King of Creation
Chapter 2261: Chapter 2246: Blood River Military City
High above Dulong Island, the avatar projection of Guz Xuan’s master, a Supreme Elder from one of the halls of Five Immortals Island, had divine eyes like lightning, with omnipresent Primordial Spirit Divine Thought cascading like water, probing for any possible residual aura.
After a while, the avatar projection of Guz Xuan’s master slowly retracted the Divine Thought, his brows tightly knit.
"The aura has completely dissipated... how did this aura dissipate so quickly this time..."
Almost as soon as he sensed the aura of the Twelve Primordial Celestial Treasure Pearl, Guz Xuan’s master sent his avatar projection here with the fastest speed possible.
But upon arrival, nothing was found.
Not even the slightest trace of Ye Zhen’s residual aura could be detected. The only certainty was that the aura of the Twelve Primordial Celestial Treasure Pearl had indeed appeared here, but at this moment, it had completely vanished.
"How could it be like this?"
Last time, when Ye Zhen used the Twelve Primordial Celestial Treasure Pearl to return to the Primordial Continent from the Golden Moon World, it was a cross-realm teleportation. Moreover, he transported eight million prisoners inside the Mirage Dragon Pearl, which caused the Twelve Primordial Celestial Treasure Pearl to expend several times the normal power and time to teleport over.
This resulted in a large amount of lingering aura.
But this time, Ye Zhen traveled lightly, the eight million prisoners inside the Mirage Dragon Pearl had long been settled. This time, the teleportation destination was Blood River Fortress.
With both the starting and ending points of the teleportation located within the Primordial Continent, this time the teleportation not only consumed less power but was also exceptionally fast and brief.
No matter how fast Guz Xuan’s master could arrive, by the time he got there, both Ye Zhen and the aura of the Twelve Primordial Celestial Treasure Pearl had already dissipated. Even with vast divine power, it was impossible to track.
However, Guz Xuan’s master was still unwilling to give up, his gaze turned towards Dulong Island below.
The person he was tracking had activated the Twelve Primordial Celestial Treasure Pearl on this Dulong Island. Could there be a connection between that person and Dulong Island?
With this thought, Guz Xuan’s master had the idea of investigating Dulong Island.
With faint divine light shooting from his eyes, Guz Xuan’s gaze turned once more and landed on Dulong Island, this time focusing on the Ruins Market of Dulong Island.
Taking a glance at the bustling scene of people coming and going, and boats arriving and departing at the Ruins Market of Dulong Island, a look of disappointment appeared on Guz Xuan’s master’s face.
This Dulong Island was a market with countless travelers and merchants coming and going every day, and most of the merchant caravans’ guards were experts at the Ninth Stage of the Realm King Realm.
Under such circumstances, investigating solely on the characteristic of being a Ninth Stage Peak Realm King Realm expert was meaningless, simply a waste of manpower.
However, since the opposing party had been frequenting both the Ruins Market of Five Immortals Island and Dulong Island, perhaps they would appear again in the future.
Guz Xuan’s master had already made up his mind that if the fifteen disciples and grand-disciples he sent out did not yield any results in one or two years, he would assign two people to guard the Ruins Market of Five Immortals Island and Dulong Island regularly. As long as this person appeared again, they would definitely be found.
With this thought, Guz Xuan’s master’s avatar projection flickered slightly and disappeared into thin air.
Upon receiving the urgent Talisman Communication from Liuu Feng and Gu Tieqi, Ye Zhen immediately returned to Blood River Fortress.
At this moment, it was already the fourth day after Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long’s urgent summons of key ministers in the Universe Hall of Luoyi.
The Grand Commander’s Mansion of the Human Demon Battlefield had issued a series of urgent military orders, which had a significant impact, prompting Liuu Feng and Gu Tieqi to send an urgent Talisman Communication to Ye Zhen.
Those who hadn’t attended the urgent court meeting in the Universe Hall were unaware of its content on that day.
The urgent court meeting held that day was classified as top secret.
Anyone who attended the urgent meeting had, in the presence of Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long and the Chief Sun Priest of the Ancestor God Temple, imprinted their Divine Soul Imprint on the Silence Soul Talisman, secretly refined by the Ancestor God Temple.
Under no circumstances were they allowed to disclose the content of the meeting to anyone.
Except for Baili Fei, the Moon Palace Master of the Heavenly Temple.
Because Baili Fei needed to report the matter further upwards, he did not imprint on the Silence Soul Talisman, but he also promised not to disclose it, especially the matter of the mysterious Blood Light Formation discovered beneath Blood River Fortress, which he would only inform a few top-level individuals.
Currently, Great Zhou did not have the capacity to gather all the top-levels of the Heavenly Temple who could be privy to this information to imprint their Divine Soul Imprint on the Silence Soul Talisman.
Thus, it had to be so.
Besides, something known by one person remains a secret.
When two people know a thing, it is no longer a secret.
