Witch Wind

Chapter 65 The Prince Dies
sunset.

Xing Tianli stood on the south bank of the river, looking at the hundreds of ships rushing towards him in a panic.

He had sharp eyes and at first sight he saw the bow of a passenger ship. The head of the ship was smashed by bricks and stones. The bandages were stained with blood, but he looked heroic and proud, like a victorious old rooster!
On the bow of every other ship, there stood a consul general who was slightly injured but generally intact, and looked arrogant and domineering!
Behind them, the deck was densely packed with frightened men, women, young and old. They occasionally looked up at the towering figure standing at the bow, all with strange expressions as if they had seen a peerless hero.

What a coincidence, really.

According to the information collected by the East Country Investigation Office, Xing Tianli has used his spiritual power to copy all the information in his mind these days. The men, women, old and young on these ships are all leading figures among the expatriates of various countries.

Even in the source area of ​​the Minotaur outbreak, in the expatriate community of Farus, few of the rich and powerful men and their families were harmed.

Like the consuls general of various countries, they had some minor injuries, but overall there were no major problems.

Xing Tianli suddenly laughed.

These crazy women in the Whisper Forest are really nice. What on earth do they want to do by doing this?

Well, the International Concession fell, and the consuls general of various countries risked their lives, like heroes in "knight novels", and rushed into the overseas Chinese area with a small team of soldiers, and rescued the most influential figure in the overseas Chinese area who also had close ties with the mainland.

Those common people at the bottom of society, just let them die.

These big shots were rescued, and they were rescued in such a desperate situation. Consuls general of various countries, who enter the overseas Chinese area to rescue overseas Chinese, are bound to gain high prestige in their home countries, and in the future they are bound to rise to higher positions and gain greater influence!

Is the Secret Language Forest helping these guys get promoted and make money?
Is there such a good thing?
With Xing Tianli's understanding of human nature and his speculation on human form, the only thing he could think of was this - the Dark Language Forest had caused such a big commotion, and apart from taking revenge on certain people, perhaps their biggest goal really was to help these people get promoted and make money?
Perhaps 'promotion' is the priority!

On the other side of the river, on the avenue along the river, the last towering building collapsed. On a crooked spire, several minotaurs raised their heads to the sky, vibrated their arms, and howled crazily towards the sky.

The only ones who could escape were the tens of thousands of people on these hundreds of ships.

The others either transformed into minotaurs or were killed altogether.

The only ones who can escape are the lucky ones here.

On the river, the fleets of the concessions of various countries blew their whistles together and began a slow and aimless retaliatory bombardment of the occupied concessions. The dull sound of artillery continued until the last ship emptied its last shell, and the crazy bombardment stopped.

Xing Tianli kept looking at the river surface.

Ships of all sizes slowly docked at the pier on the south bank. Officials from the Jieshi County and Pinghai County, led by Jieshi County Guard Lan Sheng and Pinghai County Magistrate Zhao Pu, led a large number of county soldiers, constables, yamen runners, and young and strong civilians to warmly welcome the arrival of foreign leaders from various countries.

In particular, when Wei Lansheng and Zhao Pu recognized Dai Gao and other consuls general from various countries, they smiled even more happily, with their backs hunched at sixty degrees, and they were never seen straightening up again.

From a distance, Xing Tianli could hear Wei Lansheng asking Dai Gao and others about their safety in a gentle voice. The next moment, he turned around and shouted at his subordinates, ordering them to quickly requisition the mansions of the landlords in Pinghai City to accommodate these "foreign friends" who "came across the river" and "went on an outing"!
Xing Tianli sighed sincerely that Wei Lansheng was a good official and no wonder he could become the prefect of the fertile Jieshi County.

In ancient times, if an emperor was frightened and abandoned the capital and fled in panic, his own historians would call it a "Southern Tour" or "Northern Hunting". At this moment, Wei Lansheng said that Dai Gao and his companions came from the north of the Yangtze River to the south of the Yangtze River for a "picnic". Tsk, Dai Gao and his companions, a group of stray dogs, actually enjoyed the treatment of ancient emperors!

