Chapter 1400: Wang Shouzhe, the Villain? (Part 4)

At this moment, with each hand formula performed, one array after another began to slowly operate. The faint light circulating appeared like fierce beasts lurking in the dark, waiting to devour people, emitting a dangerous aura.

“Retreat!”

Feeling the increasingly terrifying aura emanating from the array, all the people dressed in black had severe expressions on their faces, and once the hand formula was performed, they turned around and ran without hesitation.

Once the array is activated, they only have a quarter of an hour to escape.

A step too late, and they would be buried along with the Southern Qin army.

Fortunately, this path had been rehearsed countless times before, so even with their eyes closed, they knew exactly where to go.

As they skillfully fled from the intricate underground caves, a loud “boom” echoed behind them, causing Nether Gate Ridge to start trembling violently, as if a monstrously huge beast had turned over beneath the ground.

The earth shook, magma gushed out, and the sky was filled with fire and volcanic ash forming a thick fog!

That terrifying momentum of destruction seemed like a natural disaster had descended.

“How is this possible?!”

The experts within the army could never have anticipated such a turn of events, their expressions suddenly changed, emitting beast-like roars: “Retreat, quick, retreat!”

“Form an array, activate the protective array.”

“How can this be!”

Murong Kaifong’s pupils trembled violently as he let out an ancient beast-like roar.

However, at this moment, no matter what they did, it was all in vain. Even if the Great Emperor came, he could not stop such a level of natural disaster.

Meanwhile, the instigators had already run far away to hide. Covered in volcanic ash, they looked quite disheveled, but their spirits were high, each filled with exuberant excitement.

It succeeded, they made a great achievement!

“Shouzhe’s plan is truly wonderful, it has given us a massive merit,” said Wang Zhouhui, a newly promoted ancestor of the Daqian Wang Family who had just reached the Divine Power Realm.

The other two, one was Wang Dingxin of the Southern Desert Wang Family with Purple Mansion Realm cultivation, and the other was Wang Zhoubo of the Longzuo Wang Family with Late Stage Celestial Human Realm cultivation, all important members of the Changning Wang Family.

It’s no wonder that such a meaningful task, after Wang Shouzhe’s hints and Wang Shizhao’s maneuvers, was naturally left for their own people to execute.

However, this disaster wasn’t only at Nether Gate Ridge.

Almost at the same time.

In the buffer zone between Western Jin and Daqian, within the vast saline-alkali land near the West Sea, the rapidly advancing Western Jin army also encountered a catastrophic flood.

The flood seemed to come from the nine heavens above, breaking the Western Jin army into disarray, wails resounding everywhere, resulting in extremely heavy losses.

Such a battle situation quickly spread to significant departments such as Southern Qin, Western Jin, and Daqian, like it grew wings and flew.

Wang Shouzhe’s small courtyard also received frontline intelligence promptly.

Emperor Longchang, Jiang Zhencang, and Wang Shouzhe gathered in the small courtyard for a meeting.

“Shouzhe, the speed at which your small courtyard gathers intelligence seems even a bit faster than the Inner Pavilion, doesn’t it?” Emperor Longchang said with a sour smile, “It appears that your small courtyard is the real power hub of our Daqian. Even we two Lord Lingxu come at your beck and call.”

“Your Majesty, please take a look at the battle reports first.” Wang Shouzhe, having heard enough of such sour remarks, didn’t bother responding, and handed two battle reports to Longchang and Jiang Zhencang.

The two glanced at them.

“What? A grand victory at Sword Ridge Pass! The Southern Qin army suffered heavy losses, with nearly all Corpse Puppets destroyed, and the regular army losing thirty percent?”

“West Cliff Pass also saw a grand victory? The Corpse Puppets were completely destroyed too? Western Jin’s regular army suffered a steep loss.”

The two Lord Lingxu were greatly shocked by this battle report, and after exchange looks, they fixed their eyes on Wang Shouzhe: “Shouzhe, is this really true? I remember the Corpse Puppet armies on both battlefields numbering over thirty battle groups in total.”

“Your Majesty, Saint Master. The Corpse Puppet army in direct combat is fearless and formidable, but their intelligence is too low, and their actions too slow, making their survival rate much lower than that of nimble humans amidst the natural disaster,” Wang Shouzhe said calmly, “I’ve confirmed through other intelligence channels, both battle reports are undoubtedly correct.”

“Good, good, good!” Emperor Longchang cheered with joy, “Shouzhe, your plan has completely succeeded, a grand victory, it’s a true grand victory. We should immediately counterattack, strike at the capitals of Western Jin and Southern Qin. Old Jiang, Western Jin for you, Southern Qin for me.”

“Your Majesty, please calm down.” Wang Shouzhe pressed his hand, “Now is not a good time for counterattack.”

“Nonsense.” Emperor Longchang raised his brows and scolded, “Both nations’ main armies have suffered severe losses, if not now to counterattack, then when? I have confidence that I can reach their capitals.”

“And then?” Wang Shouzhe glanced at him and said, “The Demon Dynasty would never stand idly by while we truly conquer Southern Qin and Western Jin. They would definitely intervene.”

“Intervene? So what? They can call the Demon Dynasty, and we can call the Immortal Dynasty.” Emperor Longchang said spiritedly, “These days, who doesn’t have some backing when out in the world?”

“Heh, the Demon Dynasty and Immortal Dynasty are evenly matched in strength, neither can overpower the other. Once both sides use Daqian, Western Jin, Southern Qin, and other regions for strategic contest, it would inevitably lead Daqian to unimaginable suffering, ruining the great situation.” Wang Shouzhe said coldly, “If Your Majesty truly acts recklessly, the Changning Wang Family would immediately sell off all assets at a low price and move the entire family to the Immortal Dynasty to live leisurely after buying some farmland.”