Chapter 259: Overlord Alliance, the story of three women and one hundred and five men

"Then let's talk business. This special operation is cancelled!"

JACK said with a serious look in his eyes and a gloomy face.

"???!!!"

The knights were all shocked and puzzled.

"As for the reason, Hale Kemp is in big trouble this time!"

JACK said with gritted teeth, and couldn't help but glance at the Wolf God Kelly.

"Hale Kemp? Who is he?"

The fourth knight queen Pala asked with a little confusion. She was not very familiar with the organizational structure and personnel composition of the kingdom organization, and she didn't know any members other than the twelve knights.

True Lord Yang Jin and God of Death Saiyi had the same doubts. As the top combat force of the Kingdom Organization, Saiyi prided himself on being noble and disdained to participate in daily tasks and operations. He didn't know much about small minions like Hale Kamp. Yang Jin simply didn't care about the Kingdom Organization and knew nothing about the situation inside.

"Hale Kemp is the brother of Kelly, the Eleventh Knight of the Wolf."

Seeing that several top knights were a little confused, JACK gave a brief introduction to Hale Kemp.

"Hale's arrogance has messed up our plan! The original action was scheduled for one day later, but he went there alone one day earlier in order to gain credit!"

JACK explained the whole story clearly.

As soon as the voice fell, the Tenth Knight Earl Nora immediately spoke:

"Tsk! Look at this!"

Then he turned his attention to the eleventh knight, Wolf God Kelly, and said gloatingly:

"As his younger brother, the eleventh knight, Wolf God Kelly, do you have anything to say?"

Wolf God Kelly closed his eyes helplessly and said softly:
"No, I have nothing to say. Leave it to the organization to decide!"

JACK said, contrary to his usual behavior:
"No, no, no, we don't have to punish him."

"You know what? Kelly?"

Jack also turned his gaze to the Wolf God Kelly while speaking, and then slowly said:

"Hale, he was killed in Rakshasa Street!"

Hearing this, Wolf God Kelly suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes full of panic and helplessness, followed by sadness and anger.

"Did he die at the hands of Cao Yanbing?"

Wolf God Kelly's voice became extremely cold and eerie, he almost gritted his teeth, suppressing his anger that was like a volcano.

"That should be the case. He died in the Cao family compound on Luosha Street, next to the sacred locust tree."

JACK responded to Wolf God Kelly's question expressionlessly.

"Okay, okay!!! Cao Yanbing, the hatred for killing my brother is irreconcilable. I, Kelly, swear in the name of the Wolf God that I will kill you!!!"

There was endless anger and resentment in his tone. The fight between Wolf God Kelly and Cao Yanbing would not stop until one of them died!

If Cao Yanbing knew this at this moment, he would definitely say in confusion: It’s not me, it’s really not me!
However, Cao Yanbing had to bear the blame completely. After all, Hale Camp died in the Cao family compound, and his body was lying next to the locust tree. There were witnesses and evidence, and he had no way to defend himself. It could only be said that yellow mud had fallen into his pants - it was shit at least.

"However, although Heer's action failed, he did force the Xihe Divine Pearl out of the spiritual locust tree. Now that the Xihe Divine Pearl has become something that can be seen and touched, our goal has been half achieved."

"We already have the artifact Kronos Pearl. As long as we get Xihe Pearl, we will be able to mobilize the most powerful undead army."

"In addition, the spirit realm that lost the Xihe Divine Pearl will be integrated with Zhenhun Street again, and it will become possible to invade and manage the spirit realm of humans. At that time, it will be time for us to march into the human and underworld worlds, and your respective wishes will be realized."

JACK spoke passionately, outlining his vision of a bright future, and his tone was full of madness.

"Great! In that case, I will go to Luosha Street right away to meet the Fire General Cao Yanbing!!"

Count Nora grinned and licked her lips with her red tongue.

"Don't be impatient, listen to me. When we launch the general attack, it will also be the time for us to confront the other Soul-Suppressing Generals. In addition to the troops directly under the Spirit Realm Yulingshi, there are several independent and powerful Soul-Suppressing Generals. You must know about them!"

"The first to bear the brunt is this Martial God Body!"

JACK stopped the fanatical Count Nora and continued his story.

