Chapter 341: Letter

In the sea of people, You Ruo took a deep look at Wu Tie.

Afterwards, he led his entourage and turned to leave.

He knew Wu Tie was surely going to die.

"Human race... I understand you humans better than you do..." You Ruo smiled, speeding away from Demon Suppressing City.

"Although I prefer the feeling of crushing you lowly ants in one grip... sometimes using those underhanded tactics isn't bad." You Ruo laughed brightly: "Being schemed against by me, you should feel proud."

"At least I regard you as a true enemy." A hint of dark light flashed in You Ruo's eyes.

"You Cang... You Jieya... and my Ice Spirit Divine Palace... all of this, you forcibly bestowed upon me as an insult—I will make you pay the heaviest price."

You Ruo drew a deep breath, then his body flickered; a beam of azure divine light fell from the highest heavens, swiftly enveloping him and his retinue. The light burst, scattering countless azure glimmers, and You Ruo's party vanished without a trace.

Inside Demon Suppressing City, the elite of thousands of tribes gathered from all directions.

Xi Qi's Main Army Camp was like a thick dark cloud, charging into the city with overwhelming killing intent.

The countless Demon Suppressing Hall soldiers surrounded in the center, not knowing who started it, heard a few "ding dang" sounds as someone dropped their weapons, clasped hands behind their head, and fell heavily to their knees.

Thereafter, wave after wave of Demon Suppressing Hall soldiers dropped their weapons, clasped hands behind their heads, and knelt on the ground.

Vast numbers of Demon Suppressing Hall soldiers knelt on the ground, displaying a posture of surrendering willingly and abandoning resistance.

The leaders of the thousands of tribes were stunned, watching these soldiers raise their hands in surrender, each speechless—how could millions of elite Demon Suppressing Hall troops just surrender like that?

With a "dong" sound, a Embryo Storage Realm commander sparring with Xing Tianshan dropped his weapon.

Xing Tianshan punched that surrendering commander in the chest.

Although Xing Tianshan had originally put all his strength into that punch, seeing the opponent drop his weapon and cease resistance, his force weakened, and by the time it landed on the chest, there was little left.

Even so, that Embryo Storage Realm commander had all his ribs shattered by Xing Tianshan's single blow, coughing up mouthfuls of blood as he crashed heavily to the ground.

"Are your heads broken?" Xing Tianshan stared in disbelief at the Demon Suppressing Hall soldiers who had surrendered.

Wu Tie's eyes flashed with cold light as he watched those who voluntarily dropped their weapons and surrendered; he suddenly burst out laughing: "Hahaha, every head is merit, every head is merit... They aren't resisting? Splendid—each extra head captured is another merit!"

Behind Wu Tie, seven Northern Dipper Slaughter Spirit Swords emitted a chilling glow, stirring a vast sharp aura as they prepared to slash down the Demon Suppressing Hall soldiers.

From afar, Xi Qi's voice rang out: "Impudent! They are already my captives; in the future they will be my slaves, my private property—who dares to encroach on my possessions?"

The Northern Dipper Slaughter Spirit Swords howled as they swept downward.

"Ding!"

Mr. Jin appeared out of thin air before Wu Tie; beside him, faint white ripples surged rapidly. The Northern Dipper Slaughter Spirit Swords, forged from five-metal essence, were locked by those white ripples around Mr. Jin, preventing Wu Tie from moving them at all.

"Before this old man, it's better for you youngsters not to play with swords and spears." Mr. Jin sneered: "Even if you have some skill?"

Before Wu Tie could speak, Xing Tianshan swung his axe down at Mr. Jin.

The white ripples around Mr. Jin were torn apart with a "shila" by the great axe, which then came straight for his head; Mr. Jin shuddered, his body flickered, and he instantly dissolved into countless white cold rays shooting backward, re-forming his shape dozens of li away.

After Mr. Jin's obstruction, Xi Qi's Main Army Camp had already approached nearby.

"Why have you laid down your weapons?" Without letting Wu Tie and the others speak, Xi Qi rose into the sky, gazing down imposingly at the countless Demon Suppressing Hall soldiers kneeling on the ground.

"The City Defense Grand Formation has been broken, all spell restrictions destroyed... If we don't surrender, are we just waiting to die?" An Embryo Storage Realm commander of the Demon Suppressing Hall lifted his head, eyes flashing as he looked at Xi Qi: "We aren't that foolish."

Xi Qi laughed: "Are you surrendering to me?"

That Demon Suppressing Hall commander said coldly: "I am Xiang Feng, Second-rank Demon Suppressing General of the Great Jin Divine Kingdom's Demon Suppressing Hall, leading my troops to surrender to you, Commander."

