Even under military rule, even on the front lines, even with the Eastern Expeditionary Army pressing down upon them, the atmosphere within Sanhe City had remained relatively relaxed.
Quite a few Devil Race nobles gathered in twos and threes within their great tents, drinking and making merry; quite a few also went visiting.
At least, during the quarter-hour Ye Zhen had spent wandering through Sanhe City and scouting its military situation, that had been the case.
But all of a sudden, Ye Zhen discovered that the atmosphere within Sanhe City had changed.
The first change was that the Devil Race members coming and going through the streets had suddenly vanished.
Before this, groups of Devil Race members would occasionally pass through Sanhe City's streets.
But at this moment, pedestrians had abruptly disappeared.
Second, before this, the Creation Realm experts within Sanhe City had been scattered about quite casually.
But now, Ye Zhen discovered that on the ground, a Creation Realm Divine Being of the Devil Race generally led several Dao Realm cultivators, their divine senses pouring out without restraint as they searched in every direction.
In an instant, the entire city turned murderous and grim.
In the sky, streams of divine sense from Creation Realm Divine Generals swept across Sanhe City like surging tides.
Something had happened!
That was Ye Zhen's first reaction.
Something major had happened within the Devil Race's Sanhe City.
"Could I have been exposed?" Ye Zhen immediately reflected on himself.
But after thinking it over, Ye Zhen could not find any possible way he might have been exposed.
The possibility of exposure was not great.
Yet the Devil Race's Sanhe City had not only begun multiplying its defenses, it had suddenly launched a citywide search, and the search was exceptionally intense.
Ye Zhen felt that something