"We welcome the Marshal's return!"
The three legion commanders, Hei Er, Hei Qi, and Hei Jiu, who had hurried over upon receiving the news, dropped to their knees before Ye Zhen the moment they saw him.
This left Ye Zhen somewhat puzzled.
This time, he had fled for his life all the way to the Demon Soul Hall. He had not had time at all to summon the Demon Commander Avatar.
Although summoning the Demon Commander Avatar was but an instant's work for Ye Zhen, the problem was that, before this, he had always appeared before these legion commanders in the guise of the Demon Commander Avatar.
In other words, the Marshal these legion commanders knew and acknowledged should have been the Demon Commander Avatar, not Ye Zhen himself.
Ye Zhen had always believed he had been very careful in this regard, afraid that these legion commanders might see through the matter of his Demon Commander Avatar.
Yet today, before Ye Zhen had even had time to change, these three gave him an unexpected surprise.
After a brief daze, Ye Zhen furrowed his brows. "How did you determine that I am the Marshal?"
Hearing this, Hei Er looked at Ye Zhen with astonishment, then replied in a tone of utter certainty, "The holder of the Battle Soul Blood Banner is the Marshal, is he not? Besides, the Marshal's aura has never changed."
Ye Zhen instantly understood. So the reason they were loyal was the Battle Soul Blood Banner. Then he asked, "If someone seized this Battle Soul Blood Banner, would that mean the Marshal had to be replaced?"
Hei Qi's expression turned grave. "If the Marshal were unfortunately to perish, and the Battle Soul Blood Banner immediately had a successor, then a new Marshal would command us! Otherwise, even if