Countless people from all directions stared fixedly at Xiang Feng; the leaders of the thousands of tribes were dumbfounded, unable to react for a moment... What is this? They fought hard to get in, and you surrendered?

"In other words, you are surrendering to me... the merit of capturing Demon Suppressing City belongs to me!" Xi Qi gave a half-smile, his eyes like blades, sweeping harshly over the faces of the many tribal leaders present.

"Naturally, we are surrendering to you, Commander." Xiang Feng said coldly: "As for those rabble, a disorderly mob—if they came to attack the city, they'd already have been reduced to mush."

Xiang Feng said arrogantly: "Surrendering is not glorious; our surrender is merely to the truly strong."

After a cold snort, Xiang Feng said proudly: "Merely, we in the Great Jin Divine Kingdom are also people of standing; even though we surrender to you, Commander, we cannot tolerate humiliation."

Xi Qi sighed heavily: "But your heads are merit! Moreover, the Great Jin Demon Kingdom and my Fu Xi Divine Kingdom are sworn enemies—surviving will be difficult for you!"

Xi Qi's eyes flickered with strange light.

Among the tribal leaders, some began to clamor.

Many people's eyes glowed faintly red; toward Xi Qi, toward Xiang Feng, and indeed toward this siege, their hearts were filled with resentment and anger.

It was a bit of a strong start but weak finish.

It had the feel of a half-finished building.

It felt like everyone came happily to a feast, only to be given a couple of ounces of cold pork and sent away.

The antler-bodied old man gritted his teeth: "Commander Qi, these Demon Suppressing Hall demons have the lives of countless of our tribesmen on their hands—why keep them? Just kill them... or are you, Commander Qi, intending to keep them alive?"

Xi Qi replied calmly: "Why not? Since they have surrendered to me, they are my spoils. Whether to kill, release, or enslave them is my affair—it seems to have nothing to do with you all. Hehe!"

The antler-bodied old man snapped: "Then what about our merit?"

Xi Qi looked astonished at the old man: "They surrendered to me—does this merit concern you?"

The leaders of the thousands of tribes stared dumbfounded at Xi Qi.

Can one really say that?

Can this really be settled like that?

You used military orders to force everyone to cooperate in taking the city—after all that hardship, we get nothing?

Were your earlier words just hot air?

"Take these prisoners, strip them of weapons and armor, remove the restrictions, and escort them back to my camp for proper guarding." Xi Qi would not let the tribal leaders speak further, issuing the order directly.

Under Xi Qi's command, the millions of elite troops in his Main Army Camp swiftly mobilized, forming units of a thousand and rushing toward the Demon Suppressing Hall soldiers who had laid down their weapons and surrendered.

Wu Tie stared, dumbfounded.

Like the other tribal leaders, Wu Tie was initially stunned.

This maneuver was utterly bewildering; Wu Tie couldn't grasp what was happening for a while.

But gradually, Wu Tie figured out the meaning behind it.

This attack on Zhenmo City is simply to let Xi Qi and Luo Lin earn military merit.

While earning military merit, they also intend to tidy up Wu Tie and his clan; that is their true purpose.

But they never expected the power of the Wangsheng Tower to be so immense, which is why this unbelievable event occurred—every soldier of the Zhenmo Temple in Zhenmo City surrendered.

It is simply unbelievable.

A dark plot.

A dark plot from start to finish.

That old traitor Xi Qi—his collusion with the Great Jin Divine State, with Sheng Yao and You Ruo, has actually reached such a depth?

Wu Tie stared fixedly at Xi Qi... Because of Wu Tie's intervention, the number of casualties among the humanoid warrior clans beneath Zhenmo City is small—perhaps not even enough to condense a half piece of soul crystal.

Will Xi Qi so easily call it quits?

Xi Qi gave Wu Tie a half-smile, and a flicker of deep malice in his eyes made Wu Tie's heart twitch suddenly.

Xi Qi's troops have already placed restrictions on the high-ranking officials of the Zhenmo Temple in Zhenmo City—such as senior commanders like Xiang Feng and high-ranking civil servants—binding them all up like zongzi.

Suddenly, Mr. Shui shouted: "Commander Qi, this person is the Grand Marshal of the Army of Zhenmo City... He has some letters here; take a look!"

Wu Tie's pores suddenly exploded, and every hair on his body stood on end.

A sudden premonition of good and bad fortune made Wu Tie instinctively sense great unease and danger.

Letters?

Letters?

The letters carried by the Grand Marshal of the Army of Zhenmo City? Naturally they pertain to important affairs of Zhenmo City.

A thick stack of letter paper was handed to Xi Qi by Mr. Shui, along with a small jade seal. The tiny jade seal glimmered with spiritual light—it was exactly the official seal of the Grand Marshal of the Army of Zhenmo City.

