Princess Changle used the briefest words and the fastest speed to recount the sudden events that had occurred over the three days Ye Zhen had spent in seclusion making his breakthrough.
Then she handed Ye Zhen, all at once, the urgent letters that had arrived from North Sea Commandery over the past few days.
Ye Zhen's expression turned incomparably grave in an instant.
Just from reading the reports, Ye Zhen could roughly infer that this matter was almost certainly connected to Western Patrol Envoy Xi Qiangu.
A full military formation of Devil Race troops had invaded?
What kind of joke was that? Not merely in the past century—such a vile incident had not happened in nearly a thousand years.
Those powerful individuals of the Devil Race could indeed use all manner of Divine Abilities and Secret Arts to infiltrate the heartland of Great Zhou.
But their numbers were extremely limited.
Even if they infiltrated Great Zhou's heartland, they would have to tuck their tails between their legs and proceed with utmost caution. One careless misstep, and their traces would be exposed.
Did they take the omnipresent Heavenly Patrol Division for a bunch of freeloaders?
Yet now, one to three thousand Devil Race troops had invaded in full formation. Within two days, they had slaughtered four towns in succession, yet not a single warning had been raised, nor had anyone seen this invading Devil Race army.
This was far too bizarre.
Under normal circumstances, it was simply impossible.
Lingzhou, where the crimes had occurred, was a military province close to Devil Race territory and the Human-Demon Battlefield. Defenses against the Devil Race were taken especially seriously there, and the Border Army densely stationed throughout the surrounding area was no decoration.
It might have been possible for one or two hundred Devil