Chapter 221: Chapter 198: Prince... Don’t Die

"A conspiracy?!"

The news sent a shockwave through the armies of more than twenty races, and every face changed.

"Dammit! They made us come all this way just to sic us on the Human Alliance! Are they openly making fools of us?! We will not let this go!"

"Charge in!"

"We demand justice!"

"Queen, what do you have to say for yourself now? The Celestial Race’s Sixth Prince has admitted it. You conspired together to humiliate us, and you’re still standing here putting on a false front?"

The princes had been suspicious from the start. They had chased them all the way from Elf City to the Celestial Race Royal City, and now their suspicions were confirmed. How could they not be furious?

"The Dark Night Elf Clan knew nothing of this!" Elf Queen Una’s face was as cold as frost. She truly never expected the Sixth Prince, Mueller, to expose the whole affair.

’This is really going to tear the heavens asunder!’

’Doesn’t he know the consequences?’

’The fury of more than twenty races... Forget her Dark Night Elf Clan; even the Celestial Race and the Dark Night Elf Clan combined couldn’t withstand it, could they?’

Elf Queen Una had originally intended to stop the situation from escalating, but now she found that not only was it beyond her control, she could barely protect herself.

The princes were truly enraged.

They had traveled a thousand leagues for the sake of "romance," only to be shown the extraordinarily beautiful Seventh Princess, which gave them hope.

But now, that hope was shattered.

As the saying goes, the deeper the love, the deeper the wound...

Their hearts broke in an instant.

Although they were wary of the Elf Queen’s power and didn’t dare to make a move against her...

...they had no such reservations about a mere Sixth Prince of the Celestial Race. After all, they were all princes of their own races, and several among them were even the next in line to be Clan King.

"Dammit! I’m going to get justice, whether you all join me or not... do as you please!" a hideous-looking prince was the first to explode with rage.

"All of you, get him! Seize the Sixth Prince!"

"Kill!"

He quickly found followers.

At that moment, their rage finally translated into action.

Under the princes’ orders, the army of several thousand, formed from twenty different races, finally made their move.

Among these thousands of troops, the weakest were at Tier Four. Moreover, Tier Five and Tier Six warriors made up the majority, and there was no shortage of high-tier combatants.

An army this terrifying, even without any teamwork, was still a dreadful force.

BOOM!

The Hill Giant Race was the first to attack.

A seven-meter-tall, high-tier giant charged forward, slamming into the main gate of the Celestial Race Royal City and shattering it to pieces.

The Beast Race, the Northern Cave Race... they all scrambled to pour inside!

Then, the Winged Race dived down from the sky.

SCREECH!

They immediately stopped the Guard Army on the walls of the Celestial Race Royal City from firing their arrows. They tore through the Guard Army’s formations with their sharp talons, buying time for the other races to storm the gate.

The riot had officially begun.

"You can’t attack the city... you can’t! Sixth Prince Mueller, you... what have you done?!" Elf Queen Una’s face was pale. Although she hadn’t taken action, she was standing with the armies of the various races.

Most importantly, she didn’t understand. This plan was clearly proposed by the Celestial Race, so why was it ultimately ruined by one of their own?

’Where did it all go wrong?’

’And my Seventh Princess, is she safe right now?’

"Her Majesty the Queen, should we help?" a Great Elf asked.

"Help? Who do you want to help?!"

"The Celestial Race, of course... We and the Celestial Race..."

"Silence! Our objective is to rescue the Seventh Princess. She is in the Sixth Prince’s palace right now. Remember our mission—it is the Seventh Princess, understand?" Elf Queen Una’s gaze turned cold. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to help, but at a time like this, how could she possibly help the Celestial Race?

"Yes!" The Great Elf immediately understood Elf Queen Una’s thinking. To sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight—it was indeed the best strategy for now.

...

「Inside the Sixth Prince’s palace.」

With the High-tier Lizardmen joining the fray, the first floor had been completely wrecked. Forget silencing the Lizardmen by killing them; the Sixth Prince could barely protect himself.

"Insolent, low-class lizards! You dare run rampant in my palace?! Send the signal! Have the Great Angel Corps rush over as reinforcements!" Sixth Prince Mueller ordered as he retreated.

"Yes, sir!" a guard immediately responded.

The signal was sent!

A brilliant starlight flared to life above the palace.

Almost at the same instant the starlight appeared, a beam of white light shone in through one of the palace windows, and a middle-aged man entered from the doorway.

The Commander of the Great Angel Corps, Huo Gu.

A high-tier Angel!

"Huo Gu greets His Highness, the Sixth Prince!"

"Quickly, Commander Huo! Kill these Lizardmen! Leave none alive!" Seeing the Great Angel appear, the Sixth Prince’s expression finally relaxed a little.

"As His Highness the Prince commands!" Huo Gu didn’t ask why.

The Great Angel Corps existed to protect the Royal Race of the Celestials. With the Sixth Prince’s life in danger, he naturally took action without hesitation.

The light of his bright battle armor shone brilliantly.

The moment Huo Gu attacked, the High-tier Lizardman was suppressed.

This was a racial advantage.

