"You... Why have you all gathered here? What are you planning to do?" Pointing at the crowd, Second Crown Prince Zhui Ri forcibly steadied his emotions and tone as he addressed the more than forty Devil Race lords wearing Blood Star Crowns.
Though these Devil Race lords, great and small, did not answer, Second Crown Prince Zhui Ri had already sensed something ominous. Prophet Demon Master Qi Shu's brows were knitted tightly together as well; clearly, he had guessed something.
The three Devil Race lords at the front hurriedly replied to Second Crown Prince Zhui Ri, "Your Highness, we received an urgent report. The Great Zhou bandits currently ravaging our territory have appeared near our lands.
"Perhaps the next moment, perhaps tomorrow, the territories of the three of us will be breached by this fleeing human army.
"To guard against the unforeseen, we have come to bid Your Highness farewell!"
Hearing this, Second Crown Prince Zhui Ri frowned. "Ye Zhen's army is already like startled birds, and three armies, more than thirty ten-thousand-man legions, have been dispatched to pursue and intercept them. They should be wiped out before long..."
"Your Highness, but we cannot afford to gamble! Our territories are our foundations, the ancestral legacy passed down to us! If our lands are breached like those of the previous lords, we may not even be able to find our ancestors' bones. Thus, we can only bid Your Highness farewell. We beg Your Highness for understanding!"
The attitudes of these three Devil Race lords became exceedingly resolute.
Under such circumstances, Second Crown Prince Zhui Ri could not force them to stay. He could only grant them provisions as a token of goodwill before allowing them to leave.
When these three departed, they took another hundred thousand-plus troops with them.
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