Carriages drove into the dock one after another.

The expatriates from various countries, both men and women, who had only come to their senses when they stepped onto the south bank, suddenly burst into earth-shaking cries. Many of them simply collapsed to the ground, pressed their hands on their chests, and shouted the name of "Mother Mary" at the top of their lungs, praying to the "Merciful Mother Mary" to protect them.

Xing Tianli patted the big black dog squatting beside him and pointed towards the crowd over there.

The three big black dog brothers sneaked into the crowd. After a while, a strange voice suddenly came from the crowd: "Yeah, yeah, yeah, weird, aren't these minotaurs released by the Virgin Mary? Why should we thank the Virgin Mary for her mercy?"

Not long after, the three big black dog brothers returned to Xing Tianli.

The expatriates from various countries who were crying bitterly had already stood up, looking with fiery eyes at a group of clergymen wearing colorful robes on the dock.

Dai Gao and his companions looked at the clergymen with deep eyes, called out softly, and called on their fellow expatriates to board the carriages requisitioned from Jieshi County and Pinghai County in family units and slowly left the dock.

In the crowd, Xing Tianli saw Maso surrounded by a group of pretty girls.

At this moment, Marceau had a head full of white hair, and her fair face was covered with fine wrinkles. She calmly held a long pipe made of gold and inlaid with countless tiny gems, and slowly exhaled green smoke.

The Secret Language Forest has strong partners even in Jiangnan.

In fact, Wei Lansheng and Zhao Pu were the distributors of the Paradise Incense sold by the Secret Language Forest.

This point is recorded in great detail in the intelligence of the East Country Investigation Office.

In the Whisper Forest, there were more than two thousand people in total. None of them lost a single person, and they all evacuated safely from the source area of ​​the Minotaur outbreak.

Soon, a series of magnificent carriages and sedan chairs flowed into the dock. Many men wearing gold and silver and looking rich appeared and greeted Marceau enthusiastically.

After a lot of trouble, while the expatriates from other countries were still scrambling for the carriages, the people in the Secret Language Forest had already left.

Xing Tianli heard it carefully. Among their partners, there was a big landowner who had already cleaned up a manor with excellent scenery outside Pinghai City. Everything was ready, just waiting for Maso and others to move in.

Dai Gao and others waited until all their overseas Chinese had left, and then they went to find Wei Lansheng and Zhao Pu.

In the huge Pinghai City, there is only one wired telegraph line used exclusively by the government that goes directly to the capital of Dayu Dynasty.

Dai Gao and others couldn't wait to send a telegram to Fentian City to report what happened today to their superiors, the ambassadors plenipotentiary of various countries to the Dayu Dynasty.

The commotion continued until the night completely enveloped the earth, and these refugees were finally settled down.

But it was obvious that the people of Yingjishi, Saint Norman, and their vassal states were settled in the west of Pinghai City. More than fifty miles away, the expatriates of other countries represented by Farus, Idoli, and the North Sea Seven Nations Alliance were settled in the east of Pinghai City.

Draw a line between the resettlement sites of both parties, and the midpoint of this line falls exactly on the county governor's office of Jieshi County and the county government office of Pinghai County.

The three thousand soldiers of Jieshi County, the five hundred county soldiers of Pinghai City, and a hundred or so constables and yamen runners were stationed on the streets near the two yamen, ready for battle at any time and trembling with fear.

Jieshi County is very large, more than a thousand miles long from east to west and more than eight hundred miles wide from north to south. There are only three thousand county soldiers in such a large area. The area south of Pinghai City is more than three times the size of the International Concession, and there are only five hundred county soldiers on standby!

On the dark street, Xing Tianli walked quickly, listening to the complaints of the three big black dog brothers.

"This is a situation where each generation is worse than the previous one. Sixty years ago, when the last emperor was in office, this Jieshi County was the gateway to the East China Sea. It had a permanent naval force of 100,000 soldiers, two large camps in the north and south, and more than 300,000 tiger soldiers."

