What's going on?
In an instant, the Three-Eyed Divine General man stunned the lieutenants behind him, who had been on guard against what the men below might do.
A person's reputation precedes them; many people, even those who had never met Chen Qing, had heard of his name back then, so naturally they dared not be careless. But given this level of vigilance, what did the other party do?
How could it disappear so suddenly?
The Three-Eyed Divine General was also extremely shocked.
He had fought Chen Qing before and knew Chen Qing's abilities very well. So from the moment Chen Qing appeared, he maintained the highest level of vigilance and secretly activated his Three-Eyes Divine Ability. However, he still couldn't see clearly what Chen Qing did.
The group of people seemed to have vanished into thin air, disappearing very naturally.
There were no spatial runes, no magic circles lit up, and it all disappeared very suddenly.
What exactly is it?
The god stared wide-eyed, quickly considering the situation. An illusion?
No. His own supernatural powers could dispel all illusions. Even the guy under Chen Qing who was most skilled in illusions back then, the master of the Nine Heavens Mirror Valley, could not deceive him with illusions.
The immense blood and energy emanating from the Four Saints Guard do not lie, nor does the terrifying sword aura emanating from Chen Qing.
It wasn't an illusion; it simply appeared there in reality, only to vanish into thin air.
Why?
"My lord," the adjutant beside him swallowed hard, "This is..."
"Don't speak." The Three-Eyed Divine General General's expression was extremely solemn, and his aura became gloomy. He had never been this solemn when facing hundreds of King Level demons in Vermilion Bird City. This strange feeling was indeed as troublesome as ever, even though his personality had changed.
The surrounding lieutenants dared not disturb their commander's thoughts.
"Oh no!" After a moment, the Three-Eyed Divine General seemed to realize something and hurriedly said, "Have the priest come here immediately and contact the Star Lord Ziwei!"
"Forehead?"
"Quickly!!" The Three-Eyed Divine General practically roared, startling the lieutenants into retreating hastily.
"Don't worry, sir, we'll go right away!"
"My lord, have you seen something?" The only one beside the divine general who was not intimidated by the Three-Eyes's aura was the white-robed strategist.
"Back then, it was Chen Qing who suppressed the Four Spirits. The other forces were allies on the surface, but in reality, they didn't participate much at all, and even secretly sabotaged us. As a result, we know nothing about many of the checkpoints in the Land of the Four Spirits. Chen Qing is different. If he has his own memories, then he might clearly remember those checkpoints that we might not know about during the campaign!"
"What does Your Excellency mean?" The white-robed strategist immediately understood. "Did Chen Qing just use some kind of mechanism to hide all the soldiers?"
"That should be it," the god said in a low voice.
"What is the purpose of this?" The strategist in white frowned. "To hide outside and then prepare to launch a surprise attack on you at any time?"
"It can't be that simple." A sense of unease welled up from the depths of Three-Eyed Divine General's heart. Back then, Chen Qing's battles were always beyond people's imagination. It could never be that simple.
"My lord, the priest has arrived!"
The Three-Eyed Divine General quickly looked over and said, "Immediately activate your divine magic and contact the Divine General Shunfeng'er, have him relay my words to the Heavenly Emperor!"
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At the same time, a loud bell rang out inside the Heavenly Court; it was the Eastern Emperor Bell that only rang during important council meetings.
The Heavenly Emperor sat on his throne, looking down at the numerous divine generals, and said sternly, "Divine generals report that Chen Qing has appeared, accompanied by the Four Saints Guard. According to the reports, Chen Qing was able to make several thousand of the Four Holy Guards disappear into thin air, possibly by using some kind of mechanism in Vermilion Bird City. He judges that they pose a great threat to the entire army and now requests a retreat. What do you think?"
"They've already retreated?" A deep voice rang out. It belonged to a colossal general over a hundred feet tall, dressed in crimson, his body radiating terrifying energy like Heavenly River. He was none other than the leader of the Four Heavenly Kings, the Eastern Heavenly King Dhritarashtra!
"We've invested so many resources, nurtured that heartless White Tiger, and finally conquered the southeast, which gave us the opportunity to recapture Vermilion Bird City. Now you're just going to retreat like that? Wouldn't all that have been for nothing? Now is the time to seize the initiative, and Chen Qing is just going to retreat like this?"
"What my elder brother says is true!" came the reply from the Northern Heavenly King Vaiśravaṇa, who was dressed entirely in black!
"We don't have many territories left to choose from. Chen Qing is clearly just trying to scare us. If the Southern Barbarians are scared off, do you think we'll dare to attack the Northern Wasteland again?"
"Yes, Black Tortoise City in the north is an extremely cold city, which is very incompatible with the various fire formations of my Heavenly Court. There are also 300,000 Fighter Army under Chen Qing guarding it. If we are scared off by a few thousand Four Holy Guards here, wouldn't we be even more afraid to attack from the north?"
Upon hearing this, a hint of hesitation flashed in Elder Long's eyes. In his mind, he was determined to take Vermilion Bird City this time. However, the Three-Eyed Divine General was a person with strong military judgment. If he requested to withdraw and he forced him to fight, the Heavenly Court would be completely put on the defensive if they failed.
"Your Majesty," a deep, steady voice rang out, "If it were before, it wouldn't be a problem, but we don't have much time left. You should know that once those monstrous things from there arrive, our Heavenly Court will be the first to suffer!"
The speaker was the Southern Heavenly King Virūḍhaka. As soon as he spoke, Elder Long's pupils shrank.
This is his greatest fear, which he has been running away from for so many years. Now that there is no way to avoid it, he certainly doesn't want to be the first to face it. The reason why he is so aggressive in this operation is to find the best stronghold and get away from the anxiety of this Heavenly Demon.
The Southern Wilderness is remote and lacks resources, while Vermilion Bird City has abundant fire essence. Once captured, with the Golden Crow Grand Formation activated, the Outer Heaven Demon Statue will certainly not prioritize targeting them.
At that time, the Heavenly Court can also observe the situation slowly before deciding whether to take action.
If they can win, they will try their best. But if things don't go well, they have enough time to try to escape to another world with their resources.
This is also the thought of most of the gods, and it's why the Four Great Outer Heavens, who were originally as conservative as us, are now so radical!
"The Divine General's words are not without reason." Finally, the Heavenly Emperor spoke in a deep voice, "When Chen Qing suppressed the Land of the Four Spirits, he must have known many mechanisms that we don't. If we launch a direct attack on Vermilion Bird City, he might actually find an opportunity to threaten the Divine General."
" Shunfeng'er, immediately send a telepathic message to Ziwei, telling her to take Azure Dragon and Vermilion Bird to Vermilion Bird City to provide support as soon as possible."
"Send a message to Three-Eyes again, instructing him to continue the attack and capture Vermilion Bird City as quickly as possible."
He then looked at the Four Heavenly Kings and said, "To avoid any accidents, one of you should also go down and lead the Heavenly King Army to support the Divine General!"
The Four Heavenly Kings looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Who among you is willing to go?" The Heavenly Emperor asked the four hesitant men with a gloomy face.