"I heard that the probability of this martial god body appearing is only once every hundreds of years!"

Dragon King Gavin said with a frown.

"Yes. However, three martial god bodies appeared at the same time today."

"What!!??"

Except for Yang Jin, the others were actually very surprised, including Saint Butterfly Frode, God of Death Saiyi and Queen Pala. Although they were all holders of top-level divine martial spirits, the physique of the martial god's body was really special and absolutely powerful. The martial god's body represented an extremely high upper limit, which was not inferior to their top-level divine martial spirits, and was even more rare to some extent.

"If there is nothing wrong with our informants, then there are indeed three martial god bodies now. They are the Fire General Cao Yanbing, the Soul Suppressing General of Luosha Street, the Ice Boy Liu Yuchan, the Soul Suppressing General of Shuiyun Street, and the Thunder Emperor Sun Zhantian, the Soul Suppressing General of Xuanlong Street."

Although Cao Yanbing had never displayed his Martial God Body in front of Hale Kemp, Cao Yanbing's Martial God Body had been known to outsiders as early as the Dead Soul Island. There were quite a few people who knew about his Martial God Body, so it could not be concealed at all. "There are three others who are known as the strongest human martial spirit holders in the world. One is called Li Ye, one is called Xiang Kunlun, and one is called Diao Lingyun. Although the guardian spirits of these three are human martial spirits, they have combat power that exceeds that of divine martial spirits. They are like ghosts and gods."

When Yang Jin heard Li Ye's name, he laughed secretly and thought:

"This Li Ye is far from being just the holder of the strongest human martial spirit!"

"These guys will become stumbling blocks that hinder our plans and actions."

“But it is not easy to completely eradicate it.”

"Especially Li Ye, who is now the boss of the Hall of Heroes. Under his governance and leadership, the Hall of Heroes is full of vitality. It can be said to be a prosperous state with all things flourishing. There are many masters and strong men, and the control over each Soul Town Street is constantly strengthening. Our kingdom organization's offensive against the Soul Town Street is often met with stubborn resistance and powerful counterattacks because of the existence of the Hall of Heroes."

"In addition to him, the Hall of Heroes also has the Soul-Suppressing General of Xuanlong Street, Sun Zhantian, one of the owners of the Martial God Body, and Diao Lingyun, another owner of the strongest human martial spirit. The Hall of Heroes is now the formidable enemy of our Kingdom Organization and an absolute threat!"

"In addition, there are countless powerful people that we don't know about. The underworld has always been a place where crouching tigers and hidden dragons are everywhere. There is an old saying in China that masters are among the people. In the underworld, there are countless powerful people hidden. So although the Kingdom Organization is powerful, it is impossible to easily take down the entire underworld."

"However, although conflicts always exist, they are not always fixed and unchanging. They can be transferred! If we can take advantage of Cao Yanbing's trip and point the spearhead at them, we only need a little trick to make them kill each other, and we can save a lot of trouble."

"In addition, no matter who destroyed the spiritual locust tree, the responsibility of guarding the spiritual locust tree belongs to Cao Yanbing. Their Cao family has guarded the spiritual locust tree for generations. Now that the spiritual locust tree is destroyed, Cao Yanbing must be held responsible for it no matter what. The descendants of the Cao family will naturally not sit back and wait for death. The Spiritual Realm and Cao Yanbing will inevitably become enemies, and the Hall of Heroes, as the number one combat force organization in the Spiritual Realm, will naturally be the enemy of Cao Yanbing. If this point is used properly, it can be made into a big deal!"

JACK said this, touching his chin, seeming very satisfied with his plan.

"This doesn't seem to be my style!"

Dragon King Gavin has some doubts about JACK's decision. After all, the Dragon King is an upright person and hates conspiracies and intrigues.

"No, no, no, Sixth Knight, there is an old Chinese saying, that is, the art of war is all about deception! Although we are powerful, we are stretched to our limits to face such a huge spiritual realm and the Soul Suppression General head-on. We are not strong enough and must use some strategies as a supplement."

JACK shook his head and did not agree with Dragon King Gavin's point of view. The current strength of their kingdom organization was not enough.

