Chapter 2335: Chapter 2331: Joint Crusade_1

The situation in the Southern Realm was indeed complicated, which made him anxious. He didn’t properly confirm the facts before coming to confront them.

He didn’t think it was necessary. Since Zhao Sikong was chosen to be the Chief General, he must have trusted him and didn’t believe he would have any problems in this matter.

But he didn’t expect that Zhao Sikong was indeed hiding something from him in this matter.

Sun Yao also came to his senses now, nodding: “Well, it’s true. Apologizing is too redundant. It seems unnecessary to be so humble to a small force in the Southern Realm. Situ Zhenan, let your subordinates find out the situation and then speak.”

The two had indeed fallen into a misunderstanding before.

Yang Chen was against the people of the Southern Realm, but some people from the Southern Realm couldn’t represent the entire Southern Realm.

Situ Zhenan’s expression was now serious as he looked at Zhao Sikong: “Zhao Sikong, do you have anything else to say about this?”

Zhao Sikong’s body shrank, trying to find a reasonable explanation before turning against Yang Chen, but he racked his brains and couldn’t think of anything.

“Forget it, this seat will go ask the other Taiyi Sect people.” Situ Zhenan summoned the other Taiyi Sect people and began asking.

The other Taiyi Sect people naturally told the truth. Many people had a good impression of Yang Chen, so they told the truth without prejudice, which made Situ Zhenan’s expression even colder.

“How dare you, Zhao Sikong!” Situ Zhenan was furious at this point: “Next time before explaining the situation, first let the old man know the situation clearly.”

Zhao Sikong gulped down his saliva, thinking that he would take the initiative and catch Yang Chen for opposing the Southern Realm people. However, Yang Chen’s explanation was flawless, and what was even more difficult for him to accept was that so many Taiyi Sect people were actually on Yang Chen’s side!

He couldn’t explain it in his heart, but he forgot that it was Yang Chen who had completely saved them, so how could they not be grateful to Yang Chen?

Sun Yao saw that Situ Zhenan had understood most of it, and his temper also flared up: “Situ Zhenan, my Yang Chen is not someone you can slander at will. Is it possible that just anyone can put such a label on Yang Chen? For this matter, you must give me an explanation.”

Situ Zhenan knew that he couldn’t avoid being taken advantage of by Sun Yao. He blamed himself for not understanding the situation clearly and was too emotionally affected by the Southern Realm’s affairs to blame Yang Chen.

Now his anger was completely focused on Zhao Sikong: “Brother Sun, rest assured, Zhao Sikong, I will definitely punish him severely!”

When the conversation ended, his eyes looked like sharp blades aimed at Zhao Sikong, causing Zhao Sikong to shudder and not dare to speak.

Yang Chen didn’t want to be aggressive, but Zhao Sikong was still trying to bite back at him, so how could he let the matter go?

“Elder Situ, let’s postpone the punishment for now. As for Zhao Sikong’s matter, I still need to report something to you.” Yang Chen calmly said.

Situ Zhenan looked puzzled, “Oh? What news about Zhao Sikong do you have to report?”

He just thought that Yang Chen was trying to retaliate and didn’t think much of it.

However, Yang Chen’s words were astonishing as he said directly, “Senior Situ, how much do you know about the severe damage to the camp’s vitality when we went to the Great Secret Realm?”

“I do know some, wasn’t it because of the Netherworld Ghosts?” Situ Zhenan said.

Sun Yao was also puzzled. He had just heard from Yang Chen that the matter was indeed related to the Netherworld Ghosts. Was there another reason?

Zhao Sikong was shocked at this moment, knowing that Yang Chen might want to take revenge on him, and his expression had become extremely dim.

Yang Chen coldly said, “Indeed, this matter is inextricably linked with the Netherworld Ghosts, but to be honest, the losses of our human camp would not be so heavy. The root cause lies with Zhao Sikong, the Chief General.”

“How so?” Situ Zhenan asked.

Yang Chen’s tone turned cold: “This matter is known to everyone. Zhao Sikong acted willfully. When surrounded by thousands of ghost creatures, he could have chosen to defend the Supreme King Palace but foolishly chose to break through. As a result, more than half of the thousands of humans were killed in an instant. If not for my timely arrival, the casualties would have been even more severe! All this was caused by Zhao Sikong.”

Situ Zhenan’s pupils shrank: “What? There’s such a thing?”

Sun Yao’s face also turned cold.

Having ten or a hundred deaths was not related to a Chief General, but having so many casualties was inseparable from the Chief General’s responsibility.

Moreover, if this matter was true as Yang Chen said, Zhao Sikong would be responsible for all of it.

Situ Zhenan could no longer sit still: “Zhao Sikong, is this true?”

Zhao Sikong panicked at once. He had intended to snap back at Yang Chen in order to suppress Yang Chen and prevent him from shouting out his own faults.

But now he found that he had made a huge mistake.

However, at this moment, how could he admit it? Seeing Situ Zhenan’s expression, he knew that admitting would be like committing suicide.

His whole body was twitching, and he quickly said, “It’s false, it’s false!”

But as soon as his words fell, several Heavenly Venerates from other forces had already come up, led by Star Child Heavenly Venerate.

At this moment, Star Child Heavenly Venerate’s expression was furious, and he shouted as soon as he appeared: “Situ Zhenan, you’d better hand over your Zhao Sikong and give me an explanation. Our Luo Star Island has lost more than thirty Enlightenment Stage experts, all because of his impulsiveness!”

Obviously, Star Child Heavenly Venerate had already learned the actual situation from his subordinates.

In addition to him, other Heavenly Venerates also quickly arrived on the scene to confront them.

“Taiyi Sect, you’d better give me an explanation.”

“Where is Zhao Sikong? Come out!”

“Today, this old man must kill this guy by himself.”

Several Heavenly Venerates personally confronted Zhao Sikong, scaring him to the point of collapse, realizing that all was lost.

He had originally thought that sealing Yang Chen’s mouth would be enough, but he didn’t expect that not only could he not seal Yang Chen’s mouth, he couldn’t seal the mouths of those forces who had been harmed by him either.

“Zhao Sikong, people do things, and the heavens watch!” Yang Chen’s face was emotionless. “Did you think that once you became a Chief General, you could do whatever you want? You were greatly mistaken. While you were complacent about your noble power, you also had to face the responsibilities that came with it, which you never considered for your position as a Chief General.”

Zhao Sikong did not know what to say now. He was panicked and desperate.

Even as a Boundless Stage Expert, Situ Zhenan couldn’t help but stiffen his face in the face of the pressure from many Heavenly Venerates: “What, what is going on?”

“What’s going on? Situ Zhenan? Are you still asking us? Back then, Zhao Sikong didn’t listen to anyone, insisted on going his own way, chose to break through the encirclement, and killed so many of our force’s people! If he could have held on a little longer, maybe the lives of nearly a thousand Enlightenment Stage experts wouldn’t have been a problem.” Howling Supreme Heavenly Lord said angrily from the crowd.