"How many years has it been? In such a huge Jieshi County, there are only 3,500 soldiers on paper!"

"No wonder these smelly slaves are so arrogant and bully me?"

Xing Tianli said in a deep voice: "It's hard to say that. Thirty years ago, with that wave of new policies, the country was still on the rise. The Black Borneo Expeditionary Force was also greatly encouraged."

The big black dog rolled his eyes and said, "What happened next? Where is the Black Borneo Expeditionary Force now? You can already hear the drums, right? After the expeditionary force was disbanded, where are the leaders of the New Deal?"

Xing Tianli remained silent.

After the Black Borneo Expedition was completely annihilated, the leaders of the new policy all went to Caishikou.

All nine clans were wiped out, no one was lucky!

Well, there was one who escaped by relying on his own strength - Xiangliu Baihu was very loyal. He accompanied the leaders of the New Deal to the execution ground, and he loyally let the executioner chop off his head.

But he has Xiangliu blood. He exhausted his essence and blood and reconnected the head.

And those leaders of the new policies were literally beheaded and could never continue their work.

Their heads were cut off, and the luck that Dayu Dynasty had just continued to have was also cut off.

"Each generation is worse than the last!" The big black dog murmured, "That old woman, bah, the hen crowing at dawn, can there be a good one? Boy, tell me, since ancient times, has there ever been a good hen crowing at dawn?"

Xing Tianli said nothing.

What could he say?

Discussing "Women Hold Up Half the Sky" with three dog demons who have standard feudal dynasty ethics and morals?
Ahead, after crossing a small river and passing a nursery full of flowers and trees, there are large courtyards with tall gates. Behind the high walls, you can faintly see flying eaves and brackets. At the corners of some courtyard walls, there are three-meter-high watchtowers, on which elite servants take turns to guard.

This area of ​​Jinxiufang is where the real masters of Pinghai City gather.

In the evening, expatriates from various countries who had fled were also settled here.

It didn't take much effort for Xing Tianli to find the back alley of a big house. He left the three big black dog brothers far away and knocked on the back door of the house. Not long after, in the study of the owner of the house, Xing Tianli met Og and Luo Mei.

Oger's evacuation was obviously not hasty or awkward.

The desk furnishings that Xing Tianli had seen in his study, including the "globe", were now placed on a desk. The blue crystal ball was slowly rotating, reflecting a warm light under the light.

"What's the matter?" Oger asked directly without any hesitation.

"These minotaurs were released by the Dark Forest." Xing Tianli also came straight to the point and stated his conclusion: "I saw with my own eyes Iris and Ilse from the Dark Forest meeting with a priest named Sig from the Holy Mother Church."

Xing Tianli said in a deep voice: "Those minotaurs are undoubtedly the products of the Holy Mother Church. But that Sig is from the Dark Forest. The Dark Forest stole the secrets of the Holy Mother Church and concocted this disaster!"

In the small study, wisps of obscure spiritual fluctuations were stirring.

There were flashes of light deep in the pupils of Og and Lome. It was obvious that they were communicating something in a strange way.

After a long while, Oger nodded slowly: "Of course, this incident is completely beyond our expectations. In our predictions, according to normal logic, this should not happen."

Xing Tianli spread out his hands.

Normal logic?

Haha, those women in the Secret Forest, they are not normal, okay?
"It's a good opportunity!" Luo Mei suddenly said, "Let them start a war. It's a good opportunity!"

Luo Mei smiled and said, "Whether it's Maria's people or the people in the Whisper Forest, they have actually caused some kind of substantial division and confrontation. Now, all it takes is a small spark."

"We need evidence, solid evidence." Oger frowned, took out two cigarettes and handed one to Xing Tianli. After Xing Tianli waved his hand to refuse, he muttered, "Not smoking is a good habit. I don't like this thing, but sometimes, I need it!"

