The Villainesses Are All On My Side, How Can You Compete With Me? - Chapter 12:

Chapter 12: Clash of Two Battle Kings, Liu Jianglong’s Shameless Blabber

“Liu Bai, you’re too arrogant!!”

With a furious roar, the Empress of the Great Zhou Empire rose to her feet, her gaze piercing through several li to lock directly onto Liu Bai!

Along with her wrath, the spiritual energy above the palace roared and surged. Gradually, a massive golden character ‘王’ (King) began to condense in the sky!

That was the divine character unique to a Battle King!

With its appearance, the wrath of a Battle King was made clear!

The oppressive might of a Battle King surged like a tide, sweeping out from the palace more than ten li away, crashing directly toward Liu Bai!

Wherever the pressure passed, countless civilians couldn’t help but drop to their knees!

An ordinary Battle Spirit cultivator would’ve collapsed under such pressure—but Liu Bai stood with his hands behind his back, facing the pressure of the Battle King head-on!

His stance was tall and straight like a spear, his gaze sharp like lightning, staring directly at the palace!

It was as if his gaze collided with that of the Empress of the Great Zhou Empire in the air.

Everyone around looked at each other in shock.

What kind of confidence did this guy have to directly face the Empress’s fury?!

Suddenly!

A hearty laugh rang out behind Liu Bai.

“Haha, kids are ignorant, they’ve offended Your Majesty. I ask for Your Majesty’s forgiveness.” It was Liu Jianglong who had arrived!

Just as his words landed, a glowing golden character ‘王’ appeared above his head as well. Two divine characters hovered in the sky like twin suns!

Two Battle Kings clashed, and the skies above rumbled as clouds surged!

The oppressive pressure swept through the heavens, making all within the city tremble uncontrollably.

“Whoa, Liu Jianglong appeared! Is he really going to go against the Empress for the sake of his son?!”

“These two are both Battle Kings. If they really fight, won’t half the capital be destroyed?!”

“This is going to get messy.”

“Let’s just hope it doesn’t get too violent…”

Inside the palace, the Empress of Great Zhou glanced at the divine character above Liu Jianglong’s head.

The two ‘王’ characters were nearly equal in size and pressure, representing that Liu Jianglong’s strength was on par with her own.

If it came to a real fight, she didn’t have full confidence. Even with the support of royal destiny, the Liu family still possessed a Supreme Battle Weapon.

Thinking of this, the Empress suppressed her rage and withdrew her divine character and pressure. “Liu Jianglong, Liu Bai, come into the palace and meet with Us!”

Liu Jianglong smiled and also withdrew his divine character.

He turned to Liu Bai and said with a grin, “Tsk, your fury for the sake of a beauty reminds me of myself back in the day!”

Liu Bai smiled faintly, “Like father, like son.”

“Haha, well said. Come now, let’s go meet Her Majesty. Don’t worry, with your old man here, she won’t dare do anything to you.”

“Heh, with you here, why would I be afraid?” Liu Bai chuckled.

At that moment, Luo Li came rushing out from the General’s Estate, looking worried. “Brother Liu Bai, what happened?!”

“It’s nothing, don’t worry,” Liu Bai replied with a light smile.

“Nothing? You dared to kill the Empress’s decree eunuch and destroy the imperial edict?” A middle-aged man beside Luo Li laughed.

The man was broad and muscular, his presence commanding. He was none other than General Luo Feng, one of the two great generals of the court—the Grand General of the Northern Suppression.

“Old Liu, what happened? Tell me.”

“Old Luo, I’ll tell you when I return,” Liu Jianglong said as he led Liu Bai directly into the palace.

Watching their departing figures, Luo Feng’s eyes filled with concern. “The palace is filled with experts. If the Empress really intends to strike them down, even with Liu Jianglong’s strength as a Battle King, it’ll be hard to break out.”

“What on earth happened?”

Then he glanced at the fragments of the shattered decree on the ground and began picking them up piece by piece. “This decree… it was probably meant for my residence. Why would that brat Liu Bai suddenly intercept it?”

He pieced together the decree.

After reading it, realization dawned on his face. “So that’s how it is…”

Luo Li also saw the decree and immediately covered her mouth in shock, finally understanding Liu Bai’s intent. “Brother Liu Bai…”

“A’Li, if this decree had really arrived at the Luo residence, would you have married the Crown Prince?” Luo Feng asked.

Luo Li shook her head without hesitation, “No! Even if it’s a marriage granted by the Empress, I’d rather die than accept it! My heart belongs only to Brother Liu Bai!”

“You silly girl… sigh, that brat Liu Bai must’ve known how you felt. He knew that once the decree reached the Luo family, you’d definitely defy the order and offend the Empress. So he took the blame upon himself by intercepting it and destroying it,” Luo Feng said thoughtfully.

Luo Li was even more touched by those words. She took a deep breath and said, “Father, I want to enter the palace!”

“For what? It’s useless now! Don’t worry, the Liu family is probably more anxious than us,” Luo Feng replied.

Sure enough.

Inside the Liu residence, elder-level figures were already stepping out one by one, heading straight for the palace.

“Stop!” Palace guards quickly moved to block their way.

Looking at these Liu elders, cold sweat broke out on their foreheads.

Nearly every one of them was a Battle Marquis!

Any one of them could dominate in the Great Zhou Empire!

Now, they were all gathered before the palace gates, and their combined pressure left the tens of thousands of palace guards trembling in fear!

The white-haired elder in the lead spoke calmly, “Generals, rest assured. We have no intention of storming the palace. We’re only here to wait for our Patriarch and Young Master. As long as they return safely, we won’t act rashly.”

In other words—

If anything happened to Liu Jianglong or Liu Bai inside the palace…

They would immediately break in!

Inside the palace.

Liu Bai and Liu Jianglong entered the main hall, standing before the lofty Empress of the Great Zhou Empire. As soon as they arrived, Crown Prince Zhou Yu jumped forward and barked coldly, “Liu Bai, you killed the decree eunuch and destroyed an imperial edict. Do you realize your crime?!”

Liu Bai stood still, not even sparing him a glance.

It was as if Zhou Yu was nothing more than a clown in his eyes.

Liu Jianglong cast a glance at Zhou Yu.

Immediately, a chilling aura filled the hall.

Zhou Yu felt like he had fallen into an ice cellar. His whole body turned cold with fear!

“Enough, Liu Jianglong! Our tolerance for your Liu family has limits!” the Empress of Great Zhou snorted coldly.

Liu Jianglong withdrew his aura and smiled, “Your Majesty, our Liu family has always kept to our place in the capital. We’ve never once overstepped our bounds. What happened today was a complete misunderstanding.”

“A misunderstanding?”

“Of course, a misunderstanding! Today, my son was strolling the streets when a eunuch suddenly came charging in on horseback from who knows where and nearly ran into him. Instinctively, he reacted—and maybe hit too hard—and the eunuch died. What a shame.”

“And destroying the imperial decree was also a misunderstanding?”

“Naturally! He’s just a kid. He’s never seen an imperial decree before and thought it was just some unimportant scrap, so he casually destroyed it,” Liu Jianglong continued to smile.

Liu Bai couldn’t help but glance at his old man.

Damn.

When it comes to shameless nonsense, you’re really a master.