"Also, I heard that Xiang Kunlun and Li Ye of Yanghuang Street have always been at odds. At the beginning, the two of them were fighting for the ownership of the Hall of Heroes, and Xiang Kunlun was defeated by Li Ye. After that, Xiang Kunlun led his people to leave the Hall of Heroes and return to Yanghuang Street. He also raised his arms and recruited many soul-suppressing generals with the prestige and reputation of himself and his guardian spirit, the Overlord of Western Chu, and thus established an organization called the Overlord Alliance. Now it can be said to be a huge force with many soldiers and generals."

In fact, the reason why the Overlord Alliance has been able to develop to its current huge scale, in addition to the reputation accumulated by Xiang Kunlun in his early years and the powerful influence of the King of Western Chu, is also related to the rules for entering the Hall of Heroes formulated by Li Ye.

The reputation that Xiang Kunlun accumulated in his early years was mainly through recruiting some of his former subordinates who had received his favors, and the powerful influence of the Overlord of Western Chu recruited some spirit hosts whose guardian spirits were related to Xiang Yu, and those who joined the Overlord Alliance were mostly spirit hosts and soul-suppressing generals who were rejected by the Hall of Heroes.

The Hall of Heroes does not value strength when recruiting spirit-hosting people and soul-suppressing generals. The Hall of Heroes naturally treats those with strong strength as honored guests and entrusts them with important tasks. Those with ordinary strength are also welcome to join the hall and grow together. However, the Hall of Heroes values ​​character very much when recruiting people. The Hall of Heroes will not accept those who are extremely vicious, treacherous and cruel. If these people with despicable character enter the Hall of Heroes, they will also make the Hall of Heroes a mess and ruin its reputation and prestige. The Hall of Heroes that Li Ye wants to establish is a great organization that can pacify the world, rebuild order, and usher in eternal peace, rather than a violent bandit organization that only values ​​force.

Therefore, those soul-hosting people and soul-soothing generals who were rejected by the Hall of Heroes naturally held a grudge. It happened that the Overlord Alliance was established at this time, and its founder Xiang Kunlun was an enemy of Li Ye. Joining the Overlord Alliance would allow them to become enemies of the Hall of Heroes and have a chance to retaliate against the Hall of Heroes and Li Ye, so they joined the Overlord Alliance one after another. Among these people with despicable character, there were also many with great strength. Therefore, Xiang Kunlun's subordinates are now quite powerful and of considerable size.

Li Kui's soul host Li Heixiong and Song Jiang's soul host Song Rentou, who had participated in the assessment in the Hall of Heroes with Li Ye, also joined the Overlord Alliance. In addition, there are Yang Zhi's soul host Yang Mie, Wu Song's soul host Wu Renlong, Lin Chong's soul host Lin Leilang, Wu Yong's soul host Wu Fei, Sun Li's soul host Sun Yang, Wang Ying's soul host Wang Yong and so on.

Hey, it seems like they are all characters from Water Margin and Liangshan.

Yes, that's right. Liangshan in Water Margin is a den of bandits and a place full of filth. Now that they have all gathered together in the Overlord Alliance, it will be difficult for Li Ye to settle accounts with them one by one. When the time comes, he will just wipe them out at once.

When talking about the heroes of Liangshan, many people will definitely think of heroes who act in the name of justice. However, many of them deserved to be killed for their crimes and did many unscrupulous things. The reason why they chose to join Liangshan was to seek shelter and gain more benefits. Therefore, many of the so-called heroes of Liangshan are not the heroes we call them at all.

The people of Liangshan are a mixed bunch. They have accepted many people who can be said to be extremely evil, just to expand their power. There are 108 heroes in Liangshan, and the banner they raise is to act on behalf of heaven. Although many heroes were persecuted by treacherous officials and had to join Liangshan, there are certainly righteous and honest people among them, but more of them are gathered together because of their own experiences and interests.

In the final analysis, they are just a group of social scums who are openly seeking benefits for themselves under the banner of speaking for the people.

It also dragged down many people who originally had a bright future, such as the Golden Spear Xu Ning, the Jade Unicorn Lu Junyi, etc.

The entire Water Margin can be called "the story that three women and one hundred and five men have to tell."

