King of Creation Chapter 2106 - 2091: Emergency Secret Edict Arrives

In the sky, Ye Zhen’s face looked somewhat grim.

Within just half an hour, not even an hour, the rather dramatic battle came to an end.

The ambush troops were much weaker than Ye Zhen had imagined.

After just one round of coordinated fire from the vanguard and the left wing forces, the morale of this thirteen-thousand-strong army crumbled.

But not completely.

There were two elite squads, composed entirely of Dark Palace Realm Martial Artists, who immediately broke through Ye Zhen’s North Sea Heavenly Wave Army, slaughtering left and right, causing chaos and significant casualties.

Moreover, these squads showed no fear of death; even when Ye Zhen captured their leader alive, they still charged fearlessly!

In the end, it was Sunx Ba and Zhu Hong, following along with the army, who personally shattered these two elite squads, capturing some soldiers in the process, bringing the conflict to a close.

"Liuu Feng, these captives are yours. I want to know everything in an hour."

"Prepare the troops and set up camp right here. Later, we’ll hold a military meeting to summarize today’s battle casualties and gains." This order was given to Gu Tieqi.

The thirteen-thousand-strong ambush force across from us seemed easy to defeat, but in the end, it cost Ye Zhen’s North Sea Heavenly Wave Army over eight hundred lives.

Ye Zhen felt heartache seeing the North Sea Heavenly Wave Army losing eight hundred men before even reaching the actual Human Demon Battlefield.

Looking at today’s battle, it started well, but when dealing with those two elite squads, during the small-scale skirmish, the troops were somewhat indecisive, which led to Gu Tieqi and Liuu Feng unable to execute orders promptly.

Holding a military meeting to summarize battle gains and losses was something Ye Zhen learned as the Supreme Commander of the Eastern Expedition.

Only by continuously summarizing battle gains and losses can a troop continuously improve, and only then can the commanding ability of leaders continuously enhance.

The interrogation process took much longer than Ye Zhen’s appointed time.

After the army finished setting up camp, it took a whole extra two hours from Ye Zhen’s stipulated time before Liuu Feng came back with a grim face to report.

"Sir, this is the intelligence we’ve obtained. But as for the captives of those two elite squads, I’ve used every method available, yet I couldn’t pry their mouths open. Even at the brink of death, they refused to speak.

I suspect that this group consists of death soldiers, including the leader you captured, the bandit leader!" Liuu Feng reported back.

"Bandit leader?" Ye Zhen looked stunned, "Is this a bandit group?"

"Exactly!"

Liuu Feng managed a bitter smile, "According to the ordinary captives’ confessions, they’re a group of bandits entrenched in Lamp Wick Mountain, and today they came to rob. But who would have thought their target was actually a military force....."

"Death soldiers? A bandit gang led by death soldiers, attacking my North Sea Heavenly Wave Army?"

"Interesting!"

"Indeed, quite interesting!"

"Go, immediately send a battle report to the Military Department. Then bring those death soldiers to me; I’ll perform soul-searching on them one by one. Surely, I’ll find something!" Ye Zhen said with a cold smile.

"Yes, sir!"

Soon, Liuu Feng brought the remaining eight captives, including the bandit leader, to Ye Zhen.

Then, Ye Zhen extended his hand to perform the soul-locking technique’s soul-searching.

According to Achou, the Mirage Dragon Primordial Spirit, this soul-searching was quite an advanced soul-searching secret technique.

A wisp of Ye Zhen’s primordial spirit power quickly delved into the captive’s Dark Palace realm.

But at that moment, a complex black divine rune suddenly surfaced in the bandit leader’s Dark Palace, transforming into black smoke rushing towards Ye Zhen’s primordial spirit power.

With a cold snort, Ye Zhen’s primordial spirit power erupted, obliterating the black smoke formed by the complex divine rune.

Subsequently, Ye Zhen’s primordial spirit power directly headed towards the bandit leader’s Innate Divine Soul.

But what shocked Ye Zhen was that almost the instant the black smoke from the complex divine rune was obliterated, a jet of black flames suddenly burst from within the bandit leader’s Innate Divine Soul, incinerating it to nothingness in an instant.

Looking at the lifeless, limp corpse in his hands, Ye Zhen was beyond enraged.

