"Oh? Why? Because of that Huan King whose fame is riding so high these days?"
Atlas furrowed his swordlike brows and glanced at the Canglan Grand Sage, but did not lose his temper. Instead, he asked softly, his bearing elegant and composed.
"The Huan King alone is naturally no match for Your Majesty! However..."
The Canglan Grand Sage answered as though it went without saying. After a pause, he continued with considerable resignation:
"According to reliable intelligence, the Huan King has disappeared!"
"Disappeared?" Atlas asked in surprise, unable for the moment to understand what the Canglan Grand Sage was getting at.
"The unknown is all the more terrifying! The Huan King personally led ten million troops into enemy territory, yet vanished abruptly beneath countless watchful eyes. Neither the Yue State, the Huan Kingdom, nor any other power has found so much as a thread of a clue. Surely Your Majesty does not believe the Huan King met with disaster and suddenly died?"
The Canglan Grand Sage considered for a moment before speaking with grave caution.
"Hmm?"
Atlas was surprised. Naturally, he was not naive enough to believe the Huan King had perished in some disaster. After all, he had ten million Huan troops with him. Even if disaster had struck, surely someone would have escaped!
Just what method had the Huan King used to blind the eyes of the entire world?
As the Canglan Grand Sage had said, the unknown was indeed the most frightening factor.
"Your Majesty! As the first region to achieve unification, the Yue State invaded at lightning speed with over a hundred million Yue troops, catching China unprepared. Yet the mere Huan Kingdom forcibly stopped them at Nanyue Commandery and utterly defeated them. Even King Luolong, the Phoenix Consort, the four great national guardian beast kings,