The entire 108 Liangshan heroes can be summed up in one sentence: "One hero, a few good men, some ordinary people, a bunch of bastards, and finally two beasts." Although each of these people claims to be a hero, and most of them have acquired a set of skills, there are only a few who can truly be called good men. Most of them are robbers who kill and burn people for nothing and are unforgivable.

The only hero is naturally Lu Zhishen. In fact, there are not many good people and good deeds in Water Margin, and among these rare good deeds, more than half were done by Lu Zhishen, "beating Zhen Guanxi in Weizhou City with fists, saving Jin Cui Lian and her daughter, proposing marriage with fists in Taohua Village, rescuing Liu Taigong's daughter, eradicating evil monks and evil ways in Waguan Temple, subduing scoundrels in Xiangguo Temple, protecting Lin Chong in the Wild Boar Forest, and rescuing Shi Jin in Huazhou City."

It can be said that "he roars when he sees injustice" is a true portrayal of him. Lu Zhishen never kills innocent people in his life. He is simply the incarnation of chivalry and Buddha. In the end, he lived up to his lifelong Buddhist fate, became a Buddha, and achieved the right result. He can be said to be the person with the best ending in Liangshan.

So who can be regarded as the real "Heroes of Liangshan"? In my personal opinion, there are only eight and a half of them, including the extraordinary Ruyunlong, the low-key and tolerant Putiandiao, the righteous Zhu Tong, the low-key Li Jun, the generous and chivalrous Shi Jin, the strong-willed Shi Xiu, the upright Pei Xuan, and the graceful Yan Qing. Although they do not have the generosity of a hero and the compassion of a Buddha like Lu Zhishen, they value friendship and loyalty all their lives and will take action when it is time to do so. They are indeed the few heroes of Liangshan.

The last half hero is Wu Song. In the early stage, Wu Song was a brave man and a lone hero, but in the later stage, he became a gangster. Apart from avenging his brother, he never did a good deed in terms of morality or chivalry. Whether it was beating Jiang Menshen while drunk or causing trouble in Feiyunpu, it was the result of gang fights. It was only because Wu Song was strong and ruthless that he survived to the end.

Even though he killed a tiger with his fists, he did not do it on his own initiative. Instead, he wanted to show off his extraordinary drinking capacity to others. He went up Jingyang Ridge at night, and unexpectedly encountered a tiger. With his extraordinary martial arts, he made a name for himself as a tiger-killing hero. The snow splashed on the Yuanyang Tower, and he was suspected of killing innocent people indiscriminately. In the end, he could even play happily with people like Zhang Qing and Sun Erniang who were human meat buns. Therefore, Wu Song is really not a good man, let alone a hero.

There are a lot of bastards in Liangshan. First of all, the leadership of Liangshan is full of bastards, such as Song Jiang and Wu Yong. They are vicious and cunning. They will do anything to achieve their goals. They are complete bastard leaders. The henchmen they recruited are not good people either. Many people killed people out of anger for some reason, and in the process, they ignored the safety of ordinary people, expanding the target of attack, so it is actually no different from committing a crime.

Such as Lin Chong who divorced his wife and sold out his friends, Qin Ming who was fickle, Dai Zong who bullied others by taking advantage of his power, Hua Rong who suggested to massacre the city, Lei Heng who was greedy for money and perverted the law, Deng Fei who was greedy for money, Zhou Tong who raped women, Bao Xu who loved to kill, Shi En who was the leader of a gang, Tang Long who sold out his brother for fame, Mu Hong and Mu Chun who bullied others and dominated the market, Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun who intercepted the river and killed people, Yan Shun, Wang Ying and Zheng Tianshou who dug out people's hearts and livers, Li Li, Zhang Qing and Sun Erniang who killed people for money.

These people are either scheming and vicious criminals or murderous bandits. There are even demons who kill and eat people. There is Deng Fei, the Fiery-eyed Suanni, whose eyes are red from eating so much. Yan Shun and Wang Ying often dig out people's hearts and livers to make sobering soup. Even Song Jiang almost became their appetizer. So, to say that they are bastards is a waste of the word "bastard".

