National Guardian's Gone and We're Done-Chapter 95: I Propose an Immediate Retaliatory Strike Against Xiao Cangqing’s Forces
The Lighthouse Empire was notorious across all of Blue Star for its domineering and unrestrained nature.
He gazed at the corpses on the ground. Among them were several King-level experts,
and the bald man was an expert of the Emperor Realm.
Even for the Lighthouse Empire, Emperor Realm experts were incredibly rare.
Now, they had all been reduced to cold corpses.
Chu He had already departed nonchalantly, leaving only Xiao Cangqing at the scene.
So, Xiao Cangqing didn’t even bother trying to start his car; he just turned and fled.
The situation was now beyond explanation. People were dead.
Xiao Cangqing didn’t dare gamble on the Lighthouse Empire handling the matter fairly if he remained at the scene.
This time, Chu He was dead set on preventing him from defecting to the Lighthouse Empire.
Channeling all the Elemental Power and Mysterious Power in his body, Xiao Cangqing raced into the distance at top speed.
At the same time, the blare of sirens echoed endlessly throughout Fujiang City, resonating under the blue sky. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞
Armored vehicles raced in from all directions, quickly establishing an impenetrable perimeter around the scene.
"Carter was killed? What on earth happened here? Carter was an Emperor Realm expert!"
Soon, a sedan pulled up, and two foreign men stepped out.
One was in his forties, while the other looked to be only in his twenties.
A formidable power radiated from both men, and the fluctuations they emitted would occasionally cause the space around them to ripple.
When the two saw the bodies on the ground, they were both utterly astonished.
This area was still within the borders of Fujiang City.
Carter couldn’t even hold out long enough for them, two fellow Emperor Realm experts, to arrive. He had been killed outright.
Looking at the surroundings, there were no signs of an intense battle.
In other words, Carter was slain within seconds, as were the other bodies scattered on the ground.
’Just who could have done this?’
"Sirs, we’ve pulled the surveillance footage. This is the man who made the move, and the boastful voice we heard was his as well."
A member of the Defense Team held a tablet, which displayed the recently extracted surveillance footage.
When the footage was magnified, it clearly showed Xiao Cangqing’s face.
"Isn’t that the traitor from the Great Jing Empire, Xiao Cangqing? Why would he show up here? This guy also seems to have the strength of the Emperor Realm."
The foreign man in his forties held the tablet, pointing a finger at the face on the screen.
The other, younger Emperor Realm man tapped the screen, and the video began to play.
From the moment Carter appeared until his death, it was true: Xiao Cangqing was the only other person there.
However, Chu He was not captured by any of the surrounding surveillance cameras.
"Looks like it was indeed him, the man called Xiao Cangqing.
"He’s clearly a traitor, yet he tries to style himself as a patriot.
"That fool actually thinks joining the New World Organization gives him the courage and confidence to stand against our Lighthouse Empire.
"Ever since our Lighthouse Empire rose to its current power, no faction has ever dared to do something like this to us.
"Carter will not have died for nothing! I propose an immediate retaliatory strike against the forces under Xiao Cangqing’s command!"
the young Emperor Realm man said at once.
"I agree with your plan."
The Emperor Realm expert in his forties nodded in agreement without hesitation.
「A moment later.」
From the Lighthouse Empire’s Martial Artist Base in Fujiang City, Mysterious Bombs were launched one after another.
Their powerful propulsion kicked up massive clouds of dust and smoke, and the entire land began to shake with a violent RUMBLE.
The flames they spat out were purplish-black.
Far from generating any heat,
they instead caused the temperature throughout Fujiang City to plummet.
Countless citizens shut their doors and windows tight, daring only to peek out, completely unaware of what was happening.
Some went even further, filming the scenes,
and uploading them to the Great Jing Empire’s web forums,
where they unleashed a torrent of vitriol against Ji Shengyue and the current Royal Family of the Great Jing Empire.
...
"Deciding to launch that online smear campaign against Chu He back then was a colossal mistake. What is Ji Shengyue’s head filled with, roadside garbage?"
"What on earth does she think about all day? Can anyone tell me?"
"To the guy who posted above: no one can answer your question, because anyone who could probably has a head full of crap just like Ji Shengyue."
"Ji Shengyue doesn’t give a damn about us common people."
"Now, I live in fear every single day."
"I’m a resident of Fujiang City. Yesterday, on my way home from work,
"I personally saw members of the Lighthouse Empire’s Guard, completely drunk, drag a woman off the street and into an alley.
"I don’t need to spell out what happened next; you can all imagine it.
"And the one responsible for all this is Ji Shengyue, sitting on her throne in the Royal City of the Great Jing Empire!"
"Would Chu He be willing to return to our Great Jing Empire? I’d support him as king."
"There’s a rumor that the one the Lighthouse Empire truly fears is Chu He of the Great Xia Empire, which is why they built a Martial Artist Base in the Great Jing Empire—to counter the Great Xia Empire and Chu He."
"So that’s it? If a war breaks out, wouldn’t our Great Jing Empire instantly become the battlefield? What hope would there be for us common folk to survive then?"
On the Great Jing Empire’s online platforms, public outrage was boiling over.
Even though moderators were constantly deleting posts, they couldn’t stop the tide of public anger.
Delete one post, and ten more would pop up.
Delete ten, and a hundred would take their place. It was endless.
Even the moderators themselves were cursing and grumbling.
Deep down,
they largely agreed with what the people were posting; they were just doing their jobs.
...
Two days after his hasty escape from Fujiang City, Xiao Cangqing received a message from Gao Yimin and Dai Ju.
Several videos were attached.
Confused, Xiao Cangqing tapped a video to play.
He saw Mysterious Bombs raining down on Green Forest City. The moment they detonated, immense fluctuations of Mysterious Power
raged like a storm, instantly razing countless skyscrapers to the ground.
Innumerable citizens among them had their lives snuffed out in the blink of an eye.
The screen showed nothing but ruins, with Mysterious Power seeping out from everywhere amid vast, spreading clouds of grayish-black smoke.
The ground was littered with mangled bodies, as terrifying as a scroll painting of Hell.
Xiao Cangqing’s eyes widened. ’So this is the advanced, mass-destruction Mysterious Weapon developed by the Lighthouse Empire?’
’Truly terrifying!’
’With enough of these weapons, they could probably match the power of a single Emperor Realm expert.’
"Xiao Cangqing, all of Green Forest City has been destroyed. What should we do now?" Gao Yimin asked in the message.
News alerts kept popping up on Xiao Cangqing’s phone.
Just as he was about to close them to reply to Gao Yimin, a new one appeared.
[New World Organization Announces Xiao Cangqing as New Leader!]
Seeing this news alert, Xiao Cangqing felt his head spin.
[Thank you to Boss Gu Yingqingchi for the 688 Book Coin donation! You’re so generous, Boss! Wishing you all the happiness!!!]
