"I am Yang Rui, the lord of the puppet. Open the city gate and surrender. I can let you live a life. Otherwise, after I break the city, you and your family will be executed and all your property will be confiscated!"

Yang Rui rode an eighth-level star beast puppet and slowly walked outside the city wall of Dongzhou City. He looked at the lord of Dongzhou City above the city wall of Dongzhou City with a calm expression and shouted loudly.

"Yang Rui, I am the lord of Dongzhou City and the governor of Dongzhou Prefecture Zhang Jun. There are three eighth-level star warriors in our Dongzhou City. If you can defeat the three eighth-level star warriors in our Dongzhou City, our Dongzhou City will surrender to you unconditionally and serve you!"

Looking at Yang Rui riding on the eighth-level star beast puppet, Zhang Jun, the lord of Dongzhou City and the governor of Dongzhou Province, his eyes shrank slightly, and he immediately decided to admit defeat and not fight against the puppet army under Yang Rui's command.

"Yes! You three eighth-level star warriors from Dongzhou City will go together to avoid delaying time!"

Yang Rui's body moved and flew up from the eighth-level star beast puppet, suspended in a thousand meters above the sky, looking down at the Dongzhou City Road.

Seeing Yang Rui's actions, Zhang Jun, the lord of Dongzhou City, and two eighth-level star warriors from Dongzhou City, looked at each other without any hesitation or hesitation. They immediately soared into the air and looked at Yang Rui a hundred meters away.

"You can take action first! If I take action, you will not have a chance to take action!"

Looking at Zhang Jun and the other one hundred meters away, Yang Rui said with a smile on his face.

"Then you have to be careful! Meteor Hammer!"

Zhang Jun roared angrily, and the star power in his body surged wildly. A silver sledgehammer appeared in his palm. Under the infusion of his star power, it released extremely dazzling starlight, carrying extremely terrifying power, turning into a silver lightning and bombarding Yang Rui's body.

"Flowing Blade!"

"Star Sword!"

With the roar of the two eighth-level star warriors, the other two star warriors in Dongzhou City all inspire the star power in their bodies, waved the long sword and sword in their hands, and quickly slashed towards Yang Rui's body.

Suddenly, I saw a silver sledgehammer with starlight flashing, a long sword containing sharp sharpness, and a long sword flashing with cold light, flying straight towards Yang Rui's body from three different angles.

Whether it is a silver sledgehammer or a long sword, it contains extremely terrifying power. It can easily destroy a hill and easily kill a seventh-level peak star warrior. Even an eighth-level star warrior, if he resists it, he will be severely injured by a blow.

"Star Shield!"

Looking at the galloping silver sledgehammer and long sword, Yang Rui's expression remained unchanged, and the star power in his body surged, condensed a huge starlight shield and blocked him.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Amid the crisp sound of metal collisions, the silver sledgehammer, long sword and sword fell one after another, causing dazzling sparks, but could not break the defense of the starlight shield.

"How is this possible!"

"This is impossible!"

"This is incredible!"

Although he knew that Yang Rui was strong, Zhang Jun and the other two did not know that Yang Rui was so powerful. The starlight shield that condensed later blocked the three of them from joining forces to attack with all their strength, which was completely beyond their imagination.

"Meteor Sword!"

When Zhang Jun and the other two were exclaiming, Yang Rui shouted lightly, and the star power surged in his body. The Five Elements Sword in his hand waved out. Three extremely sharp sword lights containing terrifying power shot out from it and slashed towards Zhang Jun and the other two.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Accompanied by crisp sounds, three sharp sword lights easily broke through the star power shield condensed by Zhang Jun and the other two, and slashed on the three of them, leaving a clear sword mark on each of them, and a trace of red blood flowed out of it.

"We lost! My subordinates have met the Lord!"

After looking at the clothes stained with blood on his chest, Zhang Jun and the other two immediately knelt in front of Yang Rui on one knee and shouted loudly.

Seeing Zhang Jun and the other two's movements, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Yang Rui's mouth, and he immediately used the magic control technique to imprint a trace of spiritual imprint into the bodies of the three, controlling the life and death of the three.

As Zhang Jun and the other two surrendered to Yang Rui, Dongzhou City immediately opened the door and let the puppet army enter Dongzhou City and take over the defense of Dongzhou City.

Afterwards, the star stones and various resources above the ninth floor of the Palace of Chengzhou and various major families were voluntarily sent to Yang Rui by the Palace of Chengzhou and various major families, and Yang Rui was included in the puppet tower.

At the same time, as Dongzhou Prefecture City fell into Yang Rui's palm, the entire Dongzhou became Yang Rui's territory, and the star stones and resources above the nine floors of Dongzhou were collected by Yang Rui's puppet tower, making the star stones and resources in Yang Rui's puppet tower accumulate like mountains.

"The time is almost the same. The powerful imperial figures should be coming soon. I'd better improve my cultivation first!"

In the underground cultivation room of the Mu Mansion of Chengzhou, Dongzhou, Yang Rui murmured softly and entered the Bodhi space to practice the eighth level of the Star Light Art.

At the same time, the puppet tower began to devour the star stones and purify it. A stream of extremely pure star power was poured into Yang Rui's body, allowing Yang Rui's cultivation to rapidly improve.

