Swoosh swoosh swoosh!
Ye Zhen’s Mystical Mechanism Avatar suddenly unleashed a breath of the Demon Clan Dao Realm, akin to disturbing a hornet’s nest.
Just one breath later, all around the Human Demon Battlefield Grand Commander’s Mansion, myriad Warning Talismans symbolizing the utmost emergency—scarlet, bloody, all kinds—shot skyward.
The sky became brilliantly colorful, as if fireworks were being set off.
Another breath later, the urgent and rushed sound of bugles, the shrill call of military whistles, and the thunderous roll of drums erupted like a grand symphony, echoing across the heavens.
This was an unprecedentedly grave event.
Though the Human Demon Battlefield was a place of confrontation between the Human Clan and Demon Clan armies, the Eastern War Zone at this moment was still over hundreds of thousands of miles away from the frontlines, a true back territory.
Actual frontlines like the Western, Southern, and Northern War Zones occasionally saw infiltrations by Demon Clan experts, but the Central Middle Battle Zone, guarded by the Central Elite Guards of Great Zhou, and the rear area of the Human Demon Battlefield Commander’s Mansion, were places where demons were extinct.
Now, a breath of the Demon Clan Dao Realm has erupted unexpectedly, regardless of what deeds were done.
Even just this, upon investigation, will lead to many heads rolling.
The forward garrison commanders and officers of the Eastern War Zone’s alert forces won’t fare well.
More disastrously, beyond the Eastern War Zone lies the Heartland of Great Zhou. If a Demon Clan Dao Realm infiltrates and wreaks havoc in the heartland, the consequences are unimaginable!
Should anything happen, even Grand Governor Princess Ji Yuan will be held accountable.
In other words, if this Demon Clan Dao Realm isn’t brought to account today, the entire Eastern War Zone won’t get a good night’s sleep!
All stationed forces in the Eastern War Zone, including rotating defense auxiliary troops reporting in, began assembling forces immediately, readying their defenses at their locations and awaiting orders from the Commander’s Mansion.
A trace of Demon Clan Dao Realm in the Eastern War Zone prompts active assembly, yet to act, especially for temporary troops like Ye Zhen’s Heavenly Wave Army of North Sea, a mandate from the Commander’s Mansion is essential.
If they dared to act on their own, without orders, even the head of the commander would roll!
As for the stationed troops, they have the authority to launch an impromptu response within their defensive or garrison range.
Almost simultaneously with the sounding of the bugles, countless streaks of brilliance rose densely into the sky, while formations emitting vast energy surges reached their extreme.
Over ten thousand years, the Human Demon Battlefield established an invasion or alarm mechanism.
Certain actions don’t require orders from the highest commander of the Human Demon Battlefield; the subordinate military leaders will spontaneously execute them.
Yet, what astonished Ye Zhen most was the soaring Dao Realm aura.
In just two breaths, at the sound of the bugles, thousands of streaks emitting vast Dao Realm auras rose skyward, amid the stars, charging toward where Ye Zhen’s Mystical Mechanism Avatar Dao Realm aura had erupted.
Utilizing Spirit Communication, controlling the pervasive flora across the mountains, Ye Zhen observed the Dao Realm experts sweeping from all directions toward the incident site very clearly.
Over two thousand three hundred.
At least over two thousand three hundred Dao Realm experts.
This figure shocked Ye Zhen profoundly.
For the first time, Ye Zhen witnessed such a colossal number of Dao Realm experts directly.
The strength of the Human Demon Battlefield, the depths of Great Zhou, displayed vividly before Ye Zhen in that instant.
Even though this was only the back power of the Eastern War Zone from the Human Demon Battlefield, the front-line Western, Southern, Northern Three War Zones, along with the main Central Battle Zone, might possess what hidden prowess?
Moreover, regarding the Eastern War Zone, the more than two thousand and three hundred Dao Realm experts revealed now should not be the strongest.
Seeing such a massive wave of Dao Realm advancing toward him, Ye Zhen swiftly stowed away the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten into the Mirage Dragon Pearl after riding it through the void eight thousand miles away.
Then, with a sweep of his sleeve, a strong wind swallowed up, thoroughly dispersing the remaining scent. At a flicker, he vanished directly into the void, employing the Innate Five Elements Divine Escape.
Submerging into the void, Ye Zhen sped along a path invisible to others, furtively fleeing to the deepest ground, then dashing urgently toward another direction from there.
Ye Zhen was well aware of the magnitude of the chaos caused by today’s affair.
With just a modicum of wit, everyone could vaguely suspect Ye Zhen, yet Ye Zhen had anticipated this point and still proceeded.
This was intimidation, and more so, a warning.
A warning to those officials in the military law system of the Human Demon Battlefield.
As for suspicions, Ye Zhen couldn’t care less.
According to the official norms of Great Zhou, even frame-ups have an unseen limit.
Especially accusing an official of colluding with the Demon Clan; solid, mountain-like evidence is required.
This collective bottom line is upheld by all officials of Great Zhou.
Colluding with the Demon Clan is a top-tier crime that leads to the extermination of the Nine Clans in Great Zhou, implicating widely.
An official was executed along with his Nine Clans, and the intricate relationships might implicate dozens or even hundreds of officials.
Therefore, in Great Zhou, accusing an official of colluding with the Demon Clan without ironclad evidence is a great taboo!
