Lu Changsheng was already marching on Shanan Prefecture at the front of eight hundred temple guards and eight blood descendant Divine Guards. Whenever there was trouble along the way, the guards would go through it the way a knife would go through melons and greens. It was much like a warm-up for the battle waiting at Shanan.

Before long, a huge city came into view ahead of them.

"Progenitor, that city ahead is Shanan," Chen Ping said.

"Oh? By the look of it, they've made no preparations. Had they not expected us to come to them? However, even though we caught them off guard, we weren't exactly launching a surprise attack, so they spotted us, anyway. Would you look at that? They've already shut the city gates."

Lu Changsheng looked it over from afar.

Shanan City had a moat, and the shut gates made it awkward for enemies to enter. However, it wasn't too much of a problem for the...