King of Creation Chapter 2124 - 2109: Underground Statues

"Choose military units with fortifications as the stationing location, then act according to circumstances, secretly investigate the realities of nearby fortifications, report truthfully, and be careful not to startle the snake."

The above is the content of the Emergency Secret Decree from Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long.

This is a secret decree that sent chills down Ye Zhen’s spine.

The realities of the fortifications?

This indicates that there is a problem with the fortifications on the Human Demon Battlefield.

But what sent chills through Ye Zhen was the phrase ’be careful not to startle the snake.’

Investigating a mere fortification, where is the snake to be startled?

Why does Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long, the Holy Son of Heaven of Great Zhou, need to specifically warn Ye Zhen not to startle the snake?

It sent chills through Ye Zhen and also made him realize that the situation on the Human Demon Battlefield might be more complex than he imagined.

It was for this reason that when he discovered that the two missing patrols were near Dingbian Fortress, Ye Zhen couldn’t help but connect the possibility to Dingbian Fortress.

Without any sign of demon clan infiltration, the reason could only be something else.

"Little Demon, here, especially the core area of the fortress, try to control as much of the flowers, grass, and trees as possible." Ye Zhen beckoned, and the green wooden hairpin that Little Demon transformed into gently trembled. In an instant, Little Demon’s Primordial Spirit Power mingled within the rampant flower, grass, and trees, extending towards Dingbian Fortress.

Dingbian Fortress, though termed a fortress, in reality, covers a vast area.

In terms of size, it’s even larger than the Blood River Fortress where Ye Zhen is currently stationed.

Dingbian Fortress stretches roughly eighteen hundred miles north to south, and nine hundred miles east to west, forming a narrow shape.

Numerous years of accumulated thick and high walls, reaching three zhang tall, surround the exterior. Dense formation lines are inscribed on these walls, predominantly belonging to guardian formations.

On top of the walls and above them, scattered around are militiamen with thick aura and eagle-like eyes patrolling, but this is merely for alertness in the outer city or the absolute safe zone of Dingbian Fortress.

Only the true core inner city is called the fortress.

The fortress at the center is long no more than fifty miles, and wide no more than thirty miles, but the thickness of the walls is more than ten times that of the outer city walls.

The heavy aura, along with black marks and criss-crossed larger marks on them, represent the extremely fierce battles that once occurred under these fortress walls.

Just by borrowing Little Demon’s control of the flowers, grass, and trees to take a look, Ye Zhen was taken aback.

This Dingbian Fortress’s fortress, its defenses are by no means simple.

Moreover, the arrangement of buildings inside is rational; at crucial moments, accommodating several million people in refuge is not a problem.

And most of the seventeen hundred miles of space between the center fortress and the outer city is fertile land, with stretches of grain fields, lush pastures, and also mines and various workshops.

Near the direction of the Blood River Fortress, there are more marketplaces filled with shops and bars, but more are brothels.

Whenever the Blood River Fortress troops are on rotation rest, many troops choose to relax in marketplaces at Dingbian Fortress, which to them serves as a gold-spending pit.

Besides, outside the outer city, there’s a large number of cultivated good fields, pastures, mines, and scattered small settlement fortresses.

These discoveries left Ye Zhen slightly surprised.

From this perspective alone, Dingbian Fortress is not inferior to North Sea County, which has not yet developed maritime trade routes.

In terms of agriculture, mining, and pastoral development, it might even be more advanced than North Sea County.

Moreover, many residents of Dingbian Fortress have smiles on their faces, proving their lives aren’t bad.

"Father, I searched throughout Dingbian Fortress inside and out, and found nothing unusual, except there are more militiamen," Little Demon’s voice rang out.

Having more militiamen is quite normal.

Otherwise, where would there be so many soldiers to guard Dingbian Fortress’s eighteen hundred mile-long outer city?

But having discovered nothing leaves Ye Zhen with a headache.

Could those 500 men of the two patrol teams have vanished into thin air?

"However, Father, there’s one place I can’t go into," Little Demon spoke again.

"Where!"

"Underground!"

"The underground around the fortress should have a subterranean space, but there’s not a trace of grass or wood spirit energy there. I tried to prompt nearby roots to pierce into it but encountered an exceedingly sophisticated Five Elements Restriction, unable to advance at all," Little Demon said.

"An exceedingly sophisticated Five Elements Restriction?" Ye Zhen frowned, "Little Demon, were you detected?"

"No, Father, I prompted root systems to penetrate the ground in the most natural slow manner; it’s merely a natural occurrence, impossible to raise suspicion," Little Demon said.

"Subterranean space?"

Ye Zhen sneered, "It seems, there might indeed be an issue with Dingbian Fortress."

"Gu Tieqi, order the First Army of Heavenly Wave of North Sea and the Central Forces of the Second Army to approach strongholds around Dingbian Fortress under the guise of training."

"Deploy four Heavenly Patrol Divine Generals and two hundred Heavenly Patrol Divine Hunters towards Dingbian Fortress."

Taking the order, Gu Tieqi saluted, "Strictly obey the grand marshal’s military order!"

