King of Creation Chapter 1631 - 1616: Wiped Out

"Faster, even faster!"

Inside the spirit boat, Marquis of Yellow Wind, Ming Tang, was urging repeatedly, even though at least half of the Dark Palace Realm martial artists operating the boat had already started coughing up blood, Ming Tang continued urging.

Ming Tang was indeed anxious!

Since the day before yesterday, Sand River City had lost communication with them.

Both the army and the secret scout leaders arranged within the city had all lost contact.

Not only could he not reach them, but all methods attempted from Tianming Marquisate’s capital city to contact people in Sand River City had failed.

Even the Shahe City Branch Temple, which Huang Feng Hou Ming Tang could privately contact, gave no response.

Hundreds of jade scrolls sent through the Small Movement Formation had sunk into the ocean without any reply.

The only intel they could currently obtain was that the Ancient Teleportation Formation of Sand River City was closed and impassable.

Additionally, the unit he urgently dispatched for reinforcements to Sand River City had encountered several groups of defeated soldiers from the city within a day.

From these defeated soldiers, they learned an incredibly shocking piece of intel.

Sand River City was reconquered by the South River Marquisate.

All thirty thousand troops inside and outside Sand River City suffered a complete defeat; their most confirmed intel was that Marshal Gao Xiu was dead!

Moreover, this happened two days ago.

Disbelief!

Frankly, Marquis of Yellow Wind Ming Tang’s first reaction to this news was disbelief, refusal.

Impossible!

In two and a half days, the corners of Huang Feng Hou Ming Tang’s mouth had developed a layer of fearsome blisters.

If just one defeated soldier said this, Ming Tang could deny it, could disbelieve.

However, when several groups of defeated troops said the same thing, although he didn’t believe it outwardly, inwardly he had accepted it.

Two hours earlier, his father, the Lord of Tianming Marquisate, had personally sent him a jade scroll.

Advising him to cease his journey to Sand River City, for if he appeared there at this moment, his situation would become very dangerous.

Yet, Ming Tang was unwilling.

He needed to see the situation in Sand River City with his own eyes before he would give up.

Most importantly, he wanted to understand the reason for the defeat, how Sand River City was breached, and he desired to know what happened at the Shahe City Branch Temple!

To have completely disregarded the orders of him, the Nine Suns Divine King’s disciple and divine envoy.

In the Heavenly Temple, divine envoys are categorized into ordinary ones, who are essentially martial artists at the Dao Entrance Realm, the lowest level disciples of the Heavenly Temple.

Then there are true divine envoys; like Ming Tang, whose official title in the Heavenly Temple is Nine Suns Divine King Divine Envoy.

This is a genuine divine envoy; even Zhao Shi, an abbot of a temple, must greet Ming Tang with respect, and cannot ignore the requests or orders Ming Tang issues.

No matter how unreasonable or unwilling, a response is mandatory.

In the Heavenly Temple, divine authority, divine might is everything.

Yet after more than two days, Abbot Zhao Shi remains silent, giving Ming Tang an unsettling premonition.

Half a quarter-hour later, Ming Tang received another jade scroll from the Lord of Tianming Marquisate, his father.

The scroll further confirmed the upheaval in Sand River City and once again advised him to leave Sand River City immediately, in a particularly stern tone.

After reading this jade scroll, Ming Tang fell into a long silence and then sighed deeply.

"Replace the spirit stones, proceed to Sand River City at medium speed, hasten to restore your strength, you have three hours to replenish your spent spiritual power."

Facing reality, Ming Tang had to yield.

He now needed the protection of the experts around him,

Though he had practiced the Three-Life Taoist Skill and feared not death, having already lost a Dao body, he dared not be reckless anymore.

Three hours later, with several experts, Ming Tang approached Sand River City quietly, painfully closing his eyes.

On the head of Sand River City, flags of the South River Marquisate were already flying; the clean-up inside the city was nearing its end.

The city gates had begun to systematically allow people to enter and exit, indicating that the South River Marquisate had reacquired Sand River City and had taken control for over two days.

This stirred Ming Tang’s curiosity, so with only an expert, adeptly disguised, the two of them dressed as Great Spirit Masters of the Heavenly Temple, carrying genuine ordination certificates, swaggered into Sand River City.

The privileges of Heavenly Temple disciples might not be as apparent in state capitals directly governed by Great Zhou, but in duchies, marquisates, counties, their privileges are immense, with few daring to inspect them.

Thus, Ming Tang entered Sand River City effortlessly.

Yet, upon entering Sand River City, Ming Tang noticeably felt the soldiers’ eyes on them were somewhat odd.

This made Ming Tang’s gaze even stranger.

However, Ming Tang did not rush to Shahe City Branch Temple, first meeting with several secret scout leaders he had personally placed.

An hour later, Ming Tang, whose face had turned black, finally met a secret scout, someone in his intelligence network considered the most ordinary level personnel, acquiring a message that made him vomit blood.

The leaders of the secret scouts he had planted in Sand River City were rooted out two days ago.

The ordinary scout before him intended to report, but the leaders who could communicate with higher-ups were all doomed.

He was left grappling at a distance.

From this scout’s mouth, Ming Tang learned a brief account of Sand River City’s defeat; the marshal and generals were completely wiped out, defeat was inevitable.

But aiming to assassin the commander and generals amidst ten thousands of troops — even Dao Realm experts find it not easy.

Inexplicably, Ye Zhen’s image flashed through Ming Tang’s mind; suddenly realizing that with Ye Zhen’s abnormal strength, he indeed possessed such capability.

Yet intel remains insufficient; determining specific traits of the assassination site requires slowly gathering defeated troops for confirmation.

"If it is Ye Zhen..." Ming Tang, in hatred, bit his steel teeth grudgingly.

Swiftly, Ming Tang turned towards Shahe City Branch Temple’s direction.

Several miles away from Shahe City Branch Temple, he smelled a nauseating stench.

A veteran of battlefields like Ming Tang knew it was the odor emitted by masses of decaying bodies.

Sand River City,located southwards, with warm and humid climate, makes bodies decay rapidly after death.

This puzzled Ming Tang; the South River Marquisate has controlled Sand River City for over two days, almost enough time to clean the city, so why was there still such an overpowering corpse stench?

The corpses en masse should have been prioritized for clearing.

After walking a bit further, all blood drained from Ming Tang’s face, his body trembling suddenly.

He abruptly discovered that the nauseating stench came from the Shahe City Branch Temple.

Only with bodies within Shahe City Branch Temple did the South River Marquisate dare not handle them rashly!

Usually, corpses inside the Shahe City Branch Temple are naturally dealt with by its Heavenly Temple disciples, occurring under one condition only.

That is, the disciples of the Heavenly Temple within Shahe City Branch Temple... were completely annihilated!

Terrified fear spread across Ming Tang’s face suddenly!