Chapter 328

In fact, within the Border of the Spirit Kingdom, the number of Hutton Kingdom spies has become quite substantial.

Moreover, it's not just the Hutton Kingdom—the Hunhe Duchy's spies are numerous as well.

Now there's also the Yan Kingdom.

The Yan Kingdom's spies are mostly dispatched by Sir Hawk, and in the sky, winged warriors are observing movements.

This time, Meng Ying sent a full thousand winged warriors.

These winged warriors normally fly very high, and only descend below the clouds when needed, using low-lying Bai Yun to conceal themselves while observing the ground below.

"This god is playing a big game."

In the temple, Meng Ying finished reading all the gathered intelligence and spoke.

After speaking, Meng Ying's expression shifted:

"I feel something's off. According to the timeline, this god must have descended its consciousness at least half a month ago. Even if it spent this entire time preparing the Saint's Descent, why didn't it summon earlier, and only now launch a large-scale recruitment? And have you noticed? This recruitment effort is being made with enormous fanfare—as if it wants everyone to know."

As she spoke, her thoughts gradually expanded:

"This god must have another strategy! It's trying to turn the tide using the Saint's Descent method—but since it can summon Saints, so can the other side. Therefore…"

Her eyes lit up: "This large-scale conscription is a decoy! The summoned Saints have already reached the Hutton Kingdom and are hunting down qualified 'vessels'!"

Meng Ying had guessed nearly perfectly the hidden plan of the Spirit Kingdom's god!

Almost at the moment Meng Ying deduced this, far to the northwest of the Spirit Kingdom, in the distant Hutton Kingdom:

Here was the capital of the Hutton Kingdom, its prosperity rivaling that of the Spirit Kingdom's Wang Cheng.

But now, at least half of the capital's territory had been reduced to ruins!

The central location of the capital—the Hutton Kingdom's Wang Gong—and the Church headquarters to the north were the primary targets of destruction!

Both places had been utterly obliterated—not a single intact tile remained; everything was reduced to dust!

In the sky, a Saint descended from the Spirit Kingdom gazed down, its face filled with boundless coldness.

"Three escaped."

The Saint uttered a chilling voice.

"How about elsewhere?"

The Saint asked.

Behind it, a black-robed Archmage flew down and said: "My lord, the suitable vessels in the Hutton Kingdom have been almost entirely eliminated."

"Good. They can summon no more than three Saints. Let's return. This body is too weak—my power is heavily depleted…"

She had barely finished speaking when, suddenly, a white beam of light descended from the sky.

Within the white beam, faint but boundless roars echoed!

Before the white-robed Saint could react, it was struck from the sky by the white beam.

"Boom!"

The white-robed Saint was slammed to the ground, creating a massive crater in the earth.

Yet despite this blow, the white-robed Saint had not died!

No—its host body had been destroyed.

But its spiritual essence still remained.

Now, it had become a ball of Bai Guang.

"My lord, are you alright?"

The Archmage flew down.

"Cough! Cough!"

The Saint coughed twice—clearly, its spiritual essence had suffered severe damage.

"I'm fine. That one is furious, but fury won't help. My mission is complete: eight to three—we hold the advantage. Return and report the victory. I'm heading east to the Yan Kingdom. If we can successfully seize the Hutton Kingdom, with the combined strength of both nations, we can take the Yan Kingdom—and we'll need a vessel there anyway."