Chapter 5195, The Human Race Is nning to Attack Great Evolution Pass
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When Zhe Chong was only a few days away from Wind and Cloud Pass, he was ambushed by a Human Race Army. The 300,000 troops of the ck Ink Army had beenpletely annihted, and all other Territory Lords other than him had lost their lives.
However, fleeing for the past year had taken a huge toll on him. He felt as though there was an overwhelming sense of crisis pressing down on him, giving him the illusion that he was constantly being chased. Be that as it may, there were no signs of pursuers no matter how many times he checked his surroundings.
Seeing the majestic Great Pass in front of him once more, Zhe Chong felt as though he had never found a more weing sight in his entire life. His tense nerves finally rxed as soon as he stepped into Great Evolution Pass.
More than 30,000 years had passed since the ck Ink n conquered Great Evolution Pass. The troops that generally departed from here to provide reinforcements to the two adjacent Theatres had always been defeated after arriving at Wind and Cloud Pass or Azure Void Pass. There was never once when they were ambushed andpletely annihted by the Humans along the way.
During his escape, Zhe Chong had been wondering about something. He simply could not understand how the Humans at Wind and Cloud Pass could gather the manpower to prepare an ambush in that ce.
Logically speaking, the Humans at Wind and Cloud Pass should have been overwhelmed by the siege of the ck Ink n Army by now.
After much thought, a possibility urred to him, one that left him feeling very uneasy.
Great Evolution Pass was originally one of the Great Passes under the Human Race’s control. It had taken countless generations of blood, sweat, and tears from the elites of Great Evolution Paradise to build up the Great Pass little by little. More than 30,000 years ago, this ce was not that different from the other Great Passes. Tens of thousands of Human troops had protected this ce under the leadership of their Old Ancestor and prevented the ck Ink n from taking one step across the boundary.
However, the entire Great Evolution Pass was now shrouded in ayer of dense ck Ink Strength. There was also an enormous ck Ink Nest standing tall in the middle of Great Evolution Pass’ Central Square.
The ck Ink Nest resembled a pitch-ck flower bud that was on the verge of blooming. Whenever it contracted and expanded slightly,rge amounts of thick ck Ink Strength leaked out from within.
This particr ck Ink Nest was thousands of metres tall, and its base practically upied the entire Central Square. Looking at it from a distance, it resembled a towering ck mountain. It was clearly a Mid-Grade ck Ink Nest.
ck Ink Nests were the foundation of the ck Ink n. The presence of a Mid-Grade ck Ink Nest here indicated that this was now the home territory of a Territory Lord. In other words, there was a Territory Lord guarding this ce at all times.
This situation was nothing out of the ordinary. Great Evolution Pass was the first and only Great Pass to be conquered by the ck Ink n in history, so it was impossible for the ck Ink n to neglect it. Even if only to boost morale, a Territory Lord was always standing guard here.
Furthermore, the Territory Lord stationed here was the strongest Territory Lord in the entire Theatre, Hong Di!
It was rumoured that this Territory Lord was only one step away from bing a Royal Lord. Unfortunately, the rumour had been circting for tens of thousands of years yet there were no signs of Hong Di advancing so far.
Although there were no signs of his breaking through, it was true that Hong Di Territory Lord was very diligent in his cultivation. Even though he was stationed at Great Evolution Pass, he basically stayed within the ck Ink Nest and borrowed its power to cultivate. All the ck Ink nsmen under hismand believed that he was trying to ovee thest step to be a Royal Lord.
Of course, Hong Di was not the only Territory Lord stationed at Great Evolution Pass after the ck Ink n first conquered it. There were also several others besides him. That was because they had been wary of the Human Race trying to retake Great Evolution Pass.
However, more than 30,000 years had passed since then. The Human Race seemed to have little regard for Great Evolution Pass and never showed signs of trying to retake it; therefore, the ck Ink n no longer took this matter too seriously. Except for the most powerful Hong Di, who was ordered to remain here, all the other Territory Lords returned to their respective territories.
Leaving the strongest Territory Lord at Great Evolution Pass was part of the precautions taken by the ck Ink n. They knew that the Humans would eventually attempt to retake the Great Pass, but they did not know when the counterattack woulde.