Speaking of Song Jiang, it is said that he made the greatest contribution in Liangshan. He was very concerned about the future of the Liangshan brothers, but in the end, his greed led to the death of the Liangshan brothers. It can be seen that Song Jiang was not as famous as we thought, and some of the things he did before he entered Liangshan were enough to sentence him, because Yan Poxi found out about him, and in order to silence her, he killed Yan Poxi. Moreover, as an official appointed by the court, Song Jiang took the money given by the government but colluded with the people in Liangshan and informed them of the situation. He was really a double-dealer.

Sun Erniang is one of the only three women among the Liangshan heroes. She is very scary. She opened a human meat bun shop, which is equivalent to a black shop. She specially selected the guests and murdered them to make human meat buns. This behavior is intolerable to normal people.

Logically speaking, the people above are already the dregs of society, but compared with the two people I will talk about next, they are simply saints and moral role models.

The entire Liangshan Mountain is like a rugby ball standing upright, with a bulge in the middle and sharp points at both ends. The one standing at the top is naturally a true hero like Lu Zhishen, but at the bottom are Dong Ping and Li Kui.

Dong Ping is one of the Five Tiger Generals of Liangshan. He is highly skilled in martial arts and handsome. When he goes into battle, he carries two small flags on his back, which read "Heroic General with Two Spears, a Marquis with a Romantic Appearance". He is indescribably romantic and unrestrained, but in fact he is a hypocritical beast with a mean character and is cruel and vicious. Before going to Liangshan, Dong Ping was the military commander of Dongping Prefecture. Because he coveted the beauty of the daughter of the prefect Cheng Wanli, he proposed marriage to the prefect many times, but Cheng knew that Dong Ping was a despicable person and rejected him every time. Dong Ping therefore bore a grudge.
When Song Jiang attacked Dongping Prefecture, he ordered Yu Baosi and Wang Dingliu to be lobbyists. Yu Baosi and Dong Ping were old acquaintances, but Dong Ping turned against him to show his loyalty. If it weren't for the governor's dissuasion, the two would have died at Dong Ping's hands. Later, Dong Ping went out of the city to fight Song Jiang, but not only was he captured, but readers also realized his true face. What's even more surprising is that he not only surrendered to Song Jiang without hesitation, but also bit back and said that Governor Cheng was a corrupt official who harmed the people, and then turned around and led the Liangshan bandits to break through the city.
After the city was broken, Dong Ping went straight to the house of Governor Cheng, first killing the governor and his wife, and then forcibly taking possession of Miss Cheng. This act of killing parents and taking possession of someone else's wife and daughter is simply inhumane and worse than beasts. If Lu Zhishen was there at the time, he might have beaten this vicious beast to death with a Zen stick.

There is no need to elaborate on Li Kui, who is recognized as the number one devil in Liangshan. He is cruel and murderous by nature. No matter whether it is a woman or child who has no ability to fight back, or a white-haired old man, he will just chop it down without blinking an eye. However, cause and effect are cyclical, and retribution will come. When Li Kui went down the mountain to take his mother to enjoy the good life, he met Li Gui on the way. After killing him, he ate one of his legs. However, unexpectedly, his mother was eaten by a tiger and only one leg was left. In the original work, the author left a poem here: "The fake Black Whirlwind is really making trouble. He deceived his heart when he was alive and burned his legs when he died. Who knew that his mother's legs would also be injured? Hungry tigers and hungry people all want mouths." This is really a son's sin against his mother.
The remaining people are basically ordinary people in Liangshan. Some of them were forced to become bandits, such as Yang Zhi and Pei Xuan, or Xu Ning, Xiao Rang, Jin Dajian and An Daoquan who were deceived into going to the mountain because of their skills. There are also court generals who were captured because of their defeat and became bandits, such as Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo, Qin Ming, etc. What these people did was neither unforgivable nor moral. They were in that environment and did not degenerate into people like Li Kui and Dong Ping. It was rare for them to leave a way out in their lives.
In fact, if we have to say that there is a second hero in Liangshan, it is Chao Gai, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King. Chao Gai's life can be regarded as generous and righteous, and he is well-known throughout the world and famous in Shandong. Unfortunately, he died unclearly in the end. Probably because of Chao Gai's last will, Song Jiang did not include Chao Tianwang in the list when he ranked the 108 generals, which also shattered his own reputation of "Hu Baoyi".

(End of this chapter)