As the Blood God Legion cheered for victory, the true heroes had already withdrawn after accomplishing their mission, vanishing from sight.
As representatives of the soul beast race, Di Tian and Little Gu Yue did not believe humans would sincerely thank them.
As for Lan Hong and his group, they had merely been spectators. Qian Renxue had acted only because she disliked the Holy Spirit Cult's Evil Soul Masters.
Lan Hong and the others had landed in Mingdu all along. The Federation was now transporting the last Rank 12 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon, Eternal Kingdom, to the eighteenth floor of the War God Hall.
Perhaps the War God Hall and the Federation believed that was the only truly safe place for it.
After briefly celebrating the victory in the Extreme North Land, Zhang Huanyun reassigned the Blood God Legion to guard the Abyssal passageway.
He returned to the War God Hall with Cao Dezhi to discuss the next steps with Chen Xinjie, Yun Ming, and the others.
Tang Wulin, meanwhile, temporarily remained with the Blood God Legion to await further instructions.
After news spread that the Extreme North Land had repelled the Abyss's strongest invasion in thousands of years, inflicting devastating losses and even forcing back the Abyssal Sage King, civilians rejoiced—but an undercurrent also began to stir.
The Blood God Legion was simply too powerful. The Federation military was divided into hawks and doves, but regardless of faction, both wanted this powerful force under their control.
They had been unable to act during the Abyssal invasion, but now that the fighting had ceased, their minds became active.
These military doves and hawks possessed little actual military ability, and some did not even have the courage to lead from the front, but they were experts at political maneuvering.
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