Everyone in the audience beca serious upon hearing Zhao Qingcang's words.
No one doubted that the old marshal's words were alarmist.
I was just wondering what big move the Sakura Kingdom had been planning that would make the pillar of the Great Xia Kingdom take it so seriously and say such a weighty sentence.
"Wei Liao!"
Zhao Qingcang called out the na of the Minister of Intelligence of the Great Xia Kingdom.
Wei Liao quickly got up.
"Tell everyone what you know so far."
"yes."
Wei Liao nodded, strode up to the platform, and took the microphone from the marshal.
He looked down at the dense crowd below, every face filled with seriousness, and everyone was adopting a posture of attentive listening.
Wei Liao cleared his throat and quickly organized his thoughts.
He then slowly opened his mouth, and his voice was clearly amplified and carried to every corner of the Zhenguo Hall.
"This story begins with the artifact, the Pendulum of Life."
"Not long ago, we received intelligence that ruins had appeared on the Castrandis Islands, containing the legendary artifact, the Pendulum of Life..."
"So the military sent Principal Lin Zhu and His Excellency Gandalf there."
Wei Liao spoke very quickly, but his pronunciation was exceptionally clear.
He recounted how Gandalf, surrounded by various forces, successfully seized the pendulum of life for the Great Xia Kingdom.
The story recounts how, on their return journey, the entire crew was ambushed in a mysterious and brutal attack, resulting in the deaths of everyone except for Lord Gandalf, who miraculously escaped.
The story ntions that the traces of the pendulum of life eventually appeared in the land of cherry blossoms.
"According to our latest intelligence, the internal forces in Sakura Country have been unified, and now the head of the Kujo family, Kujo Hiroharu, holds absolute power."
"After he got the pendulum of life, he did sothing horrifying."
Wei Liao's voice suddenly turned icy cold.
"He sacrificed the lives of 130,000 citizens of the Sakura Kingdom to resurrect Qin Zeduo, an SS-level powerhouse from forty years ago."
As soon as he finished speaking, the audience erupted in an uproar.
"What?!"
Thirteen thousand lives? Just to resurrect one person?
"Kujo Hiroharu is a madman!"
The one-ard general, Wang Zhenbei, slamd his fist on the table and roared, "Beast! You're an absolute beast!"
Ignoring the shock of the crowd, Wei Liao paused and then revealed an even more cruel truth.
"This is not the end."
"Not long after, he sacrificed the lives of nearly 200,000 people from the Cherry Blossom Country in Fuji Castle to resurrect his ancestor, Kujo Masakage, an SS-class powerhouse from a hundred years ago."
This ti, the Zhenguo Hall fell into a deathly silence.
If 130,000 was already a shocking number, then adding another 200,000, bringing the total number of civilian sacrifices to over 300,000, exceeded everyone's understanding of the word "cruelty."
Those weren't 300,000 pigs and sheep, but living, breathing people.
Even the seasoned generals who had seen life and death on the battlefield showed undisguised horror and disgust on their faces.
Wei Liao's gaze swept across the entire room, taking in everyone's reactions.
"Now, the entire Sakura Country is under the control of the Kujo family. In addition to the original SS-level powerhouses Wada Hirayama and Oki Bunko, he also has the newly resurrected Qin Ze Duoichiro and Kujo Masakage."
"That's not all."
"Kujou Hiroharu also colluded with the mysterious organization 'Dawn Guild' of the Free Federation, and obtained the assistance of two SS-rank powerhouses from them."
"These two SS-level powerhouses are mysterious and extrely strong. They once fought against Souma Kosuke of the Ōmiya family, which ultimately led to Souma Kosuke's death and the complete destruction of the Ōmiya family."
"hiss--"
The generals below the stage could no longer remain calm and gasped in shock.
Everyone was completely stunned by the news.
A total of six SS-rank!
Six!
This number, like an insurmountable mountain, weighs heavily on everyone's heart.
And what about the Great Xia Kingdom?
In most people's minds, the only publicly known SS-level powerhouses are Marshal Zhao Qingcang, who is stationed in the military headquarters, and Gandalf, who has just risen to fa.
Of course, only Hou Changfeng, the governor of Dongning Province, and a very small number of high-ranking military officials knew that the top combat power of the Great Xia Kingdom was far more than just these two.
There are at least three or four mysterious experts, suspected to be SS-level, who have appeared in Donghai City alone.
However, Marshal Zhao had long ago classified all relevant information about Donghai City as top secret.
Even at the highest-level military etings, not a single detail is allowed to be revealed.
This is also why Wei Liao deliberately omitted information about "Ever-Changing Star Lord" Zhou Huai and his clones during his report just now.
