North China, at the border garrison.
As commander of North China's Border Defense Army and the first line of defense against the Shadow Realm and the Evil God, Zhou Yuan wore a grave expression.
"Commander, sir, there's been violent activity in the Otherworld Passage in the Shadow Realm. The demonic power is extremely strong. The Abyss must be preparing to make a move!" a Border Defense Army sentry reported urgently.
The Shadow Realm was now the garrison of the Evil God Shadow Devouring Crescent Moon and had all but become a den of evil demons.
North China was quite close to the Shadow Realm, and the Evil God Shadow Devouring Crescent Moon was an enemy of Great Xia. Any military action from the Shadow Realm would most likely spell trouble for Great Xia.
But this time, after discovering the troop movements in the Shadow Realm, Zhou Yuan did not act rashly. "Understood. Sound a level-one alert, but don't initiate an attack."
With his powers of perception, Zhou Yuan had already detected the Evil God's movements.
The reason he had not acted was that among these evil demons, besides the familiar Evil God Shadow Devouring Crescent Moon, he had sensed another evil demon several times more powerful!
That demon made no attempt to conceal its aura and headed straight in a particular direction.
Even with his strength, Zhou Yuan had no absolute confidence that he could defeat this evil demon who surpassed an Evil God. He could not even say what his chances were.
"Are the Abyss's reserves really this unfathomable...?"
At that moment, even Zhou Yuan grew especially solemn. He had thought Evil Gods were the strongest beings in the Abyss, yet now an even stronger evil demon had appeared!
The good news, however, was that this evil demon did