Chapter 557: Betrayal!
Translator:Nyoi-Bo Studio
Editor:Nyoi-Bo Studio
Jiang Chen left the valley with the team. He felt very emotional, and at the same time, helpless.
It had been inevitable for the evil kin to find Whitty. The evil kin should have known about his existence as soon as the blood of prehistoric fierce beast had woken in him, so it was nothing too strange that the Evil Kings had come when Whitty was at the crucial moment of a breakthrough.
He looked back at the Valley, hoping everything would be fine with Whitty in the Realm of Evil Spirits. Then he went back to the city with the eight exploitation vehicles.
However, halfway to the city, a horn blew loudly on the battlefield.
Unlike the passion at the beginning of the battle and the gloom at the time of retreat, this one sounded sorrowful and dreary.
“This is… this is the sound of a mournful horn!” Tang Zhengyi and the others turned pale as they listened silently, counting.
“Nine. The horn blew nine times! It’s the sad chimes of nine dragons!”
Everyone was as pale as a ghost. Tang Zhengyi said emotionally, “The Emperor of Dragon has passed away!”
“The Emperor of Dragon passed away!!”
The others also wailed, shocked.
Jiang Chen was surprised. Of course, he knew that the Emperor of Dragon was referring to the emperor of the Flying Dragon Dynasty.
The had emperor passed away in the middle of the war and a lament was just being played now.
Putting the pieces of the puzzle together, Jiang Chen thought of the retreat of the Dragon Rebel Army. He felt nervous about it.
In the meantime, seven beams of light suddenly soared into the sky from the battlefield.
Although even the closest beam of light was dozens of miles away, Jiang Chen and the others could perfectly perceive the invisible changes around them. They felt like they were in water, experiencing slight resistance.
“The Dragon Rebel Army’s ward is gone.” Jiang Chen looked very serious. He knew there was something wrong.
“But we captured the first city, and we have the dynamic map. How could this be?”
Jiang Chen couldn’t figure out why. There was only one plausible explanation—he had made a big mistake.
Either his equations were wrong because he had missed some cities on the battlefield in his calculation, or all of his speculations had been completely wrong.
However, Jiang Chen didn’t think so. It would have been impossible for him to make such a stupid mistake.
“Then there’s only one explanation.” Something suddenly occurred to him, and he shouted loudly, “Go back to the city as soon as possible!”
In the city captured by the three troops and the four battalions, Zhao Wenhao walked to the Inspection Guard angrily while the funeral song was being played and cut the 30-foot-long horn in two.
“General Zhao, what are you doing?!” the general of the Inspection Guard said furiously. “The Emperor of Dragon passed away. It’s great disrespect to interrupt the nine dragons’ sad songs!”
Zhao Wenhao didn’t bother to argue with him, just slapped the general’s cheek right away.
“What do you think the Dragon Rebel Army will do when they hear the nine dragons’ sad chimes? You moron!” Zhao Wenhao’s eyes were red. He was extremely sorrowful and angry, but he hid it well.
The slap made the helmet of the general of the Inspection Guard fall off. He was bleeding since he had lost some teeth.
“Hehe, what will the Dragon Rebel Army do? Of course they’ll launch an all-out attack. Otherwise, why did we bother to send them the signal?”
The general of the Inspection Guard stopped hiding himself and flashed a crafty smile. Covering his cheek with his hand, he threw Zhao Wenhao a rancorous glance.
“The Bright Moon Troop…”
Zhao Wenhao was struck dumb, then he turned ashen. He went to gather his battle group immediately, but the Inspection Guard in the city beat him to it. They were not only in charge of the city, but had split up the three troops and the four battalions perfectly.
Many soldiers, still celebrating their victory, died under the Inspection Guard’s knives without knowing what had happened.
All their weapons were switched on.
In the midst of tragic screams, the Inspection Guard didn’t stop attacking until the three troops and the four battalions had lost too many people to switch on their formation again.
In the meanwhile, Zhao Wenhao and the lieutenants beside him were confined to their spots by an invisible power.
They could do nothing but watch everything happening in front of them.
Soon, the other two corps commanders and the four battalion commanders were brought, bound by chains that restrained their strength.
“General, we’re ready!” a lieutenant who served the Inspection Guard said.
“Let’s start.” The general of the Inspection Guard nodded.
The part of the ward that Jiang Chen had destroyed in the city had been restored. The ward was switched on quickly.
Soon, the first beam of light that Jiang Chen had seen soared into the sky from that very city.
“Eunuch Cao, you’re betraying your country! You’ll pay the price for that!” The commander of the Shadow Pursuing Troop reproached him in fury.
“Even if you manage to restore the city, the soldiers of the Dragon Rebel Army who are stationed in other cities retreated a long time ago. What you’re doing is useless.” Zhao Wenhao couldn’t stay calm at all. The dynasty’s soldiers had died by their own men’s hands after such a desperate battle, which was a great injustice to them.
“Yeah?” The general of the Inspection Guard, Eunuch Cao, sneered.
Then the other six beams of light appeared on the battlefield, one after another. The ward was done.
“The Emperor of Dragon passed away. The dragons chimed nine times in sorrow. The ward was deployed in seven cities.”
Zhao Wenhao’s forehead was covered with sweat. He realized how serious the situation was and what a vast conspiracy it had been.
“There’s no way the Dragon Rebel Army has managed to infiltrate the dynasty to such an extent!”
“The dynasty won’t be overturned, and the Dragon Rebel Army won’t disappear, but we need fresh blood in the system.”
Eunuch Cao came up to Zhao Wenhao and said, “You know what I’m talking about, don’t you?”
“I’m surprised to see there are people who are shameless enough to collaborate with the Dragon Rebel Army to get more power.”
Zhao Wenhao was extremely angry. He said, “I only have one question. Does he have anything to do with the death of the Emperor of Dragon?”
“General Zhao, you know the answer. Why bother to ask?”
Eunuch Cao sneered, “Emperors are emotionless human beings. Blood is thicker than water? That’s the biggest joke I’ve ever heard.”
“General Du Zhenfei of the Third Legion doesn’t stand on his side, so he wants the whole Third Legion to die?” Zhao Wenhao went on.
“The strategy of the Third Legion went wrong. It resulted in great casualties among the three troops. General Du Zhenfei will offer his apology along with his death,” Eunuch Cao said, astonishing Zhau Wenhao.
“You can’t kill everyone. The news of the evil deeds of the Inspection Guard will spread through the Realm of True Force!” the commander of the Shadow Pursuing Troop said coldly.
Eunuch Cao found this funny. He said, “Do you think it’s also the Inspection Guard that has occupied the other cities, and that there will be people like me telling the whole story to the people there?
“Most importantly, do you know why I told you all of this?”
The last question sent chills down the spines of Zhao Wenhao and the others.
His motive was simple. Whoever had heard him would die. It was also difficult to guess how the three troops and the four battalions would end up.
“Jiang Chen will come back.”
Suddenly, they thought of Jiang Chen, who was still out of the area. They assumed he would come back after he finished his errands.
This idea gave them hope.
“What does that Jiang Chen have that you trust him to such an extent? You should want to fight against the Inspection Guard instead. I almost acted in advance.”
Smiling, Eunuch Cao said, “Even though Jiang Chen is extremely powerful, he only has a team of 100 people. What can he do?”
At the mention of that, Zhao Wenhao and the others’ eyes dimmed.
