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Looking at the severed limbs left by the evil spirits outside Redstone City, Fan Yaodong said, "If they want to regain their strength, they will inevitably attack human cities again. I believe that the person who sent us the message will definitely tell us about these strange actions again."

As Fan Yaodong finished speaking, Wu Feng said, "Have you noticed that there has been a missing Ghost King from beginning to end? There has never been a Ghost King who has appeared."

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately realized what was happening. Zou Yi said, "It's because the female ghost king hasn't appeared."

Xiong Qingcang stroked his chin and said, "Strange, weren't these Ghost Kings supposed to be together? How come only four Ghost Kings appeared today? Where did that female Ghost King go? Did she separate from these monsters?"

Wu Feng said, "As far as I know, among these ghost kings, the female ghost king is the strongest. She should be the leader of these monsters."

According to the historical records of the Zhengui Division, the Great Zhou Dynasty paid a heavy price when it sealed away the female ghost king. The founding emperor and the first Zhennan King suffered a backlash of spiritual energy because of sealing her, ultimately preventing them from breaking through to higher realms. Logically, she should be the mastermind behind this attack on the city by evil spirits, yet she has remained silent.

Xiong Qingcang said, "Perhaps that female ghost king has been hiding in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to act. Seeing that we have seven Emperor Realm experts, she simply didn't come out."

Fan Yaodong thought for a moment and said, "That possibility cannot be ruled out. All those Ghost Kings should have come this time."

In Fan Yaodong's view, the five demon kings were one entity.

Of course, they were unaware that Yun Yudie and Xue Tong Gui Wang had differing ideologies, as this was an internal conflict within the Weird organization.

Afterwards, the Zhengui Division cleaned up the battlefield, killed all the evil spirits that hadn't had time to escape, and then recorded the entire process of the war in Redstone City and sent it to the capital.

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In the study of the Prince of Zhennan's mansion, the dim firelight flickered.

The Prince of Zhennan looked at the urgent intelligence report on his desk and fell into deep thought.

Previously, they had only speculated that the wave of evil spirits was related to those few ghost kings, but they had never seen those ghost kings in person, so they could not be completely certain that the wave of evil spirits was caused by those ghost kings.

However, this time, the high-ranking members of the Zhengui Division witnessed the Ghost Kings that had been sealed away, which confirmed that the wave of evil spirits was caused by those Ghost Kings.

In this way, it can be basically determined that the case of the massacre of the village outside the capital has nothing to do with those few ghost kings.

On the same day that Redstone City was attacked, another village outside the capital was massacred.

Moreover, this massacre of the village was the same as previous cases: people's hearts were removed, and no clues related to the supernatural were left at the scene, not even a trace of eerie aura.

Fan Yaodong also mentioned this matter in his letter when reporting on the situation in Redstone City.

If a demonic entity were to make a move, it would leave behind some trace of its aura at the scene. However, the massacre of a village in the capital region left no trace of the demonic entity.

Moreover, if these strange entities really wanted to target humans, they wouldn't need to be so secretive.

After all, they've already unleashed a bizarre wave; for them, killing doesn't require any cover-up.

Anyway, if they kill people, conceal their presence, and hide in human cities, no one will find them.

Therefore, the massacre of the village was likely not caused by anything strange, and it may not even have been caused by evil spirits.

Of course, this is just Fan Yaodong's guess; they still have no clue about the massacre case.

After glancing at the letters on the desk again, the Prince of Zhennan prepared to have them delivered to Lu Chen.

Now, whether it's the affairs of the Zhengui Division or the matters of the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, the Zhennan Prince will basically have Lu Chen review them after he has finished dealing with them.

He knew he didn't have long to live and would be leaving everything to Lu Chen, so he needed to train Lu Chen's problem-solving skills in advance. Just then, a guard's voice suddenly appeared at the study door: "Your Majesty, there is urgent intelligence."

Upon hearing this, the Prince of Zhennan immediately said, "Come in."

As soon as he finished speaking, the guard dressed in black hurriedly pushed open the door and entered. He then placed the intelligence in his hand on the desk of the Prince of Zhennan.

The Prince of Zhennan raised his hand and opened the intelligence report sent by his secret guard. He glanced at it briefly, and then froze.

The intelligence report mentioned that another village massacre occurred in the Gyeonggi region today, but this massacre was different from the previous ones.

Previously, there were no clues or survivors in the village massacre case, but this time, someone escaped and met the murderer who massacred the village.

Soon, the Prince of Zhennan realized what was happening. He abruptly stood up from his seat and immediately asked his guards, "Where are the survivors?"

The guard said, "We have brought that person back to the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, and he is currently in the inner courtyard of the mansion."

The guards knew this person's importance and were afraid something might happen to him, so they didn't leave him at the Zhengui Division and brought him directly to the Zhennan Prince's Mansion for protection.

The Prince of Zhennan hurriedly said, "Take me to see him."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The guard then led the Prince of Zhennan to the courtyard where the survivors were located.

When the Prince of Zhennan arrived at the courtyard where the survivor was, he saw a man in the uniform of the Zhengui Guard standing in the courtyard. The man's face was pale and bloodless, and his whole body seemed to be trembling. He looked like he had been greatly frightened.

Upon seeing the Zhen Gui Guard in the courtyard, the Prince of Zhennan paused slightly. Just as he was about to speak, the Zhen Gui Guard hurriedly came to the Prince of Zhennan's side, knelt down, and said, "Greetings, Prince of Zhennan. We beg you to uphold justice for our Li Family Village."

After saying this, Li Xuan began to kowtow, his terrified eyes gradually turning bloodshot.

The Prince of Zhennan asked, "Are you from the Zhengui Division?"

Li Xuan immediately stopped kowtowing and replied, "My name is Li Xuan, and I work in the Secret Treasury Department."

The Prince of Zhennan continued, "What did you see?"

Upon hearing Li Xuan's name, the Prince of Zhennan understood that Li Xuan's home must be in Li Family Village. He guessed that Li Xuan had grown up in Li Family Village and had a deep affection for it.

Li Xuan replied, "I saw a monster wearing a red robe, over ten feet tall, slaughter the entire Li Family Village. The monster's red robe was embroidered with the pattern of the red spider lily."

Upon hearing Li Xuan's answer, the Prince of Zhennan said, "Monster? You mean evil spirits, right?"

Li Xuan said, "I don't know whether to call him an evil spirit or a monster. The monster didn't exude any evil aura. Even the 'Chasing Demon Disc' couldn't track his aura. After killing the villagers, he directly pulled out their hearts."

At this point, Li Xuan's body trembled again, and a look of fear appeared on his face.

He looked terrified by the monster.

The Prince of Zhennan asked, "How did you survive?"

Li Xuan replied, "I had a magical artifact from the Secret Treasury Department that concealed my aura, which is why I escaped this calamity."

Upon hearing this, the Prince of Zhennan did not reprimand him for hiding in the shadows and watching the monster kill people, after all, the Zhengui Guard of the Secret Treasury Bureau was not very strong to begin with.

The Secret Archives Department was merely an organization responsible for compiling records and collecting strange magical artifacts for slaying evil spirits. Furthermore, if Li Xuan hadn't returned alive, they wouldn't have known that the Yellow Springs Cult might be behind this, especially since they had previously ruled them out. (End of Chapter)