What?
The Second Prince and his group weren't here to help them?
Could there be something else going on?
"Zhang Yang, did you discover something?" Huo Zhu asked.
Zhang Yang chuckled and shared his speculation.
"Heh, it's not really a discovery, just a sudden guess. Actually, half of my action against He Guan earlier was for the Second Prince and his men to see. Don't you find their reaction strange?"
"When I decided to act, they didn't say a word. After I finished, they called out to find someone to help me. Was that an act, or did they truly know my character and therefore didn't stop me?"
After Zhang Yang finished speaking.
Huo Zhu and the others were shocked.
In that situation, apart from the two from Qingcheng Mountain, the Second Prince and the others' reactions were indeed not quite right.
"You suspect they were sent by the Emperor?" Huo Zhu asked.
"Mm," Zhang Yang nodded.
"Their original intention was likely to help, but they definitely wouldn't intervene in a fight to the death. No matter how much I've helped them, they wouldn't abandon everything and fight for me."
"Otherwise, why would only a few of them come, instead of bringing all their top experts?" Zhang Yang explained with a smile.
After listening.
Huo Zhu and the others understood.
"They were more likely here to supervise the Zhenxi Beast King, to prevent him from harming innocent civilians in Jiangnan City!" Huo Zhu guessed.
"Exactly!" Zhang Yang nodded, a sinister smile on his face.
"That's precisely why I had you all from Huaxia Five Dragons withdraw!"
Hearing Zhang Yang's insight, the others also felt reassured and began arranging the personnel withdrawal overnight.
...
On the other side.
Apart from the Lord of Qingcheng Mountain, the Second Prince and his group were indeed gathered together.
They watched the people from Huaxia Five Dragons coming and going, looking very perplexed.
"Is Zhang Yang starting to deploy his troops?" the Second Prince asked suspiciously.
"Alas, the gap in numbers is so vast, no amount of troop deployment will be useful. The Beast King Army is too strong. In the face of absolute power, Huaxia Five Dragons is simply no match," the Sixth Prince sighed.
"Heh, this is what they call 'pride comes before a fall.' Zhang Yang thought that after being enfeoffed as the King of Jiangnan by the Emperor and killing the top ten families of the Wokou in Linhai City, he could contend with the veteran War Kings," the Shangguan family ancestor sneered.
"Truly overestimating himself. I didn't expect that just as Huaxia Five Dragons was about to ignite a flame of hope, they would be annihilated," the Huang family ancestor also shook his head and sighed.
Xiao Zhan also repeatedly shook his head.
He often accompanied the Emperor, but he couldn't fathom the Emperor's thoughts.
"Alas, I don't know what the Emperor is thinking, to actually believe Zhang Yang can restrain the Zhenxi Beast King. Is that even possible?"
Xiao Zhan's words were echoed by the others.
Clearly, they all thought it was unrealistic.
The Zhenxi Beast King, whether in terms of his personal strength or the combat power of the Beast King Army, was a top-tier existence in Huaguo.
If the War Kings from the other two regions were to act, then perhaps there would be no problem.
But Zhang Yang...
Isn't he too young?
"We'll see how things unfold, but no matter what, Zhang Yang cannot be harmed this time. We must protect him!" the Second Prince declared.
The others also nodded in understanding.
...
As dawn broke.
Inside the Huaxia Five Dragons base, all the guards were gone.
The entire base was empty.
Only Zhang Yang and the Second Prince and his group remained.
Last night, all those connected to Zhang Yang in Jiangnan City had left.
They had vanished as if evaporated, impossible to find.
But!
The matter between Zhang Yang and the Zhenxi Beast King was still escalating!
The video recorded by Zhang Lihe was being shared and forwarded madly across various video channels.
The strategist and commander of the Beast King Army being beaten in Jiangnan City had drawn ridicule from the world.
The Zhenxi Beast King, far away in Xinjiang, was even more enraged!
Upon seeing the video, he directly crushed his phone!
"Damn it! Zhang Yang is courting death!" the Zhenxi Beast King roared!
"Beast King, this Zhang Yang is too ungrateful. Not only did he trample on the dignity of our Beast King Army, but he also publicized it to the world. We cannot let this matter go!" Tao Long said.
He was the Great Commander of the Beast King Army, and also the strongest commander within it.
In terms of combat power, he was second only to the Zhenxi Beast King!
"Report!"
At this moment.
A member of the Beast King Army ran in.
Behind him, several people were carrying two stretchers.
"Beast King, Army Advisor He and Commander Lu Shan have returned, and their condition is very bad!"
The Zhenxi Beast King and Tao Long immediately stepped forward. After a brief examination, the anger in their chests surged to the heavens!
"Arrange the best doctors in Xinjiang to treat them!"
"At the same time, issue an order for the entire Beast King Army to assemble! This King is preparing to personally review the troops!" the Beast King commanded.
Tao Long immediately accepted the order and turned to make arrangements.
After a while.
Below the Xinjiang review stand, all the Beast King Army had assembled.
All the members of the Beast King Army were furious. They had also seen the video being shared wildly online today!
They had learned of He Guan and Lu Shan's encounter!
When the Zhenxi Beast King arrived at the review stand, the members of the Beast King Army immediately roared.
"Greetings, Beast King! Please, Beast King, avenge Army Advisor He and the others!"
"King of Jiangnan, Zhang Yang, has gone too far! Please, Beast King, march on Jiangnan City and flatten the King of Jiangnan!"
"We are willing to follow the Beast King on this campaign and kill Zhang Yang!"
"..."
All the members of the Beast King Army were filled with righteous indignation and boundless rage!
Their morale was soaring, and their killing intent was palpable!
The Zhenxi Beast King's expression was grim.
When he arrived at the review stand, he was already wearing his battle armor.
The Fangtian Huaji in his hand continuously flashed with cold light!
"Leave thirty thousand Beast King Army to guard Xinjiang. The remaining hundred thousand troops will accompany me to Jiangnan City!"
"Depart immediately! Flatten Jiangnan!" the Beast King roared.
Without hesitation, he would no longer tolerate it and directly mustered one hundred thousand troops to march on Jiangnan City!
"We obey the order!"
...
Soon.
The hundred thousand Beast King Army set off in a mighty procession.
All the airports in the Xinjiang region had canceled all flights, solely to supply the Beast King Army!
This news quickly spread throughout the entire Huaguo.
All eyes turned to Jiangnan City.
This was a battle between War Kings, something they had never witnessed before!
However, after analyzing the combat strengths of both sides, most people favored the Zhenxi Beast King.
After all, Zhang Yang was just a young War King with not much backing.