Holding a cigarette in his mouth and blowing a few puffs of smoke, Oger said softly: "We need solid evidence. And, I believe everyone is looking for evidence. Some people have even started to fabricate evidence. We need to help them!"

Xing Tianli followed Oger's thoughts closely. He looked at Oger and whispered, "Evidence can be obtained at any time. We can arrest Iris and Ilse, or just take action against Maso directly. Or, that Sig?"

Oger tapped the desk vigorously with his fingers, leaving deep finger marks on the desk. He said in a deep voice, "It's not the Secret Language Forest. Although they did it, they are not of much value. Go to the Holy Mother Church and find the potion that can turn normal people into monsters. Confirm this evidence."

"Li!" Oger pointed at Xing Tianli and said, "This mission is up to you. I will give you an elite team to help you complete this mission. But you have to be careful. You must be careful. I don't want any accidents to happen to anyone in this team."

"For Amit!" Oger looked at Xing Tianli seriously.

"For Amit!" Xing Tianli smiled and saluted Oger.

"Very good, I will give the evidence to Dai Gao and the others after I get it." Oger chuckled and said, "I have seen that the dark cloud of war is covering the world, and we are safe, hiding in the dark and adding fuel to the flames. What a wonderful thing!"

Ogji sighed with emotion: "War, ha, my blood is boiling suddenly. Li, you have never seen a real war, a real big scene, it really makes people miss it!"

After laughing a few times, Og ​​looked at Luo Mei and said, "Luo Mei, we also have things to do. I never thought that the women in the Whispering Forest would be them? We have actually neglected them over the years."

Luo Mei spread her hands and said helplessly: "Who could have thought of this? A group of lowly women who rely on their beauty to seduce people into depravity, how could they have such ability and courage to do such a thing?"

"Interesting people. Keep an eye on them." Oger looked up at the ceiling thoughtfully and murmured, "Perhaps, we can find something interesting from them, something very interesting."

Xing Tianli left the house.

Behind him followed nine strong and capable young men, whose eyes shone with a faint blue-purple light like the deep sea.

Xing Tianli walked in front, and the nine young men were divided into groups of three. The three people and the three groups maintained a perfect equilateral triangle position with one in front and two in the back. No matter how fast or slow Xing Tianli's pace was, the distance between them and their relative positions were always kept perfect.

It was as if there were invisible threads pulling them together, forming a solid triangular framework that could not be shaken by any external factors.

Walking around the house and coming to the street ahead, Xing Tianli took a deep breath of the cool night breeze with a strong floral scent, and murmured in an emotional tone: "Supreme Amitābha, what a beautiful night!"

An obscure spiritual fluctuation flashed among the nine young men, and the young man walking in the front smiled and said, "Praise Amitābha, it is indeed a beautiful night."

After a moment's silence, the young man said softly, "Lucky man who has been baptized by Amita, you live in such a beautiful world. You can't imagine how precious this fresh, clean, non-toxic, pollution-free night breeze is!"

The three big black dog brothers sneaked out from the side, and together with Xing Tianli, they rolled their eyes at the young man.

The nine young men looked at the three big black dog brothers at the same time.

The young man who had just spoken exclaimed, "What a beautiful creature. In our homeland, keeping a pet is such a luxury. Moreover, such a perfect, natural creature with no mutation inside or outside its body is something we cannot afford."

Perhaps because Xing Tianli had received the so-called baptism of Amitabha and had been spiritually branded, the nine young men did not have much guard against Xing Tianli and said these words naturally.

The three big black dog brothers rolled their eyes.

It was the first time someone used the word 'beautiful' to describe them.

Besides, keeping pets is a luxury?

The three brothers are 'perfect', 'natural', and have extremely high values?

Well, even though this may sound weird, at least it sounds happy!
Xing Tianli slowed down his pace and approached the young man: "I'm curious, what is your hometown like? Um, what's your name?" "Tata!" The young man looked up at the bright moon in the sky, then said his name in a deep voice, two very clean and short syllables: "You can call me, Tata."

"As for, hometown?" The young man looked at Xing Tianli deeply.

