According to the plan, the entire Southern Nations had been fully mobilized. The Northern Nations moved fastest, swiftly dispatching troops to the vicinity of the Demon Burial Mound and building extensive fortifications around it to block the Demonfolk Army's advance.
Most of the southern kingdoms, however, held their positions, merely stationing their armies nearby to guard against incursions by the Demonfolk Army. Their real reason for doing so was that they were waiting for Huo Hai's Undead Army.
After all, the range over which Huo Hai could control the Undead Army covered only part of the southern front at most. Even that was only possible because Huo Hai cast spells from time to time to extend the Ghost Insects' range of control over the Undead Army. Without his help, the Ghost Insects alone could never have controlled the Undead Army over such a vast area.
The limit of a hundred li was not the Ghost Insects' own limit, but their limit under Huo Hai's control. Still, this kind of control was quite easy. There was no need for precision; he only had to issue a general command through the Ghost Insects.
"Why isn't the Undead Army here yet? How much longer do we have to wait?" In a kingdom's military camp east of the Bright Yang Kingdom, the marshal and several generals were holding a meeting. At last, someone could no longer resist complaining.
"Stop complaining. Didn't the Bright Yang Kingdom already say the Undead Army was on its way here?" The marshal remained composed, but judging by his irritated expression, he had probably lost patience too. Given the undead's speed, even though their position was far away, the Undead Army should have arrived within three days.
To welcome the Undead Army, they had cleared every obstacle along the route.