One day later, Yang Rui's cultivation level was upgraded from the early stage of the eighth-level star warrior to the peak of the eighth-level star warrior. He was only one step away from being promoted to the ninth-level star warrior and became the strongest in the secret realm of the stars.

However, the later stage, the more star stones needed, the more star stones Yang Rui obtained from Dongzhou could no longer support his cultivation to the ninth-level star warrior. Therefore, after Yang Rui was promoted to the peak of the eighth-level star warrior, he stopped practicing and walked out of the Bodhi space.

"Lord, the empire's envoy, Zhao Peng, has arrived, and he wants to see you!"

Not long after Yang Rui came out of the training room, Zhao Yan found Yang Rui and reported it softly.

"Take Zhao Peng to the living room and I'll be there in a while!" Yang Rui responded in a plain tone.

"Yes, Lord!" Zhao Yan responded, then turned around and arranged for him.

Not long after, Yang Rui came to the living room of Dongzhou Prefecture Palace, looked at the Imperial Envoy sitting at the lower head. A look of surprise flashed in his eyes. He walked straight to the main seat and sat down. He looked at the Imperial Envoy at the lower head and said, "I don't know what the messenger is asking me for?"

Hearing Yang Rui's words, Zhao Peng, the empire sitting at the lower head, did not respond, but instead motivated the star power in his body, released the pressure of the ninth-level star warrior, and crushed Yang Rui's body.

Feeling the pressure of the ninth-level star warrior released by Zhao Peng, Yang Rui's expression remained unchanged. With a wave of his hand, a powerful pressure was released from him, blocking Zhao Peng's pressure, and said in a plain tone: "Sir, you are not polite to do this!" Seeing that Yang Rui could easily block his aura and pressure, Zhao Peng immediately took back the pressure on his body, looked at Yang Rui with a smile and said: "I just want to try it and see if you have the qualification to talk to me equally! Now that you have proved your strength, then you are qualified to talk to me equally!

This time I am looking for you, mainly because I want to make a deal with you! Zhao Yan should have told you about the situation in the Imperial Capital. This time I am here to use the land around the southeast, west and north to exchange for your full support for the Imperial Capital to wipe out the star beasts outside the Imperial Capital!"

Hearing Zhao Peng's words, Yang Rui's expression remained unchanged, and he said in a plain tone: "The Imperial Capital City is extremely powerful, and I am no match for the Imperial Capital City. If the star beast outside the Imperial Capital City is wiped out completely, the Imperial Capital City will free up its hands to deal with me, wouldn't it be extremely simple!"

As soon as Yang Rui's voice fell, Zhao Peng smiled slightly and said, "Yang Rui, don't worry, the four states in the southeast, west and north are just useless to the empire, and they don't care at all! The empire will not offend you, a person with the combat power of a ninth-level star warrior and a powerful puppet legion for the merely useless four states!"

Hearing Zhao Peng's words, Yang Rui pondered for a little, "If you want me to lead the puppet army to help the Imperial Capital City eliminate the star beasts outside the Imperial Capital City, in addition to the four states in the southeast, west and north, the Imperial Capital City must also provide me with one trillion star stones and materials to refine 10 million puppet warriors. I wonder what the envoy wanted?"

"No problem! I can agree to your conditions on behalf of the Empire!" Zhao Penghao responded without hesitation.

For the Imperial Capital, one trillion star stones and some materials for refining puppets are nothing, just a small part of the star stones and various materials accumulated by the Imperial Capital over countless years.

"Please wait for me for three days. After I take over Xizhou, Nanzhou and Beizhou, I will go to the Imperial Capital at will!"

Seeing Zhao Peng so readily, Yang Rui's eyes lit up and he responded with a smile on his face.

"Yes, if necessary, I can help take over Xizhou, Nanzhou and Beizhou!" Zhao Peng nodded and responded.

"It would be great if Lord Envoy is willing to take action!" Yang Rui's eyes flashed and he laughed loudly.

After the two sides reached an agreement, Yang Rui took action immediately.

With the assistance of Zhao Peng, the huge number of puppet legions and the large number of high-level star warriors in the East Province, most of the cities in Xizhou, Nanzhou and Beizhou surrendered directly, and the star stones and resources above the nine floors were taken away by Yang Rui. A small number of the county towns that resisted were executed by Yang Rui and all the property was confiscated.

In just three days, Xizhou, Nanzhou and Beizhou fell into Yang Rui's palm. The star stones and resources above the nine floors of the three states were collected by Yang Rui's puppet tower, causing the star stones and various materials of the puppet tower to accumulate like mountains.

With a large number of star stones and various resources, Yang Rui asked Xiaotian to activate the puppet formation on the third level of the puppet tower and strive to refine puppet warriors of level 5, 6 and 7, so as not to have enough puppet warriors to use after he arrived at the imperial capital.

"Yang Rui, time is up, it's time for us to leave!"

After seeing Yang Rui take over Xizhou, Nanzhou and Beizhou, Zhao Peng urged softly.

"Okay, let's go!"

Yang Rui nodded gently, then soared into the air with Zhao Peng, and rushed towards the Imperial Capital.
Chapter completed!