The matter of the mysterious Blood Light Formation discovered under the Blood River Fortress was known by this many people, and who knew how long it would remain undisclosed.
However, to tackle this matter, and to respond to potential changes,
Great Zhou, or rather the Grand Commander’s Mansion of the Human Demon Battlefield, issued the first military order!
Burning Corpses!
Regardless of the intensity and scope of any battle, corpses must be gathered and incinerated after the fight!
Starting right after the court meeting ended, the Ancestor God Temple would deploy many priests proficient in Fire Element Power, along with numerous Fire Element Demonic Beasts belonging to the Ancestor God Temple, to join the battle.
The primary mission of these fire element priests and Fire Element Demonic Beasts would not be combat but to incinerate the corpses of those who died in battle, especially those of the Demon Clan, into ashes at the earliest possible moment.
Concurrently, a large number of fire-element Jade Scrolls would be issued to mid- and low-ranked officers to assist these priests in burning the corpses during battles.
Additionally, it mandated each army to form a Special Task Force Unit for wartime, where each member excels in swift body skill and everyone is equipped with a large-capacity storage ring.
During warfare, ensuring personal safety, these members must swiftly collect the corpses of fallen comrades and those of the Demon Clan into their storage rings.
At a glance, this military order might seem absurd.
However, it was devised as a "root-removing strategy" after extended deliberations among Great Zhou’s high echelons!
Fortunately, Ye Zhen discovered the mysterious Blood Light Formation under Blood River Fortress. Though still not completely broken through over the years, the characteristics of this mysterious Blood Light Formation have become somewhat known.
For this mysterious Blood Light Formation to erupt, an accumulation of massive Blood Qi and negative forces must be extracted.
Thus, though this root-removing strategy might not dismantle the formation, it could potentially delay the eruption time of the mysterious Blood Light Formation possibly spread across the underground of the entire Human Demon Battlefield.
The order to implement this root-removing strategy was issued because, within just four short days, the reinforcements of Great Zhou encountered bloody battles at Laiyang Fortress, which was enveloped by Blood Light!
To restore the Chengling Fortress defense line and explore the reality after the Blood Light Formation erupted, the governor of the Southern War Zone of the Human Demon Battlefield deployed heavy troops, aiming to reclaim Laiyang Fortress as commanded.
Yet, within just four days, more than 150,000 elite soldiers from Great Zhou perished at Laiyang Fortress!
Initially, there were less than 270,000 demon soldiers stationed at Laiyang Fortress after successive fierce battles.
Moreover, for the Demon Clan, capturing Laiyang Fortress rendered its city defense formation useless, thus, the various defensive arrays of Laiyang Fortress provided no advantage to the Demon Clan that captured it.
This significantly reduced the difficulty in reclaiming Laiyang Fortress.
Therefore, upon combining forces with 200,000 elite troops dispatched by the Central Battle Zone, the governor of the Southern War Zone launched a counterattack on Laiyang Fortress with a total of 500,000 elite troops.
Intent on retaking Laiyang Fortress, while also creating an opportunity for the Ancestor God Temple to study the aftermath of the Blood Light Formation explosion.
The Ancestor God Temple also dispatched a large number of priests with the army and issued high-quality purification and protective talismans.
However, they suffered a disastrous defeat!
The blood light released by the mysterious Blood Light Formation greatly enhanced the Demon Clan’s army and affected the Human Clan’s forces more than anticipated.
Even a Dao Realm expert’s strength would be impacted upon entering the blood light.
Moreover, the closer one approached the center of the blood light, the greater the impact on their strength.
In contrast, the Demon Clan’s army, especially those demons who cultivated negative powers, not only saw their combat power multiply in the blood light, but as long as they were not dead, as long as they had a breath left, penetrating deep into the blood light could rapidly heal their injuries.
At worst, they could at least preserve their lives!
Most shockingly, a late-stage Realm King Bone Demon, with its bones pulverized and protecting its soul fire with half a damaged skull, retreated to the depths of the blood light.
Merely two hours later, it returned to the battlefield with reassembled new bones, and its combat power even increased.
Ultimately, this counterattack ended in failure!
The fifty thousand elite forces dispatched by Great Zhou battled fiercely against the twenty-seven thousand strong Demon Clan for a day and a half, leaving behind fifteen thousand corpses. The remaining troops, almost everyone wounded, retreated a hundred miles beyond the influence of the blood light, before they could regroup!
This major defeat shook Great Zhou immensely.
The significance attached to this underground mysterious Blood Light Formation reached unparalleled levels, which resulted in this apparently absurd yet pragmatic military order.
Imagine this: it doesn’t take much, just six or seven of these Blood Light Formations exploding, and the demon clan could use them as strongholds to completely seize initiative over the entire Human-Demon Battlefield.
Such consequences would be terrifying.
Cutting it under its roots can be considered an outright military order.
And there is another secret military order, known only by Ye Zhen, now the Duke of North Sea County.