Death soldiers!

Death soldiers with extremely sophisticated divine soul restrictions!

Ye Zhen then attempted to soul-search the other seven death soldiers.

But without exception, all attempts failed.

No matter if Ye Zhen didn’t collide with the black light formed by the complex divine rune, surrounded it, or tried to bypass it.

As long as Ye Zhen’s primordial spirit power touched the death soldier’s Innate Divine Soul, it invariably triggered self-immolation by black flames within the divine soul, leaving Ye Zhen empty-handed.

"Sir, while administering punishment, I used every means, from soft to hard, and they showed no reaction.

My guess is, these folks might have trained in a secret technique to ignore physical pain." Liuu Feng said.

"A secret technique to ignore physical pain?"

Ye Zhen’s gaze deepened.

Whether it was the self-immolating black flames in the soul or Liuu Feng’s speculation of a secret technique to ignore physical pain, these were highly advanced secret techniques for training death soldiers.

The person who trained these death soldiers was certainly no ordinary individual.

Whether it’s Prince Ji Yuan, or Prince Huan Ji Ao, or even Qingqiu Fox Clan, they’re all possible suspects.

Yet the question remains, why would they send such a team of elite death soldiers, accompanied by thirteen thousand men dubbed a ragtag band of bandits, to ambush Ye Zhen’s twenty-two-thousand strong North Sea Heavenly Wave Army?

What do they truly intend?

During the current military meeting with high-ranking officers, Ye Zhen posed these questions.

Pooling insights, this is basically the rationale.

The best theory suggested by everyone was that someone likely wanted to use this opportunity to ascertain the strengths and weaknesses of the North Sea Heavenly Wave Army to formulate an appropriate plan.

Ye Zhen believed this was the most plausible explanation.

However, if this were indeed the case, then it would mean larger actions against the North Sea Heavenly Wave Army were soon to follow.

And today’s ambush was merely a preliminary reconnaissance firepower operation.

As the army continued its march towards the Human Demon Battlefield Grand Commander’s Mansion, they could be facing a lethal enemy assault!

In light of this conclusion, after a day of rest on location, Ye Zhen’s North Sea Heavenly Wave Army resumed its march, slowing their pace while maintaining high alert across the entire army.

As for the notified Military Department and Human Demon Battlefield Grand Commander’s Mansion, their response to this battle was utterly dismissive.

’The Human Demon Battlefield is teeming with refugee deserters, bandits are commonplace.’ That’s the explanation from the Human Demon Battlefield Grand Commander’s Mansion.

’As the army advances, annihilate any bandits encountered!’ That’s the directive from the Military Department.

In any case, they failed to mention even a single hint regarding why such bandits dared to ambush Ye Zhen’s twenty-two thousand strong North Sea Heavenly Wave Army.

Only by this time did Ye Zhen and his senior officers of the North Sea Heavenly Wave Army realize that Ye Zhen and his North Sea Heavenly Wave Army had become the proverbial unwanted child.

The Human Demon Battlefield Grand Commander is Prince Ji Yuan, so naturally wouldn’t show Ye Zhen any kindness; as for the Military Department, after the last ordeal with the Armory Division, the resentment towards Ye Zhen was deep. No wonder there’s no favorable attention.

Were it not for Ye Zhen’s ability to directly report to Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long, even this alone could severely dampen the morale of Ye Zhen’s North Sea Heavenly Wave Army.

Thus, Ye Zhen’s North Sea Heavenly Wave Army began its march under highest alert, taking thirty-seven days, nearly double the originally planned twenty days, to reach the external station of the Human Demon Battlefield Grand Commander’s Mansion safely.

This result left Ye Zhen utterly astounded.

The army navigated the journey on the highest alert, always braced for potential intense military assaults.

Yet, incredibly, nothing happened, and they arrived at the Human Demon Battlefield Grand Commander’s Mansion peacefully?

However, just as the army started setting camp, and Ye Zhen was preparing to report to the Grand Commander’s Mansion, the Communication Transfer Formation, which was used for direct contact with the Imperial Palace, suddenly flickered with a piercing light.

Ye Zhen’s expression immediately turned solemn.

This was the Emergency Secret Edict from Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long!