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The Central Federation’s military strength has been studied in secret by all the major zones, and despite often being reluctant to believe it, it must be said that on the battlefield, the Zhuxian Sword Formation has proven excessively formidable.

However, in this campaign, the four great federations had tactics specifically tailored against it, advancing cautiously to avoid falling into the traps of the Zhuxian Sword Formation.

They had also been on guard against the Central Federation’s usual underhanded tactics, and this time.

.. all three supreme combat forces were dispatched, with the Western Europe District even deploying all of its Sorcerer Teams. The combination of long-range firepower and modern troops advancing cautiously made it seem unlikely that even Zhang Zhengyuan could have been forced into such a rout, right?

"Mister Cady has returned?"

The council members, who had been engaged in a heated discussion, all turned around. Cady didn’t look at them but instead directed his gaze towards a large man in military uniform inside the council hall.

He recognized the man as a rising star of the Hans Family within the military and one of the frontline commanders, General David.

"Mister David... you shouldn’t be here!"

David’s face was flushed with embarrassment, but he plucked up his courage and said, "I apologize, sir. I know that retreating from battle is a disgrace for a soldier, but I had to come back. I had to bring back the first intelligence report, otherwise... the Federation’s losses would have been even greater! "

"Oh?" Cady smiled. "That’s quite a noble reason. Very well then, Mister David, please tell me, what is this critical intelligence that compelled you to bear the stigma of a deserter?"

Facing the scorn, David clenched his fists, but he also knew that as a deserter, he had no grounds to talk back to the current president of the council.

Taking a deep breath to calm his emotions, he activated his device and played a brief video.

The council members present had already seen it, but they still found it unbelievable on second viewing. Cady, seeing the video for the first time, widened his eyes in shock.

The video showed their Northern Zone’s most prized superior genetic warrior, Mister Stahl, desperately fleeing at an unbelievable speed, so fast that one might have to slow down the footage a thousand times to see it clearly—a speed consistent with Mister Stahl’s tested limits.

But even more incredible was the speed of another person...

Chasing from several thousand meters away, even slowed down a thousand times, it was impossible to see how the pursuer caught up, only to grab the terrified Stahl right before the firing line, in full view of everyone, and forcibly disintegrated the Northern Zone’s strongest digital being into steam. ..

"My God..." Cady gasped, "What is this thing?"

Such speed, such overwhelming force, it was clearly not something of the same order of life. Did the Central Federation possess such an entity?

In the highest testing center, the most formidable life form recognized by the Central Federation, Zhang Zhengyuan, was also deemed inferior to Stahl in individual tests. Stahl dared not provoke him due to his unique Zhuxian Sword Formation.

But the individual before them was different. It was a complete and utter domination in attributes. The discrepancy was like... the difference between a fighting champion and a baby!

"Not just Mister Stahl..." the soldier’s voice trembled, "he killed all the top-level combatants: the Duchess, the Legendary Sorcerer of the Western Europe District, and the entire Sorcerer Team... not one escaped..."

"How did you escape?" Cady, the quickest to regain composure, asked immediately.

Given the combat power displayed, it seemed unlikely that any high-ranking officers could have escaped.

"I don’t know... he seemed... uninterested in us, the officers in command..."

Facing this reply, Cady fell into contemplation, while the council hall buzzed with discussion.

"Damn it, those deceitful Huazhong people, how long have they been hiding this?"

"This is a trap, I knew it, those people outwardly shout about peace every day, proclaiming they will never seek hegemony, but what they mutter every day is the complete opposite, their ambition is bigger than anyone else’s!"

"Did they return the call yet?"

"No..... Their top brass has been ignoring our calls, it seems they are determined to fight to the end!"

Upon hearing this, Cady rolled his eyes. At the start of the war, the Central Federation must have made over a hundred calls to the four big federations. Did any of them answer?

Everyone was discussing how to divide up their property afterwards. Now that the situation had reversed, they wanted them to answer the phone. On what grounds?

"So what draft were you discussing just now?" Cady looked at everyone. "A declaration of war?"

All were silent as a graveyard, and it wasn’t until much later that a councilor stuttered, "Mister Cady..... given the current situation... how could we possibly continue with a tough stance? What we need is peace talks..."

"Peace talks?" Cady snorted coldly. "Are you sure it’s peace talks? Others don’t answer the phone, how can you negotiate? If I’m not mistaken, you want to issue a declaration of surrender?"

Everyone: "...."

The sarcasm in Cady’s laugh was harsh, causing the faces of some councilors to redden alarmingly. Finally, someone couldn’t help but say, "Does Mister Cady have any better idea then?"

"No..." Mister Cady waved his hand outright. "With such military strength, there is no way we can resolve it in a short time. The Central Federation will not give us time to find flaws. With the current war mode, the enemy only needs five days to flatten the four big districts!"

"I’m not questioning your strategy of surrender; at this point, not surrendering means death, there’s nothing more to say. I’m just curious, what were you discussing so heatedly about? Is there a different opinion?"

Some councilors grew even redder at this: "We feel..... that we should resist a bit, otherwise surrendering just like that, we lose our dignity, and at the negotiation table, it’s also hard to talk..."

"Dignity?" Cady said with a laugh, "In this completely lopsided situation, you still want dignity? Softening your stance first thing is the best strategy at this time; delaying even one day will mean greater losses."

"Why does Mister Cady say that?" An elderly councilor asked curiously.

"The Central Federation definitely didn’t have this kind of power all along!

" Cady said coldly, "If they did, they wouldn’t engage in war in such a deceitful way, they would have other various methods to slowly force us to submit, which would be cheaper and look better. But they chose this scheme of feigning weakness. Even if we were the first to strike, their reputation won’t be any better, and it’s unlikely that they will completely subjugate us, neither the people nor the nation will be convinced. "

"So what do you mean?" The other party’s eyes lit up.

"This military power is temporary!" Cady said gravely, "This mysterious Eastern man, they definitely cannot control him. Just now, didn’t you find that person familiar?"

Familiar?

The group was taken aback, momentarily thrown for a loop. After all, everyone was still shocked by the other side’s power, and hadn’t given much thought to the person himself, assuming he was an ace that the Central Federation had hidden for many years.

"Have you forgotten? Just half a month ago, in the projects disclosed by the Central Federation..."

Everyone suddenly remembered, and some people also recalled the past immediately. At that time, the Central Federation announced they were opening up the long-hidden Demonic World, that key individual.

Chen Qing!!