World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 391 - 210: Save Zhi Ning! Secret Meeting (2 updates)

Chapter 391: 210: Save Zhi Ning! Secret Meeting (2 updates)

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Inside the highest meeting room of Duke Turing’s Mansion.

The meeting room wasn’t large, merely a few dozen square meters.

Zhi Li sat in the highest seat, with a very languid posture, toying with a jade figurine in his hand.

Aside from Zhi Li, there were six others in the meeting room.

Lord Gui Xingfu of Linhai City, Ling Ao, Duke Turing Tuo, Turing Chen, and Lord Tuli Ming of Luan Yang City.

There was also a face that was fairly unfamiliar, clearly of a different ethnic lineage. This person, named A Shi Zhuo, was the uncle of Ashi Luo, the younger brother of the Rouran City Lord, Ashimo.

These were the four powers currently at the Annihilate Sauron Secret Meeting.

Zhi Li showed no sign of wanting to speak, as if he were the proverbial character with ears but no mouth.

"The King is not to be feared, nor is Zhi Yan," said Turing Chen. "Our only target is Suo Lun!"

"Suo Lun is the King’s only pawn. Eradicating Suo Lun would render Zhi Yan and Zhi Ting useless," Ling Ao stated. "Suo Lun is the only obstacle to His Highness ascending the throne, although this obstacle is barely worth mentioning."

"If Suo Lun is so trivial, why has he grown to this extent today? Why didn’t we eliminate him when he was weakest?" Lord Tuli Ming of Luan Yang posed the question.

With that question, everyone in the room was rendered speechless.

"The reason is simple, because the ones dealing with Suo Lun before were two women, and what Suo Lun is best at is dealing with women," Turing Chen said.

Turing Chen’s words were not only about Turing Duo, but were a direct reference to Zhi Ning.

It was because of Zhi Ning’s willingness that Tianshui City suffered a great defeat last time, and Duke Zhi Wei’s march on Tianshui City failed.

Due to Zhi Ning, the aristocracy, the nobility, and Zhi Li all suffered colossal losses.

"Zhi Ning has been imprisoned," Zhi Li said indifferently. "As long as Suo Lun lives, she will not be freed."

Zhi Li’s words were loaded with meaning. Zhi Ning had already fallen prey to Suo Lun; the ruptured hymen, a magician could repair. But if Suo Lun lived, he could shout this fact at any time, meaning Zhi Ning could not marry Prince Ji Min of Flame Empire; Zhi Ning would have to remain imprisoned under the pretense of taking religious vows.

But if Suo Lun were dead, then only he and Zhi Ning herself would know this secret, and the marriage could proceed as planned.

Of course, Zhi Li was still unaware that Zhi Ning had been confirmed pregnant.

"The reason Suo Lun has survived till now, and even reclaimed Tianshui City, boils down to one thing - we underestimated him," Gui Xingfu commented. "When a lion hunts a rabbit, it still uses all its might, and even more so when it comes to a cunning rascal like Suo Lun."

After a glance over the crowd, Gui Xingfu continued, "The current Suo Lun is still very weak. But all of us must exert our full strength, striking him down with the force of thunder, giving him no more time, no more opportunities."

Turing Chen lifted a curtain, revealing a large map.

This was a topographical map of the eastern region of Rage Wave Kingdom, including the Tianshui City Territory, Linhai City, Chaos Stone Island, and Luan Yang City.

"Suo Lun currently has a total military force of twenty thousand," Turing Chen stated. "Of that, Yan Yan’s army numbers ten thousand, the Tianshui City Guard exceeds five thousand, and the rest, including the Chaos Stone Island troops and the miscellaneous forces of Tianshui City, also total around five thousand."

Turing Chen’s intelligence was accurate; all the military forces Suo Lun had access to barely amounted to twenty thousand.

Next, he placed several ship models onto the map, saying, "Suo Lun and Zhi Ting’s vessels combined total over a hundred, but most are salt transport ships. The real combat ships amount to less than thirty."

"There are thirty-three combat ships, to be exact, with a navy not exceeding two-thousand," Gui Xingfu added.

"So, Suo Lun’s naval force is not worth mentioning," Turing Chen claimed.

Zhi Li asked indifferently, "So, esteemed sirs present, how many military forces are you willing to commit to extinguish Suo Lun in this supreme exertion of a lion hunting a rabbit?"

"Linhai City is willing to risk it all, dispatching thirty-two warships and two thousand mariners, in addition to eight thousand elite troops for combat after landing," Gui Xingfu declared.

A Shi Zhuo said, "My master has promised to send one-third of the Ying Zhou Fleet to exterminate Suo Lun."

His master, of course, was Ashi Luo, who had conquered the daughter of the Yingzhou Island Master and then, through unknown means, successfully took command of a vast Yingzhou Fleet.

Yingzhou Island, belonging to no country, was an independent force, isolated at sea, boasting the world’s foremost naval power.

"What roughly amounts to one-third of the Ying Zhou Fleet? How many mariners?" Gui Xingfu inquired.

"Three hundred warships, over thirty thousand mariners," A Shi Zhuo answered.

At these words, everyone in the room was astonished.

Yingzhou Island, only the size of a province, actually had over a thousand ships? A hundred thousand mariners?

Then, all eyes turned to Lord Tuli Ming, who possessed Rage Wave Kingdom’s foremost navy.

"When a lion hunts a rabbit, it gives its all," Tuli Ming declared. "The Tuli family is willing to send two hundred warships and twenty thousand mariners."

Now, the three combined forces totaled an astonishing five hundred thirty warships, with a naval force exceeding fifty thousand.

Now, it was the Turing Clan’s turn to state their position.