Dominating Martial King
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284: Chapter 204 Reactions (Please Subscribe) 284: Chapter 204 Reactions (Please Subscribe) Tingxiang Pavilion.

The desk in front of Shangguan Shen Hao had been overturned, and the valuable purple sandalwood table, worth a thousand pieces of gold, was crushed to pieces by a tremendous force.

Several of Shangguan Shen Hao’s embroidery artworks were also shattered into debris.

The few servants serving within the pavilion all held their breaths, prostrating on the ground, not daring to take even a single breath.

In the pond outside the pavilion floated a large number of dead fish and shrimp.

Within the entire ten-square-zhang area, there was dead silence, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

All this was triggered by a token personally delivered back by the Commander of the West Mountain County Army, Yan Guo.

The news that Wen Family Castle had been breached and the West Mountain County Army consequently scattered sent the master of this place into a fury.

Long Heng’s face was equally pale, his eyes filled with shock, anger, and a hint of disbelief.

Most of the arrangements at Wen Family Castle had been personally planned by him.

He was meticulous in his considerations, covering every aspect.

He had prepared with five times the force, overwhelming and surrounding the enemy from all sides.

Long Heng believed that this strategy should have been foolproof.

But the seemingly impregnable Wen Family Castle collapsed with a single poke.

It was as if playing Go, where the key move Long Heng had envisioned, the one to push the opponent into a dead end, was countered and an entire large dragon had been captured the moment it was placed.

The overwhelming power of West Mountain Hall turned all their plans into a joke.

Shangguan Shen Hao had slowly calmed down.

However, it was not until his cousin, Shangguan Shen Yuan, entered the pavilion in a hurried manner that Shangguan Shen Hao asked coolly, “Shenyuan, what is the situation at Wen Family Castle?

Has it truly fallen?

How many casualties?

Where is Yue Wei?”

Shangguan Shen Yuan was the Jiantang Chief of the Shangguan Family, specially responsible for espionage and intelligence gathering.

After all, the Commander of the West Mountain County Army, Yan Guo, was a man of Commander Shen Zhou, and Shangguan Shen Hao could not fully trust him.

Apart from that, Shangguan Shen Hao was also clinging to a sliver of hope—

How could West Mountain Hall have taken down Wen Family Castle with their level of power?

Thirty-three Seventh Rank and six Sixth Grade martial cultivators all fell at Wen Family Castle; how was that possible?

Not one escaped?

The complexion of the Jiantang Chief, Shangguan Shen Yuan, was also grim as iron: “Wen Family Castle has indeed fallen!

My five undercover agents infiltrated Wen Family Castle and found that the Wen family’s house soldiers were almost completely wiped out, and most of the retainers had surrendered.

But what is strange is that after searching the entire castle, they did not find Yue Wei’s body.

Not only Yue Wei, but other experts including Wen Tiance, Cloud Crane Saber Yien Yang, Sheen Yunxiang, and several other Sixth Grade powers were ‘neither seen alive nor found in death.’ Several of the thirty-three Seventh Rank martial cultivators have also gone missing.”

Shangguan Shen Hao was momentarily stunned, exchanging puzzled looks with Long Heng.

Frowning, Shangguan Shen Hao continued to inquire, “So are these people dead or alive?”

“Most likely dead!”

The Jiantang Chief, Shangguan Shen Yuan, spoke with absolute certainty: “Yue Wei’s family is in the care of our Shangguan family.

Even if he fled in the midst of battle, there’s no reason for him not to make contact with our family.

As for the people from the Sheen family, the same applies, the three Sixth Grade experts from the Sheen family are relatives of Commander Shen Zhou, and it is impossible for them not to return to the Sheen family after such events.

My undercover agents also informed me that at the time West Mountain Hall attacked Wen Family Castle, the entire place was shrouded in a thick fog.

It was a dense fog caused by the clash of water and fire powers at the entrance of the castle, but it was particularly thick, preventing even Ninth Grade martial cultivators from seeing beyond a distance of one or two zhang.

In other words, whatever was happening inside Wen Family Castle, outsiders could hardly find out.”

Long Heng raised an eyebrow, then thoughtfully added, “Are you suggesting that this might have been deliberately done by Chu Xisheng?

Did he want to conceal something with this fog?”

“That must be the case!” affirmed the Jiantang Chief, Shangguan Shen Yuan, certain of his own conclusion: “There are two possibilities now.

It is possible that Yue Wei and the others died at Chu Xisheng’s hands and that Chu Xisheng released the fog to conceal his Martial Arts, Magic Artifact, or talent.

However, based on the on-site situation, this possibility is not great.

A more likely possibility is that there is still a master hidden within West Mountain Hall, with a combat power of at least Fifth Grade, and there might even be more than one.

One of them is very likely to be the Sixth Grade martial cultivator who helped Chu Xisheng at the Taste House battle.

I conclude that this person, for some reason, cannot reveal his identity—”

Long Heng thought so too.

But he let out a bitter laugh, “Regardless of the situation, it is no longer important.

The current situation is that we’ve completely lost, Xiushui County’s situation has greatly changed, and we need to find a way to respond ahead of time.”

In this battle, the Sheen Family had suffered a heavy loss, significantly damaging their Primordial Qi.

And the whole area of West Mountain Town would be Suppressingly swept clean by Chu Xisheng.

The Iron Banner Gang’s West Mountain Hall would also rise as a behemoth, like a treasure sword hanging over the northwest of Xiushui County.

This West Mountain Hall, newly established for just under two months, could now contend with the Sheen Family in terms of actual combat power.

This was enough to send chills down the spines of the noble clans in the Inner City.

The Jiantang Chief, Shangguan Shen Yuan, furrowed his brow, puzzled: “If these experts must remain hidden from the light, perhaps we could work with the government, use the forces of the Royal Guard and the Six Gates to eliminate them.”

“A good plan, Brother Yuan!

However, it will not be effective in the short term.”

Shangguan Shen Hao shook his head slightly: “The Six Gates has just undergone cleansing, and the East State Royal Guard has also lost a lot of experts due to the incident with the Rebellious God Flag, and is currently unable to attend to other matters.”

After the Royal Guard’s dungeons were breached, the Xiushui County Royal Guard lost several Sixth Grade experts.