In other words, even if the Human Demon Battlefield Grand Commander, Prince Ji Yuan, suspects that the Demon Clan Dao Realm who killed the military judge Huyan Ku might be related to Ye Zhen, he cannot do anything without solid evidence.
Despite this, Ye Zhen remained extremely cautious.
At the very moment Ye Zhen vanished into the ground, over two thousand Dao Realm individuals who had just rushed to the place of military judge Huyan Ku’s fall, reacted as if well-trained, with various secret techniques soaring into the sky.
In the next instant, these two thousand Dao Realm individuals scattered rapidly in all directions, like they were following orders.
Using the mountains and vegetation, Ye Zhen saw that the largest group was indeed pursuing in the direction where Ye Zhen, riding the kitten, had used the Void-Breaking Divine Power to flee.
Before Ye Zhen arrived at the camp of the Heavenly Wave Army of North Sea, over a thousand Dao Realm had already reached the place where Ye Zhen disappeared using his escape skill.
Again, various secret techniques soared into the sky, and now, those thousand Dao Realms were somewhat flustered, after a brief moment of chaos, they once again scattered, with some even vanishing into the ground.
Seeing this, Ye Zhen calmly dove deeper into the earth core lava, thoroughly cleansing any lingering trace of his Qi.
Only then did he calmly return to the Heavenly Wave Army camp of the North Sea.
With Gu Tieqi in charge, the Heavenly Wave Army of North Sea had already concluded their banquet, prepared and awaiting orders. Silently and without attracting attention, Ye Zhen swapped with his avatar, donned the Marshal’s Uniform of the North Sea Heavenly Wave Army, and quietly awaited any possible orders.
This night, the entire Human Demon Battlefield Commander’s Mansion was destined to be restless.
Within the mansion, the Grand Commander, Prince Ji Yuan, who was startled awake in the deep night, broke three teacups consecutively for the first time.
Inside the Commander’s Mansion, everyone was paralyzed with fear!
"In the Eastern War Zone, a Commander Level military judge stationed by this commander was publicly slain by an invading Demon Clan Dao Realm!"
"Where does that leave my dignity?"
"How is this any different from when a Demon Clan Dao Realm broke into the Luoyi Imperial Palace?"
"Tell them, if they can’t bring me the head of the invading Demon Clan Dao Realm, then they should bring their own heads to see me!"
Despite the immense anger, the Human Demon Battlefield Grand Commander Ji Yuan still somewhat restrained himself due to his good cultivation.
But everyone could discern the astonishing anger from the tone in his voice.
The trusted aides received the order with trembling apprehension to relay it, when suddenly Prince Ji Yuan’s tone changed.
"That Demon Clan Dao Realm only killed Huyan Ku, no one else?"
"Reporting to the Grand Commander, the attacked team, aside from Commander Level military judge Huyan Ku’s complete annihilation of his Divine Soul, the other Military Law Guards almost all suffered severe Divine Soul injuries. Over half of the personnel received varying degrees of injuries.
However, the reason that these Military Law Guards suffered severe Divine Soul injuries was that they were hit by the indiscriminate Divine Soul attacks from that Demon Clan Dao Realm, resulting in severe physical injuries from falling uncontrollably out of the sky.
Moreover, as of now, with our Dao Realms deployed far and wide, there have yet to be any signs of that Demon Clan Dao Realm, nor have there been any reports of that Demon Clan Dao Realm injuring anyone else.
It can be basically determined that the suddenly appearing Demon Clan Dao Realm had targeted Huyan Ku!" Gu Yue, the Commander’s Mansion strategist and Ji Yuan’s chief advisor, said.
"There was a target?" A hint of a cold smile appeared at the corner of Prince Ji Yuan’s mouth, "What major things has Huyan Ku been involved in recently?"
"Grand Commander, it has been thoroughly investigated, Huyan Ku had deliberately stirred up an incident targeting the Heavenly Wave Army of North Sea today, but in the end, it was left unresolved under Ye Zhen’s threats.
Moreover, the Military Law Guards described that, at departure, Huyan Ku was intending to lead them to Ye Zhen’s North Sea Heavenly Wave Army base, to find fault.
Finding faults as if picking bones from an egg!" Gu Yue said.
"Ye Zhen?"
The Human Demon Battlefield Grand Commander Ji Yuan abruptly sat upright, "This troublemaker stirs up waves wherever he goes."
"If this truly is his doing, then it implies he colluded with the Demon Clan?"
"Grand Commander, since our garrisoning at the Human Demon Battlefield, high-ranking generals have been assassinated countless times by Demon Clan Dao Realm, with many successes.
However, a military judge being assassinated, this is the first!
Moreover, this occurred deep in our army’s heartland, claiming it was an infiltrated Dao Realm, I absolutely do not believe.
From the motive perspective, I can nearly conclude that this Ye Zhen, must be linked to the matter!" Gu Yue said.
"Merely circumstantial evidence is not enough!"
Prince Ji Yuan shook his head, "Ironclad evidence, for matters like this, ironclad evidence is imperative. This lad, under the Emperor’s scrutiny, requires nothing less than mountainous evidence to punish him for this deed.
Otherwise, it’s better to wait for an opportunity to use a random military law to convict him of a capital crime!"
As he spoke, Prince Ji Yuan’s tone altered, "Nonetheless, this matter is of significant import, you must personally investigate this affair. Regardless of whether there is ironclad evidence, you cannot proceed blindly!
It seems, this Ye’s depth is far greater than anticipated by this commander!"

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