Nine weak mental fluctuations wrapped around Xing Tianli. In the purple palace of Xing Tianli's spiritual platform, his soul was slightly shaken. In the phantom of a large cauldron, the crescent-shaped mark that was taken in that day suddenly shone brightly. Strands of strange mental fluctuations were slowly released and turned into hazy moonlight that illuminated all directions.

Tata and his eight companions laughed at the same time.

"Praise Amitābha. Li Li, please do not tell our words to 'outsiders'." Tata sighed softly, "Homeland was once perfect. It was she who gave birth to us."

"But, the followers of Anus, they seek to disturb our faith."

Tata shook his head slightly: "War, a terrible war that we cannot imagine."

“Everything is ruined.”

"The sky, the clouds are poisonous."

"Atmosphere, rain is highly acidic."

"The earth, rivers, lakes, pools, and all water sources emit a terrifying fluorescence at night."

"Plants and animals are all mutated. Even a blade of grass can be lethal."

Tata's narration suddenly paused.

The nine people suddenly stopped, and high-frequency energy vibrations came out of their left hands at the same time, and a faint "humming" sound was heard. Their pupils emitted a blurry blue light, and they stared straight ahead.

His hair is jet black and his eyes are blue, so blue that it's almost purple, and so purple that it's almost black.

A group of twelve men in tight clothes, surrounded by a middle-aged man, were walking towards them. When they saw Xing Tianli and his group, and especially the nine people including Tata, they also stopped.

The twelve men, like Tata and the others, formed a perfect equilateral hexagon around the middle-aged man in pairs. Moreover, under the scanning of Xing Tianli's spiritual power, there were always strands of spiritual power fluctuations connecting the twelve men and the middle-aged man.

Compared to the mental fluctuations that only occasionally surged when Tata and the others were communicating, the group of people in front seemed more like an inseparable whole.

The two sides were about seven or eight feet apart, standing quietly on the street, confronting each other.

After a long while, the middle-aged man on the other side gently shook the thin cane in his hand. In the air, more than a dozen weak mental fluctuations collided violently. Then the middle-aged man and his men left quickly, and Tata and others also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Who are they?" Xing Tianli asked Tata curiously. Judging from their appearance, these guys were clearly from the same ethnic group as Oger and Tata. Moreover, at that moment, both sides released unique mental fluctuations, which was enough to prove that they were from the same ethnic group.

Of course, in the materials of the East Country Investigation Office, Xing Tianli had already found the information of the man just now - Osho, the Commercial Counselor of the Consulate General of the Aime Federation in the International Concession, who coordinated all related trade activities. He was not well-known, but held real power.

According to the secret intelligence of the East Country Investigation Office, Osho can even make decisions directly on many matters, bypassing the Consul General of the Aimee Federation.

"An evil believer of Anus." Tata curled his lips in disdain: "Heretics, sinners who should be burned in flames for eternity."

Shaking his head, Tata said softly: "But now, we are partners. There is no need to conflict with them. Of course, there is no need to have anything to do with them."

Xing Tianli was itching to know what the so-called Amitābha and Anus were.

He also wanted to know where Oger, Osho and others came from.

What kind of war happened in their homeland, and what exactly did they want to do in the Dayu Dynasty?

Late at night, Xing Tianli led Tata and several others to the west of Pinghai City, outside the Holy Mother Church's residence. On the three-foot-wide wall of the high-walled courtyard, low-level priests on duty were walking back and forth, and the silver bells hanging on their belts made a slight "ding-ding" sound from time to time.

The dark night enveloped the courtyard. The huge courtyard, as well as several nearby courtyards where members of the Holy Mother Church were stationed, were all dark, without any lights. A heart-pounding atmosphere enveloped the courtyards. Xing Tianli looked at this place from afar, and his heart was throbbing.

"You can't go in!" Xing Tianli said in a deep voice: "Such a big thing happened just this day, and everyone 'knows' that the Minotaur is inseparable from the Holy Mother Church. They must have made arrangements now. I... Damn it!"