In this way, Great Evolution Pass became Hong Di’s personal territory. Nevertheless, this ce remained very lively since the reinforcement Armies for the ck Ink n in the Azure Void Theatre and the Great Evolution Theatre generally gathered and departed from this ce.
Roughly three years ago, an Army of 300,000 troops had set off in the direction of Wind and Cloud Pass; hence, Hong Di was very surprised when Zhe Chong suddenly appeared at Great Evolution Pass.
He was not surprised by the fact that Zhe Chong had returned so quickly though, but by the fact that Zhe Chong had returned at all. As the person in charge of Great Evolution Pass, he could easily obtain various pieces of information with the help of Great Evolution Pass.
Likewise, Zhe Chong was also rather taken aback. That was because he basically never saw Hong Di even though he had been to Great Evolution Pass on many asions. Hong Di had always been in a state of secluded cultivation after all. Many Territory Lords had maliciously spected about him, wondering whether he had died inside his ck Ink Nest since they had not seen him in so many years.
The two Territory Lords met inside a Grand Hall. Compared to the travel-weary Zhe Chong, Hong Di was undoubtedly full of vigour.
There were no rules for courtesy like those among the Human Race, so after they each took a seat, Hong Di nced at Zhe Chong and asked probingly, “Did you encounter anything worthy of attention during your deployment?”
He did not ask where the Army of 300,000 troops had gone or why Zhe Chong was the only one out of a dozen Territory Lords to appear here. Just by looking at Zhe Chong’s miserable appearance, Hong Di had a guess as to what happened. His question was simply to confirm his spections.
Zhe Chong quickly nodded, “Among a field of universe fragments located only a few days away from Wind and Cloud Pass, we were ambushed by the Humans. They were led by a Ninth-Order Old Ancestor and had some 50 to 60 Eighth-Order Masters with them! Our Army was no match for them, and almost everyone was ughtered on the spot. I was the only one to escape alive!”
Hong Di nodded lightly at those words and revealed an expression that seemed to indicate he had expected as much. The ck Ink n Army of 300,000 troops had almost zero chance of survival against such a line-up from the Human Race. Zhe Chong was very lucky to escape and return alive.
Zhe Chong was stunned, “You knew?”
Hong Di waved his hand in denial, “I didn’t know anything, but I did receive news from the Wind and Cloud Theatre approximately one year ago. It was said that an additional Old Ancestor had appeared at Wind and Cloud Pass, along with hundreds of Eighth-Order Open Heaven Realm Masters. In the end, even the Royal Lord was severely injured and forced to escape back to the Royal City. The Territory Lords suffered massive casualties, and the Army of several million under theirmand was all but wiped out. It will be difficult for them to recover without at least a thousand years of recuperation.”
Zhe Chong was shocked to hear the news. He had thought that he was very unlucky, butpared to the fate of his nsmen at Wind and Cloud Theatre, he could be considered quite fortunate.
The ck Ink n had originally been suppressing the Human Race in the Wind and Cloud Theatre, but an additional Old Ancestor and hundreds of Eighth-Order Open Heaven Realm Masters had suddenly appeared on the battlefield. How could the ck Ink n of the Wind and Cloud Theatre possibly withstand such a force?
[Have the Humans gone insane!? Why did they gather so many Eighth-Order Open Heaven Realm Masters in one ce? Did they abandon the other Great Passes!?]
“Was the Old Ancestor you encountered a woman from the Human Race?” Hong Di asked.
Zhe Chong nodded solemnly, “Indeed!”
Although it was only a brief glimpse at the time, Zhe Chong had definitely seen the appearance of the Human Old Ancestor.
Hong Di said, “In that case, it has been confirmed. The Old Ancestor you encountered is most likely the one who suddenly appeared at Wind and Cloud Pass. The Royal Lords have conferred with each other and confirmed that this woman was originally the Ninth-Order Open Heaven Realm Master protecting Yin-Yang Pass.”
Zhe Chong raged, “If she is the Old Ancestor of Yin-Yang Pass, then why did she suddenly appear at Wind and Cloud Pass!? Are they nning to ignore and disregard the Royal Lord at Yin-Yang Pass!?”
He was lucky to have escaped the notice of that Ninth-Order Master, which allowed him to survive by a narrow margin, but what if he had not been so lucky? He would have suffered the same fate as the other dozen Territory Lords and be nothing more than severed limbs and hashed meat floating about in the void by now.
