This immortal was clearly ordinary, yet he was unusually confident.

Rising Sun Military Camp.

Ye Ningshuang, draped in a golden silk robe and wearing a phoenix crown, sat quietly on the dragon throne.

However, there was a hint of struggle in her eyes at that moment.

On one hand, the plague from the Demon God Cult has already been introduced into the Cangyue army camp along with the captured soldiers. It's only a matter of time before it breaks out, and then the Cangyue Kingdom can be easily destroyed without any effort.

Not only will he fulfill his long-cherished wish, but he will also be able to unify the world.

However, on the other hand, she was well aware of the consequences that the outbreak would have.

Ye Chi, who was under the tent, seemed to sense something and immediately knelt down, saying in a mournful voice, "Your Majesty, this plan was devised by me. When the Cangyue Kingdom is destroyed, please execute me as an offering to the souls of the dead."

Ye Ningshuang sneered, "You, you don't need to be like this. Now that things have come to this, even if you don't want to, you can't stop. Besides, do you really think they wouldn't have done this without your suggestion? Get up."

Ye Chi wiped away his tears and slowly stood up.

Ye Ningshuang sighed softly: "I should be happy that my wish is about to be fulfilled, but by then, will this world still belong to me?"

The Demon God Cult is now at its zenith and has long since become a force to be reckoned with, a fact that Ye Chi is well aware of.

He had witnessed the methods of the Imperial Advisor Sang Qiu and knew very well that in the face of such power, all schemes and tricks were useless.

If Sang Qiu truly intended to usurp the throne, no one could stop him.

Thinking of this, Ye Chi could only lower his head and sigh.

Meanwhile, in the Cangyue military camp.

"How's it going?"

Ye Chuxue frowned. The shouts of battle around her were getting closer and closer, indicating that more monsters had broken through the defenses.

Even more terrifying is that there are fewer and fewer normal soldiers, and more of them have mutated into monsters.

As one side gains at the expense of the other, their situation will only worsen.

Ding Wu said with a solemn expression, "Your Majesty, the number of monsters is increasing, and about 30% of the soldiers have turned into monsters. The Imperial Guards are still able to hold them off."

"Night—Frost—Condensation!" Night Snow gritted her teeth, then lamented, "These are all my Cangyue's fine sons!"

Only now did Ye Chuxue truly understand Ye Ningshuang's ruthlessness. If they continued fighting like this, even if they managed to kill all the monsters, their remaining forces might be reduced to less than one-tenth.

By then, they would be utterly powerless to resist the Rising Sun army.

Once the Rising Sun army has wiped them out, they can then proclaim to the world that the Azure Moon soldiers are monsters, and the Rising Sun Kingdom has become the savior.

Furthermore, even knowing this would be the outcome, they still dared not retreat. If they had retreated, countless civilians would have perished, and the entire Cangyue Kingdom would have been reduced to ashes.

"Has the Imperial Advisor not returned yet?" Ye Chuxue asked with some concern.

"Your Majesty need not worry. With the Imperial Preceptor's strength, even if he cannot kill the opponent, protecting himself should not be a problem," Ding Wu reassured him.

Just then, a cry of surprise came from outside the tent:

"The Imperial Advisor is back!"

"Quickly invite the Imperial Advisor in!" Ye Chuxue hurriedly ordered.

As soon as Chen Chui entered, he collapsed to the ground.

Fortunately, Ding Wu reacted quickly and helped Chen Chui up.

"Uncle Chen, what's wrong?" Ye Chuxue asked worriedly.

Chen Chui coughed lightly: "Your Majesty need not worry. Killing that fellow consumed a lot of my energy and blood, so I am just a little exhausted. It's a pity that the piper got away."

Upon hearing this, Ye Chuxue and Ding Wu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"These soldiers... is there any hope?" Ye Chuxue asked softly.

Chen Chui paused for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I originally thought that killing the piper would solve the problem, but I later discovered that the flute music only accelerated the process of turning into a monster."

"What should we do now? If we get hurt by these monsters, we'll all turn into monsters. If this continues..." Ding Wu frowned.

This was unlike any previous battle, and even with his military talent, he was at a loss.

All the current arrangements are nothing more than a precarious existence.

"Your Majesty, perhaps you..."

"No, I will not leave!"

Ding Wu opened his mouth, but didn't try to persuade her any further. He knew very well that no one could change Ye Chuxue's decision.

Chen Chui gave a wry smile: "Now that things have come to this, we can only ask Mr. Zheng for help. Hopefully, it's not too late."

Upon hearing this, Ding Wu clapped his hands: "That's right! Mr. Zheng promised to help once, and in this situation, only he can turn things around!"

Ye Chuxue didn't speak, but the image of that figure that descended from the sky on Qiuming Mountain involuntarily surfaced in her mind.

……

"Young General, this place is also heavily guarded. What should we do?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Zhuang looked worried. With Chen Kegang's prior notice, he had secretly led dozens of his trusted men to sneak away from behind during the battle, thus avoiding capture.

They dared not return directly to the camp. Tens of thousands of people had been captured, but they, a few dozen, returned unharmed and were inevitably treated as deserters.

The Kingdom of Rising Sun never shows leniency towards deserters.

They originally intended to sneak in while the guards were lax, but they didn't expect that patrolling soldiers would come one after another, completely surrounding the camp.

They staked out the entrance for several hours, changing entrances several times, but still couldn't find the slightest flaw.

"Damn it, something's not right. Ximen is right behind the main camp. Even if Cangyue Kingdom wanted to launch a sneak attack, they wouldn't choose this place. Why are they deploying so many troops here? It's like they're just trying to stop me." Chen Zhuang spat and cursed under his breath.

"The young general is right. It seems they don't want the retreating soldiers to go back in. And we've been defeated so quickly on the battlefield. There's probably a lot of shady stuff going on here," a trusted confidant replied.

“To find out what’s going on, I think we need to find a way to infiltrate,” said another thin confidant.

Chen Zhuang nodded and looked at his confidant, saying, "My father has been kidnapped by the Cangyue Kingdom. I need to know who's behind this! Monkey, you're a clever kid, what's your plan?"

The confidant, nicknamed "Monkey," chuckled and said, "Since the main road is blocked, let's take the side road."

"Damn it, I knew you were full of tricks, spit it out!" Chen Zhuang laughed and cursed.

"This time, with the Empress Dowager personally leading the expedition, we've assembled hundreds of thousands of troops. It sounds impressive, but how much food and fodder do these hundreds of thousands of people consume every day? We can't possibly send them all at once..."

"You mean, we're going to infiltrate the grain transport team?" Chen Zhuang interrupted.

The monkey quickly cupped his hands and said, "Young General, you are wise!"

Chen Zhuang clapped his hands with a laugh: "What a damn coincidence! My good-for-nothing cousin is in the grain transport team. Good job!"

After they had made their plans, they began to lie in wait at the place where the grain transport team was bound to pass.

Fortunately, it arrived at dawn the next day.

Chen Zhuang and his group did not expend much effort to infiltrate the various teams in small groups.

And so, the group of people followed the grain transport team slowly toward the Rising Sun Army camp...