
The Tang Imperial Palace.
Emperor Tang Hui's mood was in a very unfavorable state. After losing his Imperial Crown Prince, before long he had to be the entire Imperial Concubine in one night.
Now the mood of Emperor Tang Hui was getting worse after he no longer had any news from the Black Tortoise Sect troops that should have reached the territory of the capital of the Tang Empire.
Emperor Tang Hui could only stand in the Imperial palace fortress while hoping that the relief troops coming from the Black Tortoise Sect would come to his Palace soon. Whereas on the other side of the city today some Generals are still conducting a search on the perpetrators of the Imperial Concubine's murder.
Long wait for Emperor Tang Hui looks increasingly riled up. Desperation began to permeate Emperor Tang Hui, and he began to feel regret after saying the challenge of open war with the Ling Empire. The Tang Empire was basically not a commensurate opponent to rival the might of the Ling Empire, but after getting the help of the two great Black-flow Sects standing in its Empire territory, it was, Emperor Tang Hui so confidently dared to challenge the Ling Empire.
Right now Emperor Tang Hui felt like he saw the shadow of the collapse of the Empire that had been built with the sweat and blood of his ancestors. Amidst the ruins he could see his bowed self full of regret.
The shadow continued to appear even though Emperor Tang Hui had repeatedly hit him in the face. The shadow had only faded and completely disappeared as the sun began to set into its clash. Emperor Tang Hui did not know the meaning of the shadow he had just seen, but ever since the shadow appeared, bad premonitions continued to haunt Emperor Tang Hui.
“Your Majesty, the Generals who sought the perpetrators of the concubine's murder have returned, but out of the dozens of Generals that we have dispatched, none of them managed to catch the perpetrator.” One of the Tang Empire's Ministers reported what the Generals had told him.
“Without a clue it is impossible to find who did it. Better stop the search, and have them prepare to go down to the battlefield.” Emperor Tang Hui said with a face that looked so lethargic.
“Good Your Majesty, I will tell them according to His Majesty's Order.” The Tang Empire Minister said then he bowed his body before leaving Emperor Tang Hui.
Seeing his Imperial Minister who had gone away, Emperor Tang Hui walked towards the garden that was behind his residence to calm his heart and mind.
In the garden behind his residence, Emperor Tang Hui felt a soothing gust of night wind. But not the calmness that Emperor Tang Hui felt, he was instead made wary after the appearance of the masked man who stood a few steps away from him.
“My arrival just wanted to say one thing to you. Ling Empire accepts the open war challenge you posed, and Ling Empire promises total destruction to your Empire.” Said the figure of the masked man then he disappeared from where he originally stood.
Emperor Tang Hui instantly fell limp after hearing what the mysterious masked man who had just visited him said.
“The decision I have taken seems to be the beginning of the destruction of the Tang Empire.” Emperor Tang Hui muttered as he looked at the black clouds that enveloped the vastness of the sky of the capital of the Tang Empire.
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In the tent where overnight the troops of the Liver Poison Sect.
“Oh, it turns out here they set up a tent..” Reinar murmured that appeared on one of the tree branches not too far from the tent set up by the forces of the Liver Poison Sect.
Reinar created 20 shadow bodies, but he had previously drawn his shadow body that was in the Tang Imperial Palace. “Strike and clean!... Do that continuously until sunrise.”
The entire body of the shadow Reinar nodded then they disappeared from its place. “Their strength decreased to the level of the Low Gods early after I increased their numbers, but it was more than enough to reduce the number of troops of the Liver Poison Sect.”.
Wussh... Reinar left the encampment of the Heart Poison Sect troops, and he appeared in a house that was an Earth God level artifact that he had just bought from the system shop.
Arriving near the house, Ling Feng and Argust who were on guard immediately welcomed Reinar's arrival, while for the women, they were preparing food for everyone's dinner.
“10 kilometers from this place there is a large encampment of troops of the Liver Poison Sect. They built camp and spent the night there. Their number they are more than the troops of the Black Tortoise Sect, and I feel there are two people whose strength has reached the peak of the Low God level.” Reinar explained everything he knew.
Hearing the explanation from Reinar, Ling Feng and Argust smiled. From Reinar's explanation, they were confident that they could kill more enemies than the previous one.
“Hehe... Are we going to ambush them?... Or will we set a trap like before?..” Ling Feng asked by showing his cruel grin.
“We will not do both. We will just watch and watch their movements. At least in two nights the army will self-destruct.” Reinar said then he went into his house.
