It did not take long for the Southern Cloud Kingdom's scouts to uncover the situation in the Southern Forest Borderlands. The previous scouts had died, but they only needed to send out another batch. As everyone read the intelligence, they exchanged bewildered looks.
Last time, Huo Hai had single-handedly killed over a hundred thousand Demonfolk, but that had been because they were all asleep. All he had needed to do was send them to the Western Paradise one by one. This time, however, Huo Hai had wiped out so many troops with poison. Since when had poison become so formidable? This was a first in the Southern Cloud Kingdom's military history.
Many people had even begun to fear Huo Hai, most notably the third prince and his companions. Now, every time they ate, they had someone taste the food first to check for poison. Huo Hai could not have felt more contempt for their behavior.
Even if Huo Hai wanted to kill Yun Fei and the others, he would not use poison. Would that not lead people straight back to him? The Southern Cloud Kingdom had few Poison Spirit Masters to begin with, and fewer still could wield poison this potent.
The opposing army had now fallen into collapse. Naturally, the best course of action was to send troops to attack. Yet, because the third prince and the Huo Family were at odds, the Western Frontier Defense Line could not dispatch any troops at all. Yun Fei and his companions were doing everything they could to make trouble for the Huo Family, constantly searching for anything they could use against them and provoking them.
The Huo Family's senior members might not have cared, but the family also had many collateral descendants and a great many subordinates. These people were not