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"Report, urgent military intelligence!"

At the West Sea frontline, Xuu Hu, who had been waiting for messages, furrowed his brows as he looked at the ship coming from the north.

At first, he didn’t understand why his lord not only didn’t take them to the Dragon Palace but also divided the defense into two separate lines!

The leader of the Sea God’s Guard, Tian Heng, was mainly responsible for the defense of the West Sea, while he had to assist in the defense and also deploy a large number of the Warrior Army to guard against the north.

This was something Xuu Hu didn’t understand.

The military strength in Jiangnan was not weak, his one hundred thousand Warrior Army was one of the strongest forces under the heavens, yet this time they were facing creatures from ancient times.

According to Lord Chen, each of these monsters could be an enemy of tens of thousands.

Under such circumstances, shouldn’t the troops be prioritized and concentrated at the location of the Dragon Palace’s sea eye?

Why... disperse the forces?

Even if they dispersed, why defend against the north? What the hell?

Shouldn’t the biggest threat be the monsters in the West Sea? Even compared to the Imperial Court, the threat from the north should be less significant, right?

It’s not that the Duke of Wei Kingdom from the north is not formidable, but the north is known for its cavalry and war tactics, plus they have long battle lines.

They also face simultaneous conflicts with both the Imperial Court and the Northern Wasteland’s huge forces, and their domestic food supply heavily relies on trade with Jiangnan.

They would be insane to initiate an attack on them now.

But despite his doubts, Xuu Hu dared not disobey his lord’s order, yet...

He really hadn’t expected that the first piece of urgent military intelligence would actually come from the north?

"What’s the situation? Is it Duke of Wei’s army?"

"It’s not..." The person who arrived was a colonel of the Warrior Army; his rank was not low, already a Fourth Rank fighter. In the Imperial Court’s Regular Army, he would have the standard of a deputy general!

The arrival quickly gave a military salute and hurriedly said, "It’s snakes, giant snakes, lots of snakes!"

"Snakes?" Xuu Hu was stunned, "What’s the situation?"

"We don’t know either. Yesterday, the ships that went to transport grain to the north suddenly lost contact.

We have sent messages to the Princely Heir of the north using carrier pigeons, but we have received no response.

Therefore, yesterday, we stopped the warships from going there, and as a result, out of five warships, not one has returned.

I was about to report this when unexpectedly tonight, countless giant serpents invaded.

These serpents are incredibly huge, each one thousands of fathoms long.

They can easily destroy our ships, and once they enter the water, endless numbers of poisonous snakes swarm in.

These poisonous snakes are tiny and can burrow into ears, noses, mouths, eyes, and even anuses, and they carry a paralyzing and deadly poison! "

"Many brothers have fallen victim..."

Xuu Hu’s pupils constricted, immediately realizing that his lord must have foreseen this.

"Wave the black flag for alert, call the magicians from the Heavenly Institute to activate the Flaming Sun Array!" He paused for a moment and added, "Immediately inform Tian Heng to explain the situation here!"

"Yes!"

When several members of the Sea God’s Guard left to carry out the orders, their expressions were grave. The situation they reported sounded terribly frightening. Thousand-fathom giant snakes?

What kind of creature is that?

And those tiny poisonous snakes mentioned that could burrow into the body, at sea, once ships are destroyed and sunk, they would be like fish on a cutting board, helpless to do anything!

As for the order to activate the Flaming Sun Array from the mighty warrior, they did not hesitate for a moment.

In less than a quarter of an hour, a huge barrier unfolded along the coastline’s defense line.

The entrance from the North Sea into Jiangnan was completely sealed off, and the whole river surface was lit up red by the Array, instantly dispelling the cold of the night.

The heat, like that from a furnace, caused many soldiers on the ships to break into a sweat.

The cold from just a moment ago and the current heat were like a dream, making the fighters unable to help but admire the capabilities of the magicians from the Heavenly Institute.

Even before graduating, the magicians of the Heavenly Institute could receive a colonel’s salary in the army. Initially, many warriors were dissatisfied, but now that they have seen their abilities, most have swallowed their pride!

"Don’t worry, sir..." The leading magician was very young, with youthful features, looking to be only about fourteen years old. His serious appearance was somewhat amusing, yet the capabilities displayed by his team gave Xuu Hu much relief.

"This Flaming Sun Array can reach up to the heavens and can block the abyss. Anyone who tries to pass through the area covered by the Array, whether it’s tens of thousands of feet in the air or in the depths of the river, will be detected by the Array immediately and destroyed by the power of the flaming sun.

However, it only activates against creatures below the second rank.

Anything higher can force its way through with a strong physical body! "

"Good!" Xuu Hu nodded, "You don’t have to worry about those. If there are beings higher than second rank that rush the Array, we will take care of them ourselves!"

