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What happened?

In an instant, the deputy generals behind the Three-Eyed God General were stunned. They had been on guard against those below doing something.

The name of a person, the shadow of a tree. Even those who had never met Chen Qing in person had heard of him and naturally dared not be careless. But under such vigilance, what did the other side do?

How did they just disappear?

The Three-Eyed God General was equally shocked at this moment.

He had crossed paths with Chen Qing back in the day and was well aware of his capabilities.

Since Chen Qing appeared in just that instant, he had maintained the highest level of vigilance, and his Three-Eyes Divine Skill had been discreetly activated.

However... he couldn’t clearly see what Chen Qing did.

The group of people seemed to vanish into thin air, very naturally.

There was no spatial rune, no array lighting up, it was very sudden, and they were just gone.

What on earth...

The God General widened his eyes, quickly pondering the situation—an illusion?

No... his divine skill could dispel any illusion, even that guy under Chen Qing who was best at illusion techniques back in the day, the master of Nine Heavens Mirror, couldn’t deceive him with illusions.

The overwhelming energy and blood pressure on those Four Holy Guard, and the terrifying sword momentum on Chen Qing, weren’t deceptive.

If it’s not an illusion, then they truly appeared there but disappeared into thin air.

Why?

"My Lord..." The deputy general next to him swallowed and said, "That’s..."

"Don’t speak..." The Three-Eyed God General’s expression was extremely grave, his aura turning somber.

He hadn’t been this serious even when facing hundreds of king-level demons in Vermilion Bird City.

This eerie feeling, indeed... even if his personality has changed, he is still as challenging as ever.

The surrounding deputy generals didn’t dare to disturb their commander in thought after hearing his words.

"Damn..." In a moment, the Three-Eyed God General seemed to realize something and hurriedly said, "Get the Divine Official here quickly and contact the Ziwei Star Lord immediately!"

"Uh?"

"Quick!!" The Three-Eyed God General almost roared, scaring the deputy generals into retreating repeatedly.

"My Lord, don’t worry, we will go at once!"

"My Lord, did you notice something?" Next to the God General, the only one not intimidated by the Three-Eyes’ presence was the strategist in white.

"Back then... it was Chen Qing who subdued the Four Spirit.

The other factions were just alliances on the surface, hardly participating, and even sabotaged secretly, which resulted in us knowing nothing about many of the checkpoints in the Land of Four Spirits.

Chen Qing is different. If he has the main memory, he could clearly remember, during the crusade, those checkpoints we might not know of! "

"My Lord means?" The strategist in white immediately understood, "Did Chen Qing just use some kind of mechanism to hide all the soldiers?"

"It should be like that..." The God General said in a low voice.

"What’s the purpose of this?" The strategist in white frowned, "To hide outside and be ready to ambush you at any time?"

"It can’t be that simple..." An unease surged deep in the heart of the Three-Eyed God General. The Chen Qing of old always acted unpredictably during battles, it would never be that simple.

"My Lord, the Divine Official is here!"

The Three-Eyed God General immediately looked over, "You... immediately activate your divine arts and contact the Sharp-Hearing Ear Divine General to convey my words to the Heavenly Emperor!"

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Meanwhile, inside the Heaven’s Court, the loud chime of the Eastern Emperor Bell, only heard during major assemblies, rang out.

The Heavenly Emperor sat on his throne, looking down at numerous divine generals, and said sternly, "The God General reports, Chen Qing has appeared, also bringing the Four Holy Guard. According to the God General’s report, Chen Qing was able to make several thousand Four Holy Guard disappear into thin air, possibly using some mechanism in Vermilion Bird City.

He assesses it as a significant threat to the entire army, and now requests withdrawal. What do you all think?"

"Withdrawing the troops just like that?" A low voice rumbled, belonging to a giant divine general over a hundred feet tall, clad in fiery red, with terrifying energy like a heavenly river—all recognized as the leader of the Four Heavenly Kings, the Eastern Dhrtarastra Heavenly King!

"We invested so many resources, nurtured that heartless White Tiger, and finally took the Southeast, only now to have a chance to reclaim Vermilion Bird City—now we’re just retreating?

Isn’t everything we did before wasted? Now is the time to seize the initiative, but just withdrawing because of Chen Qing? "

"Brother is right..." Answered by the completely black-clad Northern Duowen Heavenly King!

"Nowadays, we don’t have many lands to choose from. Chen Qing is clearly trying to scare us. If the Southern Barbarians here are scared off, are we daring to make a move in the Northern Wasteland?"

"Indeed, the northern Xuanwu City is an extremely cold city, utterly incompatible with our Heaven’s Court’s various fine fire formations.

Moreover, Chen Qing’s 300,000 warrior army is guarding there.

If we retreat due to several thousand Four Holy Guard scaring us here, wouldn’t we dare even less to fight in the north? "

Elder Long heard this, a hint of hesitation flashing in his eyes.

According to his plans, this opportunity to take Vermilion Bird City was essential, but the Three-Eyed God General had strong military judgment.

If he was asking for retreat, forcing the attack could result in Heaven’s Court being thoroughly passive if they failed.

"Your Majesty..." A deep and steady voice rang out, "In the past, it might not have mattered, but now we don’t have much time left. You should know, once those ghostly things get here, our Heaven’s Court will be the first to suffer heavily!"

Speaking was the Southern Zeng Zhangtian Heavenly King. Upon hearing these words, Elder Long’s pupils instantly shrank.

This was his greatest fear. For many years, he had been avoiding it; now he couldn’t escape. He certainly didn’t want to be the first to face it. The reason for this aggressive action was to find the best stronghold and first escape from the anxiety of the Heavenly Demons.

The Southern Wilderness is remote, lacking resources. Vermilion Bird City is abundant in fire essence. If we take it, with the Golden Crow Great Formation, the Otherworldly Demon Statues will surely not prioritize targeting us.

At that time, Heaven’s Court can still observe slowly and then decide whether to make a move.

If victory is possible, of course, they would try to give their all, but if it is unfeasible, they also have enough buffer time to try to take resources and flee to Outer Space.

This is also the thought of most god generals and why the four outside heavens had similar cautious plans but are now acting so aggressively!

"The God General’s words are not without reason.

" Finally, the Heavenly Emperor spoke solemnly, "Chen Qing, having subdued the Land of Four Spirits back then, surely knows many mechanisms unknown to us.

If we force an attack on Vermilion Bird City, he might indeed find a chance to threaten the God General. In this case..."

"Sharp-Hearing Ear, you immediately send a message to Ziwei, have her take the Azure Dragon and Vermilion Bird to support Vermilion Bird City at once."

"And relay a message to the Three-Eyed, continue the assault, and seize Vermilion Bird City in the shortest time possible."

Then he looked at the Four Heavenly Kings: "To avoid accidents, one of you should go, bring the Heavenly King’s Army, and support the God General!"

"Uh..." The Four Heavenly Kings instantly looked at each other in dismay.

"Which of you is willing to go?" The Heavenly Emperor asked with a darkened face, looking at the four hesitant individuals.