By the time Yue Shen finally reached Zhennan Pass after flying there at full speed, the fighting had already stopped.
Looking down at Zhennan Pass, where corpses littered the ground and the heavy stench of blood hung in the air, Yue Shen's expression grew grave. He had known that his trip to the Plane of the Dead would affect his participation in this War Mission, but he had never expected the timing to work out quite so unfortunately.
After all, Yue Shen had thought that, with his Spirit Wings allowing him to fly, he should have been able to catch up with the main force before they reached Zhennan Pass. Unfortunately, Sol's breakthrough had taken several days longer than expected, leaving him arriving only now.
"I wonder how everyone's doing?" Looking worried, Yue Shen flew a circuit around the walls. Only after failing to spot any of his teammates did he slowly land atop them.
Did they head back to rest? Yue Shen wondered. He had no idea whether they had managed to withstand this wave of the demon offensive without him there.
While circling the walls earlier, Yue Shen had immediately noticed the heaps of middle- and high-ranking demon corpses at their base. There had even been quite a few sixth- and seventh-tier demons among them.
After identifying himself to the soldiers patrolling the walls, Yue Shen learned the current whereabouts of the Knight Temple's Holy Knight Commander and Zhennan Pass's Military Commander-in-Chief.
Since he did not know where his teammates had been sent to rest, Yue Shen decided to find the Knight Temple's representative here first.
This was where the advantages of being at the sixth tier became apparent. Once the patrolling soldiers verified Yue Shen's identity and learned that he was a Demon Hunter who had come