Just as Xing Tianli was about to say that the people from the Holy Mother Church must have set traps in their base, he suddenly spoke in a foul language.

The originally clear night sky was inexplicably filled with rolling clouds.

Large masses of thick clouds appeared out of nowhere and quickly enveloped the entire Pinghai City. The sky within a radius of hundreds of miles was covered with thick dark clouds.

Xing Tianli felt extremely uncomfortable.

People who practice cultivation have a very close connection with the heaven and earth, and their perception is extremely sharp. Even in the Dharma Ending Age, the movement of the heaven and earth is "natural and smooth" for people who practice cultivation.

At this moment, the thick clouds covering several miles are not a natural phenomenon at all!

There was an external force, a terrifying external force that interfered with the movement of heaven and earth, causing this large patch of thick clouds. Xing Tianli could even feel that in the thick clouds that were colliding and emitting muffled thunder, there was a faint sense of some strange force field that was violently beating and vibrating.

Tata took out a small piece of dark blue crystal. He quickly touched the crystal with his fingers. A large number of beautifully shaped and rigorously structured cuneiform characters slid down the crystal piece like a waterfall, and several very thin lines were dancing and swaying.

Tata muttered in a low voice: "It's not a natural weather change. These clouds are man-made."

Xing Tianli looked at Tata and asked in great astonishment: "Such a drastic change in the world is man-made?"

Tata nodded slightly and muttered in a low voice: "Very advanced weather weapons, directional energy tractor beams, releasing a large number of free particles..."

Xing Tianli and the big black dog brothers all looked a little dazed.

Tata spoke the official language of the Dayu Dynasty. They could hear every word he said clearly, but they just couldn't understand what he was saying.

In short, the power of technology!
Xing Tianli was a little frightened. This kind of power that could instantly change the sky within a radius of hundreds of miles was far inferior to that of a 'celestial being'. However, below a celestial being, ordinary people who practiced Taoism could not have such great power.

Of course, if it was in the mythological era, those monks with deep backgrounds used their weak strength to burn the talismans of their ancestors and ask the dragon god who could make clouds and rain to directly stir up the wind and clouds. This is another explanation and there is no need to mention it.

However, in this Dharma Ending Age, the legendary god of controlling clouds and rain may have disappeared from heaven and earth.

The terrifying power hidden in this kind of technological power makes Xing Tianli feel a little numb just thinking about it.

Amidst the lightning and thunder, Xing Tianli's hair suddenly stood on end.

The naked eye could not see it, and the power of the soul could not touch it, but he intuitively "felt" that above the clouds, there was a huge monster gliding silently.

The surface of that huge creature was wrapped in a powerful energy field. When it passed over the heads of Xing Tianli and others, the terrifying energy field ionized the nearby air and emitted tiny electrons. Xing Tianli saw Tata beside him and the three big black dog brothers, and their hair stood up one by one.

Above the clouds, there was an extremely dim layer of light that was impossible to detect unless one looked carefully.

Soon, figures jumped down from a height of a hundred feet. They were wearing strange armor that looked like beetle shells, and they fell quickly from the sky. While the sky and the earth were completely dark, they landed silently in the mansion where the Holy Mother Church was stationed.

"Reinforcements from the Holy Mother Church?" Xing Tianli murmured, "They came really quickly. The Holy Mother Church's holy mountain is more than 100,000 miles away from Jieshi County, right?"

Tata's expression also became extremely serious: "Supreme Amitābha, we need to re-evaluate their strength."

Next to Tata, another young man said in a low voice: "So, the war must be large enough to involve all of them. Let the war consume their strength, and we just need to watch quietly from the sidelines. This is the most ideal way."

Xing Tianli quickly glanced at Tata and others.

The figures falling from the clouds had already exceeded 500. Then, everyone's hair stood up again, as the big guy above the clouds once again slid silently over their heads.

This time, thunder exploded in the clouds, illuminating the thick dark clouds.

