The demon world I designed.

Chapter 986 To save or not to save?
"General, there is a letter from the court."

At this time, the Ghost Army Marshal who was heading to the northern border immediately dismounted upon hearing the news and took the secret letter with the magic seal from the soldier.

The ghost army uses a secret letter with the characteristics of the ghost temple, which has the mark of the Ghost King. It is generally not openable by those below the level of a ghost general. Even for an extraordinary sorcerer, it is difficult to open it using special methods. If forced, the secret letter will be automatically destroyed.

The method of communication is the ravens specially cultivated in the ghost world. These creatures have extremely fast flying speeds and can camouflage themselves according to the environment, making them difficult to be discovered. They are now the mainstream communication tool for the ghost army.

Because the number is too small, non-emergency military reports will not be used, but now is the most urgent time.

As early as last night, the ghost commander Tuoba Wu had sent a letter back to the court by raven, informing them of the current emergency.

Although the army has not encountered any enemies so far, Tuoba Wu, who was already a famous general in the Warring States Period and was equipped with the top deputy general beside King Xiang, sensed the crisis at the first moment!
Since midnight last night, the spiritual energy in the entire North has skyrocketed. They even speculated that the surge in spiritual energy was not limited to the North, but might even be in the entire Central Plains or even wider. Even the Ghost Deputy Marshal, who had lived for a million years, had never seen such a situation, but he guessed the upcoming crisis at the first time.

Like King Xiang, Deputy Marshal Ghost had experienced the great war between demons in the previous era and was well aware of the existence of the Sky Python Palace. Once that group of giant void pythons were not restricted, their threat would be a hundred times greater than before!
As the only force that can compete with the Tianmang Palace in the early stage, the advantage of the Ghost Realm lies in the Zimu Ghost Temple's ability to rapidly produce troops. However, if the spiritual energy continues to surge like it is now, the mechanism of the Ghost Realm will become a disadvantage.

The reason is very simple. Evil ghosts need a container to enter the world of the living. Humans are the best containers, but the more powerful the spirit, the higher the requirements for the container. For example, now that Tuoba Wu has been strengthened by several secret methods, he can already exert a strong extraordinary strength, but it will take at least five years of integration before he can reach the peak of his own strength.

This is already a relatively fast speed among all the ancient forces, but it is naturally far slower than the speed of the Tianmang Palace that descends directly to the earth.

According to previous estimates, this expedition will completely eliminate the stronghold of the Tianmang Palace and destroy the foundation of those ancient forces, so that the human race will have a chance to truly become the master of the continent. According to the current military strength, plus the cooperation of Jiangnan, there is a chance, but now.
"Commander, what does His Majesty's letter say?" Several deputy generals nearby were also anxious to dismount.

Obviously, they now understand that at this rate of spiritual energy surge, a king-level python may appear at the front line at any time!
"Your Majesty said," Tuoba Wu was stunned when he saw the letter, and then he immediately became excited: "Go to Jiangnan?"

"Attack Jiangnan?"

"Hit your head." Tuoba Wu directly knocked the stupid deputy general on the head and said unhappily: "What are you going to use to fight Jiangnan? We are going there to ask for shelter!"

"Then why not just withdraw?" The deputy general who was beaten muttered and touched his head, thinking: The boss is so cruel, what should we do if he gets beaten stupid?

Several deputy generals were too lazy to even look at this comrade. The descendants of the Gu family were just like the Hong family. Although they had great martial arts talents, they were a bit dull in their thinking.

"Your Majesty's strategy is fine." A middle-aged deputy general stroked his chin and said, "It will take three days and three nights to retreat back to the capital now, even if we don't consider our physical strength. We may be caught up halfway. If we turn to Jiangnan, we can arrive before dark. It's a good way."

Another deputy general beside him also nodded: "I have been to the Jiangnan checkpoint. With the blessing of their unique gate gods and the guardian formation, even if a king-level Sky Python comes, they can resist it in the short term. It should be the safest place to go, but will they take us in?"

"After all, they are allies," Tuoba Wu said helplessly, "We can only give it a try. We can't afford to lose here."

Everyone looked at each other, and a trace of helplessness flashed in their eyes. High-quality containers cannot be cultivated just by wanting to cultivate them. They need to be carefully selected and then spend a lot of resources to accumulate them. In order to lay out today's military force, the emperor secretly prepared for a full twenty years. Given the current situation, it is impossible to have another twenty years. Once all these military forces are lost, the emperor will not be able to cultivate the same quality of troops within at least ten years, and then everything will be lost.
If the ghost realm forces miss this opportunity, they will probably have to wait until the next era!
"Go to Jiangnan and tell your subordinates to be quick. I, Gu Lie, will lead the rear guard and make sure the army arrives safely in Jiangnan."
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"A letter from the imperial court asking for help?"

At this time, at the Central Plains Pass, Tian Heng had already arrived at the front line at a rapid speed, and with him came the Fifth Master of the Shen family who had just inherited the dragon transformation!

The fifth son of the Shen family used to be the strongest in the Shen family with his Yuan Shu rituals. Some time ago, Zi Yue arranged for the dragonization of the royal bloodline of the West Sea to be successful. According to what Zi Yue said before she left for Yuncheng and went to the South China Sea, the fifth son of the Shen family is now close to the king level and his strength is not inferior to Xu Hu.

"The one from the Xiao family reacted very quickly." Looking at the letter for help, Tian Heng couldn't help but admire the reaction speed of the emperor of the Xiao family.

"The imperial army is heading north. According to the distance they have traveled, they should have already reached Hebei. It is too late to withdraw now because it is very likely that the guys behind the scenes in the north know the reason for the sudden increase in spiritual energy and may have even made preparations in advance."

"In the worst case scenario, a king-level Sky Python has already invaded the Central Plains. It may be too late to run back now. The only way to survive is to come to Jiangnan."

"I see." Master Shen Wu nodded and said, "If that's the case, should we let them in?"

Tian Heng hesitated, looked at Master Shen Wu and asked, "What do you think?"

"Don't you want to let them in?" Shen Laowu was stunned.

"Yes." Tian Heng nodded. "You haven't met the one from the Xiao family, but I know very well that he is a very formidable opponent. Even though we are allied now, we will be enemies one day. Now is his weakest time. If we don't support these soldiers, they will surely die. It is said that there are 100,000 ghost soldiers in the north, and there are about a dozen strong men like you and me among the deputy commanders. This is a great opportunity to weaken them."

"This..." Shen Laowu was stunned, but his eyes became extremely complicated.

You know what, this is really a great opportunity.

"And once they suffer this heavy blow, the Xiao family will basically be finished. Lady Ziyue has already told me about the system of their ghost army. As long as this batch of troops is gone, the Xiao family will not be able to create another batch in at least five years. And the current situation will not give them another five years. This is a great opportunity to kick him out completely!!"

"But." Shen Laowu frowned: "Once the Xiao family is gone, we will have to deal with the north alone. Are you sure?"

"Aren't there still those guys from the East China Sea?" Tian Heng sneered.

Shen Laowu frowned and became a little alert when looking at Tian Heng. To be honest, Xu Hu would definitely not do such a thing.

As expected, I still prefer people like Xu Hu.
(End of this chapter)