Rebirth in the Spirit World, the Goddess's Brilliant Counterattack

Chu Ziyu rode on a majestic warhorse and led his generals to the foot of the city. Looking up, he saw a woman in white gauze on the city wall. Her black hair fluttered in the wind like a waterfall. Her slender white hands vigorously swung a hammer to hit a huge drum inlaid with tiger skin. Next to her, a young man in a dark brocade robe was in high spirits.

Chu Ziyu frowned slightly, "The one beating the drum is actually a woman, huh, is there no one available in Daxia?"

"That should be Princess Qining, the eldest princess of Daxia, and the one next to her is Crown Prince Yu Tanjun." The deputy general reported.

"Oh? Is that the one who was named the Princess Protector of the Nation?" Chu Ziyu couldn't help but chuckle. Daxia was really interesting. They actually let women protect the country while the prince hid behind. No wonder they fell into the predicament they are in today.

"Princess Protector of the Nation?" Chu Ziyu shouted, "If you understand the situation, you should surrender now. If you can't protect the country, at least you can save this city."

"Yu Tanjun, how can you be considered a hero if you hide behind a woman? You are such a coward!"

Yu Qining stopped beating the drumstick, turned around and looked at Chu Ziyu. Her beautiful face made Chu Ziyu's heart tremble.

“How shameless of you to talk like that! You’ll have to get past me first before you can say anything.” Yu Qining had a blank expression on his face, as cold as ice.

Chu Ziyu smiled slightly. He was born handsome. If he had not been on the battlefield where two armies were confronting each other, he would have been mistaken for an elegant scholar. Unfortunately, he was full of murderous aura.

"Yu Qining! I understand that there are only a few thousand soldiers left in this city. Resisting will only lead to death. I see that you are quite pretty and I admire you. How about this, you come back to Chu with me? I cannot allow you to be the queen, but I can consider the position of concubine. As long as you agree, I promise not to harm anyone in the city."

"Your Highness! She is the princess of Daxia..." the deputy general reminded anxiously.

"Shut up, you have no right to speak here." Chu Ziyu glanced at him indifferently, and the deputy general instantly broke out in a cold sweat. He forgot that His Highness hated it most when someone questioned his decision.

“Well? Think about it.”

"Arrogant!" Yu Tanjun couldn't help but scold.

Chu Ziyu laughed out loud, "I am arrogant? Yu Tanjun, do you understand? Now, you are the fish on the chopping board, and I am the blade that dominates your fate."

Yu Qining stood on the clouds, overlooking Chu Ziyu's proud expression that looked down on everything. He smiled gently, like a starry night flower, brilliant but short-lived, "Stop talking nonsense, come on, fight."

She waved her hand, and Yu Tanjun beside her quietly took a step back. A team of elven archers instantly appeared on the city wall, aiming at the Chu army, with their sharp arrow tips flashing with frost.

"If you don't accept my toast, you'll be punished." Chu Ziyu's expression turned from sunny to cloudy, and he waved his hand, "Break the city!"

"Whoever can capture Princess Yueying and Princess Di of Daxia alive will be rewarded with a thousand kilograms of gold and promoted to a higher rank."

The two armies clashed and the war began. Arrows rained down from the top of the Daxia city wall, blocking the iron hooves of the Chu army. The ghost warriors lurking outside the city gate also swarmed out like a strong wind.

"Raise the Shadow Ladder!" Chu Ziyu gave the order. The soldiers quickly set up the Shadow Ladder and climbed up with all their might. The soldiers on the city wall poured down the icy magic crystal liquid, and the soldiers on the ladder fell down wailing.

Yu Qining pulled the Moon Shadow bow, put an arrow on the string, narrowed his eyes slightly, and pointed the arrow directly at Chu Ziyu.

The string was like an ice string stretched to its limit, Yu Qining suddenly released it, and the arrow flew through the air with the chill of death!

Chu Ziyu, who was about to cut down a Da Xia soldier, felt a chill in his heart and subconsciously turned sideways. The arrow grazed his temple, and a soldier behind him was pierced through the chest by the dazzling cold arrow.

Chu Ziyu looked at the falling hair, his face as cold as ice, "Generals, listen to my orders, attack the city gate!"

He wanted to be gentle with her, but now it seems that she is not a greenhouse flower, but a rose with thorns. He is determined to remove her sharpness with his own hands!

There were only a few thousand people left in Daxia at this moment. How could they defeat the well-equipped and high-spirited Chu army? After just a few magic torrents, the Xia army suffered heavy casualties, and only a few warriors were still desperately guarding the city gate.

"Crash!" Chu Ziyu gave an order, and the Chu army attacked the city gate fiercely. In a flash, the gate was broken and the generals were captured one after another.

"Yu Qining, Yu Tanjun, why don't you surrender? Do you need me to invite you personally?" The blood-stained Chu Ziyu looked even more evil.

Yu Qining's sword was blood red and her hand was trembling slightly. She was exhausted.

"The winner is the king, the loser is the bandit, that's all. You win today, but I may not lose."

Chu Ziyu shook her head, as if sighing, "At this point, you are still so stubborn? You are a princess who lives in luxury, why did you go to this point?"

To be honest, he did admire her a little. If she were a man, Da Xia would probably not have fallen so easily.

