At the moment he saw the seal, Wanyan Jun's doubts were dispelled, and upon hearing the arrangements of the Marquis of Ziquan, he felt slightly reassured, yet a monumental suspicion still lingered in his mind.

"Attacking Lincang Path, what is Hou Yuxiao thinking?"

The faces of the other four marquises were also full of confusion and bewilderment.

The news from the Marquis of Ziquan had already proven Wanyan Jun's earlier assumption wrong—Hou Yuxiao's army was standing still, not to hold back his four million troops, as two hundred thousand Red Flame troops advanced on Lincang Path. Why is this happening?

The three allied armies, instead of supporting their alliance, went to attack Lincang Path.

If he captures Lincang Path, then what?

"The four of us have mobilized troops here; Gyeonggi, Lincang, and Shuofeng still have six marquises guarding them. Even if the Hou Clan army unexpectedly defeats the Wolf Slaughter Guard of Marquis Qingyang, there would still be five marquises with two and a half million troops remaining. Could he take down all three paths? Moreover, if he leaves this way, wouldn't the remaining eleven hundred thousand allied troops be like lambs waiting to be slaughtered?"

The words of Yingtang Marquis plunged everyone into deep thought.

Wanyan Jun's expression stiffened as he suddenly thought of something, his face changing dramatically, and he leaped southward. The other four marquises, puzzled, hurriedly followed him.

A Sub-Saint of Martial Dao, accompanied by four formidable beings of shattered realm, flew with extraordinary speed. In just a moment, the five of them approached the southernmost tip of Jiuhua Dao, leaving less than a hundred li from Wangchuan Road.

"Your Highness, Hou Yuxiao and the other three..."

"Ah..."

Yingtang Marquis wanted to caution Wanyan Jun to be wary of Hou Yuxiao, Chu Kuangren, and Lu Kangping's ambush, but his words were interrupted by Wanyan Jun's furious shout.

Wanyan Jun roared like a madman in mid-air, pointing toward the direction of Wangchuan Road. The other four marquises turned their heads to look, their faces changing in unison as they finally understood why Wanyan Jun was so enraged.

The allied forces of three families amounted to a full million. These troops were stationed at the border of Jiuhua and Wangchuan roads, and with their strength, they could be sensed even from hundreds of li away. Yet now, upon closer inspection, there wasn't a trace of them at the border.

And with Hou Yuxiao and the other three so close by, they still hadn't appeared.

The eleven million allied forces had completely vanished!

They had been deceived for so long.

"Wretched scoundrel... wretched scoundrel, how dare you deceive me like this!"

Wanyan Jun's expression was somewhat twisted, his fury almost exploding from his head. He could never have imagined that Hou Yuxiao would be so audacious as to immediately redeploy two hundred thousand troops to attack Lincang Path, and even disperse the allied forces in advance, leaving him with nowhere to vent his anger.

"Feint east, strike west, making everyone believe he would support Dongyuan Path, yet he deliberately avoided Dongyuan Path to attack Lincang Path. This..." Yingtang Marquis's face looked bewildered. Understanding the situation, he still couldn't grasp how Hou Yuxiao had planned this.

"Yingtang Marquis, Marquis of Yongguan, the two of you will lead the army to continue guarding Jiuhua Dao. Keep a close watch on the three allied armies. If they make any moves, attack them immediately, the Sacred Army of a million is enough to deal with them; Qingyan Marquis, Shouguang Marquis, lead your troops with me back to Lincang Path. I must annihilate Hou Clan's two hundred thousand troops completely." Sample from My Virtual Library Empire—read more on M&VLEMPY&R.

"As you command!"

Three million of the Sacred Army, plus two and a half million troops from the three paths.

"Hou Yuxiao, even if you had three heads and six arms, I will see to it that your entire Hexi resources are buried at Lincang Path, let's go!"

Wanyan Jun, seething with rage, finished his sentence, turned around, and flew back to Jiuhua Dao City, immediately mobilizing three million troops, rushing toward Lincang Path aggressively.

The two hundred thousand Red Flame troops in Junyang Prefecture City, at most, could only have reached Lingcang City by now. There are million troops each moving from Gyeonggi in the east and Shuofeng in the north toward Lincang Path. When his three million troops advance from the south, they will have surrounded Hou Clan's two hundred thousand Red Flame troops from three directions, leaving them no escape.