"And then what?"

Chen Huaishuo's voice pulled everyone back to reality from their shock.

He stared at Tang Qi and pressed, "What exactly happened next?"

Tang Qi began to recount the thrilling Battle of Tokyo.

"According to the plan of the Hundred Transformations Star Lord, after infiltrating Tokyo, this team first carried out a precise strike against the high-level combat power of the Sakura Kingdom."

"They killed the sword saint, Daheiyama."

"They also wiped out the ancestor of the Kujo family from a hundred years ago, the King of a Hundred Demons, Kujo Masakage."

Tang Qi's narration was very bland, making this important event seem insignificant.

But what the generals present heard sent a jolt through them.

Those are all well-known SS-level powerhouses!

Each of them had brought great trouble and pain to the Great Xia.

Now, it's just been wiped out so easily...?

"But after the sacrificial ceremony began, the Hundred-Faced Star Lord and his men all disappeared."

"They didn't reappear all night, and we guessed they had probably found the location of the Pendulum of Life."

"We just don't know exactly where it is."

"On the way back, I did a review and realized that we had forgotten a crucial point, which was the Ise Grand Shrine."

"Kujo Hiroharu probably performed the sacrificial ceremony at the ruins of Ise Grand Shrine."

"So the Hundred Transformations Star Lord led all the powerful warriors into the ruins."

Wei Liao, standing to the side, eagerly pressed for more information.

"And then what? How did the pendulum of life ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) end up in your hands?"

Tang Qi paused for a moment and then continued:

"We observed outside Tokyo all night, and just when we thought the plan might have failed, and that the Hundred Transformations Star Lord and the other SS-level powerhouses had already sacrificed themselves..."

"The SS-rank swordsman who killed Wada Hirayama suddenly appeared and handed me the Pendulum of Life and a seal."

"He asked me to personally hand these things over to Marshal Zhao."

"Only one came back? Where are the others?"

A general astutely grasped the crux of the matter and interrupted Tang Qi.

"Of the seven SS-level experts, why did only one return?"

This problem weighed heavily on everyone's mind.

yes.

According to Tang Qi's description, if Wada Hirayama and Kujo Masakage had been killed beforehand...

At most, all that Hiroharu Kujo had left were the two SS-rank professionals from the Dawn Guild.

It's a 7-on-2 situation, a complete stomp.

But why did only one come back?

Tang Qi shook his head:

"I'm not too sure about that either."

"When the swordsman appeared, he was already on his last legs. He didn't give me any time to ask questions. After giving his last words, he lost all his life force."

The words fell.

The entire conference room was completely silent.

The joy that had just begun to ignite in everyone's hearts was completely shattered by this news.

The swordsman is dead.

In other words, seven SS-level powerhouses...

Not a single one came back.

What exactly happened to them?

That's a total of seven SS-level!

They are the most elite fighting force in the Great Xia Kingdom, the pillars that support the backbone of the entire nation!

And now, he has quietly perished in a foreign land?

The price... was too high.

It was at this moment that Chen Huaishuo, who had been silent all along, raised an extremely bold possibility.

"Do you think there's a possibility?"

"The resurrection ritual of Kujo Naruya did not fail at that time."

"He has been successfully resurrected."

"And that ever-changing star lord, along with those six SS-level powerhouses, engaged in a fierce battle with the newly resurrected Kujo Naruya."

"In the end... they perished together."

perish together.

These four words weighed heavily on everyone present, making it hard for them to breathe.

No one knows the true strength of the newly resurrected SSS-class.

But that was, after all, the legendary SSS-class.

Seven SS-rank units fought desperately to kill a newly "premature" SSS-rank unit.

This is not impossible.

It is easy to imagine how brutal that battle must have been.

That was the most valiant duel between gods and mortals.

That was a tragic epic written with lives and blood.

Just as everyone was deeply moved by this cruel truth, Tang Qi spoke again.

He seemed to remember something, and added.

"Before he died, the swordsman said that he hoped Marshal Zhao would not forget his promise to him."

"Take the pendulum of life and resurrect a person."

"who?"

Wei Liao pressed for an answer.

These are the hero's last words, each one carrying immense weight.

Tang Qi's gaze swept over everyone present before he finally uttered that name.

"The swordsman said that person is located in Donghai City."

"His name is... Zhou Huai."

Zhou Huai?

Inside the meeting room, all the generals looked at each other in bewilderment.

Everyone wore the same puzzled expression.

Who is this Zhou Huai?

It wasn't until three days later.

Wei Liao brought the top-secret file.

Chen Huaishuo took the file folder; it felt heavy in his hand.

The file folder had no written markings, only a blood-red stamp.

That was a shockingly horrifying character: "绝" (jué).

Chen Huaishuo's fingers were trembling.

This might contain all the truth about that ever-changing star lord.

He tore open the seal and pulled out a thin stack of documents.

The first page of the document contained no text, only a blood-red seal.

Code name: The Ever-Changing Star Lord.

He turned to the second page.

Suspected SSS-level puppeteer, capable of creating SS-level clone puppets.

Upon seeing this, Chen Huaishuo's breath caught in his throat.

SSS level?

Puppet Master?

Our Great Xia actually has an SSS-level professional?

These few words alone were enough to cause the elderly general to have a mental breakdown.

He continued reading.

The documents contained a variety of names, some familiar and some unfamiliar.

Gandalf, the sorcerer of forbidden spells.

Yasuo, the Thunder Sword Master.

Moriah, the Dark Lord.

...

Chen Huaishuo's eyes widened.

He watched until the very end, even the legendary craftsman Ou Yezi, who had astonished everyone at the Skyfire City Blacksmith Competition and attracted countless forces to fight for him...

It turned out to be another clone of the other party!

"This...this is impossible..."

The more Chen Huaishuo watched, the more unbelievable it seemed, as if he were watching a science fiction movie.

During the national civil service exam, he successfully thwarted the Dawn Guild's plans by using Gandalf's clone.

He won the championship in the Skyfire City Blacksmith Competition as the master craftsman Ou Yezi.

He single-handedly saved the entire city from the beast tide in Donghai City from fire and water.

Secretly eliminate the spies and collaborators from the Sakura Kingdom hidden in the capital, and reorganize all forces.

...

One by one, one by one.

Those incidents that once troubled the top leadership of the Great Xia Dynasty and were listed as unsolved cases.

It was all done by the same person!

Now, we can add one more thing: infiltrate the Sakura Country, successfully kill the SSS-level professional Kujo Naruya, and reclaim the pendulum of life!

Chen Huaishuo was deeply moved as he read it.

Even the hands holding the documents were trembling.

Everything makes sense now.

He understood why Marshal Zhao valued the other party so much and classified it as top secret.

He understood why Marshal Zhao was willing to sacrifice himself to cover up the other side's plan.

"So...so our Great Xia Kingdom actually has such an extraordinary existence!"

Chen Huaishuo's voice choked with emotion, and his eyes welled up with tears.

"What a blessing for the Great Xia! What a blessing for the nation!"

He saw hope for the rise of the Great Xia Dynasty.

I saw that great dream that stands at the top of the world.

With this ever-changing star lord around, how can the Great Xia not prosper!

However.

When he turned to the last page and saw what followed, the ecstasy on his face froze.

He was jolted and froze on the spot.

The document contained only one short line of text.

【The true form is suspected to be in Donghai City, and its days are numbered.】