Zhe Chong had no ce to vent all the bitterness and panic he felt while fleeing for his life; furthermore, thinking about how a Territory Lord like him had never been in such a wretched position before and learning that the Ninth-Order Open Heaven Realm Master was somebody from the distant Yin-Yang Pass, he forgot to be mindful of his speech in his annoyance.
“Watch your tongue!” Hong Di red at Zhe Chong. The prestige of a ck Ink n Royal Lord was not something a mere Territory Lord could disparage.
Zhe Chong immediately shrunk his neck. In the end, he heaved a heavy sigh.
Taking pity on Zhe Chong, Hong Di exined the situation, “To tell you the truth, there’s a reason why that Ninth-Order woman from Yin-Yang Pass appeared at Wind and Cloud Pass. It’s because a new Ninth-Order Human has appeared at Yin-Yang Pass. That’s why she could leave with peace of mind.”
Zhe Chong was stunned, “The Human’s gained an additional Ninth-Order Open Heaven Realm Master?”
The Ninth-Order Masters and the Royal Lords were the strongestbatants among the Human Race and the ck Ink n. The addition or loss of even one of them was something that could shake the entire ck Ink Battlefield. That was why Zhe Chong lost hisposure when he heard that there was an additional Ninth-Order Open Heaven Realm Master at Yin-Yang Pass.
Hong Di nodded, “When news that the Ninth-Order Old Ancestor from Yin-Yang Pass appeared at Wind and Cloud Pass, the Royal Lord in the Yin-Yang Theatre probed the situation at Yin-Yang Pass and confirmed that there was a Ninth-Order Master there. It seems that one of the Army Commanders at Yin-Yang Pass broke through.”
Zhe Chong immediately gritted his teeth in fury, “The Human Race sure is cunning!”
When a Human advanced from the Eighth-Order to the Ninth-Order, the disturbance caused was extremelyrge. If they had chosen to advance in the ck Ink Battlefield, then the ck Ink n would have known about it a long time ago. Seeing as they suddenly gained a new Ninth-Order Old Ancestor out of nowhere, it could only be assumed that the newly-advanced Master had not chosen to advance on the ck Ink Battlefield.
The Humans had been nning this from the beginning! They secretly nurtured a new Ninth-Order Old Ancestor, which led to theplete defeat of the ck Ink n at Wind and Cloud Pass. Zhe Chong had simply gotten involved by extension.
“That can’t be right!” Hong Di suddenly seemed to realise something, and his expression changed slightly, “Zhe Chong, did you say that you were ambushed by the Human Race Army when you were a few days away from Wind and Cloud Pass?”
Zhe Chong nodded, “En.”
“In other words, you encountered each other on the road.”
“Naturally,” he secretly thought to himself, [Why is Hong Di asking such nonsensical questions?]
Hong Di’s expression changed drastically. He had not been surprised by what happened to Zhe Chong because he had already heard about the situation beforehand. The ck Ink n Army had suffered a crushing defeat at Wind and Cloud Pass, so he naturally assumed that the reinforcement Army led by Territory Lords like Zhe Chong had also been defeated on that battlefield.
Therefore, he had been slightly surprised to see that Zhe Chong had returned alive. Many Territory Lords had perished in that battle, so Zhe Chong was very lucky to have survived.
Be that as it may, it turned out that the reinforcement Army had not participated in the battle at Wind and Cloud Pass.
It was impossible for the Humans to know about the reinforcement Army dispatched from Great Evolution Pass and set up an ambush in the middle of their route. In other words, it was because Zhe Chong and the others were unlucky that they were ambushed in the first ce. They had encountered the Human Race Army that had departed from Wind and Cloud Pass.
But why would an Old Ancestor lead a Human Army out of Wind and Cloud Pass?
“This is bad!” Hong Di abruptly jumped to his feet, “They areing to attack Great Evolution Pass!”
Zhe Chong frowned, “Do you have evidence?”
The truth was that he had considered this possibility while on the run for his life, but there was no evidence to back up this spection. Although he had encountered the Human Race Army outside of Wind and Cloud Pass, he could not say that they were nning to attack and retake Great Evolution Pass. That was a huge im to make, so Zhe Chong had not dared to voice his opinion even though this idea had crossed his mind.