After all, no one knows whether there are any spies from Japan or other forces hidden deeper among those attending this eting.
Zhou Huai is Marshal Zhao's biggest trump card and the last hope for the entire Great Xia Kingdom.
It must not be easily exposed before the most critical mont arrives.
Therefore, in most people's minds, there are only two SS-level beings in the Great Xia Kingdom.
Six against two.
Moreover, Gandalf's level is quite low, not even level 50.
How do we fight this?
How can we fight this war?
The Great Xia Kingdom had absolutely no chance of winning.
An emotion called despair spread rapidly throughout the Zhenguo Hall like a plague.
Just as everyone in the audience was feeling anxious.
Wei Liao took a deep breath and dropped the biggest bombshell of the day.
"That's not all."
"We have just received confirmation."
"Kujou Hiroharu will soon use the divine artifact, the Pendulum of Life, to resurrect their only SSS-rank professional in Sakura Country, their ancestor—"
"Kujou Naruya!"
The entire Zhenguo Hall was in an uproar.
Even the most composed old general was no longer calm at this mont.
"Six SS-rank! How the hell are we supposed to fight this?!"
"They've gone mad! Those bastards from the Kujo family have all gone mad!"
"They want to revive an SSS-rank? That's a legendary existence!"
"It's over... By then, there won't be the slightest chance for our Great Xia Kingdom to turn the tide."
despair.
An unprecedented despair, like a giant, impenetrable net, enveloped the hearts of every pillar of the Great Xia Kingdom within the Zhenguo Hall.
No wonder Marshal Zhao said such harsh words.
Now is indeed the most perilous ti for the Great Xia Kingdom.
Just as the crowd below the stage was discussing amongst themselves and their morale was at rock bottom.
Zhao Qingcang silently walked up to the platform and took the microphone from Wei Liao.
He didn't speak imdiately.
He simply used his deep, ancient eyes to calmly survey the solemn faces below.
The noise inside the hall gradually and strangely subsided under his gaze.
Everyone instinctively shut their mouths and focused their attention on the old man.
He only spoke slowly when the hall beca so quiet you could hear a pin drop again.
"Gentlen, I know what you are thinking right now."
"Six SS-level powerhouses."
"An SSS-class being who is about to be resurrected, existing only in legends."
"Doesn't this sound like a certain death?"
No one objected.
Because that's the truth.
Zhao Qingcang's gaze fell on the one-ard general, Wang Zhenbei.
“Wang Zhenbei, I know you wish you could rush to Japan right now and twist Kujo Hiroji’s head off.”
"But you also know in your heart that if you go, you'll be sending yourself to your death."
He then looked at another governor whose brows were furrowed and whose face was deathly pale.
"Governor Li, are you thinking about how to appease the people, how to organize the evacuation, and how to preserve as much of the Great Xia as possible?"
"Give up, it's no use."
The old man shook his head, his tone carrying a chilling calmness.
"When an SSS-level powerhouse descends upon the world, our entire Great Xia will have nowhere to escape."
"What awaits us is slaughter, enslavent, and complete erasure from this world."
"What should we do then?!"
Wang Zhenbei finally couldn't hold back any longer, his eyes bloodshot, and he let out a suppressed growl.
"Are we just supposed to sit here and wait ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ to die?!"
"Waiting to die?"
Zhao Qingcang smiled.
"The words 'waiting to die' have never existed in my dictionary, Zhao Qingcang's dictionary!"
He slamd his hand on the podium, making a loud "bang" that shook the entire hall.
"In the creed of our Great Xia soldiers, there has never been a coward who surrenders without a fight!"
The old man's voice suddenly rose in pitch, like a thunderclap.
"I'm asking you!"
"Have you forgotten the blood debt that Japan committed in the East China Sea forty years ago?!"
"Have we forgotten the humiliation that the land of cherry blossoms has brought us over the past century?!"
"Chen Huaishuo!" He looked at the gray-haired old principal in the audience, "Your most prized student, are you just going to let her die in vain?!"
Chen Huaishuo's cloudy eyes instantly turned bloodshot, and his body began to tremble uncontrollably.
Inside the hall, everyone's breathing beca heavy.
An intense, suppressed rage burned fiercely in everyone's chest.
Looking at everyone's reactions, Zhao Qingcang took a deep breath and spoke slowly and deliberately, in an almost declarative tone.
"So, I've made up my mind."
"I'm not waiting anymore."
"Right today, right now."
"I, in the na of the Great Xia United Front Marshal, declare—"
He paused, each word seeming to be uttered with all his might.
"All-out war against the Land of Cherry Blossoms!"
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