World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 685: Shocking news! Zhi Li vomits blood!_3

Chapter 685: Shocking news! Zhi Li vomits blood!_3

"Duke My Lord, a letter penned by Solon of Tianshui City!" A messenger came in and delivered a thick stack of letters.

As he opened the first one, Duke Turing Tuo froze as if hit by a Binding Skill.

His eyes burst open, showing a look of utter disbelief.

Then, his entire body seemed to solidify, completely immobilized.

"How, how is this possible?"

"How is this possible?"

"How is this possible?"

Turing Chen exclaimed in surprise, "Father, what’s wrong?"

Duke Turing Tuo said, "Solon... has beheaded Duke Zhi Wei!"

This letter from Solon reeked of blood, written with the blood of Duke Zhi Wei.

It simply stated one thing, that Duke Zhi Wei had already been beheaded for public display.

"What..." Turing Chen cried out in shock, "This, how is this possible? Did he eat the guts of a leopard? How could he be so foolish? Even the King dared not kill Zhi Wei, yet he dared to?"

"Foolish, so utterly foolish..." Turing Chen laughed out loud, "It is said that Solon’s intelligence is almost demonic, but it seems that after defeating Zhi Wei, he has become arrogant. Our grand army is at the gates, and Solon, frightened like a trapped beast, has lost his mind in a fit of rage. Indeed, when the heavens wish to destroy someone, they first make him mad!"

"Slap..." Duke Turing Tuo slapped him across the face.

"The fool is you," Duke Turing Tuo said angrily: "Doesn’t Solon know the consequences of killing Zhi Wei? He killed Zhi Wei to make me withdraw my troops!"

After being slapped, Turing Chen covered his face and said, "Withdraw the troops? How is that possible? Once we withdraw, we will have completely angered His Highness Zhi Li, and Solon will surely die, Tianshui City will be doomed. Why should we withdraw?"

Duke Turing Tuo said, "With Zhi Wei dead, the only remaining arm and leg of His Highness Zhi Li is me, Duke Turing Tuo. So now it is not us who need His Highness Zhi Li, but rather he who needs me. I’ve outwitted the master. Even if I withdraw my troops, Zhi Li wouldn’t dare to do anything to me."

Turing Chen was taken aback, indeed, that was true.

By killing Zhi Wei, Solon had delivered a great gift to Duke Turing Tuo.

Duke Turing Tuo said, "Moreover, he is also warning me that if he could kill Zhi Wei, he could kill me too, advising me not to take things too far!"

"Hmph..." Turing Chen scoffed, "Why should we listen to him? With our grand army of two hundred thousand at the city gates, how could Solon’s few tens of thousands of crippled forces resist? Solon now is nothing but withered bones in a grave, his doom is nigh."

Duke Turing Tuo ordered, "Send the command down, let the grand army encamp right here, halt the advance!"

Turing Chen in shock said, "Father? Are we really going to withdraw our troops?"

"Idiot." Duke Turing Tuo said, "Solon’s petty tricks can’t fool me, he still has to be killed, Tianshui City still has to be destroyed. But before that, shouldn’t we extort something from His Highness Zhi Li’s hands? Solon has sent us such a great gift, it’d be a loss not to take advantage of it!"

Duke Turing Tuo truly was a cunning predator, not only did he not retreat in the face of Solon’s pressure to withdraw by killing Zhi Wei, but he also decided to extort from Zhi Li while staying put. It was as if he took advantage of Solon’s gesture and still intended to eradicate Solon!

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Wangcheng Zidu!

Zhi Li received a thick stack of letters!

The first letter detailed how Duke Zhi Wei’s army of one hundred and fifty thousand was utterly decimated, and he himself had been beheaded for all to see.

The second letter announced that Gui Xingfu had been captured by Solon, stripped of his titles as Earl of Linhai and City Lord, with Gui Qinshao set to inherit the City Lordship of Linhai.

The third letter revealed the truth about Zhi Li’s assassination attempt, stating that Zhi Li tried to take liberties with Gui Qinshao, who would rather die than submit, stabbing him with a knife, and that there were both human and physical evidence.

After reading these three letters!

Zhi Li’s whole body trembled, then a chill spread from his heart, leaving his limbs utterly cold and feeling numb.

An endless dark coldness enveloped him.

Then, a sharp pain in his stomach.

"Puh..." A mouthful of fresh blood violently spurted out!

Zhi Li’s vision turned black, and he fainted, losing consciousness!

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