The group matches have ended, and the schedule for the top sixteen matches will be announced tomorrow.

Ye Qingzhou and Xu Yunxi had just left the arena when the Vermilion Bird Divine General gracefully approached them: "The Cyan Dragon and Dr. Gu are here, they want to see you."

"Has the East Sea military exercise ended?"

"Yes."

The Vermilion Bird personally drove them back to the hotel.

"Ye Qingzhou, you've given me another big surprise."

Gu Minghui smiled, openly expressing his admiration and praise for Ye Qingzhou: "It's been less than half a year since we last met, and you've become a Half-Step Martial Saint?"

"Dr. Gu's charisma is also more impressive than before."

When Ye Qingzhou looked at Gu Minghui, he naturally noticed the changes in him as well. The vast Power of Thought Ability surrounded and embraced him like a boundless ocean.

True powerhouses progress every moment; Martial Dao is like a boat against the current, advancing or retreating.

Particularly for someone like Gu Minghui in the "Academic School" of the Martial Arts World, his practice involved various research and experiments to explore the mysteries of nature and the truths of the universe.

And knowledge is power.

Seeing the four had matters to discuss, Xu Yunxi immediately stood up: "I'll go make you some tea."

After she left, Gu Minghui spoke seriously: "Ye Qingzhou, since the last attack, has Kabbalah made any more attempts on you?"

"No."

Ye Qingzhou shook his head.

Both Gu Minghui and the Cyan Dragon Divine General looked serious at this, exchanging glances while expressing their concerns: "It was just a false front."

"What do you mean?"

Ye Qingzhou looked puzzled: "Could it be my Heaven's Will warning was just an illusion?"

"Not at all."

Gu Minghui first gave Ye Qingzhou explosive news: "In the Western Pole Kingdom's Xinxiang, a plague outbreak is occurring, on a scale that's quite shocking, reportedly infecting millions. Although the Western Pole Kingdom is trying hard to cover it up, strictly controlling the news, the upper echelons of major countries have received the relevant intelligence."

"Is it that serious?"

Ye Qingzhou found it hard to imagine; with Blue Star's current level of technology, how could there still be a large-scale plague outbreak in a modern city?

"Very serious."

Gu Minghui's expression was solemn: "And the mastermind is Kabbalah, or the lunatics from the Plague School."

The Cyan Dragon Divine General told Ye Qingzhou: "Previously, Kabbalah sent people to attack you and take the Philosopher's Stone as a distraction. Their real intent was to attract the attention of the Celestial Sword Bureau, so they could spread the plague in Xinxiang and, through a special summoning ritual, bring the projection of the Plague Knight from the Spiritual Realm to Blue Star."

"The Plague Knight of the Four Knights of the Apocalypse?"

Ye Qingzhou frowned, looking grim: "I recall in the Blood-Colored Sanctuary's 'Holy Scripture of Blood,' the Plague Knight is one of the four knights responsible for blowing the Doomsday Horn..."

"According to the records left by the Cyan Emperor Lineage, it can be roughly inferred that the Blood God is the Lifebound Divine Weapon of the Emperor Slayer, and the Four Knights of the Apocalypse are the slaves of the Emperor Slayer."

"Do you know the Armor Folding Technique?"

Gu Minghui gave Ye Qingzhou a meaningful look, knowing well that Ye Qingzhou had used the corpses of Martial Arts Powerhouses to refine Combat Puppets.

At this point, there was no point in being secretive in front of the knowing, and Ye Qingzhou did not deny it, nodding: "Yes."

"The earliest Armor Folding Technique was actually a method of the Kun Race from the Five Ancient Races, and the Kun Race's Armor Folding Technique originated from the Void Divine Dynasty's Blood and Flesh Refining Secret Technique. Even the Flame Emperor's 'Celestial Casting Scripture,' its technological heritage comes from it."

Gu Minghui's words shocked Ye Qingzhou.

At the same time, many of Ye Qingzhou's previous confusions were now answered: "So, whether it's the Blood God or the Four Knights of the Apocalypse, they were in fact enemies killed by the Emperor Slayer, who then refined them into Divine Weapons and puppets?"

"That's how the Cyan Emperor deduced it back then."

Gu Minghui and the Cyan Dragon Divine General nodded simultaneously.

After his surprise, Ye Qingzhou found it not too surprising. After all, if he could refine Combat Puppets, why couldn't the Emperor Slayer?

