Chapter 1088 - 388: Fang Qingyu... What Is He Trying to Do? Is He About to Pierce the Heavens!?_3

That’s why Fang Qingyu wasn’t surprised to see the situation.

What puzzled Fang Qingyu was...

The entire Bone Hall was empty.

There were no royal family members overseeing command, no guards, not even a single attendant.

Only the still-warm bone cup and the latest traces on the sand table.

Indicating that there were indeed royal family members present earlier.

"Ran away?"

Fang Qingyu’s star-like eyes turned cold.

Throwing away tens of thousands of troops like pawns, just to hinder their advance?

This doesn’t quite fit the usual style of the Life Ghosts’ royal family.

They might be cruel and cunning.

But their pride in their bloodline and their desire to control their forces is ingrained.

To abandon a stronghold and army so decisively.

There must be other reasons.

Fang Qingyu turned around, striding out of the Bone Hall.

His figure soared into the sky once more, transforming into a streak of light, speeding toward another fiercely contested area behind the stronghold.

His star-like eyes scanned every corner of the battlefield carefully.

In the end, there was nothing.

It turned out they’d run away.

Not only ran away, but left early.

Might have even left before the encirclement of the army.

Aside from the chaotic low-tier Life Ghosts and a few defiant middle-tier leaders.

Inside the stronghold, there were no high-tier targets anymore.

Fang Qingyu hovered mid-air behind the stronghold, gazing down at the one-sided slaughter below.

This victory was absolutely without suspense.

Thus, he slightly furrowed his brow, and his voice instantly pierced through the entire noisy chaotic battlefield, echoing clearly in the ears of every fighting human warrior and Life Ghost:

"Anyone who can speak... can be spared. Come to the central building to find me."

...

"What is Captain Fang shouting about?"

"A talking Life Ghost? Spare them?"

"Qingzi wants to capture a tongue?"

Chu Kuanglan, who was enthusiastically fighting at the fort’s main gate, slashed a Tier Three Iron Armor Rhinoceros Demon in half with one stroke, green blood splattering over him.

He wiped his face, hearing Fang Qingyu’s voice, a trace of doubt flashed in his bronze-bell-like eyes, then he suddenly understood: "Damn, there’s definitely a problem here, Qingzi wants to find a living mouth to question!"

He immediately shouted to his men beside him: "Brothers, push harder! Clean up this area, find the ones who can speak, and send them to Captain Fang!"

His subordinates, the Dawn Warriors, roared in agreement and attacked with even greater ferocity.

Elsewhere, Ji Wuya also heard the voice.

The frost-covered face furrowing his brows, his Horse-cutting Saber sweeping away a few incoming bone spears, he said in a deep voice: "Captain Fang is in the central Bone Hall, this place is yours!"

After saying this, his burly figure knocked aside the obstructing Life Ghosts.

And strode toward the core area of the stronghold.

When Ji Wuya, carrying a bloody atmosphere, stepped into the eerie white command hall.

He just saw Fang Qingyu alone, back to the door.

Standing with his hands behind his back in front of the massive sand table.

And all around...

There was not a single shadow of the royal family.

"Captain Fang." Ji Wuya saw the situation, his voice heavy, "The royal family is gone?"

Fang Qingyu slowly turned around, his star-like eyes calm and emotionless, nodded: "Yes, they ran off early. Left the army here as bait and expendable items."

In Ji Wuya’s eyes flashed a trace of surprise and anger: "Abandoning the army and fleeing?! Since when did these beasts become so spineless?!"

This was vastly different from the proud and ferocious image of the Life Ghosts’ royal family he knew.

"When something unusual happens, there must be a demon behind it."

Fang Qingyu’s gaze returned to the sand table, his finger unconsciously tapping the cold black wood edge of the table.

"Their retreat surely isn’t as simple as being afraid of battle."

Just then, from outside the large bone door of the command hall.

A very subtle rustling sound was heard.

Fang Qingyu and Ji Wuya simultaneously turned their heads to look.

He knew that there would be Life Ghosts that were afraid to die and would come.

For instance, like that Life Ghost before which, despite being only Tier Two, knew human speech and told him about the Arctic out of fear of death.

And in this war, Life Ghosts would quickly realize victory was inevitable.

Only to see a shadow nearly glued to the ground.

Like a startled mouse, it timidly and hesitantly rolled inside.

Once the shadow entered the hall, it didn’t dare lift its head, nor did it dare to show any hesitation, with a thud it flung itself down, the whole body tightly pressed against the cold bone ground.

Trembling violently due to fear, speaking in a heavily accented yet exceptionally clear human language.

Rambling as it shouted:

"Fang... Lord Fang! Spare my life! Please spare me, I can speak human language! I beg the lord’s mercy! Spare this worthless life of mine, I’ll tell you everything, do anything!"

Fang Qingyu’s star-like eyes slightly narrowed.

Appraising the Life Ghost at his feet.

It looked somewhat akin to a human in size.

But as soon as one saw its head, hands, and feet, they’d know this thing wasn’t human.

Like a wild boar turned into a human.

But only its physique was like a human, the other parts remained nearly identical to a wild boar,

[Hei Zong Sui]

The title was perfectly matching that appearance.

"You know me?" Fang Qingyu asked, his voice flat, revealing no hint of emotion.

Earlier, this Hei Zong Sui called out precisely to Lord Fang as it entered, clearly not shouting blindly.

Hei Zong Sui’s body shook even more intensely, its forehead pressed firmly against the cold biting bone ground, emitting a faint thudding sound, its voice tinged with a crying tone: "I know, of course, I know, Lord Fang, your reputation precedes you, now throughout the entire Arctic Ice Field, from the Royal Court nobles to... to lowly slaves like me, who doesn’t know, who wouldn’t recognize you! You... you are the star of the Human Race! The nemesis of Life Ghosts... um... the nemesis of Life Ghosts!"

It seemed to be trying to flatter but feared using the wrong words might anger the other party.