Xi Qi carelessly pulled out a few sheets from the stack, glanced at them casually, and his face instantly darkened.

He quickly flipped through the letters, pulling out more than a dozen scrolls made of fine python skin, furrowing his brow as he examined the bloody characters on each one carefully.

The thousands of tribal chiefs who had been clamoring suddenly fell silent.

They glanced at each other and stepped back a distance, sensing from Xi Qi's expression that perhaps some great change had occurred.

"Seize them, surround all of the Wu clan!" Xi Qi suddenly bellowed.

Luo Lin stared, disbelieving, glanced at Xi Qi, then shouted at the top of his lungs. Nearly a hundred thousand guards beside Xi Qi's central army elite roared in unison, quickly forming over a hundred formations of a thousand each that encircled the Wu clan's youths in the center.

Luo Lin, Mr. Mu and five others, together with several dozen other experts from the central army, encircled Wu Tie and Xing Tianxian.

"Eh, eh... truly unexpected, the villains' wicked intentions, truly unexpected!" Xi Qi shook the python‑skin scrolls in his hand and roared: "The Wu clan actually colluded with the Great Jin demons, plotting to betray your clans in this extermination war, intending to slaughter your people sent to the surface this time!"

The tribal leaders' faces twitched slightly, each looking at Xi Qi with a strange expression.

Xing Tianxian then bellowed: "Damn your fart! My Wu clan..."

Xi Qi cut off Xing Tianxian's words; behind him, five‑colored divine light flickered, his voice turning high and hard like an invisible sword that severed Xing Tianxian's next words in a single stroke.

"As commander, I have absolutely not wronged you!" Xi Qi shook the python‑skin scroll in his hand, coldly saying: "Does the Wu clan have a lad named Wu Tie? Well, you are Wu Tie!"

Xi Qi pointed fiercely at Wu Tie and snapped: "Unbelievable—you look dignified and remarkably heroic, yet you colluded with the Great Jin demons, intending to harm the heroes of my Fuxi Divine State... Wu Tie, how did you discover the detailed locations of the star‑power tempering sites of the tribes present?"

The tribal chiefs present all cried out in uproar.

Just as the Wu clan sent up so many pregnant women, the thousands of tribes present—ranging from three or four thousand to tens of thousands—likewise sent their pregnant women to the surface.

They secretly prepared hidden bases, stockpiling elite troops for protection, all for the purpose of starlight tempering, so that the fetuses of those pregnant women could receive star‑power refinement, thereby gaining supreme talent.

Especially this time, it is the once‑in‑108‑year period of great starlight prosperity; during this period, fetuses that successfully bathe in starlight will have excellent aptitude, cultivation speed extremely fast, and will surely become the core pillars of their clans in decades to come.

The tribes' secret bases are truly the most core secrets of every household.

If the detailed addresses of these bases were leaked… and the Zhenmo Temple mustered a great army to encircle and annihilate them… the consequences would be unbearable for them.

If it is mere bad luck, being dragged out by the Zhenmo and Demon‑Suppressing Temples' dragnet search from the poor mountains and rugged ridges, that is their own misfortune, no one else to blame. But if it is because someone betrayed them, causing loss of troops and cutting off their hope for decades to come……

This is absolutely a blood‑deep grudge!

Xi Qi continued shaking the python‑skin scroll in his hand, staring fixedly at Wu Tie, coldly saying: "Wu Tie, you actually betrayed so many tribes… your heart deserves death, truly it deserves death……"

Wu Tie gave a light cough: "Lord Xi Qi, you say I betrayed the tribes' secret starlight‑bathing bases… May I ask, how did I know the locations of so many tribes' bases?"

The many tribal chiefs present all turned their gaze to Xi Qi.

Indeed, how did Wu Tie know the tribes' secret bases?

"So it was your Wu clan that acted!" Xi Qi gave Xing Tianxian and Xuan Miedie a cold glance, his eyes flickering slightly as he fixed a deep stare on the Han Ba Wu Tan altar: "One Wu Tie alone could not have this ability… but your Wu clan is different."

"Look at the demands you made to the Zhenmo Temple… Hmm, if you earn sufficient merit, we will let your entire Wu clan relocate to live on the surface."

"Heh, look at your fawning wording."

"If great success is achieved, then the lad would willingly become a lackey at the temple master's command, to be dispatched at will?"

"Wu Tie, you simply… have lost all face of the Fuxi Divine State, your Wu clan… truly… are wolfish ambitions, every one of you deserves death!"

Xi Qi spat furiously as he rebuked.

The faces of the surrounding tribal chiefs instantly changed unpredictably.

Wu Tie silently sighed—does this mean they intend to wipe out the entire Wu clan, to exterminate them completely?

How could they have prepared so many messy measures in such a short time?