Top-tier Unruly Master

Chapter 2222: Chapter 2257: An Accident Is About to Happen

Herr Rufeng said, realizing that talking about this matter gave them a sense of prestige, which invisibly diminished her own, she waved it off: "Let’s not dwell on this topic, Ding Fan, what fun things does your Moon Mist Island have to offer? I’ve been cooped up in the Daozhen Villa for so long, I’m about to be bored to death."

"Oh!"

A faint smile appeared on Ding Fan’s face, but he didn’t answer, instead, he was thinking about the old Sirius.

Crimson Flame once said that Master Daozhi and the old Sirius reached an agreement, it seems this agreement was also made through force, the old Sirius almost killed Master Daozhen for Crimson Flame’s sake.

Ding Fan pondered for a moment, then said to Herr Rufeng: "If you’re bored, just stay on my island for a few days, I’ll have Wu Qingxia accompany you around."

"No way, that would be bad for my reputation as a young mistress."

Herr Rufeng’s space ring glowed, and she took out a stack of ten manuals, tossing them onto the table: "By the way, I’m here to deliver advanced martial skills handbooks to you, and to get closer to you. I mean, Ding Fan, do we still need to build this relationship? When you become strong in the future, if our Herr Family encounters difficulties, you’ll help us, right?"

Ding Fan was at a loss for words, this girl was truly naive and adorable, how could she come running to form connections like this?

"I won’t!"

He thought carefully and said solemnly: "What would I do if your Herr Family has difficulties? But if you or your sister are in trouble, and if I’m able, I’ll certainly help."

Upon hearing the first half of the sentence, Herr Rufeng’s expression turned ugly, almost furious, but hearing the latter half transformed her anger into joy. She grinned broadly and said, "Ding Fan, as long as I have your word, it’s enough. You’re busy, so I won’t keep you. I have to go back and help Aunt with stuff. No need to see me off, bye."

Ding Fan quietly rubbed his nose and said, "I wasn’t planning to see you off anyway."

...

The troops of the Tianmu Sea advanced like a swarm of locusts, plundering any large-scale family in the cities they passed.

Three to four days later, the families along the route wised up, taking their family’s wealth and leaving the cities, waiting for the army to pass before returning.

But they were too naive...

The Tianmu Sea’s troops passed through two cities but gained nothing, so they changed route, then split into ten units, like ten sharp arrows aimed at the Zhong Family Fortress.

Now more families were in trouble, the ten units covered a vast territory, where could those family powers hide? Moreover, many cities in their path didn’t have teleportation arrays.

The Four Great Royal Clans made no moves, and Herr Family’s scout cavalry was always lurking in the Four Great King Cities, as soon as any expert from the Four Great Royal Clans moved, Herr Family would immediately know.

Day by day passed, getting ever closer to the Zhong Family Fortress, the Tianmu Sea became more and more bustling, many people set up gambling stalls, nearly all betting on whether the Zhong Family would retaliate, how many hours they could resist, or how many experts Zhong Zhiyong would drag down with him...

Madam Yan was quite busy, Herr Ningshuang worked with her, only sleeping two to three hours a day, countless pieces of intelligence needed to be analyzed, summarized, then passed on to Herr Wanzhan and others, although the Tianmu Sea had only 10,000 troops, Herr Family sent tens of thousands of scout cavalry.

Information is eyes and ears!

The Shenwu Country was someone else’s territory, without this information and intelligence, Master Daozhen would be blind and deaf. To win this beautiful battle, he must control the intelligence of the entire Northern Wastelands.

Fortunately, everything was normal, the Zhong Family hadn’t fled, and the Level Five families and Four Great Royal Clans of the Northern Wastelands were quiet. If there was no change, the Zhong Family Fortress could be flattened within days.

On the thirteenth day after departing, the Tianmu Sea’s army entered the territory controlled by the Zhong Family. The ten units regrouped, after all, this land belonged to the Zhong Family, each city belonged to them, and there was a high chance of conflict.

Just as expected...

Upon reaching a city, a battle broke out immediately, when the Tianmu Sea’s army attempted to sack the city, they encountered resistance from the town’s martial artists. The Tianmu Sea’s troops didn’t hesitate to attack, and after losing over a dozen troops, they slaughtered all the members of the resisting family.

If there’s resistance, that’s great!

If there was no resistance or retaliation, that would be the problem. Herr Wanzhan and others ordered the continued advance toward the Zhong Family Fortress, leaving nothing untouched in the cities passed.

However...

When they reached the next city, all the family members had already fled, the scout cavalry of the Tianmu Sea lurking around the city were completely eliminated.

Herr Wanzhan was furious, moving several hundred troops to chase, while the army continued advancing, the same situation was repeated in the next city, not only had all affiliated powers of the Zhong Family escaped, but people had also stayed behind to commit assassinations, many experts were involved in assassinations, regardless of whether they succeeded, they fled immediately after striking.

When the army divided dozens of troops to chase them, an incident occurred again, dozens of soldiers were ambushed and killed, when Herr Wanzhan sent people to search, the ambushing experts mysteriously vanished.

Along the way, assassination was everywhere, as if the enemy were scattered across the mountains and plains. The Zhong Family seemed intent on dragging part of Tianmu Sea’s experts down with them, planning to go all out with the martial artists of the Tianmu Sea.

When the Zhong Family acted this way, Herr Wanzhan instead became less worried.

These small assassination tactics had already been deployed. What tactics could the Zhong Family possibly have left? Isn’t it just a last-ditch struggle? The loss of some Third Level experts from the Divine Realm was not significant; the lowest experts the Herr Family had brought this time were at the Fourth Level of the Divine Realm. As long as none of their own experts died, Herr Wanzhan didn’t care at all.

