Chapter 1390

Inside the Sun Kingdom, the capital city of Morning Light, central district.

In a majestic hall, this was the Divine Court, the center of faith for the Sun Kingdom and also the military command center.

Divine officials walked quickly through the hall, their expressions not looking too good.

In an office.

Knock, knock, knock...

A figure leaned back in a leather chair, a hot towel covering his face, his fingers tapping lightly on the desk in front of him.

The light in front of the desk distorted, and a phantom appeared.

"I said it before, don't come to me unless it's necessary."

The man with the hot towel on his face spoke.

"Are we not retreating yet?"

The phantom emitted a female voice.

"No need to rush. Working from the inside and outside is the best choice. You came to find me—did those lunatics do something shocking again?"

"Uh~ that's about it."

The female phantom looked slightly helpless.

"What did they do?"

The man in the leather chair pulled the hot towel off his face, revealing an ordinary-looking face. He was none other than Qing Yan.

"Solomon killed his way into the neighboring medium-sized country. You should be able to imagine the destructive power of that cannon."

"Just this?"

Qing Yan frowned. There were many crazy guys among his subordinates, so he wasn't surprised by Solomon's actions.

"Ghost Lady castrated one of our own Qiyuezhe..."

"Go on."

Qing Yan rubbed his temples lightly.

"Gulu... kidnapped five Sanctuary Paradise Qiyuezhe in the eastern war zone and is now preparing to extort a ransom."

"..."

The veins on Qing Yan's forehead throbbed.

"These things are trivial."

"But... there's a Qiyuezhe named Old Smoke who has raised an insurgent army within the Geya Alliance."

"An insurgent army?"

The old schemer Qing Yan clearly couldn't figure out what kind of crazy operation this was.

"The number has already reached over 3,000. The target of the uprising is the Sun Kingdom. That insurgent army is fearless and very brave on the battlefield. What's even more bizarre is that the guy named Old Smoke doesn't seem to be planning to become independent. Although the Geya Alliance will deal with him sooner or later, they won't make any moves in the near future. He is now the vanguard, the kind that dies the fastest."

"This... barely... counts as a good thing."

Qing Yan didn't seem prepared to deal with Old Smoke.

"Among the targets of the uprising is our Nuchuan Adventure Group."

"?"

Qing Yan was very confused. Although he was an old schemer, he sometimes couldn't guess the thought process of lunatics.

"The specific reason is unclear, that's about it."

"Go on."

Qing Yan wanted some peace. He had been worrying his heart out, not only having to scheme against the Sanctuary Paradise but also having to guard against the Apocalypse Paradise, and his own people often gave him surprises.

"The final stage still depends on those people—Gulu, Solomon, Old Smoke, the Head-Chopping Night. If these people were united..."

Qing Yan gave a bitter smile. He himself felt this was unlikely. In terms of overall combat power, the Reincarnation Paradise was the strongest; this was beyond doubt. Qiyuezhe who could climb to the fourth tier in such a cruel environment were not comparable to the fence-sitting divine sticks of the Sanctuary or the greenhouse flowers of the Apocalypse.

The biggest problem with the Reincarnation Paradise wasn't combat power, but a lack of internal unity. What Qing Yan wanted to do was to unite the Qiyuezhe within the Reincarnation Paradise. This seemed selfless, but Qing Yan had his own goals.

Gova Valley, Su Xiao pulled the pin of a grenade and threw it into a nearby temporary trench.

Boom!

After the explosion, the position where Su Xiao was located went quiet. This routed force of the Sun Kingdom couldn't stop the high-spirited soldiers of the Geya Alliance.

Five minutes ago, there had been a bombardment here. Su Xiao's luck was good; no shells had fallen on his head. He felt that his Goddess's Favor ability was working. If it were in the past, there would have been a 60% chance of shells falling near him.

"Ready?"

Su Xiao looked at the little assistant, who gave a thumbs up to indicate she was ready.

A moment later, a rifle was raised with a white cloth hanging from it. Facts proved that a white flag of surrender was universal in many worlds.

The little assistant shook the rifle. Before she even poked her head out, more than a dozen hands were raised in the trench not far away—they were Sun Kingdom soldiers.

"Cease fire!"

A roar came from below the valley.

"Drop your weapons and crawl out of the trench."

Su Xiao placed his hand on the hilt of the Zhan Long Shan, ready to use the Dragon Shadow Flash ability at any time.

Seeing Su Xiao and the little assistant walk out of the trench, those dozen or so Sun Kingdom soldiers also crawled out.

Hundreds of Geya Alliance soldiers rushed up from below the valley. With high-ground advantage in a firefight, the Sun Kingdom troops were already in a rout, showing how low their morale was. They could only retreat now.

A few minutes later, Su Xiao, the little assistant, and those dozen or so Sun Kingdom soldiers were surrounded.

"Woman, you were the ones who surrendered first."

A Sun Kingdom soldier spoke, perhaps not wanting to bear the stigma of surrendering voluntarily.

"I am Betty Annette of the 2nd Army, 3rd Division, 12th Regiment. This is my identification."

The little assistant pulled her identification from her bosom, and a sergeant took it to verify its authenticity.

"Why were you mixed in with the enemy troops?"

The sergeant didn't return the identification to the little assistant immediately.

"We were ordered to infiltrate behind enemy lines. This is a Private First Class and Second Lieutenant of the 2nd Army, 3rd Division, Special Situation Emergency and Cleanup Strategic Force."

Hearing this slightly long unit name, the sergeant was stunned for a moment, then realized: wasn't this the Slaughter Troops!

"This is my officer's ID."

Su Xiao handed his officer's ID to the sergeant. After he got out of prison, Skain had given him this.

"Officer, hello, I am from the 2nd Army..."

The sergeant gave a standard military salute; Su Xiao's rank was several levels higher than his.

Those dozen or so Sun Kingdom soldiers stared blankly at this scene, and the little assistant even waved at them, revealing two small tiger teeth when she smiled, looking quite cheeky.

The dozen or so unlucky prisoners were tied into a string, while Su Xiao and the little assistant sat in front of a campfire eating compressed food.

The battle situation was somewhat unexpected. According to intelligence from the forward reconnaissance units, the Sun Kingdom's troops were retreating. It was true they had been beaten badly, but the losses weren't as heavy as imagined.

Judging by the Sun Kingdom's intentions, they were clearly planning to withdraw from the Lancuan War Zone and garrison the border of the Sun Kingdom.

Su Xiao's personal war main mission hadn't failed. Not only that, the difficulty of the initial stage of this mission had been greatly reduced; at least crossing the war zone wasn't as dangerous as before.

The problem was that once all the Sun Kingdom's troops were garrisoned at the border, it would be even harder for Su Xiao to infiltrate the Sun Kingdom.

Fighting while guarding one's own doorstep made logistics and tactical deployment much simpler. Moreover, there were heavy defensive weapons at the Sun Kingdom's border, such as war fortresses and trenches built with concrete and steel.

The Geya Alliance, on the other hand, was fighting at the enemy's doorstep, so the pressure on logistics could be imagined.

After resting for about ten minutes, the company Su Xiao was in continued to march forward, crossing the scorched earth that had been baptized by artillery fire for years.

The march went smoothly. The Sun Kingdom's troops didn't want to have too much entanglement with the Geya Alliance. Along the way, they could often see empty military camps; some camps had even retreated before they could extinguish their fires.