A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1816

Meanwhile, in Adonia province of China, a man was giving out orders.

"Hurry up and inform all sixteen Security Departments within the province!

"Mobilize our forces to gather at the north of Adonia immediately. Remember, they have to be heavily armed. Our enemy has the numbers, and they're great fighters. Besides, according to the intelligence, our opponents are most probably armed as well. All units are to be on high alert for their own safety! We have to make sure that these criminals are all captured before they enter the borders of Jiangdong!" In an office in the city within the Adonia province, a middle-aged man straightened his back with furrowed brows as he contemplated his next order.

The man was Ma Looping, the highest-ranking officer in the Security Department of Adonia.

He had just received a report stating that some unknown personnel were trying to breach the borders through a port in Adonia.

They were heading toward the north. It seemed like they were preparing to enter Jiangdong.

The group was brazen enough to force any opposing forces along the way to join their forces.

It was said that the group donned plain linen clothes and carried a mahogany coffin as if they were in mourning as they headed in the direction where the Big Dipper carried them - the north.

Up until then, there were already hundreds of public servants forced to join the brazen group's ranks.

Among the abducted ones were Ma Guoping's brother, Ma Guo'an.

"This is ridiculous! How dare such an insolent group disregard our nation's law? I will not allow such an impertinent group to trample all over Adonia! No matter what happens, none of them will be able to escape today!"

Ma Guoping was infuriated.

However, he was not an impulsive person.

He already knew that he was dealing with a large group of about three thousand people.

The number of people was enough to threaten the peace of Adonia.

After realizing the graveness of the situation, Ma Guoping immediately mobilized all forces that he could.

At the same time, he came into contact with the military base of Adonia. He hoped that he would be able to get their help when necessary.

Right then, a plan to entrap Li Er and the others was already in place.

Of course, Li Er was oblivious to Ma Guoping's secret plan.

Then again, Li Er would not pay heed to Ma Guoping even if he knew about it, especially considering that his group consisted of about two thousand normal civilians and a thousand martial artists. After all, there were only about two to three thousand martial artists in China.

Hence, Li Er was in control of forces that could rival at least half of China.

Under such circumstances, the whole Adonia combined was no match for Li Er's group. On the contrary, Ma Guoping's combined forces going up against Li Er's group were akin to throwing an egg against a rock.

Nonetheless, Ma Guoping knew nothing of Li Er's forces.

Worse, the man was already imagining how much of an accomplishment it was to wipe out the group of criminals.

He was delusional enough to begin imagining bagging the honor of being an exemplary national model.

Meanwhile, over in WarGod Castle at Mount Yan, a conversation was taking place.

"How is it over at Jiangdong? Did anything unbecoming happened?"

It had been two days since Ye Fan killed himself.

Sword Saint and the others who returned to China were still plagued with worsening anxiety as the days went by.

Even though Ye Fan was dead, most of the forces of

Dragon God Hall were still intact.

There was truth to the saying that a centipede would not topple in a storm. Similarly, Ye Fan's death would not bring about the eradication of the whole group.

However, should Dragon God Hall choose to rebel, China's martial arts world would already suffer a great deal.

Sword Saint was most concerned about the martial artists at Dragon God Hall would try to stir trouble at Jiangdong.

Tang Hao shook his head and said, "I had just asked my people over at Jiangdong. People from Dragon God Hall have not entered Jiangdong yet."

"What? They're not there yet?" Sword Saint asked with furrowed brows.

The movements of people from Dragon God Hall were undoubtedly War God Castle's primary concern.

After all, his subordinate had just reported to him that Li Er and the others were headed to Jiangdong to break the news of Ye Fan's death to his relatives.

However, it had been two days, and still, the group had yet to arrive at Jiangdong.

"This won't do. Tang Hao, please confirm their whereabouts right away. Don't let anything go wrong," Sword Saint ordered.

He was getting more apprehensive with each passing second.

After all, he was dealing with over a thousand martial artists. Even though the number still paled in comparison with the number in China, the group still comprised of elites handpicked by Ye Fan. Moreover, Sword Saint knew for a fact that the two thousand martial artists in China may not be able to rival Ye Fan's thousand men.

Hence, Sword Saint deemed the elites from Dragon God Hall pouring into China a great threat.

Tang Hao immediately contacted multiple parties after receiving the instruction from Sword Saint to find out about the whereabouts of Li Erand the others. "Sword Saint, I have warned that these damned people from Dragon God Hall cannot be granted entry into China. They pose a great threat to us. The

consequences will be dire should they blame Ye Fan's death on China's martial arts world. I'm afraid that it will not be an understatement to say that they will even spell our doomsday! What is left to do, now that they've already been granted entry into the country?" The King of Fighters, Mo Gucheng, grunted anxiously after knowing that people from Dragon God Hall had yet to enter Jiangdong as promised. Sword Saint let out a sigh. "Yeah, it's easier said than done. Do you think it's easy forbidding them from entry into China? Besides, Chu Tianfan was their master. There is nothing unreasonable about them entering China to mourn the death of their leader. Not only are we violating humanitarianism by denying them entry, but we also risk offending the people of Dragon God Hall by doing so, giving them more ammunition against us. It is not our position to deny them entry, nor are we capable of doing so."

Of course, Sword Saint had considered all the possible consequences.

However, he was left with no choice on the grounds of humanitarianism as he had no plausible reason to deny the entry of people from Dragon God Hall to mourn their leader.

Any attempts to forcefully deny them entry would surely cause a major ruckus.

Hence, Sword Saint granted them entry into Jiangdong.

He could only pray that the group would not try to wreak havoc in China.

Otherwise, the destruction that a thousand martial artists could wreck was unimaginable.

"Sword Saint, King of Fighters, something terrible has happened!"

Just when the two of them were conversing, Tang Hao returned in a hurry.

"What happened? Have those people from Dragon God Hall truly gone berserk in China?"

It was the manifestation of Murphy's Law at its finest.

Sword Saint and King of Fighters' faces paled just as Tang Hao was about to report.

"No, they have yet to make a move. It's just that Adonia province is going to strike first. I've just received news that the Security Department of Adonia is working together with its military base for a joint mission. They're going to gather about five thousand men to capture people from Dragon God Hall in one go!"

Bang!

Right after Tang Hao was done reporting, Sword Saint smashed the table right in front of him.

"What a bunch of idiots! They must have had a death wish! How dare they go up against those elite martial artists?" Sword Saint gritted through his teeth in fury.

He was worried about people from Dragon God Hall might go on a killing spree to avenge Ye Fan.

However, he did not expect that it was the mundane forces in China that struck first.

In the new era, mundane forces would be at a great disadvantage without the aid of high-powered lethal weapons if they chose to go up against martial artists.

The five thousand men that Adonia was deploying were hardly a match for the thousand martial artists.

Sword Saint reckoned that even ten thousand men from mundane forces could hardly contain the thousand martial artists. The mundane forces of Adonia were merely seeking death by attempting to challenge the martial artists.

"Hurry up and contact the leaders of China to find out which idiot has given such an instruction! Before any calamity strikes, stop them from pursuing their own death! Does he even have any idea that he's pushing the five thousand men to their own deaths?"