"Greetings, Illusion Master Lingyan!" King Zhenyan flashed forward and stopped before him, speaking respectfully. "I must also thank you for this..."
"I already know what happened." Illusion Master Lingyan waved a hand, cutting him off.
King Zhenyan's heart tightened. He did not dare say more.
"You did well. When the Blood Demon Race invaded, you fought with all your strength and reported it promptly."
Illusion Master Lingyan continued evenly, "Most importantly, the Azure Flame Tournament Top 100 on the True Martial Continent were not slaughtered to the last."
At those words,
the people below exchanged looks.
King Zhenyan felt a weight lift from his heart.
It was true.
Demon Ancestor Yin's invasion of the True Martial Continent had been thorough. He had even enlisted a One-Tribulation Sovereign.
Under normal circumstances...
Never mind the Azure Flame Tournament Top 100; even Venerables and Creations would have suffered terrible losses.
As a King-Rank Creation, King Zhenyan had witnessed such things more times than he could count.
But now...
King Zhenyan swept his gaze over the people below.
The Human Race had still suffered heavy casualties.
The ground was strewn with the bodies of Venerables and Grandmasters. Many more had vanished in the smoke of their Self-Detonations.
They had not even left corpses behind.
At least several hundred Saint Martial Grandmasters had died!
At least a hundred Venerable Martial Venerables had fallen, too!
Most importantly, fewer than thirty of the Azure Flame Tournament Top 100 had fallen.
Over seventy were still alive.
That had far exceeded what King Zhenyan and the others had expected.
A thought struck King Zhenyan, and he hurriedly said, "Illusion Master Lingyan, we cannot claim the credit. Qin Hao made no small contribution in this battle."
King Zhenyan promptly reported what Qin Hao had done during the fighting.
"Qin Hao?"