"Reporting to Your Majesty! To put it simply... it was brutal!"
Li Yin, the Priest of Withering and Flourishing, was not an eloquent man. After a moment's consideration, he gave that simple answer.
"Brutal?!" Jian Shang tilted his head in puzzlement.
The difficulty of King Wen's Tomb had soared because of the Gemini Golden Saint's treachery. Otherwise, whatever else might have happened, the elite Huan Martial Guards would not necessarily have suffered such heavy losses. What had happened in King Wu's Tomb?
Had other factions targeted the Huan Kingdom?
The Huan Army now guarded the entrances to both of the Two Civil-Martial Tombs. What faction would be blind enough to target the Huan Kingdom?!
Li Yin considered his wording before answering, "King Wu's Tomb is far more dangerous than we imagined. On top of that, the factions have been scheming against one another, plotting, suppressing rivals, and fighting over treasures. Every faction has suffered heavy losses, including the Otherworlder Alliance, the Jianghu volunteers, our elites, and the foreign powerhouses who slipped inside!"
"What casualties have we suffered?" Jian Shang stopped and turned back, asking in a grave voice. Everyone following him halted as well.
Li Yin paused, then understood what the Huan King meant and hurriedly answered, "Our losses have mainly come from the dangers within the ancient tomb. So far, no faction has plotted against us!"
"Oh!"
Jian Shang inwardly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed the various factions still knew what was good for them, and feared the Huan Army and the Huan Kingdom's powerhouses outside the tomb.
A short while later, Jian Shang and his companions emerged from the tomb and reached the entrance to King Wu's Tomb.
The Twelve Capitals Banner-Demon Formation, operated by the Ravenous Wolf Guards and other units of the Huan