To be honest, Ye Zhen had underestimated the reaction of the Phoenix Spirit Race's upper echelons.
Ye Zhen had thought that since every killing had taken place within the rules of the Military Exercise, there would be no problem.
He had never expected the Phoenix Spirit Clan's upper ranks to react even more fiercely than he had imagined.
They actually launched a thorough investigation.
Every Phoenix Spirit Guard who had participated in the Military Exercise, especially those who might have seen Ye Zhen kill, was summoned for questioning and investigation without exception.
Fortunately, Ye Zhen had left very few loopholes in the matter of the killings.
Moreover, every brother from the Seventh Guard Second Brigade spoke in Ye Zhen's favor.
They embellished the story of Zi Qi and Zi Du insulting the Lü Zitong and Lü Qingzhu sisters until it outraged gods and men alike.
Especially the two captains who had followed Ye Zhen. They stated outright that when they saw Zi Qi, he had indeed been attempting to lure Ding Chi to his death.
As far as motive for murder went, Ye Zhen passed smoothly.
In the end, the focus of the incident, including the investigation into Ye Zhen, was concentrated on one matter—his strength!
Everyone was puzzled and unable to understand how Ye Zhen, with only fifth-layer Mystic Palace Realm cultivation, could so easily kill Zi Du, who was at the seventh layer of the World King Realm.
The gap between their cultivation levels was simply too great.
With such a vast disparity in cultivation, could it be that Zi Du had not even had the chance to shout the three words, "I concede"?
Originally, the best person to explain this matter should have been High Priest Xinyuan, who had presided over the Military Exercise.
However, High Priest