When King Mantis was dreaming of becoming a god, Qingmang had already returned to the God Realm and was sitting on her divine throne, leaning on the armrest to support her chin, her brows furrowed and a little troubled.
Suzaku, wearing a fiery red dress, walked around boredly in front of her.
"Tsk, tsk, you actually went down to the next world by yourself, and you actually came back alive!"
"The power of the God of Death is indeed recovering. But he is just making a last-ditch effort to regain his glory. This strength obviously cannot keep me."
Qingmang actually didn't take this matter to heart, she was worried about He Ma.
"But the left winger really refused to let him go. He insisted on delaying it until tomorrow."
"tomorrow?"
Suzaku raised his hands, pinched his cheeks narcissistically, and then carefully arranged his beautiful long dark red hair in front of the goddess's dressing table.
"Is he trying to buy time for Death?"
"Probably so."
"Haha, Li Shibai is impatiently leading his troops to the Corpse Mountain. But King Mantis wants you to wait. How embarrassing it would be to fight at that time."
Suzaku looked at his perfect self in the mirror and said with a smile.
"Li Shibai actually acted so fast?"
Qingmang was slightly surprised. But she immediately realized that these accidents might be the chaos caused by her descending into the world.
"Death has begun to breathe. The mountain of corpses will become dangerous.
"Go and ask Sun Nuo to give an order to Li Shibai, saying that a one-day ceasefire agreement has been reached and the advance will be stopped within one day."
"Sun Nuo?"
Suzaku smiled.
"This guy couldn't bear the unlimited wish you promised. So he followed you all the way to the Mantis Kingdom to find He Ma."
"..."
Even the goddess was speechless.
"Then just change a priest from your church to deliver the order, and be quick."
Death's Breath has involved gods and is no longer a matter between humans.
At this time, whether it is the goddess or Suzaku who sends the order, it will be like adding more catalysts to the chemical reaction, and the result will be nothing more than various detonations.
Choosing priests from humans to inform humans would not make the situation much better, but at least it would be a buffer.
"Okay, I know."
Suzaku dealt with it carelessly, but she was not optimistic about the possibility of this matter going smoothly.
In terms of smoothness, the formation of Li Shibai's Qingqi troops was the smoothest. Of course, he has been planning this for many years and has been waiting for this day.
You don’t need too many people, just those who can work.
Li Shibai selected 10,000 cavalry, all wearing light armor, long bows and sharp blades. They did not even carry shields. Each man only carried three meals of dry food on his back.
Most of these people are on horseback, and there are also hundreds of hyena cavalry in the vanguard. The vanguard officer is Anshan, who personally serves as the commander.
He planned to run a hundred miles non-stop overnight, with his troops pointing directly at the mountain of corpses. If he succeeds, he will set a record of destroying a country in one day and one night, and his name will go down in history!
After this battle, the territory of Qingmang Divine Kingdom will enter an extremely perfect state. There are excellent buffers in the east, west, north and south.
Of course, even if this cavalry fails, it won't be a big problem. There are still 50,000 troops advancing steadily behind.
He will never fail.
It was completely dark.
In the dense forest behind Hukou Pass, under the light of a few torches, he could see the dark group of cavalry ready.
"Your Majesty, we can leave at any time."
"Um."
Li Shibai nodded complacently, but at this moment a sense of uncertainty surged into his heart.
Because things went so smoothly, he always felt that something would happen that would hinder his success.
Sure enough, there was a rapid sound of horse hoofbeats, and it was his eldest son, Li Renqing, riding a white horse. The young and promising son leaned close to his ear and whispered:
"Someone from the Holy See is here."
"Holy See?"
He frowned.
Over the years, the Holy See had always troubled him inexplicably.
Theoretically, he is also a member of the Holy See, and his status is second only to the four great attendants. But he always felt that the institution of the Holy See was really getting in the way.
Whenever he confidently planned a large-scale march, the Holy See would send someone to pour cold water on him.
In fact, the Holy See only knows how to use faith to control people's hearts. He knows absolutely nothing about specific government and military affairs.
If it weren't for the goddess on top, maybe he would simply kick the current Holy See away and support a puppet Holy See himself.
"Yes, it is said that there is an urgent order."
"Let's go take a look first."
Li Shibai dismissed the others and followed his son on horseback. The two walked through the path in the dense forest one after the other. After a while, the two arrived at a forest clearing shrouded in moonlight.
An old priest with a round collar, brown robes, and a black cloak was already standing there. Seeing the emperor's arrival, he immediately clasped his hands and bowed.
"Thank you for your hard work, Your Majesty."
"Thank you for your hard work, Priest."
Li Shibai exchanged a few words with the priest, and the priest immediately opened the scroll in his hand.
This is not an oracle from the goddess, but a decree issued by the great god in the name of the Holy See.
The content is that the goddess has reached a one-day truce agreement with the Mantis King.
Therefore, from now until sunset tomorrow, any military movements are prohibited, and all personnel are on standby.
Sure enough, the ominous premonition in my heart turned into reality.
The anger in Li Shibai's heart was burning secretly.
tomorrow?
Wait until tomorrow?
Soldiers are valuable and quick, don’t they know?
The mountain of corpses is right in front of you, easily accessible.
The achievements of a thousand years are here today.
They actually asked me to wait until sunset tomorrow?
No one knows what will happen tomorrow.
Maybe the eruption of Jishishan volcano will stabilize.
Even if the volcano is unstable, one day is enough for the Mantis to recover from the initial chaos and reorganize.
They will gather all the mantis people from all over the country and form an army of tens of thousands of rampant mantis people to start a counterattack.
There are less than ten thousand mantises, but ten thousand are invincible!
Goddess makes a deal with King Mantis?
Apart from one-way sacrifice, he could not directly contact the goddess.
The only people in the entire country who can directly contact the goddess are a few great attendants of the Holy See.
What the goddess said and did, is it not the Holy See that has the final say?
But the falsehood has reached laughable proportions.
He has fought for the goddess for decades, gone through life and death hundreds of times, and made countless meritorious deeds. The goddess has never even laid eyes on him in the lower world.
How could the goddess personally go to the Mantis King to negotiate for such a war?
Even if the goddess wants to negotiate with the other party, she is still looking for the God of Death. But Death is dead.
Negotiating with the Mantis King is obviously a matter for him, the Qingmang Emperor, and the goddess will never overstep her authority.
There is only one possibility for things to become like this.
That is, King Mantis sensed his own crisis and sent his men to negotiate with the Qingmang Holy See. They reached some kind of shady deal.
And his efforts and those of tens of thousands of Qingmang soldiers were shamelessly betrayed by these guys from the Holy See!
