Rumble!
The army marched out in magnificent force. Beyond the two million troops commanded by the Divine Dragon King, the Cloud Marquis, Marquis Luo Shen, and the Qi Tian Marquis, further imperial forces arrived in succession. Among them were four formidable units: the Dragon Elephant Divine Martial Battalion, the Divine Fire Camp, the Lion Tiger Camp, and the Sky Knight Camp.
None of the four units had many soldiers. Even the largest, the Lion Tiger Camp, numbered fewer than ten thousand—hardly worth mentioning beside an army of two million.
Yet the warriors of those four units were the main force attacking the sects. The two-million-strong army had become a follow-up force, left to clear the battlefield and kill any surviving enemies who tried to break out.
It was then that Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Qing swaggered back into camp.
Inside the commander's tent.
Bang!
The Divine Dragon King slammed his palm onto the desk. He glared at Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Qing standing below him, his beard bristling as he roared, "Outrageous! Utterly outrageous! I've led troops for years and never once seen a commander vanish during a campaign. Tell me! Where did you go?"
Marquis Luo Shen, the Qi Tian Marquis, Silver Pool Madam, the Cloud Marquis, the staff officers of the four units, and more than a dozen National Teachers accompanying the army were all inside the commander's tent.
Many wore expressions of gleeful anticipation, waiting for Ning Xiaochuan to face military punishment.
Yu Qing declared with ringing conviction, "The Little Marquis and I went together to Xuanji Mountain to survey the terrain. We penetrated deep into enemy territory, infiltrated their ranks, and through clever, courageous planning and martial cultivation beyond ordinary men, finally obtained this terrain map after a thousand hardships. The whole ordeal was perilous beyond