The setting sun is like blood, and yellow sand fills the sky!

In the Western Territories of the frontier, a hundred kilometers within the enemy line.

A staggering battle that lasted for three months was nearing its end. The site resembled a human purgatory, with severed limbs, scattered corpses, and blood painting half the sky red.

A young man in plain robes sat on the ground, clutching a "Blood Shadow Warblade". Not far from him lay a decapitated body.

The young man's name is Ling Hao, he is the supreme commander of the Blood Shadow Brigade, the King of the West!

The decapitated body belonged to the enemy's top general, the Mad War God!

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

In a moment, five figures flashed from five different directions and in the blink of an eye, arrived next to the young man, kneeling on one knee.

All five were dressed in battle clothes, stern and upright, and emanated a choking sense of bloodiness.

"Report, Commander, the enemy's elite are completely annihilated!" said the leading man in battle clothing respectfully.

His name is Lu Yue, the deputy to Ling Hao!

The remaining four are the leaders of the four major regiments of the Blood Shadow Brigade, namely, Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird, and Black Tortoise.

"Stand up, rest for a while, then let's return to the court!" Ling Hao lit a cigarette and took a puff.

"Thank you, Commander!" The five stood up simultaneously.

Drip! Drip!

Just then, the notification sound from his cell phone rang out. Ling Hao pulled out his phone and saw two voicemails.

"Dad... why are you ignoring me? I... I am Rui Rui... I've sent you so many messages... why... why haven't you replied..."

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

The voicemails were from a little girl. It was clear that she was in a state of extreme fear right now.

"Little girl, you've got the wrong person, I'm not your dad. Are you in trouble?"

Ling Hao composed himself and sent a response.

This same number had sent him two messages the night before, and the content was more or less the same.

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

Ding! Ding! Ding!

Another message came through — the little girl was crying uncontrollably now.

"Dad is a liar! Mom said... this number is yours. Is it because Rui Rui has been naughty that dad doesn't want Rui Rui anymore?"

"Rui Rui's really scared. Overhearing... the bad guys... they said that after today, Rui Rui will never see mom and dad again... I'm really scared..."

"Dad probably doesn't know what Rui Rui looks like yet, right? I... I took a picture on my birthday last month, I'll send it to dad right away... Dad must remember what Rui Rui looks like..."

Following the voicemail, a picture was sent — it was of an adorable little girl, seemingly carved from pink jade.

At around four or five years old, her big pair of eyes seemed as if they could talk and her dimples made her particularly cute.

Boom!

Upon seeing this photo, a wave of boundless killing intent surged from Ling Hao like a sudden clap of thunder!

Devastating, soaring straight into the sky!

At this moment, the surrounding air temperature plummeted instantly to freezing point, the overpowering void felt like a oppressing dark cloud, suffocating.

Beside him, the five young men couldn't help but shiver with terror etched all over their faces.

Despite spending so much time with the commander, they had never experienced this level of killing intent!

“Commander, what happened?” Lu Yue asked, taking a deep breath.

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

However, he was met with an unable-to-connect signal from the other end.

Refusing to accept it, Ling Hao dialed again. No luck.

“Lu Yue, regardless of the method, I have to be in Dongzhou immediately!” Ling Hao declared with a guttural roar, filled with killing intent towards Lu Yue.

“As you command!” Lu Yue didn't waste any words, pulling out his phone to make a call.

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

"Yes, sir!" The four men saluted and quickly got to work.

Five minutes later, an off-road vehicle zoomed towards the border at full speed.

"Commander, what on earth happened?" In the car, Lu Yue looked at Ling Hao, still enveloped by a chilling murderous aura, and asked.

"She really is my daughter!" Ling Hao's voice was icy-cold, his eyes blood-red like a ferocious beast.

As he spoke, scenes from the past flooded into his mind.

He'd gone through a hard life, left home at a young age, roamed around East Zhou, and was adopted by the patriarch of the Zheng family.

Five years ago, one night, his adopted family was murdered, and he, stabbed several times, miraculously escaped and was saved by Qin Yuxin, the young mistress from Qin family.

Not long after Qin Yuxin took him to an inn, he passed out due to exhaustion.

Qin Yuxin bought medicine for his wounds, and it was not until the night two days later that he regained some semblance of consciousness.

When he woke up, he hugged Qin Yuxin like a child, and sobbed his heart out, overwhelmed by immense grief and anger.

Out of compassion, Qin Yuxin allowed him to hug her tightly. She knew Ling Hao needed a way to vent.

At that time, Ling Hao, half-conscious, had no memory of what happened afterwards.

When he woke up the next day, Qin Yuxin had already left, leaving a note behind.

The note told him that the people who murdered his foster father might soon discover his location, advising him to leave East Zhou as soon as possible and never return.

The note also informed him that she had taken the dragon-shaped jade pendant he carried as a keepsake.

He had initially thought of Qin Yuxin as a benefactor he encountered in his life, planning in his heart that if he ever got the chance, he would repay her for saving his life.

But when he saw the pendant in the little girl's hand just now, everything suddenly became clear to him.

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

What filled him with regret even more was that starting from yesterday, his daughter had been pleading for his help, but he actually thought the messages were sent erroneously!

"Ruirui is really scared. She heard... heard those bad people say that after... after today, Ruirui will never see mom and dad again... I'm really scared..."

Thinking about his daughter's voice filled with despair, his heart was bleeding, he felt an endless pain, and he wished he could slap himself several times!

Not only was he not a good husband, but he was also not a good father!

What a piece of crap were all those titles like the 'King of the Western Territory', the 'Lord of Shadow Gate'!

Failing to protect his own daughter, he was unworthy of being a father!

"Commander, we five subordinates request to follow you to the Eastern Region!"

Half an hour later, the off-road vehicle rushed into a controlled airport, Lu Yue, leading the four top warriors, was shouting simultaneously.

Along the way, they had also roughly understood the situation, each one of them filled with murderous intent.

Were the people who dared to lay hands on the commander's daughter trying to exterminate their entire clan!?

"Lu Yue follows me, and you four will stay in the Western Region to deal with the aftermath. Anyone who violates the order will be court-martialed!"

After finishing his words with a grim voice, Ling Hao turned around and rushed into the plane, with Lu Yue hot on his heels.

Two minutes later, a military jet rocketed into the sky, streaking across the heavens like a bolt of lightning, heading straight for the Eastern Region.