After receiving Long Haochen's letter, the Holy Temple Federation headquarters immediately sprang into action at a fever pitch. Orders were dispatched to the Six Great Temples, commanding them to prepare for battle. At the same time, each temple selected three councilors to attend a meeting at the Knight Temple in Dragon Guard Pass. All Federation Vice Chairmen also headed there. The Federation's First and Second Legions, which had already been consolidated and undergone some training, were also transferred to Dragon Guard Pass.
On the Devil Race's side, every Demon Hunter Squad received wartime missions, ordering them to spare no effort in investigating the Devil Race's movements. According to the reports from the Demon Hunter Squads, the Devil Race had indeed begun to stir. More than a dozen of their strongest races were mobilizing troops and marshaling forces. The news that shocked the Holy Temple Federation most was that the Demon God Emperor had gathered more than fifty Demon Gods in the Demon Capital, along with their Demon God Pillars, to deliberate.
The moment this news arrived, the Holy Temple Federation erupted in uproar. Not even during the previous Holy War had the Devil Race mobilized so many Demon Gods!
Of the Devil Race's Seventy-Two Pillar Demon Gods, two Demon God Pillars had been destroyed, while nine Demon Gods had been slain in total. In other words, there were actually only sixty-three of the Seventy-Two Pillar Demon Gods remaining. Aside from leaving behind some Demon Gods to guard key provinces, the Demon God Emperor had mobilized practically every Demon God force he could employ. From the look of it, it was almost as if he intended to fight humanity to the death. How could the Holy Temple Federation not be shaken by such a situation?
No one had expected the Devil