Chapter 1795: Chapter 1780: Annihilation of the Clan
"What, still no news? It’s been a day and a half, and we can’t find a trace?"
"Useless, a bunch of useless!"
"Investigate, hurry and investigate! There’s only a day and a half left on the military order. If you don’t find any clues within this time, not only will I be in trouble, but you all won’t be able to survive!"
West Patrol Xio Qiangu hysterically roared, wishing he could imprint his anger into the Jade Scroll about to be sent out.
At this moment, Xio Qiangu truly felt the difficult situation Ye Zhen had faced before.
The three-day military order was like a slowly descending guillotine, gradually approaching his neck, increasing his urgency and pressure.
The one processing the intelligence from the search teams and continuously dispatching tracking teams, Weis Gang, was sweating cold sweat on his forehead.
The previous invasion of over a thousand soldiers from the Demon Clan by Ye Zhen did not implicate the West Patrol Office.
Mainly because Ye Zhen’s Second Route Wind Patrol Envoy was nearly autonomous, and the number of invading troops was small, the impact was limited.
But now, it’s a hundred thousand Demon Clan soldiers.
Although the leftover shadow from the scene suggests that there might not be a hundred thousand Demon Clan soldiers, the news has already spread.
The impact is not normal.
When the time comes, even if the Wind Patrol Envoy governing Pingzhou takes the blame, the West Patrol Office will definitely be implicated, and heavily so.
"Weis Gang, immediately check with those Dao Realm teams and the Ten Thousand Miles Wind Seeking Beasts to see if there’s any progress." Anxiously ordered West Patrol Xio Qiangu.
"Yes!"
Half a Quarter-hour later, Weis Gang’s face turned somewhat grim as he looked at the received Jade Scrolls.
"To the sir, none of the sixteen Dao Realm teams have discovered any useful clues. Also, those dozen Ten Thousand Miles Wind Seeking Beasts most adept at tracking have found nothing either.
After tracking for a thousand miles, it’s like they are headless flies, unable to locate any Qi...."
"What?"
West Patrol Xio Qiangu suddenly roared, "Can’t find anything, did that hundred thousand Demon Clan soldier army vanish into thin air?"
"A hundred thousand Demon Clan soldiers, how could they possibly disappear into thin air?"
"A hundred thousand Demon Clan soldiers, after massacring tens of thousands on our West Patrol territory, actually disappeared into thin air.
How can I explain this to the Imperial Court and State Governors?
If I say this, they’ll all think I’m joking, wouldn’t they?"
Spittle sprayed from Xio Qiangu’s mouth, landing on Weis Gang’s face, and Weis Gang could only helplessly endure it.
When sixteen Dao Realm teams find nothing, this means something strange is at play.
Weis Gang felt it was exactly like the methods they used against Ye Zhen before.
Only this time, the method is even more ruthless and thorough.
"My lord, something terrible has happened!"
Suddenly, a cry of alarm came from outside the main hall as West Patrol Left Assistant Chii Jingshan stumbled and ran over, his expression panic-stricken.
Xio Qiangu and Weis Gang exchanged a glance, their faces simultaneously changing.
Left Assistant Chii Jingshan was an old hand at the West Patrol, not very capable but extremely steady in character. Today’s situation....
Almost simultaneously, the two rushed forward, supporting the staggering Left Assistant Chii Jingshan from either side.
"What happened?"
"Official Chii, what happened?"
"My lord!"
Only having called out, Chii Jingshan’s voice resembled Du Juan’s blood-sorrow lament, speech could not come forth, tears fell first.
So anxious were Xio Qiangu and Weis Gang they almost stomped their feet.
Perhaps his anger caught in his chest, in his desperation, Chii Jingshan found himself unable to speak until Weis Gang hastily sent a wave of strong Spiritual Power, then Chii Jingshan spoke mournfully.
"My lord, the Demon Clan army, just now.... just now slaughtered our Chii Family!"
"What?"
Xio Qiangu and Weis Gang were dumbfounded.
"My Chii Clan’s entire 39,000 clan members were killed, leaving only some bewildered children alive......"
Saying this, Chii Jingshan was already sobbing uncontrollably.
Extermination.
This had completely wiped out the Chii Clan.
Even if the Chii Clan still had a Dao Realm expert and Chii Jingshan, to recover would require hundreds of years without disaster or strife.
"Dongxi County is 1.4 million miles from Dachi County, this.... how is this possible....."
Almost simultaneously, an Inner Guard rushed over holding a Jade Scroll, "Urgent!"
"My lord, an urgent Jade Scroll from Weizhou State, Nine-feather emergency message!"
The Nine Feathers Urgent Message is the highest level of alert, normally not used for decades, or even centuries.
Without waiting for Weis Gang to take action, Xio Qiangu from the West Patrol moved in a flash, rushed over, and grabbed the Nine Feathers Urgent Message.
Just one glance made Xio Qiangu feel his blood rushing, his head spinning, almost collapsing to the ground.
A hundred thousand demonic troops suddenly appeared in Lanshan County of Weizhou State, massacred the Chii Residence in Dachi County, and then burned vast fields of medicine outside Dachi County, causing heavy losses.
