World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 173 - 173 124 Return fully loaded!

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Surround and kill Gui Qinshao!_3 173: 124: Return fully loaded!

Surround and kill Gui Qinshao!_3 Duke Zhi Ting’s fleet, consisting of several dozen ships of various sizes, was fully loaded with grain, vegetables, and cured meats, and set sail majestically toward Chaos Stone Island.

After hundreds of miles and a day and a night, Chaos Stone Island was finally within sight.

But what was that?

Chaos Stone Island was actually under attack?

Could it be that Gui Xingfu dared to commit such an outrage against the whole world by openly sending troops to attack Chaos Stone Island?

Separated by dozens of miles, Suo Lun saw several dozen ships encircling the Chaos Stone Island Dock.

…

To be precise, there were twenty-five ships harboring two thousand soldiers, the elite forces of the Gui Family of Linhai City had emerged in full force.

On the ships, thousands of crossbowmen were drawing their bows and aiming at the island.

At this moment, all the samurai of Chaos Stone Island and the salt workers had nearly all come out, wielding weapons of various designs, confronting Gui Xingfu’s forces on the ships.

Suo Ningbing looked at the Gui Clan Fleet and angrily said, “This is the sacred territory of the Suo family, no outsiders are allowed to set foot on Chaos Stone Island without permission.”

“Hahaha…

what ‘your Suo territory’?

It’s nothing more than a rotten bone thrown away by my house, and yet you Suo treat this barren land as if it were a treasure,” sneered the Gui Naval Commander coldly.

He was Gui Qinzhong, the third son of Gui Xingfu, a high-ranking samurai, and the Linhai City Naval Commander.

Suo Ningbing said, “Even so, the Gui Clan has no right to land on the island.

Please leave immediately, or else…”

“Or else what?” Gui Qinzhong responded coldly.

“Do you really think these mere cats and dogs you have here can stop my army of thousands?

A traitor escaped from the Linhai City Lord’s mansion, and many eyewitnesses saw him flee to Chaos Stone Island to hide.

If you are not guilty, why not let me search the island?”

Enraged to the point of trembling, Suo Ningbing thought the Gui family was utterly shameless, clearly aiming to probe the island’s defenses but fabricating such a ludicrous excuse.

Without further ado, she ordered, “Everyone, prepare.

Should anyone attempt to land, show no mercy.”

“Yes!” All the samurai and salt workers on scene shouted in unison.

Currently, in the island’s warehouse, there were millions of catties of salt, as well as the secrets of the salt fields.

If these bandits were allowed to land, then all the efforts of the past months, and all the hopes for the rejuvenation of the Suo family, would be utterly destroyed.

Moreover, these salt fields had all been cultivated acre by acre by everyone present, through countless hours of blood and sweat, encapsulating all their hopes.

They would rather die than let robbers take them away.

Therefore, despite the vast disparity in strength, everyone on the island was resolved to fight desperately.

Looking at the over a thousand salt workers on the island, armed with sticks and pitchforks, Gui Qinzhong sneered disdainfully, “Charge forward, and anyone who obstructs our search for the traitor shall be executed without exception.”

Then, several dozen ships desperately rushed toward the dock, with thousands of crossbowmen ready to release their lethal arrows at any time.

…

“Your territory is being attacked by bandits, what will you do?” Duke Zhi Ting said.

Suo Lun asked, “May I borrow a few thousand soldiers from Your Grace?”

“Of course,” Zhi Ting said.

“If what you’ve said is true, I have a stake in the salt fields on that island too, so how could I allow bandits to get their hands on it?”

Suo Lun asked, “What if we could completely wipe out these people sent by Gui Xingfu?”

Zhi Ting trembled, thinking that if all of them were killed, the trouble would be no small matter.

Suo Lun said, “Gui Xingfu’s soldiers capable of going to sea only amount to a few thousand.

If they are all killed this time, it’s unlikely they will attack Chaos Stone Island on such a large scale from the sea again.

It would be a permanent solution.”

Duke Zhi Ting’s voice trembled as he asked, “Your island can really produce that much salt?”

Suo Lun replied, “Whether it is true or false, Your Grace will see it for himself in no more than four hours.”