Yu Qining looked at the once glorious capital city which now looked like a silent relic. This was the land of Daxia, once the home of the people of Daxia, but she was no longer able to protect it.

She slowly raised the bloodstained sword and placed it around her neck.

"Princess!" The generals outside the city exclaimed.

"Yu Qining, what are you doing?" Chu Ziyu's tone revealed a hint of nervousness that he himself was not even aware of.

"Sister... Sister, please don't..." Yu Tanjun, who was closest to her, was terrified at the moment.

"Stand back, don't come over." Yu Qining retreated to the edge of the tower. "I've said before, I, Yu Qining, would rather die standing than live on my knees. I won't be buried with Daxia, I want Daxia to be buried with me!"

After she finished speaking, her eyes instantly became as sharp as an eagle, and the hand holding the sword drew a magical arc in the air. Bright red magic energy gushed out, and she fell to the ground powerlessly as if she was hit by magic.

"No! Your Highness!" The bound generals roared furiously and broke free from their restraints in an instant. The next moment, they cast spells on themselves one after another, and their bodies fell to the ground with a flash of sword light.

Chu Ziyu stared at this scene in amazement, "Crazy, really crazy."

He climbed up the city wall and saw Yu Qining, who had lost her life force. There was a glaring blood red reflected in her eyes, and that color stained her white dress, making her look so beautiful that it was heart-pounding.

"Waste!" Chu Ziyu kicked the distraught Yu Tanjun to the ground.

"Princess, Your Highness." Yu Tanjun came back to his senses, crawled to Yu Qining's side, and cried in grief.

Princess? Chu Ziyu frowned. No! He immediately stepped forward and touched Yu Tanjun's face. A magic mask fell off.

"You are not Yu Tanjun! Yu Qining is trying to confuse Jiang Jian!" Chu Ziyu suddenly realized and ordered, "Go find him quickly, he can't get far."

"Yes, sir." The deputy general immediately led the soldiers to search for Yu Tan'gun's whereabouts.

Chu Ziyu once again looked at the pale Yu Qining and those Xia generals who had sacrificed their lives heroically for the country, sighed softly, and a wave of emotion rose in his heart, "Give them the honor they deserve and bury them."

Even his enemies, he respected their bravery.

"Yes, your highness," came the response with a firm promise.

A secret basement deep in the capital was exactly where Yu Tanjun, whom the Chu army had been searching for, was hiding. It was only a stone's throw away from the city gate, and the most dangerous place was often the safest refuge. If they escaped rashly, they would easily be surrounded by the Chu army.

The basement was well stocked with food, enough to sustain them for several months.

"Your Highness, please eat something." Li Qingli brought a bowl of hot magic porridge and placed it in front of Yu Tanjun.

"Get lost! What kind of prince am I? Who among you really sees me as a princess?" Yu Tanjun was taken away under a hallucination spell and woke up in this dark basement.

"Give me the antidote! I want to go back to the camp!" Yu Tanjun ordered with gritted teeth.

Li Qingli lowered his head and remained silent for a long time. Finally, he answered with a trembling voice: "There is nowhere to go back, Your Highness."

"What do you mean?" Yu Tanjun's heartbeat was as violent as thunder. "Look up and answer me!"

Li Qingli raised her head, and her tear-stained face came into Yu Tanjun's sight.

"What happened? Did the Chu army attack?"

Yu Tanjun struggled to get up, but fell heavily. "Help me up quickly, I want to go back to help my sister."

"Your Highness!" Li Qingli's voice was filled with pain, "The capital has been occupied!"

"Li Qingli, you are so bold! How can you say such words of betrayal to the country!" Yu Tanjun's face changed and he quickly denied his statement.

"Impossible, impossible, how is this possible?"

“Li Qingli, tell me, are you deceiving me, or are you a traitor of the State of Chu, deliberately taking me away, and then making up this lie?”

"Li Qingli, say something! Answer me!"

Yu Tanjun looked at his painful face and gradually collapsed, seeking answers like a helpless child.

"Where's my sister? Where is my sister?" Yu Tanjun realized something, and grabbed Li Qingli's shoulders tightly with strength from nowhere, shaking violently...

Under the mysterious moonlight, Li Qingli closed her eyes in pain, "The princess... the princess... has turned into stardust and returned to the sky."

"This is not true! You said, this is not true!"

"The princess... protected our country with her soul." After Li Qingli finished speaking, he slowly fell down, as weak as a dying candle.

"No, it's impossible! Sister will never leave me, never!" Yu Tanjun shook his head frantically, refusing to accept this cruel fact.

Li Qingli took out an ancient wooden box from his clothes. "This is what the princess entrusted to you. She said..."

“Get out of here!” Yu Tanjun waved his arms angrily, and the wooden box fell to the ground and broke, scattering glittering star fragments that reflected into his shrinking pupils.

"I don't believe it! I have to go out. Yes, I have to go out and find her! Sister must still be waiting."

There was a gleam of obsession in Yu Tanjun's eyes, and Li Qingli hardened his heart and made him fall asleep again.

"Your Highness, even if you resent me, hate me, or even want to put me to death, I will fulfill my promise to the princess and escort you away safely. As long as you are here, the glory of Daxia will not disappear." Li Qingli's eyes were firm and full of determination.