Chapter 196: Chapter 196: The Lighthouse Empire’s Bizarre Exploding Barrel Saturation Attack

"If you miss this opportunity, will you ever find a better one?"

the middle-aged man from the Lighthouse Empire’s Vampire Clan retorted.

The commander in charge for the White-Red Empire frowned, his face a mask of indecision.

He knew exactly what this member of the Vampire Clan meant.

’Right now, Chu He is truly isolated and helpless in Xinwudao City.’

’This might be the absolute best chance to kill him.’

’Once Chu He falls, the entire Great Xia Empire will be like a giant cake, ripe for the taking.’

’But if I follow this Vampire Clan member’s plan and we fail to kill Chu He, then I, the commander for the White-Red Empire, will go down in the history books as a sinner for the ages.’

’If the people of the White-Red Empire ever found out that I sacrificed tens of thousands of civilians and Martial Artists just to take out one man, Chu He, I would be completely ostracized. There would be no place left for me in the entire White-Red Empire.’

"And how should I address you, sir?" the commander asked.

"Brooks, a Prince of the Riemoer Clan,"

the elegant, scholarly-looking middle-aged man said slowly.

’So he’s one of the twelve Princes of the Blood Race.’

The commander’s face drained of color.

’I thought he was just a high-ranking member of the Vampire Clan,’

’I never expected him to be such a renowned Prince.’

Among the Vampire Clans, a Prince was a dominant figure of power from the very highest echelon.

"I even brought a Holy Artifact of the Blood Race with me this time."

"We must kill Chu He."

"This time, your White-Red Empire cannot hold anything back."

"Use everything you have to blanket Xinwudao City with a barrage of your strange weapons."

"After enough destruction and chaos has been sown, we’ll make our entrance."

"By then, even if Chu He survives, he’ll surely be weakened to some degree."

"Besides, we’ve also arranged for other support this time."

Brooks rose to his feet, calm and unhurried.

"Alright. I’ll do as you say."

"Now, issuing a top-secret operational command."

"At all costs, unleash all of the White-Red Empire’s most destructive strange weapons on Xinwudao City."

As he issued the order, the commander slowly closed his eyes.

Everyone in the command headquarters kept their objections to themselves, not daring to utter a word.

After all, the man from the Lighthouse Empire was right there.

Furthermore, the order had come directly from him.

They all understood the immense pressure the commander was under.

Choosing to ally with the Lighthouse Empire had indeed led to a massive boost in the White-Red Empire’s overall strength.

But it was an extremely unstable partnership. Siding with the Lighthouse Empire was like sleeping next to a tiger.

...

The Evil Spirit invasion of the White-Red Empire’s Xinwudao City had captured the attention of the entire Blue Star.

Strange aircraft from other Empires, equipped with cameras and livestreaming gear, continuously monitored the latest real-time developments in Xinwudao City.

When the cameras captured the tall, slender, grayish-green figure and a long, man-shaped centipede, netizens from every Empire couldn’t help but gasp.

The visual impact of these two monsters was simply overwhelming. Before them, everyone was like lambs to the slaughter.

Even the Martial Artists who mustered the courage to charge forward were killed in an instant.

"What in the world is going on? Can anyone who knows what they’re talking about explain?"

"It feels like with all the Empires around the world developing strange weapons and Deities constantly awakening, we haven’t heard a peep about Evil Spirits in a long time."

"I’m from the White-Red Empire. According to the latest intel I have, this isn’t an Evil Spirit invasion at all.

"It was Chu He from the Great Xia Empire who released these two Evil Spirits here.

"Our White-Red Empire’s Deity, Ootakemaru, tried to stop Chu He’s despicable act, but he was brutally murdered by him.

"Chu He is a heinous, unforgivable butcher! All the Empires of the world should unite and fight against this Demon, who is ten thousand times more detestable than any Evil Spirit!"

To prove the truth of his words, this netizen specifically posted a newly taken photograph on his profile page.

In the photo, Chu He stood brazenly on a rooftop.

Beside him on the rooftop was the corpse of Ootakemaru. Its head had flown several meters away and lay on the ground, eyes wide open, its expression one of extreme unwillingness to die.

This instantly sent the citizens of the Great Xia Empire into a frenzy.

"Chu He is a badass!"

"Aren’t those White-Red Empire people always causing trouble on our Great Xia Empire’s territory? Look at them now, getting a taste of their own medicine on home soil. I’m going to buy some firecrackers to celebrate!"

"Our Great Xia Empire should send some Martial Artists to support Chu He.

"If he’s out there all by himself, won’t he easily fall into a trap set by the White-Red Empire?

"Don’t forget, the Lighthouse Empire is backing the White-Red Empire, watching like a hungry tiger.

"And lately, that shameless Great Jing Empire has been scurrying around causing trouble, too."

"People have no real empathy. You only feel it when the whip cracks on your own back. See? Now the people of the White-Red Empire get it. What took them so long?"

"Go, Chu He! Slaughter everyone in that Xinwudao City!"

When the netizens of the Great Xia Empire learned that Chu He was behind the events in the White-Red Empire,

they immediately flooded into the livestream chat like a tidal wave.

The news spread like wildfire, from one to ten, from ten to a hundred.

They all used public opinion to voice their support.

The scene in the livestream quickly changed.

On the ultra-high-definition livestream feed,

a fleet of oppressive, strange aircraft, like a dark storm cloud, sped in from the distance.

Their speed was astonishing.

One second they were just small black dots on the horizon; the next, they were directly over Xinwudao City.

Then, from these strange aircraft, black wooden barrels were dropped one after another.

A quick glance revealed there were at least sixty or seventy of them.

"Aren’t those the new air-to-ground strange explosive barrels developed by the Lighthouse Empire? What are they doing in the White-Red Empire?"

"The White-Red Empire is the Lighthouse Empire’s number one lapdog. It’s not that hard to understand."

"Chu He is standing there perfectly still. Is he planning to retreat?

"That stuff is extremely dangerous.

"With a quantity that large, they could easily obliterate the entire city of Xinwudao."

A sharp-eyed and knowledgeable netizen in the livestream chat recognized them immediately.

"Has the White-Red Empire’s commander gone insane?

"As far as I know,

"there are still at least several hundred thousand civilians and Martial Artists in Xinwudao City who haven’t received an evacuation order.

"And they’re just going to use a wide-area, lethal strange weapon like this?

"Are they trying to vaporize Chu He and everyone else in the city along with him?"

More netizens from the White-Red Empire couldn’t hold back and jumped into the discussion. They had originally been furious,

but this move by their own Empire had left them completely and utterly shocked.