Apart from these men, some of the feudal lords who supported Emperor Kangping and the powerful clans of Li Prefecture, Screen Prefecture, and Bingzhou, which had already declared their allegiance, each supplied experts of their own. Opportunistic rogue cultivators and wandering knights from across the realm also flocked to join them, with no shortage of Grand Confucians and Martial Kings among their ranks.
Even several Demon Kings from the Demon God Palace came under orders, seeking to win merit and establish themselves in the name of the foreign Demon Race.
Most had seen Hu Ze's success and were once again flocking to the favored and shunning the fallen, sweeping away the ill fortune left by the defeat of the Eight Great Demon Kings!
In just a few days, the Nascent Soul-level fighters whom Hu Ze's Avatar could command and deploy swelled to nearly fifty.
Although the vast majority would never lay down their lives for him and instead served their original factions, they at least nominally obeyed his deployments and commands, allowing him to direct their troops and oversee the overall situation.
Li Chen immediately dispatched some experts north from the capital in the name of Hu Ze's Avatar, while others took the western route to guard key passages against feudal lords who had yet to reveal any rebellious intentions.
But he kept all the top experts and most powerful figures with him, preparing to crush the rebels with the force of ten thousand thunderbolts.
Li Chen believed their strength could secure him many early advantages. The rebel princes' coalition army appeared mighty, but in truth, it was no longer cause for concern.
How much power Hu Ze could retain after the Rebel Kings were defeated was another matter altogether. Emperor Kangping still lacked the qualities to truly reign supreme,