National Guardian's Gone and We're Done

Chapter 140: Not a Single Bizarre Aura-Detecting Device Worked

"What are all of you doing?"

Chu He was utterly astonished and couldn’t help but ask.

"Mr. Chu, we all know you’re a person of great ability, the strongest expert in this world.

You traveled thousands of miles to come to our small, poor, and remote city,

all to help us avenge our deep-seated hatred.

We don’t have many skills. We just toil in the fields day in and day out.

But we, too, understand the pain of having our homes and country violated.

We would never believe the rumors spreading outside, and we certainly don’t think this disaster was caused by you.

We all know those are just rumors deliberately spread by the White Elephant Empire to sow chaos among our people.

The members of the Defense Team have already explained it to us.

Besides, we understand this isn’t the first time the White Elephant Empire has done something like this.

They’ve suffered losses and taken hits before, but like a dog that just won’t learn, they keep coming back to provoke us.

But this is the first time they’ve ever harmed us on such a massive scale."

One of them, an old man with round-rimmed glasses, a cane in hand, and a full head of white hair, spoke with a voice that was surprisingly robust and full of energy.

"Mr. Chu, regardless of whether you succeed in avenging us on this journey,

our only wish is for you to return safely.

The burden of avenging the dead citizens and Guard members of our Qingping City now rests on your shoulders alone, Mr. Chu.

And yet, all we can do is offer hollow words of ’thank you for your trouble’ and ’take care’."

As the old man finished speaking, he resolutely tossed his cane aside, his knees slamming heavily onto the hard ground.

The dull thud was like a heavy hammer striking everyone’s heart.

Immediately after, all the villagers on the mountainside, old and young alike, followed his example and knelt in unison.

The sound of foreheads hitting the ground rose and fell, merging into an unyielding torrent.

A seven or eight-year-old girl, her voice hoarse, spoke every word as if weeping blood.

Her eyes glinted with a determination and sorrow that belied her age. "Big Brother Chu He, I beg you, avenge my mommy and daddy..."

Their cries cut through the air like sharp blades, piercing straight to the heart.

"Mr. Chu, please avenge my husband! Avenge my children!"

"Mr. Chu, we’re entrusting everything to you."

The people knelt on the ground, their words choked with sobs.

Liu Gang, the City Lord of Qingping City, a leader who was normally so dignified and imposing, was now also kneeling before Chu He.

His figure, seen from behind, looked both tragic and resolute.

Members of the Defense Team, former officials—every single one of them knelt, vesting all their hopes for the future in him.

Chu He calmly gazed at everyone kneeling on the ground, then gave a gentle wave of his hand.

In an instant, a gentle force irresistibly lifted every single person back to their feet.

Without looking back, Chu He started walking toward the White Elephant Empire’s border.

Just as his figure was about to disappear from view,

a voice drifted back on the wind, reaching everyone’s ears.

The voice said, "I will not fail your expectations."

Then, the figure vanished from sight completely.

...

At the border of the White Elephant Empire, the smell of gunpowder, thick with the promise of imminent battle, was impossible to conceal.

Massive military tents stood like a steel forest upon the barren land.

And those strange weapons, named Ghost Tanks, were like envoys from Hell, silently awaiting their moment of slaughter.

These monstrous creations not only possessed defensive capabilities far beyond conventional tanks,

but could also rampage across the battlefield, ignoring any obstruction from humans or Evil Spirits.

Their appearance marked a new era in the form of warfare, causing countless empires to covet them.

On this land shrouded in darkness, the White Elephant Empire’s one hundred thousand-strong army was assembled and ready, a suffocating, dark mass of troops.

In the center of the camp, however, music and dancing filled the air. The sounds of revelry and cheers were interwoven,

as if it were a warm-up for the coming battle, or perhaps a display of extreme confidence in their own power.

On the entire Blue Star, as the super Empire with the largest population, the one thing they didn’t lack was manpower.

And after large-scale cultivation initiatives, over ninety percent of the entire White Elephant Empire’s population were Martial Artists.

Of course, the majority of them were Low-Tier Martial Artists.

"Is it really alright for us to be singing, dancing, eating, and drinking like this?

The Great Xia Empire has already assumed a battle formation over there.

What if they launch a surprise attack while we’re drunk and our heads aren’t clear?"

Inside an extremely luxurious tent sat several young people, both men and women.

They all had the typical features of the White Elephant Empire and were dressed in splendid, colorful, and ornate clothing.

One of the women asked, her voice tinged with worry.

"What’s there to be afraid of?

Do you really think the Great Xia Empire would dare to get serious with us, the White Elephant Empire?

Besides that Chu He, you can’t find a second Emperor Realm expert in the entire Great Xia Empire.

Besides, the Great Xia Empire is the only Empire on all of Blue Star that opposes using Evil Spirits to cultivate and increase one’s strength.

This has caused the cultivation of all Martial Artists in the Great Xia Empire to become extremely slow.

The Great Xia Empire can no longer keep up with the changing times, and it’s all thanks to that Chu He.

Who knows, in this war, we might just conquer the Great Xia Empire outright.

When that happens, the territory of the White Elephant Empire will expand explosively once again.

We’ll have a chance to compete for the title of the number one Empire on Blue Star."

On the other side sat a young man tightly wrapped in a black robe, his handsome features a mix of evil charm and wild arrogance.

The young man’s lips were a startling purplish-black.

He swirled a glass of red wine in his hand, drained it in one gulp, and then poured himself another full glass.

"Asura, it’s better to be a little more cautious. Chu He is, after all, the number one expert on Blue Star.

Even when DeHart faced Chu He, he had already activated his peak state,

but he was still dealt with easily by Chu He.

Otherwise, the White Elephant Empire wouldn’t have sent all of us here at once to lead the troops."

A man sitting in the very center of the table finally spoke up.

When he spoke, the arrogant expression on the face of the wild, black-robed young man subsided slightly.

"Commanders, someone is rapidly approaching our camp.

And this person is deliberately releasing their aura to attract our attention.

By the time we detected them, they were already less than a kilometer from the camp."

An intelligence officer hurried in and said, "None of the strange tools we installed to detect auras were triggered. This means the person’s strength has reached an unfathomably profound level."

"Could it be that Chu He is here?" the young woman asked in surprise.

The White Elephant Empire had long since installed no fewer than a hundred of those strange aura-detecting tools near the Great Xia Empire.

Whether the enemy used Evil Spirit attacks or sent powerful Martial Artists,

it should have been impossible to evade these strange aura-detecting tools.

Yet, according to the White Elephant Empire’s intelligence officer,

this person had somehow evaded the strange aura-detecting tools and was now only a kilometer away from the White Elephant Empire’s camp.

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