In truth, what Xio Qiangu cared about was not the loss.
These losses, the Xio Family could still bear, even the loss of nearly a hundred thousand clansmen from a branch family or a Hidden Clan, the Xio Family could endure.
What Xio Qiangu couldn’t endure was the hundred thousand demonic troops committing another city massacre.
This would exponentially increase the pressure on their West Patrol, leading to even worse consequences.
The most alarming thing is that within a day and a half, this hundred thousand demonic troops moved fourteen hundred thousand miles.
This speed is deadly.
This speed is achievable only by the most elite army of the Great Zhou Dynasty, utilizing top-tier King-level Heavenly Spirit Ships, and at the cost of massive Spirit Stone consumption.
In any case, each method to move a hundred thousand troops fourteen hundred thousand miles without using the Ancient Teleportation Formation is enormous, and under normal circumstances, even the Great Zhou Dynasty wouldn’t use it.
Of course, there’s another method, where a Creation God who has refined a Little World within can transport a million troops in an instant.
But the issue is, if a Creation God wanted to wipe out their Xio Family’s branch or Hidden Clan, there wouldn’t be such a hassle.
With a single palm press, the entire Dongxi County City or Dachi County City would vanish from the world.
There’s no need to rely on the ant-like power of a demonic army.
Looking at this intelligence, cold sweat drenched Xio Qiangu’s forehead.
"Immediately issue orders to the Dao Realm teams and all search teams to search within a million miles radius centered on Dachi County in Lanshan County of Weizhou State.
At the same time, in the name of our West Patrol, borrow Commander Level Spirit Boats from local Border Armies, no matter the cost, to reach within a million miles of Dachi County within half a day."
"Immediately request aid from the Heavenly Patrol Department, and ask to deploy the Void Hunting King for search, while reporting this matter to the Heavenly Patrol Department."
....
After giving a series of orders, Xio Qiangu from the West Patrol slumped down in a daze.
To be honest, since gaining the Family Head qualification by ruling seventy percent of a Little World during the battle to select the head, he has never encountered such a thorny situation.
Previously, everything in the West Patrol was under his control, even with the variable Ye Zhen, it couldn’t escape his Five Finger Mountain.
But at this moment, Xio Qiangu felt that the authority of the West Patrol seemed somewhat out of control.
"Sir, there is an issue, there must be an issue!"
"Look, three attacks, each time sparing the non-resistant women and children, this is definitely not the style of a demonic army."
"Moreover, Sir, see, the two attacks on the county cities every time targeted the largest wealthy clans within the cities, namely the Dongxi Clan and the Chii Family.
These two families, one is a branch of your Xio Family, the other is Official Chii’s family, all targeting our West Patrol.
Sir, I strongly suspect this has something to do with someone!" Weis Gang exclaimed.
"Who?"
"Ye Zhen!"
"Impossible! Does Ye Zhen have the ability to command a hundred thousand demonic troops? Let alone Ye Zhen, even I don’t have such ability." Said Xio Qiangu from the West Patrol.
"But Sir, the impossible has already happened! Moreover, in the previous plans against Ye Zhen, we also thought there was no way Ye Zhen could turn the tables.
Yet Ye Zhen managed to obtain over a thousand demonic military heads, avoiding that catastrophe!
Sir, those over a thousand demonic military heads basically prove that Ye Zhen has connections with the Demonic Clan, connections we don’t know about." Weis Gang stated.
"Are you saying?" The dazed Xio Qiangu turned his gaze toward Weis Gang.
"Sir, don’t you feel this method resembles the plan we previously used against Ye Zhen? I believe, this event, eight or nine out of ten, is related to Ye Zhen." Weis Gang concluded.
Xio Qiangu from the West Patrol gradually had a trace of blood color in his eyes, then stood up abruptly, "Come, follow me to the North Sea County."
Hearing this, Weis Gang was stunned.
"Sir, at this critical moment, if we leave here for North Sea County, wouldn’t it be...."
Xio Qiangu’s eyes showed a hint of helplessness, "All personnel have already been sent out, if found, naturally there will be news, if not, what use is there for us two to stay here?"
"Instead of this, it’s better to verify your judgment, to see if this is indeed Ye Zhen’s doing! If it really is him, then it would be quite the spectacle.
The person favored by the old Emperor can actually mobilize a hundred thousand demonic troops and even infiltrate the heartland of the Great Zhou Dynasty? How could he possess such energy?"
While nodding wryly, Weis Gang instructed someone to take care of the heartbroken Left Assistant Chii Jingshan, then flew off with Xio Qiangu from the West Patrol towards the direction of North Sea County.
At the same moment, in the East Arrival Pavilion of the Imperial Palace of Luoyi, Great Zhou.
Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long of Great Zhou looked at the newly received urgent message with a bewildered expression.
"Wud Qing, why does it seem to me that this invading demonic army seems a bit strange! Previously where these demonic armies passed, the living beings were wiped out, nothing spared.
Yet this hundred thousand demonic army seems to target only the families backing the West Patrol high-ranked figures?"