It was fortunate that the lord had spent a lot of money to prepare the Array beforehand. Otherwise, dealing with those tiny poisonous snakes reported by the soldiers just now would have been incredibly difficult.

The giant serpents destroying ships, and the massive attack of poisonous snakes once in the water- Xuu Hu had never seen such a scene and had no solution for it if a fight broke out!

"However, sir..." the young magician spoke up, "Even though our lord has prepared quite a few fire jade, this large array can only be maintained for a limited time..."

"Limited means how long?" Xuu Hu’s heart skipped a beat.

"No more than three days!"

"Three..." Xuu Hu almost bit his tongue.

Three days... He remembered that at least ten tons of fire jade had been prepared at that time, which was almost the limit that Jiangnan could muster. And it was all for just three days?

Was the Array that consumptive?

"Start using it..." Xuu Hu ordered, "We will think of a solution within three days..."

As he was speaking, another came forward to report, "My Lord, Tian Heng, the revered deity of the sea, has arrived!"

"Good..." Xuu Hu felt somewhat relieved.

It was said that the Sea God Tian Heng possessed a water escape technique, allowing him to travel tens of thousands of miles a day. Indeed, he had arrived from the West Sea in less than half an hour, which was indeed fast.

Before long, Xuu Hu met up with the hastily arriving Tian Heng on the coast.

"It was the Lu Family people!"

Tian Heng gave the answer as soon as he arrived...

Xuu Hu nodded, no wonder the King entrusted him to contact Tian Heng immediately if something went wrong in the north. It made sense now!

"The Lu Family people? What exactly happened?" Xuu Hu quickly asked. The Flaming Sun Array would only last for three days. If they could find the reason and destroy the core, they might solve this crisis!

"Myriad Serpent Valley!" Tian Heng, who had followed Lumings and chased after the King of Qin all the way at that time, was clearly very familiar with what had happened.

"After the downfall of Zhulong Country, the greatest evil deity of the Northern Wasteland, that is the Mother Earth, was released.

It almost overturned the entire north. Later, it was the King of Qin who took action and lured that giant evil deity to the Myriad Serpent Valley.

He used a forbidden technique to suppress it.

And the key to suppressing Myriad Serpent Valley was in the hands of the Lu Family people! "

"Such an important thing, entrusted to the Lu Family?" Xuu Hu took a breath: "The King of Qin really trusted Lumings..."

Tian Heng pursed his lips; it was a pity that the trust was misplaced. If Lumings had been willing to save the King of Qin that year... the world might be completely different now...

"But what’s the point of releasing that monster?" Xuu Hu wondered aloud. "As you said, isn’t that Northern evil deity not on the same side as the Lu Family? Aren’t they afraid of it backfiring?"

"About that..." Tian Heng said with a strange look: "I have already informed His Majesty, and His Majesty’s response was... Madam Lu!"

"That vile woman who nearly killed Weichi Feihu?" Xuu Hu frowned: "What does she have to do with it?"

"I don’t know either, but it seems His Majesty knows more than I do..." Tian Heng said with a wry smile: "According to His Majesty, at this time, it must be related to Madam Lu!"

The secrets of those years were known by very few. Madam Lu came from Earth Dragon Cave and was from the top forces of the Southern Barbarian Evil God Nation. What exactly was her relationship with the Northern Mother Earth?

What more did His Majesty know of these secrets?

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"Sigh... it really is just as I suspected..."

Elsewhere, Chen Qing, who had retreated with Weichi Feihong to another space, read the message sent by Tian Heng and sighed deeply.

Chen Ying’s master had gone missing after returning to the capital, and the Lu Family people headed north. He had felt that something might go wrong, and now it seemed his premonition was unfortunately correct—it really was a dire situation.

"Your Majesty, I have heard of that Earth Serpent in the north. My father personally participated in the campaign that eradicated Zhulong Country, and the records of that Mother Earth are also in my Weichi family’s secret texts.

But what does that have to do with that vile woman from the Lu Family? "

"The ’vile woman’ you speak of comes from Earth Dragon Cave..." Chen Qing sighed: "I didn’t know what it was before, but later I realized, it’s the top organization of the Southern Barbarian Evil God Nation. After identifying the demonic species of Madam Lu, I roughly understood her background."

"No wonder the King of Qin wanted Lumings to marry that demon, and no wonder Lumings was even willing!"

"The secret technique of Myriad Serpent Valley comes from the Earth Dragon Cave. If I’m not mistaken, Madam Lu should be the gatekeeper!"

"Gatekeeper? What gatekeeper?" Weichi Feihong was puzzled.

"The gatekeeper of the ancient Celestial Serpent Palace!"

Weichi Feihong: "!!"