Chapter 2017: Chapter 2017: The Ambush Incident
"I wonder how Mr. Xiao and the Netherworld King are doing now."
"Sigh, not a single piece of news has come back."
"Long Qie, the people you sent out to gather information, how are they doing?"
In a small conference room, Titan couldn’t help but ask.
Apart from Titan and Long Qie, the main members of Sky Net and the Blood Clan were also present in the small conference room.
The gathering was to deal with the difficulties they were facing at the moment.
Upon hearing this, Long Qie shook his head and sighed, "Still haven’t heard anything about the two of them. It’s just like the rumors outside; they’ve vanished into thin air."
"Could it be that they’re really already..." Titan stopped halfway, scared half to death.
Evil Eyes glared at him fiercely, slightly annoyed, and said, "If you don’t know how to speak, then shut your stinking mouth. At times like this, no one would take you for a mute."
Titan realized he had spoken wrongly and didn’t argue, retracting his head in embarrassment.
However, his words still evoked sighs from everyone.
Although no one believed that Xiao Zheng and Hades had met with an accident, the current situation forced them to entertain doubts. These thoughts were contradictory but realistic.
Not only Sky Net’s side, but the members of the Blood Clan also appeared troubled.
Brent spoke, "Although it’s been a full ten days since the Evil God went into battle, I believe we should trust that they’re still alive."
"Brent is right; we should have this belief," Long Qie nodded and said, "Although Xiao Zheng hasn’t returned yet, it doesn’t mean something happened to them."
"Moreover, to talk about what we’re currently doing."
Upon hearing the implication in his words, Evil Eyes recalled some events that happened over the past few days and couldn’t help but ask, "What’s going on? Have the forces in Europe started acting up again?"
Evil Eyes’s words focused everyone’s attention on Long Qie.
Ever since the news of Xiao Zheng, Hades, and Gabriel’s disappearance spread, Europe was plunged into a tense atmosphere again. Many forces were eager to seize the Bright Church’s territory, including the Blood Clan’s territory, which was also being coveted.
After all, in many people’s view, now was the weakest period for the Blood Clan.
Upon hearing this, Long Qie nodded and said, "Indeed, many forces have started stirring, and just this morning, both Brent and I received the latest news. In Kawei County, Tro City, Pem County, and Kuiya Castle, the Blood Clan encountered ten sneak attacks."
"What? Someone actually dared to make a move? They must be tired of living!" Titan said angrily.
Though he wasn’t a member of the Blood Clan, after so many days of living and fighting together, he became good friends with many of the Blood Clan. Plus, with the connection of Hades, he was very angry to hear about the attacks on the Blood Clan.
Not only Titan but everyone gathered in the conference room had a faint trace of anger on their faces.
"These reports have been confirmed and are true," Long Qie said, "Fortunately, there were enough brothers from the Blood Clan in these towns, preventing the enemy from succeeding. Casualties were kept to a minimum."
"So who did it? I’m going to take people over there right now!" Titan said somewhat irritably.
Upon hearing his words, Long Qie’s face showed a trace of helplessness: "This is actually the part I and Brent find most troublesome. We haven’t found which force made the move."
"But the only thing we know is that those involved in the attacks are certainly more than one, at least five forces participated in these ten raids."
Hearing his words, everyone felt quite helpless.
Regardless of how angry they felt inside, if they didn’t know who the culprit was, it was pointless. After all, Europe was so vast, with countless large and small forces. If they went to clear one after another, it would exhaust them.
"So what do we do now? Could it be that we just sit here and wait to be hit?" Titan asked, frustrated.
Upon hearing this, Long Qie shook his head and said, "Of course, we can’t sit and wait to be hit; just taking hits without fighting back isn’t our style. This morning, I’ve discussed with Brent, and all the experts gathered in Song City, whether from Sky Net or the Blood Clan, will disperse to various places in Europe."
"We’ll lay in ambush and wait for these people to make a move; we’ll always catch one."
"What a clever dumb idea that is," Evil Eyes couldn’t help but ridicule.
Long Qie’s face blushed, then he coughed and said, "Coming up with this idea, we’re actually quite helpless. After all, we haven’t gathered any information about the culprits; to break the stalemate, this is all we can do for now."
"Understood, understood." Evil Eyes nodded and said.
Seeing that he finally stopped undermining him, Long Qie felt relieved and then spoke, "If nobody has any other objections, let’s decide it this way."
"Everyone can go get ready first; once Brent and I have finished discussing the grouping list, we’ll take action immediately."
Evil Eyes and the others nodded and then left the small conference room.
As for Long Qie and Brent, they continued to stay in the conference room to strategize.
By the time they had detailed the grouping list, the sun was nearly setting.
Fortunately, they were all cultivators without the taboo of avoiding traveling at night.
After contacting members of their respective groups, they each left Song City.
Long Qie and Brent both led their own teams as well.
In less than half an hour, the numerous experts from Sky Net and the Blood Clan who were originally gathered in Song City vanished without a trace. They came and went like the wind, without triggering anyone’s notice.
Everything proceeded perfectly according to Long Qie’s plan.
However, just on the night of their departure, sneak attacks happened again.
This time, the locations of the raids changed, occurring in ten other towns. And due to the suddenness of the events and the insufficient number of experts, this second sneak attack led to significant casualties on the Blood Clan side!
When this news reached Long Qie and others, an intense anger buried within them ignited!