"Hmph, if they haven’t targeted our Heavenly Wave Army in North Sea, it’s fine. But if they dare to stain even an ounce of our Heavenly Wave Army’s blood, they’ll pay dearly!"

With a flicker on the shoulder, a Mirage Avatar appeared and remained within the Commander Hall of the Central Army at Blood River Fortress. As for Ye Zhen himself, he vanished silently from Blood River Fortress.

Since the Little Demon couldn’t discern the reality of Dingbian Fortress, Ye Zhen decided to personally visit Dingbian Fortress.

Actually, even without the disappearance of the patrol team, Ye Zhen needed to take a trip to Dingbian Fortress to assess the situation, in order to fulfill the instructions in the Emergency Secret Edict from Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long.

Now, he simply moved the timeline forward.

Dingbian Fortress was situated in the rear of the defense zone of Blood River Fortress, about seventy thousand miles away from Blood River Fortress.

Silently escaping from Blood River Fortress, Ye Zhen rode the plump Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten, using the Void-Breaking nine times to reach the outskirts of Dingbian Fortress.

With the kitten’s Cultivation improving, the divine might of the Void-Breaking Black Tiger King’s bloodline gradually manifested.

Previously, the kitten could perform the Void-Breaking Divine Power continuously about ten times, which was its limit.

Void-Breaking Divine Power was good for escaping, but not for traveling.

But now, the kitten’s Cultivation has reached the Peak of Ninth Stage Realm King Realm for a long time, its Mana constantly accumulating, and performing this Void-Breaking Divine Power eight hundred times consecutively poses no problem.

The distance per Void-Breaking has exceeded eight thousand miles, and what originally took at least two hours to reach now takes less than nine breaths.

Overlooking the entire Dingbian Fortress from the void is much more vivid and shocking than using plants and trees as eyes.

Especially on the Human-Demon Battlefield filled with killing atmosphere, to see the rolling wheat fields and rising chimneys, that feeling is truly extraordinary.

Ye Zhen did not rush to infiltrate into Dingbian Fortress from underground, but instead transformed using the Mirage Energy of an Ancient Mirage Dragon into the image of a civilian from Dingbian Fortress, walking directly within the outer city range of Dingbian Fortress.

While walking, a divine essence’s Divine Sense spread across the surrounding avatars through the Little Demon, meticulously observing the situation of Dingbian Fortress.

Nothing particularly special was found, except that the patrol teams were more frequent than expected, and the vigilance was exceptionally tight.

Moreover, not long after, Ye Zhen was stopped.

A patrol team demanded the Identity Jade of Dingbian Fortress.

This was the Identity Jade of Dingbian Fortress, not the Great Zhou household registration identity.

This greatly surprised Ye Zhen as the management of Dingbian Fortress was stricter than he imagined.

Naturally, Ye Zhen couldn’t produce any Identity Jade, claiming he forgot it, which didn’t arouse the patrol team’s suspicion, but they directly drove him away.

Preventing Ye Zhen from approaching Dingbian Fortress again.

Also, this patrol team monitored Ye Zhen until he walked far away from Dingbian Fortress, only then relieved.

Originally planning to sneak inside for a look, Ye Zhen found this path blocked.

Parece que solo puede usar el Innate Five Elements Divine Escape para acercarse sigilosamente.

Just this back-and-forth ordeal, it’s already night, every household’s chimneys have extinguished.

But Ye Zhen strangely found that the civilians returning from work in Dingbian Fortress, after eating at home, did not rest with their families.

Instead, they all walked out of their homes towards the nearest small fortress gathering points.

Dingbian Fortress is the largest fortress.

But the land surrounding Dingbian Fortress, within thirty thousand miles, is such that in case of change, these civilians have no time to retreat into Dingbian Fortress.

Nearby their living area, various small fortresses are available, for use when they encounter danger, to unite for self-preservation.

This evening, thousands of civilians, militia, even including children, head towards respective nearest small fortresses.

What are they doing?

This greatly puzzled Ye Zhen.

Consequently, Ye Zhen stealthily followed these fortress civilians to see what they’re really up to.

Before entering the small fortress with them, everything was normal.

But this Dingbian Fortress populace, after entering the small fortress, orderly walked into a glowing underground passage.

Clearly, there’s a subterranean structure below.

More astonishingly, Ye Zhen’s Innate Five Elements Divine Escape couldn’t infiltrate the underground structure ahead.

Crucially, the power blocking Ye Zhen’s Innate Five Elements Escape Skill was quite familiar—Wish Power!

The Guardian Formation of the underground building below is suffused with the faintest trace of All Living Beings’ Will Power.

Yet this trivial trace of All Living Beings’ Will Power made Ye Zhen’s Innate Five Elements Divine Escape directly ineffective, unable to infiltrate.

Fortunately, Ye Zhen is highly adept at situations where the Innate Five Elements Divine Escape can’t infiltrate.

A few breaths later, the Mirage Dragon Pearl transformed into dust, adhering to the shoe bottom of one of the civilians, successfully entering the underground structure.

Upon entering the underground structure, the sight of numerous divine statues stunned Ye Zhen.

Divine statues!

Heavenly Temple Divine Statues!