In reality, since the Blood God's descent into the earthly world, it has been hunting the Martial God powerhouses native to Blue Star, which led to Twilight of the Gods for the Ancient Gods of Europe.

Now the Divine Hall and Heroic Spirit Hall are almost empty, and whether it is the Heavenly Queen Hera, the Midgard Serpent Jörmungandr, or the Sun God Ra, they had long been secretly replaced by the Emperor Slayer.

"The Emperor Slayer has conquered countless worlds, and even Martial God powerhouses likely find no peace in death, being refined into Divine Weapons or puppets, eternally enslaved."

The Cyan Dragon Divine General clearly did not wish Blue Star to suffer the same fate, and scoffed at the Coexistence Faction's ideology.

Without a sword in hand, yet hoping for the mercy of invaders?

At the time of life or death, everything depends on the enemy's whim. Why would they be so benevolent to spare the Blue Star Civilization?

The existence of beings like the Blood God and the Four Knights of the Apocalypse has already proven that surrendering to the Void Divine Dynasty is absolutely not a good idea, as it would render Blue Star entirely a harvesting ground, eternally enslaved and reaped.

Powerful Martial Gods would be refined by the Emperor Slayer into Divine Weapons or puppets, becoming cannon fodder in battles across All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds until annihilation.

Weaker Martial Saints and Grandmasters might also be turned by the Void Divine Dynasty into various types of 'Celestial Soldiers,' becoming battle puppets absolutely obedient to orders.

With the Void Divine Dynasty possessing such Blood and Flesh Refining techniques, what makes you think they wouldn't use them?

The best evidence lies in the strong ones of the Five Ancient Races who once dominated Blue Star, where did the Maos, Feathers, Kuns, Linns, and Luoo go?

To the Void Divine Dynasty, Blue Star is merely a fertile field, ready to be harvested by the Emperor Slayer round after round.

Just the thought of it sends shivers down one's spine.

Ye Qingzhou did not want such things to happen to him; all the hard work in practice, only to be harvested like chives at the moment of Ascension and Godhood?

"How is the situation in Xinxiang? Could the summoning ritual be stopped?"

"Alas, it can't be stopped; the Western Pole Kingdom's medical system is too lousy. They can't even stop the continued spread of the plague."

When Gu Minghui mentioned this, he was seething with anger, filled with resentment.

"What happened to the promised universal healthcare?"

Ye Qingzhou was speechless at this, simultaneously finding it hard to resist complaining about the Western Pole Kingdom's intelligence department: "And where is the legendary all-powerful Divine Sword Bureau that saves the world? Can't they come out and help..."

"The arrival of the Plague Knight is probably unstoppable, and I've heard the Golden Council is manipulating grain trade, trying to create a famine to inflate food prices."

"Famine... could this be another large-scale summoning ritual?"

Ye Qingzhou was quite perturbed.

He found it hard to comprehend the thinking of these foolish entities.

"These fools of the Coexistence Faction are so eager to destroy the world? Can't they live peacefully?"

"They won't believe it till they're in the grave; history abounds with such shortsighted fools."

The Cyan Dragon Divine General sighed: "We can't manage the Western Pole Kingdom's matters, let's first take care of Xiangjiang."

In the ensuing days, the Cyan Dragon Divine General and the Vermilion Bird Divine General jointly issued an announcement intending to evacuate the city's residents because, through the collated intelligence from various sources, the information department of the Divine Strategy Army has confirmed that the projection of the Plague Knight will descend in Xiangjiang.

And this matter has now become unstoppable.

So, to avoid excessive casualties, the plan was to evacuate locals under the pretense of a potential tsunami.

Yet at this time, the Zhuang Family-controlled media started openly contradicting the official stance, claiming the tsunami was a lie and that Xiangjiang was very safe.

Many of Xiangjiang's rich families also stood up to support Zhuang Ban City, leading to a difficult evacuation process, as some people chose to believe their nonsense and refused to leave their homes.

For those people, one could only say it's hard to advise those courting death, and mercy doesn't save those who cut themselves off from salvation.

Ye Qingzhou received a call from Wu Funing.

"Ye Sheng, I'm preparing to return to my country, the rest of the tournament I'll have to cheer for you from the livestream platform."

"It's also good to leave this troublesome place early."

"Will there really be a tsunami?"

"It's not just tsunamis that kill people."

"I understand now."

Wu Funing perked up: "It's definitely best to trust the state."