Xing Tianli just raised his head and saw that in the flash of the clouds, there was a huge creature with a wingspan of more than thirty feet, shaped like a "devil ray", which disappeared without a trace in a flash.

About a cup of tea later, a cool breeze blew across the plain, and the thick clouds in the sky did not drop even a drop of rain. They disappeared as abruptly as they had appeared.

On the crystal piece in Tata's hand, several lines of scarlet cuneiform characters were flashing.

Tata's face looked very ugly. He looked at the crystal piece in his hand and said softly, "Such a strong energy reaction, it's really a powerful opponent. We must be careful when we act."

After a moment of silence and a slight mental fluctuation, Tata sighed: "Li, you are the commander of the operation, we obey your orders. But I hope that your orders must be cautious, and cautious. We don't have many people."

After a pause, Tata added: "It was extremely costly and difficult for our hometown to send us here!"

Xing Tianli's heart skipped a beat. Don't you have enough manpower?
This is really good news!
"Of course, I will be cautious and careful. Your safety is the most important. For the supreme Amitābha!" Xing Tianli muttered very seriously. He suddenly realized that he had the potential to become a charlatan!

For several days in a row, Xing Tianli led his men around the Holy Mother Church's base, but they could not find an opportunity to take action.

These days, only some brown-robed minions of the Holy Mother Church go out, either asking for food, rice, oil, salt, fruits and vegetables from local officials, or wandering around the streets and alleys of Pinghai City, ringing silver bells, trying to trick some foolish men and women into giving them money as filial piety.

There’s no point in catching these minions. What do they know?
As for those white-robed charlatans who are above the silver line level, they have all been staying at home these days, with only two of them showing up occasionally. Around them, there will definitely be a few guys with golden hair and scarlet or light purple eyes, who make Xing Tianli feel extremely dangerous.

There is absolutely no chance to attack!
During these few days, the International Concession changed almost every day. All the buildings were destroyed by the Minotaur, and on the ruins of the concession, a large number of herbs were growing wildly.

Standing on a high point on the south bank and looking towards the original concession through a telescope, you can only see an extremely intense and bright green.

Those minotaurs walked slowly and comfortably in the rich green. A large number of birds and beasts were attracted to settle in that green and coexisted harmoniously with these minotaurs. By the seventh day when all countries evacuated the concessions, the number of birds and beasts on the ruins of the concessions had reached an extremely alarming level.

Early in the morning every day, standing on the south bank, you can see a flock of birds like dark clouds rising into the sky from the ruins of the concession, chirping and scattering in search of food.

On the tenth day after evacuating the concession, a large number of ships arrived and sailed into the river in a mighty manner, going upstream all the way to the section of the river where Pinghai City was located.

This was an urgent telegram sent by high-level officials of various countries after they evacuated the concessions, asking ambassadors of various countries to order the emergency dispatch of reinforcements from the nearby trading ports of the Dayu Dynasty.

The power of hundreds of countries in the Far West has been gathered together. The number of land forces they brought this time exceeds 100,000. There are eight 10,000-ton battleships, more than 120 other 1,000-ton ships, and more than 500 large and small auxiliary ships.

As soon as the huge fleet arrived, all the warships took off their gun covers and fired more than a dozen rounds in the direction of the original concession.

There were rumbling sounds of cannon fire and blazing flames shooting into the sky. The former Farus immigrant settlement, where the density of Minotaur was the highest, was swept thoroughly by artillery shells, killing at least fifty to sixty thousand Minotaur.

On the river, the ships' guns fired simultaneously, while on the largest dock on the south bank, there was the sound of drums and music. The top leaders of Ingish, Saint-Norman, more than a dozen vassal states of the two countries, and hundreds of countries in the Far West gathered there.

The two fast ships slowly approached the shore side by side.

One fast ship was flying the emblem of the Saint Ross royal family's 'Fire Dragon Iceberg Sword Staff', while the other fast ship was flying the emblem of the Dongyun Island Alliance's 'Eight-Headed Demonic Dragon Swallowing the Sun'.

