In the battle at Great Long Mountain, the Devil Race and Great Zhou had each lost thousands of Creation Realm experts. The blood rain shed by heaven and earth in mourning fell for six days and seven nights before finally stopping.
By the traditions of Great Zhou and the Eastern Expeditionary Army, the Eastern Expeditionary Army did not go to war during those six days and seven nights. They mainly prepared for battle.
They had the various armies seize the chance presented by the rain of heaven and earth's blood to cultivate diligently and strengthen themselves.
After all, such an opportunity for advancement was rarely seen even once in a century.
A low-ranking officer breaking through an entire major realm could not only change his own fate, but might also change whether the troops under his command lived or died on the battlefield.
Thus, throughout those six days and seven nights, waves of aura from soldiers and officers breaking through rose one after another in the Eastern Expeditionary Army's main camp and across the eastern campaign's battlefronts, becoming almost a sight in itself.
However, beginning on the third day, a rumor began spreading rapidly through the Eastern Expeditionary Army's main camp and its other encampments—Grand General of Cavalry and Eastern Expeditionary Army Commander-in-Chief Ye Zhen was too severely wounded to manage affairs and would step down as commander-in-chief of the Eastern Expeditionary Army.
The army erupted in an uproar!
In merely one day, the rumor grew ever more intense.
Some officers even stopped asking around and directly pressed their own commanding generals about it.
At a time of such great victory, replacing the commander was an extremely sensitive matter. Soldiers and officers who had long remained at the center of events began to form all manner of suspicions.
Some even