The front line had reached the innermost reaches of the Southern Forest Borderlands. Inside a fortress, Yun Fei no longer had any of the high spirits he had shown before setting out. Instead, he looked utterly haggard.
"How did this happen? Damn the Southern Forest Kingdom! They actually set a trap for us! Why don't those damned bastards just die?" In his fury, Yun Fei hurled his teacup to the floor, smashing it to pieces. Over the past two days, he had lost count of how many things he had thrown. Not a single person outside dared come in to stop him.
When they first invaded the Southern Forest Kingdom, a single poison attack by Huo Hai had wiped out nearly all its Demonfolk and a vast number of its soldiers. Such a potent poison was far beyond anything the Poison Spirit Masters of the Southern Nations could produce.
His terrifying ability to concoct poison had stunned everyone. Afterward, they transferred Huo Hai away, even sidelined the Huo Family, and charged in with their own men. They had easily fought their way into the Southern Forest Borderlands.
The entire Southern Forest Kingdom had barely been able to resist. Only at the largest fortress in the borderlands had its forces managed to put up even a little resistance. Without any experts, they had relied solely on fixed siege weapons to inflict fewer than five thousand casualties on the invaders. Once the fortress fell, the main force defending the Southern Forest Borderlands was completely wiped out.
After destroying the main force, the group, hungry for victory, ignored Lian Feng's advice and insisted on pressing forward. They even divided their troops into five armies. Advancing in five directions, they seized the Southern Forest Kingdom's territory at tremendous speed, and their mounting military merits