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The setting sun resembled blood, and yellow sand filled the sky!

Several hundred kilometers within the enemy country's border, on the western frontier.

A three-month long, earth-shattering battle was nearing its end. The battlefield resembled a human purgatory, littered with broken limbs and corpses. Blood stained the sky red.

A young man in plain clothes, holding a blood-stained shadow sword, sat on the ground. Not far from him was a headless corpse.

The young man in plain clothes was named Ling Hao, the supreme commander of the Blood Shadow Squad and the King of the West!

That headless corpse was the enemy's Number One Commander, the Mad Battle God!

Swish! Swish! Swish!

In a flash, five figures darted from five different directions at high speed, appearing beside the young man in the blink of an eye and kneeling on one knee.

Five men, clad in armor and radiating an aura of righteous fury, emanated a suffocatingly palpable scent of blood.

"Reporting to the General, the enemy's elite forces have been utterly destroyed!" The warrior clad in armor began, bowing respectfully.

His name is Lu Yue, and he is Ling Hao's deputy general!

The remaining four are the four army commanders of the Blood Shadow War Team, Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird, and Black Tortoise.

"Rise, take a brief respite, and return to the capital!" Ling Hao lit a cigarette and took a puff.

"Greetings, Lord Shu!" the five rose to their feet together.

Beep! Beep!

Just then, the sound of a mobile phone message alert rang out. Ling Hao took his phone out and looked at it. There were two voice messages.

"Daddy, you...why don't you answer me? I...I'm Ruirui...I sent you so many messages...you...why don't you reply to any of them..."

"I... I'm so scared, I've been locked up by bad people... I can't find my mom..."

The voice belongs to a little girl, and you can hear that she's in extreme fear.

"Little one, you sent the wrong message. I'm not your father. Have you met a bad person?"

After adjusting his emotions, Ling Hao replied.

This number, I already sent him two messages last night, with content similar to this.

But, being constantly engaged in bloody battles, he had no time to deal with this misdirected message.

Boop! Boop! Boop!

The message came again, and the little girl burst into tears.

"Daddy lied, Mommy said... this number is yours, right? Isn't Ruirui naughty? Daddy doesn't want Ruirui?"

"Ruirui is so scared, listening...listening to those bad people say that after...after today, Ruirui will never see her parents again...I'm really scared..."

"Dad doesn't know what Rirui looks like yet, I...I took a picture on my birthday last month, I'll send it to Dad right away. Dad has to remember what Rirui looks like!"

After the voice message, a photo was sent, it was a beautifully carved little girl.

At four or five years old, a pair of big eyes that seem to speak, and a pair of cute dimples make them especially adorable.

Boom!

After seeing this photo, a surge of murderous intent erupted from Ling Hao like a raging flood!

Destroy heaven and earth, straight into the clouds!

At this moment, the air temperature around instantly dropped to near freezing. The entire space felt suffocating, like a dark cloud pressing down.

Five young men standing nearby shivered involuntarily, their faces pale with terror.

Having been by the marshal's side for so long, they had never felt such a level of killing intent!

"Commander, what happened?" Lu Yue asked after taking a deep breath.

Ling Hao didn't respond to him, picked up his phone and dialed the little girl's number.

But, a busy tone came from the receiver.

Ling Hao was unwilling to accept this, and once again tried his best, but the situation remained the same.

"Lu Yue, no matter what means you use, I need to get to Dongzhou immediately!" Ling Hao turned to Lu Yue and roared in a low voice, his whole body filled with murderous intent.

"Yes, sir!" Lu Yue didn't waste any time. He took out his phone and started dialing.

"Xuanwu, mobilize all resources and immediately locate this phone number!" Ling Hao then looked at the other four people and gave them the little girl's phone number.

"Yes!" The four of them stood up and saluted, then hurried to get busy.

Five minutes later, a jeep sped towards the border line at high speed.

"Commander, what exactly happened?" Inside the car, Lu Yue looked at Ling Hao, whose murderous aura still lingered in the passenger seat, and asked.

"She's really my daughter!" Ling Hao's voice was icy cold, his eyes bloodshot.

As they spoke, scenes from the past flickered through their minds.

A life fraught with hardship, he left home at a young age and wandered to the east. He was adopted by the head of the Zheng family.

Five years ago, on one night, his foster family was slaughtered. He was stabbed multiple times but luckily escaped. He was saved by Qin Yuxin, the eldest daughter of the Qin family.

Qin Yuxin took him to a hotel, and soon after, he fainted from exhaustion.

Qin Yuxin bought medicine for him to heal his wounds, and it wasn't until two nights later that he recovered a little bit of consciousness.

Waking up, he was overcome with grief and anger, hugging Qin Yuxin like a child and sobbing uncontrollably.

Qin Yuxin, out of compassion, allowed him to hold her tightly in his arms. She knew Ling Hao needed an outlet for his emotions.

At that time, Ling Hao was half-conscious. Later, something happened, and he had no memory of it at all.

The next day, Qin Yuxin was gone, leaving behind a note.

Tell him the person who killed his foster father may find him here soon, and he should leave Tojo immediately and never return.

And she told him, she had taken the dragon-shaped jade pendant he wore, as a souvenir.

He originally thought that Qin Yuxin was just a noble person he met in his life, and he thought to himself that if he had the opportunity in the future, he would definitely repay her kindness of saving his life.

When he first saw the jade pendant in the little girl's hand, he understood everything.

Five years ago that night, he did something worse than an animal, not only hurting Qin Yuxin but also making her pregnant!

What pained him even more was that his own daughter had been begging for help from yesterday, but he had mistakenly thought it was the wrong message!

"Ruirui is really scared. She...she heard those bad people say that after...after today, Ruirui will never see her parents again...I'm so afraid..."

Thinking of his daughter's voice filled with despair, his heart bled, an endless agony, wishing he could slap himself hard!

He is not only a bad husband, but also a bad father!

All this talk of a King of the West, the Master of the Shadow Gate, it's all nonsense!

To be unable to even protect one's own daughter is a disgrace to the title of father!

"Commander, the five of us request to follow you to Dongzhou!"

Half an hour later, the off-road vehicle crashed into a restricted airport, Lu Yue leading the four generals to shout together.

Along the way, they also got a general understanding of what happened. One by one, they were filled with murderous intent.

To actually dare to lay a hand on the Marshal's daughter, are they seeking annihilation of their entire clan?!

"Lu Yue, follow me. The rest of you four stay behind in the Western Territories to handle the aftermath. If anyone disobeys, they will be dealt with by military law!"

Ling Hao spoke in a low voice, then turned and rushed into the plane. Lu Yue closely followed suit.

In two minutes.

A military jet soared into the sky, piercing the clouds like a bolt of lightning and heading straight towards the east.