave soldiers who had experienced a hundred battles, but just ordinary people who were afraid of the might of heaven and earth. Xia Fan's coercion gave them the feeling as if it was the divine power of heaven and earth. Deep as the sea, strong as a mountain, looking at it and fearful, not daring to confront it, only obedient.

At the same time, Xia Fan's big tent had already turned into powder under the pressure of his powerful aura, but at this time, even the Thirteen Princes and others, who were closer to each other, could not see him.

Because a massive amount of heaven and earth aura was wrapping around Xia Fan, it was constantly pouring into his body, and then transformed into mana to fill the spirit pool.

Xia Fan sat cross-legged, but his body floated into the air under the support of the aura of heaven and earth, his expression was solemn, but his aura was still rising.

At this moment, Xia Fan had completed another improvement in his strength and reached the middle stage of the Grandmaster Realm.

Originally, in the battle between him and Shen Zhong, the fire dragon clone that had been extracted a large amount of mana and shrunk a lot in size not only recovered to its original state, but also became much stronger.

At the same time, not only a new lotus leaf was added to the golden lotus, but the flower buds that grew at the same time also became larger, and at the same time, the lotus leaves were covered with liquefied mana, constantly falling downward, like a water curtain, which was extremely beautiful.

For Xia Fan, this strength improvement is indeed quite timely. This gives him a lot of peace of mind when it comes to implementing his next strategic plan.

Xia Fan, who had the strength of the middle stage of the Grandmaster Realm, had more confidence when facing the vast majority of cultivation sects and Grandmaster Realm powerhouses, which also meant that he could be more free to do what he really wanted to do.

But before that, Xia Fan had to solve all the troubles at hand.

After his strength was stable, Xia Fan slowly opened his eyes, and at the same time, his aura converged, and the powerful coercion gradually disappeared. This made him not much different from before, but only a cultivator with a keen sense could feel the majestic power contained in him.

"Congratulations, senior brother, your strength has been raised to another level. The Thirteen Princes and others came over and congratulated one after another.

"Thank you, thank you. Xia Fan responded with a smile, and after chatting with everyone, he asked about military affairs.

When he learned that the relevant affairs after the war had been properly handled, Xia Fan was quite satisfied, and said: "This time it was because of me that I delayed the business, but it doesn't matter, there is always a way to make up for it." ”

Immediately, Xia Fan summoned all the generals under his command, pointed to the map of the Divine Eye Kingdom in front of him, and began to distribute orders one by one.

Now that the number of troops in Xia Fan's hands has increased greatly, it is impossible for him to take them all with him, so that one is a waste of troops, and the other is to affect the speed of attacking the city and grabbing the land.

In the past, when Shen Zhong was alive, Xia Fan had to be a little worried, but now that he is dead, the entire Divine Eye Country is already leaderless, and Xia Fan does not have to worry about the Divine Eye Country having the ability to organize a million more troops to fight him head-on, so he resolutely decided to separate.

Xia Fan pointed to the map while calling the names of the generals, and then issued an order to give them troops ranging from 50,000 to 100,000 to attack the corresponding cities.

Now Xia Fan's prestige in the army is extremely high, and all the generals are full of admiration for him, and they will not and dare not question his decision at all, so after receiving the order, they will immediately go out to mobilize troops and horses. This also saved Xia Fan a lot of trouble.

Soon, the generals in the big tent had already left, and Xia Fan only had 50,000 people left in his hands.

However, Xia Fan didn't think it was less, anyway, he still had 100,000 soul bodies in his hands, and if he really encountered the army of the Divine Eyes Kingdom that dared to fight against him, he could still easily destroy it.