Nine days later.
"Taiping Divine General, you came out of seclusion so early?"
General Song, the veteran general Song Yan, looked delighted and surprised when he saw Xu Taiping emerge ahead of schedule.
According to their agreement, Xu Taiping should have emerged a day or two later.
Xu Taiping smiled at Song Yan and said:
"My fighting strength had more or less recovered, so I came out early."
He immediately asked Song Yan:
"Elder Song, has there been any unusual activity outside the city these past few days?"
Song Yan's expression grew grave.
"Nothing unusual has happened outside Heavenly Thunder City these past few days, but Langfeng City, Yujing City, and Zhaozhen City have all been rather unsettled."
Gu Huai, standing nearby, spoke up:
"In fact, the Nine Abysses Demonic Army's attacks on the Human Race's armies on all four fronts haven't stopped for some time now."
"Compared with before, the attacks these cities along the rear lines have suffered haven't actually been that numerous."
Song Yan nodded in agreement, then added:
"But because of the Nine Abysses Demonic Army's harassment, the armies in the rear have slowed considerably in refining pills and forging weapons."
"Transporting pills and weapons has also become much slower than before."
"Some armories have even suffered considerable losses."
Xu Taiping asked curiously:
"Were large-scale attacks like this from Nine Abysses common before?"
Song Yan shook his head.
"Extremely rare."
Gu Huai said solemnly:
"Judging by the several Heaven-Demon Wars we've experienced, Nine Abysses usually only launches such frequent attacks when it wants to seize a particular Demon-Suppressing Stele or fight a decisive battle against the Human Race Army."
"This time..."
At this point, Gu Huai seemed to realize something, and his expression immediately darkened.
Beside him, Song Yan's expression was equally grave.
Xu Taiping let