CHAPTER 298: CHAPTER 298: RETALIATION

Dingjun Mountain, situated at the crossroads of the Three Kingdoms: Daxia, Beili, and Great Yin, is an expansive mountain range stretching hundreds of miles.

Originally, a colossal battle erupted here on Dingjun Mountain, leading to the current territorial divisions among the Three Kingdoms.

Now, Dingjun Mountain is a no man’s land.

Here, countless villains are hidden, with innumerable bandit villages scattered throughout.

However, no one knows that the Star-picking Tower’s base is nestled within Dingjun Mountain. Even less is known that all the bandit villages within this region are under the control of the Star-picking Tower.

It is precisely by relying on these countless bandit villages that the Star-picking Tower can challenge the Three Kingdoms, even once forcing the courts of the Three Kingdoms to compromise.

As Emperor Xia sweeps through the areas of Daxia under the Star-picking Tower’s influence, within days, the Tower’s stronghold loses control over Daxia.

"This is intolerable!"

Within the Juyi Hall in Dragon Head Village on Commanding Peak of Dingjun Mountain, the master of the Star-picking Tower, wearing an Asura mask, coldly scanned the assembled high officials of the Tower.

"Speak now. How should we respond to Daxia?"

The Tower Master looked at everyone and asked seriously.

"Master, there’s no need to ask about this!"

A Tower high official, wearing a clown mask, replied slowly and continued, "The rule of our Star-picking Tower is simple: if people don’t provoke us, we don’t provoke them. But if they dare, it’s a fight to the death!"

"Since Emperor Xia dares to strike our Star-picking Tower, then he must be ready for our retaliation!"

"That sounds easy, but now our people can’t even get into Daxia. That dog emperor has turned our men into a trophy for military achievements."

"Exactly, nowadays in Daxia, any stranger entering is closely watched by those around."

"Those bastards don’t have the guts to fight on the battlefield, but when it comes to dealing with us, they use endless underhand methods. We’ve lost quite a few people to those peasants these days."

"Then we kill!"

The first person to speak solemnly said, "In the past, our ancestors targeted noble families and court ministers, forcing the Three Kingdoms to compromise."

"Today, we can be even more ruthless!"

"Let’s target these peasants!"

"If they want to exchange our people for military glory, let them face war!"

"Exactly, that’s the way to do it!"

"Isn’t it about risking our lives? That’s our Star-picking Tower’s specialty; who’s afraid?"

...

The group quickly reached a consensus.

Overnight, villages and towns in the region adjacent to Dingjun Mountain on Daxia’s side were ravaged by the bandit villages from Dingjun Mountain, and even a nearby small city was massacred.

This small city, named Lianshan, had a population of only tens of thousands, but now it lies with corpses strewn everywhere, blood flowing extensively.

The city guard of Lianshan City died in battle!

No soldiers of Lianshan City survived.

The entire populace of the city, only less than a hundred people escaped this catastrophe.

At dawn, the surviving citizens seeing the devastation inside the city went mad, a dozen on the spot. The remaining survivors frantically rushed to the prefecture city to report the news.

The news was immediately sent to the Capital at top speed.

This retaliation from the Star-picking Tower was carried out by the bandit villages inside Dingjun Mountain.

When Emperor Xia received the memorial, he showed no anger, but those around knew that now Emperor Xia was simmering with fury.

After a long time, Emperor Xia stood up and spoke slowly, word by word, "Issue the decree, command the Sharp Brave Guards to move out and flatten Dingjun Mountain for me!"