Only much later did Ye Zi learn that they were the genuine "Rat God Envoys," personally dispatched by the Ancient Dream Saintess.
It was said that through a secret art bestowed upon her by the Rat God, the Ancient Dream Saintess could share the envoys' five senses. From hundreds of miles away from Black Horn City, she could clearly see and hear everything happening within the city and directly issue commands into the depths of the envoys' brains.
She could even use an inconceivable method to directly "descend" into the envoys' bodies, controlling them and displaying peerless arts of slaughter.
It was precisely because Ye Zi's servant soldier squad had displayed astonishing potential during their fierce battle against the Bloodhoof Warrior that the Ancient Dream Saintess had inadvertently noticed them through the envoys' eyes.
The Ancient Dream Saintess had taken a keen interest in the tactical instincts Ye Zi displayed—instincts that came from Dragon City and were entirely different from those of the Turan Civilization.
That was why she had "descended" beside Ye Zi and saved him, along with most of the servant soldiers in his squad.
"So that's how it was. The Ancient Dream Saintess had been lurking in Black Horn City this whole time in this manner, yet no one could discover her existence. Even if the Bloodhoof Warrior captured several Temple Thieves and Rat God Envoys, as long as the Ancient Dream Saintess' will escaped those shells in time, she could come and go as she pleased, standing in an invincible position!"
Meng Chao suddenly understood.
Why had the Great Horned Legion been so familiar with the situation inside Black Horn City? Why, after the chain explosions of biogas, had they been able to allocate every resource at hand so efficiently, performing far better than the clumsy