The families below were extremely angry, so they dispatched many patrol teams, led by Fourth Level experts from the Divine Realm, to search for potential hostile forces scattered around the battlefield, mercilessly killing any enemy experts they encountered.

Assassins were everywhere, battles were everywhere, countless mountains and rivers were stained with blood, this was no longer just assassins sent by the Zhong Family, it seemed all affiliated family powers under the Zhong Family had called forth their killers, there were so many assassins lurking, it felt endless, as if they were impossible to eradicate.

"Never mind those assassins, the army will advance at full speed straight to the Zhong Family Fortress."

Herr Wanzhan sensed something was off; could the Zhong Family be stalling for time? Sending out these assassins was meaningless, as they wouldn’t kill too many people. Their only purpose was to delay the army’s advance.

As the army surged forward, they encountered more and more assassins. Without clearing them out, the army couldn’t advance quickly.

"Leave some experts to clear out those assassins, and the rest should proceed as quickly as possible!"

Herr Wanzhan simply divided the accompanying samurai, as relying on these Divine Realm Third Level warriors wouldn’t make much difference. The main force was on the Super Airship.

As long as the main force wasn’t scattered, there wouldn’t be any issues. In Herr Wanzhan’s eyes, the Zhong Family’s experts were invisible; even if they could easily overrun the Zhong Family Fortress, let alone with Master Daozhen on their side.

"Report to Master Zhan!"

Half an hour later, a scout cavalry entered the battleship, delivering important information: the Zhong Family members had left the fortress and were heading north at full speed, seemingly toward a dead end in that direction.

"Netherworld Valley?"

Bai Xe glanced at the map, frowning. Netherworld Valley was known as one of the dead zones in Shenwu Country. It was once a city with tens of millions of people, who were all massacred overnight by a powerful warrior, causing the ground to sink and bury countless dead bodies. The dead turned into netherworld ghosts, and no one who entered ever came out.

Herr Wanzhan didn’t believe in such tales; they were used to deceive the common folk. This was evidently a secret base of the Zhong Family, and those rumors were likely to keep people away from it.

Why did the Zhong Family’s experts abandon the Zhong Family Fortress? Why did they choose to go to Specter Valley?

Herr Wanzhan couldn’t figure out what was planned inside Netherworld Valley, and since the scouts couldn’t enter, he knew nothing about the situation inside. After thinking for a moment, he still decided to inform Master Daozhen and let him make the decision.

"Charge directly to Netherworld Valley!"

The elder pointed out the advance direction without hesitation and explained, "Inside Netherworld Valley is a connection to an alternate world. The Zhong Family intends to escape into the alternate world and sever all ties with the outside."

"Alternate world?"

Herr Wanzhan immediately ordered the Super Airship to head straight for Netherworld Valley, while the army continued to the Zhong Family Fortress. He commanded that if there were any resistors in the Zhong Family Fortress, they were to be executed without mercy.

The true experts of Tianmu Sea were on the Super Airship, and these individuals were the main force in this battle. Those below were merely cannon fodder for pillaging.

At this moment, the Zhong Family was heading toward the valley, intending to enter the alternate world. Recalling the previous assassinations, they were all to buy time. Herr Wanzhan was now very certain that the Zhong Family intended to escape into the alternate world and cut off all connections with the outside.

The alternate world could be refined, and those refined alternate worlds were called mystic realms.

Of course, without unparalleled warriors, one couldn’t refine those alternate worlds, meaning the Zhong Family must have other means, just like the methods possessed by the Daozhen Family.

It was estimated that after Tianmu Sea declared war, the Zhong Family began taking action. Now, it was probably almost refined, and they immediately organized their clan to escape to Specter Valley.

The Super Airship was fast, and despite the short distance, it reached Specter Valley in just seven or eight hours. According to reconnaissance, all the powerful Zhong Family experts had just entered not long ago.

Specter Valley looked terrifying.

From the outside, a black mist shrouded the interior, hiding any clear view. Before anyone could get close, the cold aura spread, making many Gods and Buddhas Realm Fourth Level experts feel their scalp tingle.

"Enter!"

Herr Wanzhan didn’t care at all; this was evidently a trick to fool the people. With the super-expert Master Daozhen here, what were they afraid of?

Nearly fifteen Super Airships charged into Netherworld Valley. All the warriors were on deck, ready for battle. In just the blink of an eye, the Super Airships vanished into the black mist as if swallowed by a monster.

...

"Report~"

Meanwhile, inside Daozhen Villa, a critical report emerged.

A scout cavalry flew to the pavilion, kneeling before Madam Yan and Herr Ningshuang: "The news from Divine Heaven City, Divine Earth City, and Thousand Gods Country reports that the leaders of the Three Great Royal Families and Fifth Level experts of the Divine Realm have been dispatched to Shenwu City."

Madam Yan and Herr Ningshuang’s faces changed upon hearing the sudden turn of events, as an ominous foreboding surged within them. They feared this time something truly unexpected would occur.

Upon hearing the news, Madam Yan didn’t move for a while, choosing to wait quietly for more accurate information.

"Report!!"

Soon, a leader of the Herr Family entered, delivering the news that Madam Yan and Herr Ningshuang most wanted to hear: the heads of the Three Great Royal Families had all gone to Shenwu City. After joining forces with Zhao Wuji and his powerful subordinates, they turned towards the Zhong Family Fortress.

"Buzz!"

There was no hesitation from Madam Yan this time; she immediately took out a talisman and crushed it.