"The city lord, this is bad! The Third Reconnaissance Squad reports that a great demon king is attacking outside the city. A beast tide may be about to erupt!"
"What did you say?!" City Lord Zhang's pupils contracted sharply. He sprang to his feet, flipping the table with the force of his movement.
"Quickly summon the Guard Army commander and the other two vice city lords..."
The attack of a great demon king and the outbreak of a beast tide soon alarmed every high-ranking official in Muxue City.
The city lord's council chamber was as heavy as a leaden sky. The maids serving tea and water were especially cautious, afraid of breaking some taboo and drawing the ire of these powerful figures.
"According to the Third Reconnaissance Squad's captain, there are so few demonic beasts outside Muxue City because they were summoned by a great demon king?"
"And there's more than one great demon king. The group includes the Frost Elephant Great Demon King, the White Snake Great Demon King, and two others whose identities they couldn't make out?" Vice City Lord Yao was visibly shaken.
"Has the intelligence been verified? Why isn't the Third Reconnaissance Squad's captain here to report it himself?"
"He fell unconscious from his injuries after reporting the intelligence to the city gate guards. What, could Vice City Lord Ma perhaps wake him up?" Commander Gongsun of the Guard Army asked with narrowed eyes, having heard the hostility in Vice City Lord Ma's tone.
"How could it be true? There are four great demon kings! The Frost Elephant Great Demon King at their head has ravaged the ice plains for over a thousand years. Who knows how many Body Integration Cultivators it has trampled to death? They say it advanced to the Integrated Body Late Stage