The other races were collectively called the Hundred Races, but in reality, there weren’t actually that many. Furthermore, they were divided into major and minor races.

For example, the Hill Giant Race was a branch of the Barbarian Race.

And the Lizard Race was a branch of the Beastman Race.

Of course, now that the Lizard Race had its own Strongest—a lizard that had evolved into a fire dragon—they could no longer be dominated by the Beastman Race.

The same was true for the Hill Giant Race.

Once a Hill Giant became one of the Strongest, the Hill Giant Race split off from the Barbarian Race, gaining their own territory and Royal City.

However, although the Hill Giant Race and the Lizard Race had separated from the Barbarian and Beast Races, there was still a huge gap between them and the Celestial Race.

The Celestial Race was a true major race, and a particularly powerful one at that. Even among high-tier individuals, the difference in combat strength was immediately obvious.

Huo Gu fought the high-tier Lizardman for less than five exchanges.

The high-tier Lizardman was slammed into the wall.

He almost couldn’t be pried off.

"Send for help! Send for help from His Highness the Fourth Prince! The Celestial Race has deployed the Great Angel Corps! Tell His Highness the Prince to send reinforcements at once!" the High-tier Lizardman roared.

BOOM!

A ball of fire shot out from the palace.

The Lizardman had sent the signal.

A fiery red lizard quickly coalesced in the sky.

Outside the Royal City, when the Lizard Race’s Fourth Prince saw the fiery red lizard in the sky, his expression changed drastically. He naturally recognized it as a call for help.

"Damn it! How dare the Celestial Race bully my Lizard Race as if we have no powerful warriors!" the Fourth Prince raged.

The Lizard Race had always been a branch race, only achieving its current development after so many years. He was not about to lose a high-tier Lizardman Warrior here for nothing.

So, after seeing the signal, he hesitated for a moment before finally crushing a bone tablet in his hand.

BOOM!

An ancient aura surged into the sky.

Meanwhile, the battle above the Royal City had intensified with the arrival of the Great Angel Corps. Casualties on both sides were skyrocketing.

The Great Angel Corps was incredibly strong in combat.

But the Allied Army of more than twenty races had the advantage in numbers.

After several exchanges...

Three Great Angels fell in pools of their own blood.

These were all high-tier elites of the Celestial Race, their true ace army.

Of course, even more had fallen from the racial armies. A full six high-tier warriors died on the spot.

The princes’ fury finally prompted a reaction from the White Tower.

SWISH!

SWISH!

Several figures shot out from the White Tower like beams of white light illuminating the night. They were majestic, they were sacred, and they radiated a powerful aura.

"Stop!"

A furious roar echoed between heaven and earth.

A majestic aura pressed down from the distance.

The armies of the races were all stunned.

They could all sense the aura of the experts emerging from the White Tower. Those three figures were not ordinary high-tier beings, but were at the King realm within the high-tiers.

Tiers Seven and Eight were called high-tier.

And Tier Nine...

...was called the King realm!

The Celestial Race King had appeared!

No matter how furious the racial armies were, they still instinctively stopped fighting.

They had come to demand justice.

Not to exterminate the Celestial Race.

Besides, if it really came to extermination, their suitor army was far from sufficient. After all, the Celestial Race still had a Strongest presiding over the White Tower.

"Stop!"

"I’d like to see what the Celestial Race King has to say for himself."

"Our clan’s elite warriors died in battle in the Celestial Race Royal City today. You must give us a satisfactory answer."

The princes all stepped forward.

Their gazes were all fixed on the three figures flying over from the sky.

Three beings at the King realm.

It was clear just how formidable the Celestial Race was.

But just as all eyes were focused on the Celestial Race King, a blood-curdling scream suddenly rang out.

The sound came from a corner of the Celestial Race Royal City. It was a very secluded spot, a good place to hide and avoid the crossfire.

And the one who had screamed was...

...none other than the prince of the Winged Race.

The Winged Race possessed the innate ability to fly. In the air, their power was greatly enhanced, but when they were on the ground, their strength was quite ordinary.

The Winged Race prince who had come to propose marriage was ordinary in appearance, and his strength... was also ordinary.

He was only at the Tier Three Late Stage.

He was even a little weaker than the Seventh Princess.

So, when the elites of the Winged Race joined the battle, he had obediently found a hidden spot to hide, because the Great Angel Corps could also fly.

He had no reason to fly into the sky just to get himself killed.

"Is that the Winged Race’s prince?!"

"What?"

"It’s that damnable Earth-Digging Angel! He... he actually took the opportunity to kill the Winged Race’s prince?!"

The other princes’ faces changed dramatically when they saw the fallen Winged Race prince.

If it were just a conflict between the two sides where some guards or even elites died, it wouldn’t be a big deal. After all, friction between the different races was common.

But now, a prince had been killed...

The meaning was completely different.

"Ah, Your Highness! Your Highness! Shameless Celestial Race, give us back our prince’s life! The Winged Race will never rest until you are destroyed!" The Winged Race elites who had just stopped fighting were instantly overcome with grief. They could no longer remain calm, because the prince they were supposed to protect was dead, which meant they would be put to death as well.