"Have you found out how many soldiers are left in the Underworld?" the Governor asked curiously.
The Underworld had just caught fire, yet they still dared to fight them head-on. They were extraordinarily courageous.
Unless they did not suffer any losses in the fire. If that was the case, they would be in a hurry to fight.
However, the arrow was already nocked on the bowstring, and they had no choice but to fire. He could not possibly bring his soldiers back directly. That would be too embarrassing, and it would also affect the morale of Mount Wu Lai.
"Governor, we only saw a few thousand Underworld soldiers!" The scout did not seem to believe his own words. He did not sound confident at all.
"Only a few thousand Underworld soldiers?
Are you sure? "
The Governor could not believe his ears. He wanted to laugh heartily, but he felt that the situation was a little ridiculous.
He had heard that there were at least 40,000 Underworld soldiers, but now there were only a few thousand of them left. Could the fire have killed more than 30,000 Underworld soldiers?
How badly did the fire burn?
The difference between the situation before and after was too huge. It was hard to believe. Perhaps the Underworld soldiers had deliberately used this method to confuse them.
"Governor, we are not sure, but we have investigated the surroundings. We only saw a few thousand Underworld soldiers!" the scout said.
"Investigate again!"
The Governor did not believe that there were only a few thousand Underworld soldiers left. It was hard for him to believe it, so he had to know the truth.
"Yes!" The scout did not say anything else. He immediately turned around to investigate the situation again.
At that moment, the Governor did not dare to move forward for fear of falling into the Underworld's trap. He had to wait until the scout returned with more information.
However, when the scout returned, he was already confident enough.
"What's the situation with the Underworld?" the Governor asked.
"Governor, we have investigated clearly this time. There are only a few thousand Underworld soldiers left in the Underworld," the scout said.
"Are you sure you did not discover any other Underworld soldiers?" The Governor still could not believe this news.
Only a few thousand Underworld soldiers were left after the fire, especially when the 4,000 Underworld soldiers did not retreat after discovering that they had sent out their troops. Instead, they wanted to fight them head-on. He did not believe that this was not a trap.
"Governor, we discovered that the Underworld soldiers seem to be retreating!" the scout said.
"They're retreating?"
The Governor was startled. Could it be that they really only had a few thousand netherworld soldiers left? Could it be that they were just trying to confuse them?
"Yes, I noticed that many Netherworld soldiers are already retreating. I don't know if they are retreating or not, but it seems like it!"
"Everyone, listen up! Advance at full speed! We can't let them escape!" At this point, the Viceroy finally believed that there were only a few thousand Underworld soldiers left.
Previously, he had acted as if he was going to fight them in order to confuse them so that he wouldn't be able to ascertain their true situation.
But now, they were really planning to escape.
Under such circumstances, he naturally couldn't let these Underworld soldiers escape. Although there were only a few thousand Underworld soldiers, they still had Ghost Kings. Killing a few Ghost Kings would be a good thing for Mount Wulai.
The team of 80,000 people quickly moved forward. However, when they arrived at the mine, they found that it was already a mess. Everywhere was burnt.
The Underworld army was nowhere to be seen.
"Governor, the scouts ahead have sent news that the Underworld army is already ten miles ahead. Should we continue chasing?" A Ghost Venerable stepped forward and said.
"Leave a portion of the ghost cultivators to control the mine. The rest, chase after them!" The Governor thought for a moment and said.
This was a good opportunity to show off their might. How could they miss it?
But?
He had to be wary of the Underworld's schemes. What if they were luring them to chase after them?
Therefore, he only left 10,000 ghost cultivators to control the entire mine. The other 70,000 would follow him to chase after them.
In this way, even if the Underworld was tricking them and they were hiding other Underworld soldiers, their 70,000 troops would be enough to annihilate them
However, Cheng Yu and the others intentionally led this group of ghost cultivators, so their speed was not fast. Seeing that the ghost cultivators of Mount Wulai were about to catch up, they slightly increased their speed and did not let them catch up.
"Governor, these guys are escaping very quickly. With our speed, I'm afraid it will be difficult to catch up to them. I think we should not chase after them." A Ghost King said.
"Are we just going to let them run away like this?"
The Governor was somewhat unwilling. The two sides were only a few miles apart. Such a close distance, but the feeling of not being able to catch up made him feel very uncomfortable.
"Governor, if we continue to chase like this, it is very likely that we will be in danger.
At present, the direction they are escaping in is the Underworld's Lunar City. Lunar City is the largest city near Mount Wulai. It is said that there are tens of thousands of Underworld soldiers stationed there. If we chase after them, it is very likely that we will be attacked by Lunar City! "A Ghost King saw the current situation and said to the Governor with some worry.
The Governor fell into deep thought for a moment. The existence of Lunar City had to be considered, but wouldn't it be a pity to let the thousands of ghost cultivators from Underworld escape just like that?
Moreover, they had come all the way to support the mine, but now they had to return without even meeting the enemy. Wasn't this too shameful?
"How about this, we continue to chase for a while. If we really can't catch up to them, it won't be too late for us to retreat!" The Governor finally said.
Even if they wanted to give up, it was still a little too early. At the very least, they should persist for a while longer.
Perhaps it was because Cheng Yu understood the Governor's thoughts too well. At one point, when he felt that they were about to be caught up, they increased their speed again. This really made the Governor feel very uncomfortable.
The more it was like this, the more he wanted to catch up to them. In the end, the distance between them and Lunar City was getting closer and closer.
"Governor, we can't continue to chase. If we continue to chase, we might be ambushed by the ghost cultivators of Lunar City!"
Seeing that the Governor seemed to have entered a state of madness, as if he would not give up until he caught the Underworld soldiers in front of him, the other Ghost Kings became anxious.
Unless it was absolutely necessary, they were not willing to have a conflict with Underworld.
Although this time it was Underworld who took the initiative to provoke them, they were now very close to Lunar City. Even if they caught up to the thousands of ghost cultivators, when the time came, the Underworld soldiers of Lunar City could come to support them at any time.
This was not very beneficial to them. Although they had 70,000 troops, they did not know how many Underworld soldiers there were in Lunar City. They only knew that it would not be less than tens of thousands.