Very soon, True Dragon Prince led 3,000 Dao soldiers out of the city, traveling light.
But just as True Dragon Prince led his army out of the city, Tula Mingde rushed out of the forest and happened to run straight into them.
"Who goes there?" The pathfinding vanguard at the front spotted him immediately.
Tula Mingde was seized at once.
Looking at Earth Dragon City's army, Tula Mingde seemed to instantly realize what was happening.
He hurriedly raised both hands in surrender. "I am the steward of South Mountain Mine. I have important military intelligence to report."
Hearing this, the captain of the vanguard immediately stepped forward.
"You're the steward of South Mountain Mine? Why are you here?"
Tula Mingde's face was filled with terror. "Because I saw Spirit Beast City's army several dozen li outside South Mountain Mine."
"There were over ten thousand of them, and Qilin Prince was among them."
At those words, everyone froze, then stared at him in disbelief.
The news quickly reached True Dragon Prince's ears. True Dragon Prince was also a handsome young man, with prominent features and a dignified bearing. Clad in white scale armor and holding a silver spear, he was a graceful, dashing youth—but he was already over a hundred years old and had long since cultivated to the Divine Soul Realm.
His gaze fell on Tula Mingde before him. "Are you certain you did not see wrongly?"
Tula Mingde's expression turned solemn. "I swear on my life that I did not see wrongly."
"Qilin Prince led over ten thousand Dao soldiers toward South Mountain Mine."
"If you discovered them so early, why have you only returned now?"
Tula Mingde said bitterly, "On my way back, I encountered an Anomaly swarm. I only managed to fight my way out with great