The Imperial Guard Legion of Great Zhou, guarding around Luoyi and intimidating the surrounding vassal countries with a strength of eight million, will dispatch half to the Human-Demon Battlefield to address potential crises.
Accumulating virtue builds up moral standings, and this Imperial Guard Legion is directly controlled by the Royal Family, only commanded and mobilized by Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long.
In addition, the Military Department will issue orders to all main battle corps, mobilizing elite forces ready to advance eastward at any moment!
The third military order targets the Heavenly Patrol Department!
It orders the Heavenly Patrol Department Western Patrol to shift its focus to the Human-Demon Battlefield, even if the chances are slim; searching may find another underground mysterious Blood Light Formation entrance.
Without searching, there won’t be any chance!
Reportedly, the Western Patrol Xio Qiangu has already personally arrived at the Human-Demon Battlefield!
Not just the Western Patrol, but also orders the Eastern, Southern, Northern, and Central Patrols to deploy elite forces to the Human-Demon Battlefield, strengthening the force while searching for possible underground mysterious Blood Light Formations.
Grand Celestial Official Wu Yu has secretly dispatched a number of Void Hunting Kings and Heavenly Patrol Divine Hunters to search for potential mysterious Blood Light Formations.
Additionally, although there’s no explicit order, it is said that the Secret Overseer, under the management of Chief Eunuch Yu Chao’en, has also dispatched a large number of elite personnel to the Human-Demon Battlefield.
Moreover, each hall of the Ancestor God Temple will exponentially increase the military priest forces at the Human-Demon Battlefield.
It can be said that the outbreak of this underground mysterious Blood Light Formation has really alarmed Great Zhou.
After all, the Human-Demon Battlefield is the foundation of the nation!
These are all considered major trends.
The orders truly concerning Ye Zhen involve two!
The first is Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long personally ordered Ye Zhen to participate in the research and decryption affairs of the underground mysterious Blood Light Formation in Blood River Fortress.
With many rights to know and participate, etc.
This order is essentially due to the increasing number of people and factions involved in the underground mysterious Blood Light Formation at Blood River Fortress, making Ren Venerate Emperor uneasy, necessitating the involvement of a strong and trustworthy military figure.
Ye Zhen is precisely such a presence.
The reason is simple, as with the exposure of the underground mysterious Blood Light Formation in Blood River Fortress, both Grand Governor Ji Yuan and the Heavenly Temple wanted to participate in the research and resolution of the underground mysterious Blood Light Formation.
Having Ye Zhen, the commander of Blood River Fortress, participate serves as a protection and restraint to some extent!
The second command is relatively troublesome for Ye Zhen.
Due to the changing situation, ensuring that the defense line of Blood River Fortress does not fall, and ensuring the continued resolution of the underground mysterious Blood Light Formation, as well as preparing for possible reinforcements and unexpected events from the Demon Clan.
Blood River Fortress has been immediately elevated to Blood River Military City, with the Human-Demon Battlefield Commander-in-Chief dispatching the Fire Swallow Army Marshal to take charge of the Blood River Military City defense line.
The entire Fire Swallow Army of 420,000 troops will arrive at Blood River Military City today to take over the city.
Simultaneously, under the Human-Demon Battlefield Commander’s order, the original defenders of Blood River Fortress, including the Sky Wave Army of North Sea, Northern War Zone reinforcements Marshal Heu Qi, the Blood River Fortress civilians, and Death Camp, will all be under the command of Marshal Huaa Yong of the Fire Swallow Army!
This military order abruptly elevates Blood River Fortress to Blood River Military City, stripping Ye Zhen of the control over Blood River Fortress.
The moment Ye Zhen received this order, he directly submitted a secret report to Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long expressing his dissatisfaction.
Regarding Ye Zhen’s dissatisfaction, Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long only offered some consolation.
Stripping Ye Zhen’s command over Blood River Fortress and upgrading it to Blood River Military City was not Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long’s intention, but a completely justified order from the Human-Demon Battlefield Commander’s Mansion.
But even so, Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long was powerless.
This military order from the Human-Demon Battlefield Commander’s Mansion was well-grounded and fully within their jurisdiction, and even if Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long was the Emperor, he could do nothing but let it be.
Ye Zhen had no choice but to comply!
After all, obeying military orders is the duty of a soldier.
Having issues with this order is not Ye Zhen’s fault, rather he very well knows that having an additional superior, especially someone under Grand Governor Ji Yuan, would make him very passive!
Especially for someone like Ye Zhen who enjoys winning with unusual strategies, needing to report and not being able to make decisions independently will be the saddest thing.
"Grand Marshal, Marshal Huaa Yong of the Fire Swallow Army and his subordinates are about to take office, it would be best for the Grand Marshal to welcome them!" Liuu Feng entered the tent and reminded.
"Additionally, someone the Grand Marshal dislikes to see has also arrived. Please exercise some restraint when the time comes!" Liuu Feng suddenly said.
"The person I dislike seeing, who is it?" Ye Zhen suddenly raised his head.

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