Compared to the chaos on the Smith Kingdom's side, Great Zhou had been remarkably peaceful during this period.
Shi Lei and the others probably would never have imagined that the snake people whose stronghold they had wiped out would soon launch a counterattack—only to pounce on the wrong target by accident...
By comparison, through their spy network, Black Moon City obtained the relevant intelligence after some time had passed.
Looking at the intelligence Ye Jinghong had sent over, Zhou Xu could not help blinking twice.
Fisher's death, combined with the power struggle among the black nobles, had caused a huge commotion within the Smith Kingdom, and some intelligence had naturally spread far and wide.
Because of the delay in receiving the intelligence, Zhou Xu still did not know that the Smith Kingdom's Cliff Defense Line had already been breached by the snake people.
Even so, the amount of intelligence before him was already considerable.
Some of it had been confirmed, while some was merely hearsay. Everything had now been marked accordingly.
At that moment, as Zhou Xu looked over the intelligence, his expression gradually turned strange.
After all, he had only just finished listening to Shi Lei's report some time ago.
Combining the intelligence from both sides and making a little analysis and deduction, a somewhat absurd answer surfaced in his mind.
"Hiss—"
Drawing in a soft breath of cold air, Zhou Xu leaned back with a tactical retreat.
Although he could not determine it with absolute certainty, he estimated that the truth was probably no more than eight or nine parts out of ten different from his guess.
The snake people whose stronghold they had cut off had actually run all the way to the border of the Smith Kingdom.
To be completely honest, the Saint Roland region was