“What sister-in-law just said that we will only see and observe?..." Ling Feng asked Argust.
“Master did say that, but I'm sure the master has done something, and as the master said, we'll just look and observe.” Said Argust answering Ling Feng's question then he went to follow the Reinar that had entered the house.
They appeared in a tent, and within a short period of time dozens of people inside the tent were dead and their corpses instantly turned into ashes. Finished killing, the twenty shadow bodies of Reinar immediately dispelled from the tent that was no longer inhabited, and before long they appeared in the other tent and did the same.
Within one night hundreds of tents had entered and at least the forces of the Heart Poison Sect had lost tens of thousands of members of its army. As the sun began to rise, the twenty Reinar shadow bodies disappeared by themselves as their task had been completed.
“Mental troops of the Liver Poison Sect will start to falter after they have lost quite a number of members..” Reinar murmured after he felt his shadow body had disappeared.
In the large encampment of the forces of the Liver Poison Sect.
Some people who went around the campground found hundreds of tents that no longer had any inhabitants. Those who knew that there were at least dozens of people in each tent, they felt that something had happened, and they immediately reported their findings to the Sect elder who was the leader of the forces of the Heart Poison Sect.
“Hundreds of tents are empty and tens of thousands of soldiers are disappearing?..” The first elder of the Liver Poison Sect was in disbelief with the results of the findings of some soldiers who were disciples of the Liver Poison Sect.
The first elder then went to one of the empty tents to ascertain exactly what had happened to the soldiers who were living inside the tent.
“They have not disappeared, but some have killed them and their corpses have been turned into ashes.” The first elder holding the ashes he found was at some point inside the tent which was found to be uninhabited.
“What?... Who has done that to my students?..” Asked the second elder who had suddenly appeared beside the first elder.
The first elder could only shake his head when he heard the question from the second elder. Other than the ashes he found, the first elder found no other clues that could point to the perpetrator who had attacked the army tent of the Heart Poison Sect.
“It's so hard, I didn't even find anything we could use as a clue, and look at this tent!... At least I did not see the traces of the fight in this tent, which means the enemy came suddenly and killed them so quickly.” Said the famous first elder smarter than the other elders.
Hearing the first elder's words, the second elder's face looked solemn, and with a sharp glare of eyes he observed a completely tidy area of the tent. As the first elder said, the second elder also did not see any traces of battle inside the tent.
“First elder, what is possible that attacks them are not human?.” Said the second elder remembering the forest dwellers where they set up the tent.
The first elder also knew of the rumors of otherworldly beings inhabiting the forest where the forces of the Heart Poison Sect set up tents, he said, and the Patriarch of the Liver Poison Sect had also warned against setting up tents in the forest area. But because of the night, the first elder and the other elders agreed to set up a tent in the forest area.
Seeing the strangeness inside the tent, the bodies of the first elder and the second elder suddenly goosebumps at the thought of the other inhabitants in the forest they currently occupy.
“Immediately unload the tent, and as soon as we leave this place!..” The first elder gave the order, and the soldier who heard it immediately went to relay the orders of the first elder to all the soldiers present in the camp.
“I'd rather die fighting the enemy than die in the hands of a creature from another world. It is said that they are immortal souls who always eat the souls of living beings to increase their strength.” Said the first elder while looking at the second elder.
The first elder and the first elder nodded then simultaneously they left the empty tent, and they immediately prepared to continue on their way towards the Imperial Capital of Tang.
After the tents were dismantled and left with only hundreds of empty tents without occupants, the forces of the Heart Poison Sect began to proceed with a sense of caution with the forest area they passed through.
“See, they all look like people bod*h Reinar said as he pointed at the Heart Poison Sect troops who looked terrified as he looked at the forest region around the road they were passing by.
“Master, have you done anything to them?..” Asked Argust who was curious about the strange behavior of the forces of the Liver Poison Sect.
Reinar laughed softly at Argust's question directed at him. “I just scared them last night, but I didn't think they were really scared.” Reinar answered Argust's question.
Argust and the others looked at each other, and they had one thought in common. “What a scare, must have fallen many casualties in the forces of the Liver Poison Sect..." Think of the four people who were around Reinar.
“If you want to see what I did to them, you better come with me tonight.” Reinar said then he moved following the movements of the forces of the Heart Poison Sect at a distance that the tracking experts of the Heart Poison Sect would not be able to tell.
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