After wiping out the demons' vanguard army, Jiang Feng slowed the pace of his march.
The entire strike force consisted of the Temple Federation's elite. He could not afford to lose them within demon territory.
Slowing their advance would also keep them from accidentally marching into a demon encirclement.
Once A Bao returned, the Demon God Emperor would surely learn that Jiang Feng had led a human army into demon territory, that the border had fallen, and that the vanguard army had been annihilated.
Of course, even if Jiang Feng had not spared A Bao, the Demon God Emperor would soon have received the news. The vanguard maintained constant contact with the main demon army. If contact ceased for a full day and night, the Demon God Emperor would inevitably suspect that disaster had struck.
The Demon God Emperor had never expected humans to have the courage to launch an attack on the demons themselves.
Although he had spent the past ten days or so actively preparing for war, he had yet to make a move, waiting instead for the demon armies from the various provinces to assemble.
This would be a war unlike any other. Even the Demon God Emperor had to give it his all and could not afford the slightest complacency.
Naldo Province was a demon border province near Imperial Dragon Pass.
In a fairly magnificent palace in Naldo Province's capital, the Demon God Emperor sat upon a throne in the great hall.
Naldo Province had originally been the territory of the Thirty-Second Demon God Pillar, Cat Demon God Keter Eolos.
Now, however, several million demon soldiers had gathered there, with armies from other provinces continuing to arrive in an endless stream.
They made camp and awaited orders from their supreme ruler, the Demon God Emperor.
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