943: fishing

Stared at by Wang Chen's icy gaze, a sudden chill rose in the White-haired Necromancer's heart, and his body involuntarily trembled.

But at this moment, he was extremely astonished.

No...

If I don't call for reinforcements, why would you be unhappy?

What kind of operation is this, exactly?

Looking at Wang Chen, the White-haired Necromancer felt incredibly wronged.

If you want to die, couldn't you just go directly to Canglan City? That would even save an intermediate step.

How could he know that Wang Chen's request for him to contact Canglan City was just a sudden idea?

He felt that the Undead in this gathering place were too weak, and he wanted to use this Undead gathering place to lure out some Strong from Canglan City.

As for going directly to Canglan City, Wang Chen had indeed considered it, but not now.

According to the information Bai Yuliang had gathered, Canglan City's strength was quite formidable, with over ten Ninth-Order Undead Strong stationed there, including one at the Peak of the Ninth-Order Middle Stage.

Such a force, coupled with Canglan City's Guardian Array, could completely contend with a true Ninth-Order Late Stage Great True Lord.

Wang Chen wasn't that reckless to seek trouble with Canglan City right now.

However, he didn't mind gradually weakening Canglan City's power through "fishing."

After all, the experience points a Ninth-Order Early Stage Undead could provide would not be less than all the Undead in this current Undead gathering place combined.

With his strength, killing a Ninth-Order Early Stage Undead now was faster than destroying an Undead gathering place, and it also saved travel time.

"Can you do it or not, exactly?"

Wang Chen looked at the White-haired Necromancer with displeasure, waving his palm, and a violent surge of magic Qi shot out, directly clearing an empty space among the surrounding Undead Warriors, pulverizing dozens of Undead Warriors into meat paste.

Facing Wang Chen's deep gaze, cold sweat instantly broke out on the White-haired Necromancer's head.

Although he didn't know what this Human Race Strong in front of him wanted to do, he was very clear that he had no choice now.

If he didn't contact Canglan City, all his clansmen in the gathering place would die.

"Yes, yes, yes, Your Excellency, please calm down, I will contact Canglan City right away."

After the White-haired Necromancer finished speaking, he raised his hand, signaling the surrounding Undead Warriors to retreat, and then turned and flew hurriedly towards the center of the town.

On the way to the center of the town, an expression of delight surged across the White-haired Necromancer's face.

Damn human, once our clan's Strong from Canglan City arrive, you're dead!!

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Canglan City.

A room deep within the City Lord's Mansion.

Many Ninth-Order Undead gathered here, discussing intensely.

"City Lord, that Kahn is truly overbearing. We are not his subordinates, so why should we obey his command and send half of our forces to intercept and kill that Human Race Wang Chen?"

A Ninth-Order Early Stage Undead said with a displeased expression and an indignant tone.

"That's right. That Kahn is the City Lord of Black Abyss City and has no jurisdiction over our Canglan City. And he said this is a task given by the Great Priest, but he doesn't have the Great Priest's token. Who knows if what he says is true or false."

Another Undead next to him also spoke up in agreement after hearing this.

"Exactly, City Lord, we cannot trust Kahn's one-sided story. This matter still needs to be confirmed with the Holy City. What if Kahn is acting on his own? If it leads to a great war between the two races, we will become accomplices."

Yet another Undead nodded in agreement, then looked intently at Ogre, the only one sitting in the room.

"What you all say makes sense, but the formation for contacting the Holy City is currently in Kahn's hands, and he won't allow me to approach it at all."

"To contact the Holy City, we must wait until Kahn leaves Canglan City."

When Ogre mentioned Kahn at this moment, his face showed none of the respect he had shown when he met Kahn before, but instead was filled with anger and a hint of fear that even he hadn't noticed.

Having been personally named by Kahn to join the operation, Ogre already hated Kahn to death in his heart.

If he couldn't beat Kahn, he would have long since taken his subordinates and orchestrated a disappearance.

"So what do we do now?"

"City Lord, are we really going to help that Kahn intercept Wang Chen?"

"He, with his Ninth-Order Late Stage strength, still needs our help. I think he probably wants us to be cannon fodder to wear down Wang Chen's power."

A Ninth-Order Undead said with a face full of worry.

"Sixth Brother is right. Even if Wang Chen is invincible below the Great True Lord, what then? Kahn is a true Ninth-Order Late Stage and has a record of slaying Human Race Great True Lords. He can deal with Wang Chen alone effortlessly. Calling us along definitely means he has ill intentions."

A female Undead nearby said with a fierce tone.

"I say, why don't we all pretend to be sick and recuperate? Then let him do this task himself."

A Ninth-Order Undead with triangular eyes suggested.

As this Ninth-Order Undead spoke, the other Undead nearby all had a shift in their eyes upon hearing it.

This suggestion seemed to have some feasibility.

As long as everyone collectively shirks, that Kahn wouldn't dare to do anything.

However...

Before the thoughts of the many Undead could continue to spread, Ogre, who was sitting in the chair, suddenly spoke:

"Do you take Kahn for a fool? If you anger him, we currently don't have control over the Guardian Array's permissions. Who can stop him!"

"But, the law doesn't punish the masses, he shouldn't directly act, right?"

A Ninth-Order Undead said with some hesitation.

"Hehe! Naive!"

Ogre sneered, looking mockingly at the Undead who had just spoken:

"The law doesn't punish the masses? I'm afraid Kahn is just waiting to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys. If we really dare to fool him, he will definitely strike mercilessly."

"Who among you wants to be that chicken?"

Hearing Ogre's words, the Ninth-Order Undead present looked at each other, their eyes filled with worry, and they stopped speaking.

"We cannot be passive. Let's quickly select the candidates to intercept Wang Chen and give Kahn an answer."

Looking at his subordinates below, Ogre tapped the table and said word by word.

"City Lord, what do you mean by this? Do you plan to obediently cooperate with Kahn?"

The Ninth-Order Undead who had previously suggested pretending to be sick said with dissatisfaction.

"My meaning is very clear: we cannot defy Kahn's orders now and give him an opportunity to establish his authority."

Ogre glared at this subordinate impatiently, saying with a solemn tone:

"Select the candidates to accompany him on the mission early, and let him depart early. As soon as he leaves Canglan City, we can regain control of the Guardian Array's permissions."

"At that time, with the Guardian Array activated, everyone will have the strength to refuse Kahn."

Upon hearing this, the many Undead in the room's eyes lit up, all feeling that Ogre was absolutely right. However, some Undead also raised a question at this time.

"I understand your meaning, City Lord, but who should be chosen to cooperate with Kahn's operation?"

An Undead said with a somewhat wavering tone.

Upon hearing this, the other Undead's eyes all flickered; none of them wanted to be chosen.