A few days ago, Renov, who was evacuating with technical data, staggered down from the fast ship.

The person who walked down from the Dongyun ship was a thin young man wearing a black royal robe with a silver dragon pattern, a jade belt around his waist, and a tall crown on his head. His attire was of an odd and ancient style.

Unlike the serious Dongyun people, this thin young man was nearly six feet tall, and among normal people, he was also very tall. But there was something wrong with his body. He was very thin, with almost no flesh on his face. His fair skin was faintly blue, and his two huge eye bags were slightly black. He looked like he was seriously overindulging in alcohol and sex.

Supported by two white-faced, beardless eunuchs wearing black robes with cloud patterns, the thin young man walked down the gangway of the warship with trembling legs. As soon as he stepped onto the pier, he started coughing repeatedly.

Renov, who was standing by, curled his lips and laughed loudly, "Prince Huo? Is there no one left in your Dongyun royal family? For such an important matter, you sent a sickly person like you? Aren't you afraid that you will die of illness on the way and delay the important matter?"

Prince Gu took out a snow-white silk handkerchief, gently pressed the corner of his mouth, and said softly, "Originally, I shouldn't have come here, but I'm currently inspecting the people in Black Borneo, which is the closest to the East. I heard that the consulate general in my country got an important battleship blueprint, so I came all the way here with my fleet to meet you."

Bending down and coughing violently a few times, Prince Que stood up with difficulty and looked at Nanyu Squid II who was hiding behind Renouf tremblingly: "Lord Nanyu, where are the blueprints and materials of the battleships that our dynasty spent a huge amount of money to buy, throwing away so many gold and silver mines?"

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Nanyu Squid II fell to his knees with a thud, supported himself with his hands, and crawled in front of Prince Que very smoothly, banging his forehead against the ground with a loud bang.

"Your Highness, a traitor has set fire to the consulate. Our drawings, our drawings..."

Prince Xie looked down at Nanyu Youer, his pale face suddenly flushed red: "So, our new battleships are gone? Do you know how much we spent? Do you know how much those gold and silver mines are worth?"

Prince Xie was scolding Nanyu Youer, and his right hand was even on the sword at his waist. Among the crowd welcoming Renov and Prince Xie, Sig, wearing a black divine robe, suddenly jumped out.

Sig shouted "Mother of the Most Merciful" at a hoarse voice, raised his left hand, and fired six consecutive shots at Prince Chen.

Prince Que's eyes suddenly widened, and he stood there frozen in fear, unable to move.

In the crowd, Xing Tianli noticed that Prince Que was really frightened and didn't react. This Prince Que was not pretending, but was really a sickly person, the kind of sickly person who couldn't even tie a chicken!

The Dongyun Island Alliance Royal Family actually sent out such a person?

With a sneer, a eunuch beside Prince Que lightly tapped his fingers. In full view of everyone, everyone saw that the eunuch's fingers were dark blue in color, like copper and iron, with shiny skin tightly wrapped around the finger bones, and there was even a tiny scale on the skin.

With a few "ding ding" sounds, all the bullets that Sig shot at Prince Que were easily deflected by the eunuch's fingers.

In the crowd, Di Si, who had been watching coldly, shouted angrily: "Who is he? Who told him to do this?"

The next moment, Sig waved his right hand, and a hand crossbow with gold and silver colors, smooth and graceful lines like a flying bird, faintly reflecting a halo in the sun, made a crisp "bang" sound, and three half-foot long tiny crossbow arrows shot out.

The two eunuchs beside Prince Que had no time to react.

The crossbow arrow was too fast, even more than ten times faster than the previous bullet.

Three extremely thin streams of light flashed by, and Prince Que's head, chest, and lower abdomen all exploded. The head was blown away without a trace, while the chest and lower abdomen all exploded into a transparent hole the size of a bowl.

Prince Que, the royal envoy of the Dongyun Island Federation and the younger brother of the current Holy Emperor, has passed away!

(End of this chapter)