Duke Zhi Ting closed his eyes and pondered, hesitating, but at last, his gaze became ice-cold and resolute.

“Prepare all troops, full speed ahead, and exterminate all the pirates ahead,” Duke Zhi Ting commanded.

“Yes,” the officers on the tower ship responded in unison, “All ships accelerate, all archers and crossbowmen, prepare!”

In the darkness, Duke Zhi Ting’s fleet began to desperately accelerate, flanking the rear of Gui Qinzhong’s fleet.

…

“Third Young Master, if it really comes to killing, what shall we do?” a general asked.

Gui Qinzhong replied, “What else can we do but kill everyone on the island cleanly, leaving only Suo Lun and Suo Ningbing alive.”

“But…” the general said, “after all, this is Suo territory.

Doing this is against kingdom law.”

Gui Qinzhong snickered and said, “Now Suo Lun is like a dog who has lost his home; not dying of starvation on this deserted island would already be a miracle.

Can he still go to the royal city to file a complaint?”

Gui Qinzhong searched through the crowd several times, but did not see Suo Lun anywhere.

This worthless Suo Lun, when it really matters, is indeed too afraid to show up.

To think that father always warned me not to set foot on Chaos Stone Island without his command and to be wary of his plots and tricks.

My father is really too soft.

This beast dared to dishonor our Gui Clan like this, to tarnish my sister’s reputation and he could still endure it?

These past two days, taking advantage of father’s absence and sister Gui Qinshao’s stealth in stealing father’s Commander’s Seal, mother Turing Si stepped in, and I was finally able to lead two thousand marines of Linhai City to attack Chaos Stone Island.

Yan Tingyi, that fool, almost cried out of fear and could not stop me; he immediately rode away from Linhai City to complain to our father.

By the time father returns, everything here will have already been settled, not only will the reality of Chaos Stone Island have been completely probed, but all its people will also have been killed cleanly.

Hmph, this family still has to rely on me, after all!

Then, Gui Qinzhong’s gaze turned to Suo Ningbing in the firelight, she really was so beautiful: that soft figure, that exquisite face, that delicate temperament, completely the treasure that men dream of.

“Suo Lun, you dared to dishonor my sister; today I will truly defile your sister, letting you experience the tragedy of your cries going unheeded,” Gui Qinzhong’s look towards Suo Ningbing suddenly filled with greed and frenzy.

“Third brother, where is that thief Suo Lun?” At this moment, a woman’s voice, immensely pleasant yet filled with boundless hatred, reached his ears.

Then, a soldier stepped forward, removed the arrow-resistant mask from her face, revealing a stunningly beautiful face that took one’s breath away—it was no other than Gui Qinshao.

Instantly, Gui Qinzhong was taken aback and said, “Sister, you…

how did you get here?

If father finds out, he’s going to flay me.”

“Why should I not come?

I was the one who stole the Commander’s Seal anyway,” Gui Qinshao, dressed in military garb, looked in the direction of Chaos Stone Island and said, “I’ve waited for this day for so long; today I will make Suo Lun beg for life in vain, beg for death but cannot.

I will return the humiliation he gave me a hundredfold, a thousandfold.”

And then, Gui Qinshao’s strikingly beautiful eyes turned to Gui Qinzhong and said, “Third brother, I don’t care what you will do next, and you shouldn’t care what I do.”

Gui Qinzhong hesitated for a while, then his gaze toward Suo Ningbing on the island gradually became wicked, and he replied, “Fine, I won’t care what you do to Suo Lun.

But father has said, Suo Lun must not be killed.”

“Kill?

I would never kill,” Gui Qinshao said, “There are endless ways to torture in this world that are far worse than death.”

Then, she directly overstepped her authority and commanded, “Charge, and kill everyone on the island cleanly.”

Meanwhile, Suo Lun, leading the Duke Zhi Ting’s fleet, like a demon in the darkness, opened its dark maw wide toward Gui Qinzhong’s fleet.

He did not know yet, Gui Qinshao was also within this great net.

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Note: A sizable chapter of over five thousand characters, written in the hotel until six in the morning.

I’ve got things to do today, wuwu.