Back at the Plague Camp, Liu Zhi first took a look at the troops stationed there.
The troops he had brought with him had already begun setting up camp across the territory in several groups, and the Light of the Arena legion had returned from pursuing the enemy.
If the system acknowledged it, then he could confirm that he had completed the first step of the mission. All he had to do next was draw out the netherworld's yin energy.
But that wasn't Liu Zhi's only goal. He intended to seize the golden region.
Only after establishing a foothold there would he begin the next stage of his plan.
With that in mind, Liu Zhi grew even more eager to take the elephant-men's city.
As he reorganized his troops at the Plague Camp, he also sent several units toward the elephant-men's civilization. At first, his attention hadn't been focused entirely on them, so he hadn't explored that area.
Now things were different. Liu Zhi had settled on the target of this operation, and he needed to learn more about the enemy.
For example, where was their city? How many troops did they have? Were there any especially powerful individuals among them? If possible, he wanted to find out how they fought and what abilities their Big Boss possessed.
He also needed to know whether they had any enemies, or if there was anyone he could make use of.
Liu Zhi certainly couldn't investigate all this himself, but it was vital information. If he charged in without finding out, he might pay a heavy price.
Take this battle, for example. If Liu Zhi hadn't known a little swordsmanship and had instead been a pure mage, he might already have been dead.
So he had to identify the enemy's methods in advance.