Two days later, amid a torrential downpour that seemed to stretch to the heavens, Ye Zhen returned alone to North Sea Commandery City, his face iron-blue.
The sight nearly scared Commandery Lieutenant Tang Ao, Commandery Governor Qiao Hong, Gu Tieqi, Liu Feng, and the others to death.
Tang Ao and Qiao Hong in particular broke out in cold sweat when they saw Ye Zhen return alone, thinking that all the guards at his side had perished.
For if Ye Zhen were finished, and no one deliberately dealt with the souls he had imprisoned, their own lives would end with his.
Only after learning the truth did everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
Heavenly Patrol General Feng Jiumo and the others had not died protecting Ye Zhen. Ye Zhen had sent them out to carry out an important mission.
These people were now considered Ye Zhen's trusted confidants, so there was no need for him to hide certain matters from them.
Ye Zhen had dispatched Feng Jiumo and the others to deliver military equipment to the other four armies of North Sea Commandery, along with orders to counterattack and leave no survivors.
Whether Ye Zhen's plan to purge the flood calamity succeeded or not, the army under his command had to launch a counterattack. Only by beating these water demons until they hurt, until they were thoroughly broken, would they learn their lesson before the next raid.
As for where Ye Zhen had obtained his military equipment, he did not say, and no one dared ask.
Because North Sea Commandery City possessed formidable defensive works, with five Sky Breaking Dragon Slaying Crossbows guarding it, the water demons had not dared attempt a siege of the city.
However, it was clear that another water demon army was concealed in a river channel