The blood demons and blood slaves converted by the Blood Sea Evil God were utterly different from ordinary soldiers and generals. Their three treasures had long since been refined into pools of blood.
It was merely that their outward appearances differed according to their cultivation, foundations, and bloodlines.
To put it plainly, these fellows had all become extensions of the Blood Sea Evil God's power. Ordinary divine abilities and spells naturally could not affect them.
After many Shang Kingdom generals tried and returned empty-handed, with some even dying miserably within, they had no choice but to report the matter to Shang Jun.
Shang Jun summoned Yi Yin and Zhong Hui to his temporary palace.
The former was a talent Shang Jun had met at the Dao Palace in Shangqiu. He had traveled through the Central Plains and Eastern Sea for some time and, compared to Shang Jun and Zhong Hui, was exceptionally well-informed about matters at the bottom of society.
Because of his past experiences, Yi Yin was better at finding flaws in the smallest details and maintained good relations with common soldiers and officers. It could be said that Yi Yin represented the interests of lower-ranking officials, those who had become minor nobles through military merit, and the newly joined lower and middle-ranking nobles of the Shang Kingdom.
The latter had once been the ruler of Xue Kingdom. He held Xue Kingdom's thousand years of accumulated foundations in his hands and knew many secrets, some of which even Shang Jun did not know.
Furthermore, after joining the Shang Kingdom, his status was equivalent to that of a great noble within the realm. From a certain perspective, Zhong Hui represented the collective interests of most old nobles.
Together, the two were Shang Jun's right and left hands in sorting out