The West Sea Aquatic Race had returned!
The West Sea Aquatic Race, which had invaded Zou Prefecture two years ago, had returned once more.
With the speed of thunder, too swift to cover one's ears, they stormed ashore and once again occupied the three commanderies of Longleaf, Roundleaf, and Nine Winds in Zou Prefecture.
All things considered, the losses were not that great.
After all, when the West Sea Aquatic Race had withdrawn from those three commanderies of Zou Prefecture a year ago, the region had nearly become a dead land.
Great Zhou had originally reclaimed those three commanderies. Given the habits of Great Zhou's commoners and merchants, people would have long since rushed to such wealthy lands.
Yet the annihilation of the million-strong sacrificial army in the West Sea a year ago hung over Zou Prefecture like a shadow.
The West Sea Aquatic Race had withdrawn of their own accord, while Great Zhou's million-strong sacrificial army had been wiped out to the last man.
Thus, over the past year, not only had few commoners and merchants gone to those three commanderies of Zou Prefecture, even among Zou Prefecture's local populace, anyone with a little foresight or capability had long since left.
So when the West Sea Aquatic Race returned, the losses they caused Great Zhou were not great.
What unsettled Luoyi, however, was another piece of news.
This time, the West Sea Aquatic Race had not advanced rashly. Instead, they had brought along hundreds of millions of ordinary Water Clan.
For example, crab species skilled at digging and shrimp species skilled at clearing paths. An ordinary Shrimp Demon of the Spirit-Connecting Realm could use the pressure of its race to control and command millions of ordinary shrimp, directing those crabs and shrimp to tirelessly dig, clear paths, transport earth,